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I recently GM'd the 'mount' skill with Garumsh, and have been noticing an odd number of failures that I do not remember occurring in the past. Among these include a great deal of falling off during combat (I have the mounted combat feat) and actually failing to use the mount command.

I suddenly found I had the same issue but then I realized my mount wasn't wearing its saddle. I don't know if this has anything to do with your issue.

Sorry, I'm working on getting caught up. Is this still happening?

I've not had any trouble mounting or falling off a steed, but I do use a saddle.

That seems to have been the issue. I didn't realize saddles had any coded benefit, and it didnt make sense to me to put one on a worg.

One upon a time you could ride without a saddle if you were a grandmaster of mount, that changed a long time ago. It makes more sense to use a saddle, anything else is painful.

So, I understand that this is still happening: is there consensus on whether or not it is out of whack? (You fall off too readily without a saddle?)

I believe that there ought to be only a very small, if any, chance of a grandmaster of mount falling off his mount, with or without a saddle.

Anyone that good at riding is not going to fall off while walking down a road, regardless of whether or not they are sitting on a saddle. Perhaps speed could play a factor in how likely a GM is to fall off, but at walking speed I would say it would never happen.

Thanks for the counsel on what makes sense!

Can anyone answer the other half of this? Are grandmasters at mount still falling off their steeds when moving at a walk on roads?

(I think the steed may also make a difference?)

No, seemingly the problem has been resolved. Very few, if any, falls are evident even while moving as fast as "soar" while flying, and while "gallop"ing while on land.

Alrighty, hearing no other comments on this, I'm going to call it resolved!