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According to the Player's Handbook, pg. 198:
Controlling a Mount
While you're mounted, you have two options. You can either control the mount or allow it to act independently.
You can control a mount only if it has been trained to accept a rider. [...] It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options; Dash, Disengage, and Dodge. A controlled mount can move and act even on the turn that you mount it.
This does not specify if the actions listed:
- are the only options a controlled mount may take in the round, OR
- are the only options a controlled mount may take with, explicitly, a standard Action.
Can a controlled mount make an Opportunity Attack if an enemy moves away from it?
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According to the Player's Handbook, pg. 198:
Controlling a Mount
While you're mounted, you have two options. You can either control the mount or allow it to act independently.
You can control a mount only if it has been trained to accept a rider. [...] It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options; Dash, Disengage, and Dodge. A controlled mount can move and act even on the turn that you mount it.
This does not specify if the actions listed:
- are the only options a controlled mount may take in the round, OR
- are the only options a controlled mount may take with, explicitly, a standard Action.
Can a controlled mount make an Opportunity Attack if an enemy moves away from it?
dnd-5e opportunity-attack mounted-combat reactions
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According to the Player's Handbook, pg. 198:
Controlling a Mount
While you're mounted, you have two options. You can either control the mount or allow it to act independently.
You can control a mount only if it has been trained to accept a rider. [...] It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options; Dash, Disengage, and Dodge. A controlled mount can move and act even on the turn that you mount it.
This does not specify if the actions listed:
- are the only options a controlled mount may take in the round, OR
- are the only options a controlled mount may take with, explicitly, a standard Action.
Can a controlled mount make an Opportunity Attack if an enemy moves away from it?
dnd-5e opportunity-attack mounted-combat reactions
edited 4 hours ago
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According to the Player's Handbook, pg. 198:
Controlling a Mount
While you're mounted, you have two options. You can either control the mount or allow it to act independently.
You can control a mount only if it has been trained to accept a rider. [...] It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options; Dash, Disengage, and Dodge. A controlled mount can move and act even on the turn that you mount it.
This does not specify if the actions listed:
- are the only options a controlled mount may take in the round, OR
- are the only options a controlled mount may take with, explicitly, a standard Action.
Can a controlled mount make an Opportunity Attack if an enemy moves away from it?
dnd-5e opportunity-attack mounted-combat reactions
dnd-5e opportunity-attack mounted-combat reactions
edited 4 hours ago
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asked 5 hours ago
Daniel Zastoupil
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edited 4 hours ago
Purple Monkey
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asked 5 hours ago
Daniel Zastoupil
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edited 4 hours ago
Purple Monkey
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edited 4 hours ago
Purple Monkey
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edited 4 hours ago
Purple Monkey
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36.6k7148226
asked 5 hours ago
Daniel Zastoupil
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asked 5 hours ago
Daniel Zastoupil
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asked 5 hours ago
Daniel Zastoupil
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5,6871163
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Related on Can a monster with no melee attack make an opportunity attack?
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Yes, it can
The relevant rules for opportunity attacks (from the Basic Rules):
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you
can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you
use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking
creature. The attack interrupts the provoking creature’s movement,
occurring right before the creature leaves your reach.
As you've quoted, controlling a mount does not place any restrictions on the mount's freedom to use its Reaction.
But as a DM, I probably wouldn't allow it
I interpret a controlled mount to be fully under the control of the controlling character. A mount that is free to react as it chooses is by definition not under control. If the rider wishes to instruct it how to react, that would use the rider's own reaction, and so the rider would have to forgo her own opportunity attack.
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@NautArch It says "melee attack", not "melee weapon attack". I assume the mount has some sort of natural weapon, or else the question is irrelevant.
– starchild
4 hours ago
Excellent point :) but what about having access to a melee attack action?
– NautArch
4 hours ago
@Nautarch there are improvised actions, but I'm not sure if those are valid choices for attacks of opportunity. Might be grounds for several new questions.
– Daniel Zastoupil
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Yes, it can
The only limitations on a controlled mount are “... It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options ...â€Â. It’s bonus action and reaction (and legendary and lair actions) are not limited so it can use them to do whatever it could normally use them for, like taking opportunity attacks.
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Yes, it can
The relevant rules for opportunity attacks (from the Basic Rules):
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you
can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you
use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking
creature. The attack interrupts the provoking creature’s movement,
occurring right before the creature leaves your reach.
As you've quoted, controlling a mount does not place any restrictions on the mount's freedom to use its Reaction.
But as a DM, I probably wouldn't allow it
I interpret a controlled mount to be fully under the control of the controlling character. A mount that is free to react as it chooses is by definition not under control. If the rider wishes to instruct it how to react, that would use the rider's own reaction, and so the rider would have to forgo her own opportunity attack.
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@NautArch It says "melee attack", not "melee weapon attack". I assume the mount has some sort of natural weapon, or else the question is irrelevant.
– starchild
4 hours ago
Excellent point :) but what about having access to a melee attack action?
– NautArch
4 hours ago
@Nautarch there are improvised actions, but I'm not sure if those are valid choices for attacks of opportunity. Might be grounds for several new questions.
– Daniel Zastoupil
2 hours ago
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up vote
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down vote
Yes, it can
The relevant rules for opportunity attacks (from the Basic Rules):
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you
can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you
use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking
creature. The attack interrupts the provoking creature’s movement,
occurring right before the creature leaves your reach.
