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Gnome Summoner riding his Eidolon, always in a serpent form.
1. Does this need a ride check.
2. Both get an attack.
3. If the Eidolon has reach and attacks, where is the gnome, if he fires a crossbow is gnome in melee or is he firing into melee or neither?
Any other thoughts or questions on this.
1. Yes.
2. Yes.3. Neither. Read the rules on firing into melee and reach in the combat section.
This belongs in the Rules Questions forum.
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Sorry for posting in wrong forum. How do I get it switched?
Serum, I'm just trying to understand this so thanks for the help. I got this from CRB. (Threatened Squares: You threaten all squares into which
you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your turn.
Reach Weapons: Most creatures of Medium or smaller
size have a reach of only 5 feet. However, Small and Medium creatures
wielding reach weapons threaten more squares than a
typical creature.
Shooting or Throwing into a Melee: If you shoot or
throw a ranged weapon at a target engaged in melee with a
friendly character, you take a –4 penalty on your attack roll.
Two characters are engaged in melee if they are enemies of
each other and either threatens the other.)
I'm don't understanding why the gnome riding on the back of the eidolon is not either close enough for melee or is is firing into melee. Thanks for the help.
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The paragraph right after the paragraph you quoted in Shooting or Throwing into a Melee:
If your target (or the part of your target you're aiming at, if it's a big target) is at least 10 feet away from the nearest friendly character, you can avoid the –4 penalty, even if the creature you're aiming at is engaged in melee with a friendly character.
Your eidolon that is attacking with reach is at least 10 feet away from his target.
You might still provoke attacks of opportunity from your target if he also has reach.