In none of those videos is the rider hit by an effect that forces them to move 5ft (or more) so we don't know if the horse would go with them.
I think it makes sense that a flying broom is neither being worn or carried so if someone riding a broom is shoved or subject to another effect that moves them the broom does not move with them. You can make a case for holding the broom means you are now "carrying" it so it does come with you.
If that were the case, it would say so in the description.
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
In none of those videos is the rider hit by an effect that forces them to move 5ft (or more) so we don't know if the horse would go with them.
I think it makes sense that a flying broom is neither being worn or carried so if someone riding a broom is shoved or subject to another effect that moves them the broom does not move with them. You can make a case for holding the broom means you are now "carrying" it so it does come with you.
If that were the case, it would say so in the description.
Doesn't it say something like that though?
"This wooden broom, which weighs 3 pounds, functions like a mundane broom until you stand astride it and speak its command word. It then hovers beneath you and can be ridden in the air. It has a flying speed of 50 feet. It can carry up to 400 pounds, but its flying speed becomes 30 feet while carrying over 200 pounds. The broom stops hovering when you land."
"Standing Astride" and "can be ridden" are not terms that typically means held or carried. These descriptions would tend to be associated with being mounted.
In the mounted combat rules we have:
"If an effect moves your mount against its will while you’re on it, you must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall off the mount, landing prone in a space within 5 feet of it. If you’re knocked prone while mounted, you must make the same saving throw."
If the broom is treated as a mount which is certainly supported by the verbiage used in the description of the Broom then a DM could easily apply the mounted combat rules regarding being knocked off a mount. Repelling blast for example could dismount someone riding either a horse or a broom (though the character on the broom could have much farther to fall).
Personally, I think the text in the Broom description is a better fit for an item considered as a mount rather than something that is held or carried.
Note that the rules on regular mounts do not specify a hand to be used to hold on. Neither does the description of the Broom. It is a DM call if they think such an additional feature is required for the Broom. However, I think treating the Broom as a mounted vehicle is sufficiently restrictive.
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P.S. The reason for JCs ruling earlier in the thread (that the Broom replaces the character's movement) is that there are no rules for mounted self-powered vehicles. Vehicles are not creatures and thus do not have initiative. If an item doesn't have initiative then it can't be a mount. If it isn't a mount and the rules don't say what it is then it is up to the DM to interpret and one interpretation is that the Broom movement replaces the character movement when they are mounted. However, that is just as much homebrew as treating self-powered vehicles as mounts. So - take your pick.
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If that were the case, it would say so in the description.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Doesn't it say something like that though?
"This wooden broom, which weighs 3 pounds, functions like a mundane broom until you stand astride it and speak its command word. It then hovers beneath you and can be ridden in the air. It has a flying speed of 50 feet. It can carry up to 400 pounds, but its flying speed becomes 30 feet while carrying over 200 pounds. The broom stops hovering when you land."
"Standing Astride" and "can be ridden" are not terms that typically means held or carried. These descriptions would tend to be associated with being mounted.
In the mounted combat rules we have:
"If an effect moves your mount against its will while you’re on it, you must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall off the mount, landing prone in a space within 5 feet of it. If you’re knocked prone while mounted, you must make the same saving throw."
If the broom is treated as a mount which is certainly supported by the verbiage used in the description of the Broom then a DM could easily apply the mounted combat rules regarding being knocked off a mount. Repelling blast for example could dismount someone riding either a horse or a broom (though the character on the broom could have much farther to fall).
Personally, I think the text in the Broom description is a better fit for an item considered as a mount rather than something that is held or carried.
Note that the rules on regular mounts do not specify a hand to be used to hold on. Neither does the description of the Broom. It is a DM call if they think such an additional feature is required for the Broom. However, I think treating the Broom as a mounted vehicle is sufficiently restrictive.
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P.S. The reason for JCs ruling earlier in the thread (that the Broom replaces the character's movement) is that there are no rules for mounted self-powered vehicles. Vehicles are not creatures and thus do not have initiative. If an item doesn't have initiative then it can't be a mount. If it isn't a mount and the rules don't say what it is then it is up to the DM to interpret and one interpretation is that the Broom movement replaces the character movement when they are mounted. However, that is just as much homebrew as treating self-powered vehicles as mounts. So - take your pick.