Freylorn
2010-07-27, 11:41 AM
Our shiny new Pathfinder game officially kicks off this week, with me playing an Order of the Sword cavalier. My question was about the ability gained at eighth level, Mounted Mastery.
Relevant text:
At 8th level, the cavalier ignores the armor check penalty when using the Ride skill, regardless of whether or not the creature he is riding is his mount. Whenever he makes a charge attack while mounted, he receives a +4 Dodge bonus to his AC to avoid attacks set against his charge. When making such an attack, he can add his mount’s Strength modifier to the Damage roll, in addition to his own.
Now, the question is twofold.
1) If I add my mount's strength modifier to my own, and I'm using a lance two-handed, do I still apply the 1.5x? Or is it just the straight-up, unmodified modifier that I add?
2) If I were to have, say, Bull's Strength cast on my horse, and I already have an enhancement bonus to strength, would the two stack in this particular circumstance? I'm not getting two enhancement boni to strength - merely adding another creature's modifier to mine, which happens to also have an enhancement bonus.
And now that I think about it, I'd like to clarify one other thing before I run off and make a new thread about it:
ADDENDUM
If I want to charge, and there's difficult terrain in the way, can I - as part of the charge - have my mount make an Acrobatics check to jump the terrain? I know that's how it worked in 4th, but it's been awhile since I played 3.5 and this is my first time with Pathfinder, so I want to be sure.
Relevant text:
At 8th level, the cavalier ignores the armor check penalty when using the Ride skill, regardless of whether or not the creature he is riding is his mount. Whenever he makes a charge attack while mounted, he receives a +4 Dodge bonus to his AC to avoid attacks set against his charge. When making such an attack, he can add his mount’s Strength modifier to the Damage roll, in addition to his own.
Now, the question is twofold.
1) If I add my mount's strength modifier to my own, and I'm using a lance two-handed, do I still apply the 1.5x? Or is it just the straight-up, unmodified modifier that I add?
2) If I were to have, say, Bull's Strength cast on my horse, and I already have an enhancement bonus to strength, would the two stack in this particular circumstance? I'm not getting two enhancement boni to strength - merely adding another creature's modifier to mine, which happens to also have an enhancement bonus.
And now that I think about it, I'd like to clarify one other thing before I run off and make a new thread about it:
ADDENDUM
If I want to charge, and there's difficult terrain in the way, can I - as part of the charge - have my mount make an Acrobatics check to jump the terrain? I know that's how it worked in 4th, but it's been awhile since I played 3.5 and this is my first time with Pathfinder, so I want to be sure.