A trained steed, and competent rider can charge through an enemy formation like a hound through the fields.
When you take this feat you gain a +1 bonus to Strength, or Constitution, and you gain the following benefits:
- Your mount gains the Dash ability as a Bonus Action, if it did not already have it. Your mount gains the Charge ability (see below,) and can use it a number of times per short rest equal to its Constitution modifer.
- You may cause your mount to Charge through a group of creatures that are smaller than your mount. To initiate this charge, your mount must use all of its movement, Action and Bonus Action to Dash. The Charge must start at least 20 ft away, and continue in a straight line through any creatures in the path. If there are no more creatures in the path, or at least 20 ft between the last creature the Charge went through, and the next - you may use the remaining movement to change direction by up to 90 degrees in one direction and continue the full movement.
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While Charging, each creature's space you move through reduces your mount's total movement by 5 ft. Each creature's space you move through in is way is dealt 2d6+3 bludgeoning damage for each size category smaller that creature is to your mount, unless they succeed on a Dexterity saving throw of DC10+your Animal Handling bonus, and are knocked prone. Those that succeed the saving throw take no damage, but there is a 50% chance that they throw them selves out of the way and end up prone. (The DM may rule that some enemies such as Zombies, do not have the intellectual capacity to make the Dexterity saving throw.)
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When you Charge through a group, you may use your Attack action to attack any target you could normally attack. You have advantage on Strength based melee attacks and deal an additional dice of that weapon's damage if you hit. You can only hit a target once during a Charge.
- You do not provoke attacks of opportunity when you and your mount Charge in this way from any Prone creature as you leave their reach. Your mount can not make any attacks during the Charge.
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