As you've quoted, controlling a mount does not place any restrictions on the mount's freedom to use its Reaction.
But as a DM, I probably wouldn't allow it
I interpret a controlled mount to be fully under the control of the controlling character. A mount that is free to react as it chooses is by definition not under control. If the rider wishes to instruct it how to react, that would use the rider's own reaction, and so the rider would have to forgo her own opportunity attack.
edited 3 hours ago
V2Blast
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answered 4 hours ago
starchild
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@NautArch It says "melee attack", not "melee weapon attack". I assume the mount has some sort of natural weapon, or else the question is irrelevant.
– starchild
4 hours ago
Excellent point :) but what about having access to a melee attack action?
– NautArch
4 hours ago
@Nautarch there are improvised actions, but I'm not sure if those are valid choices for attacks of opportunity. Might be grounds for several new questions.
– Daniel Zastoupil
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
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up vote
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Yes, it can
The relevant rules for opportunity attacks (from the Basic Rules):
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you
can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you
use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking
creature. The attack interrupts the provoking creature’s movement,
occurring right before the creature leaves your reach.
As you've quoted, controlling a mount does not place any restrictions on the mount's freedom to use its Reaction.
But as a DM, I probably wouldn't allow it
I interpret a controlled mount to be fully under the control of the controlling character. A mount that is free to react as it chooses is by definition not under control. If the rider wishes to instruct it how to react, that would use the rider's own reaction, and so the rider would have to forgo her own opportunity attack.
edited 3 hours ago
V2Blast
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answered 4 hours ago
starchild
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Yes, it can
The relevant rules for opportunity attacks (from the Basic Rules):
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you
can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you
use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking
creature. The attack interrupts the provoking creature’s movement,
occurring right before the creature leaves your reach.
As you've quoted, controlling a mount does not place any restrictions on the mount's freedom to use its Reaction.
But as a DM, I probably wouldn't allow it
I interpret a controlled mount to be fully under the control of the controlling character. A mount that is free to react as it chooses is by definition not under control. If the rider wishes to instruct it how to react, that would use the rider's own reaction, and so the rider would have to forgo her own opportunity attack.
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V2Blast
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V2Blast
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@NautArch It says "melee attack", not "melee weapon attack". I assume the mount has some sort of natural weapon, or else the question is irrelevant.
– starchild
4 hours ago
Excellent point :) but what about having access to a melee attack action?
– NautArch
4 hours ago
@Nautarch there are improvised actions, but I'm not sure if those are valid choices for attacks of opportunity. Might be grounds for several new questions.
– Daniel Zastoupil
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
3
@NautArch It says "melee attack", not "melee weapon attack". I assume the mount has some sort of natural weapon, or else the question is irrelevant.
– starchild
4 hours ago
Excellent point :) but what about having access to a melee attack action?
– NautArch
4 hours ago
@Nautarch there are improvised actions, but I'm not sure if those are valid choices for attacks of opportunity. Might be grounds for several new questions.
– Daniel Zastoupil
2 hours ago
3
3
@NautArch It says "melee attack", not "melee weapon attack". I assume the mount has some sort of natural weapon, or else the question is irrelevant.
– starchild
4 hours ago
@NautArch It says "melee attack", not "melee weapon attack". I assume the mount has some sort of natural weapon, or else the question is irrelevant.
– starchild
4 hours ago
Excellent point :) but what about having access to a melee attack action?
– NautArch
4 hours ago
Excellent point :) but what about having access to a melee attack action?
– NautArch
4 hours ago
@Nautarch there are improvised actions, but I'm not sure if those are valid choices for attacks of opportunity. Might be grounds for several new questions.
– Daniel Zastoupil
2 hours ago
@Nautarch there are improvised actions, but I'm not sure if those are valid choices for attacks of opportunity. Might be grounds for several new questions.
– Daniel Zastoupil
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
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Yes, it can
The only limitations on a controlled mount are “... It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options ...â€Â. It’s bonus action and reaction (and legendary and lair actions) are not limited so it can use them to do whatever it could normally use them for, like taking opportunity attacks.
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Yes, it can
The only limitations on a controlled mount are “... It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options ...â€Â. It’s bonus action and reaction (and legendary and lair actions) are not limited so it can use them to do whatever it could normally use them for, like taking opportunity attacks.
edited 41 mins ago
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answered 1 hour ago
Dale M
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Yes, it can
The only limitations on a controlled mount are “... It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options ...â€Â. It’s bonus action and reaction (and legendary and lair actions) are not limited so it can use them to do whatever it could normally use them for, like taking opportunity attacks.
edited 41 mins ago
V2Blast
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answered 1 hour ago
Dale M
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Yes, it can
The only limitations on a controlled mount are “... It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action options ...â€Â. It’s bonus action and reaction (and legendary and lair actions) are not limited so it can use them to do whatever it could normally use them for, like taking opportunity attacks.
edited 41 mins ago
V2Blast
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answered 1 hour ago
Dale M
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edited 41 mins ago
V2Blast
17.5k247111
edited 41 mins ago
V2Blast
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edited 41 mins ago
V2Blast
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17.5k247111
answered 1 hour ago
Dale M
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answered 1 hour ago
Dale M
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