Mounting Up

Mounting a horse or similar crea-
ture takes two consecutive maneuvers:
Move to jump or climb up, followed
by Change Posture to seat yourself.
You can leap astride in only one turn if
you make a Riding, Acrobatics, or
Jumping roll at -3 (no penalty if you
are using stirrups) – but on any fail-
ure, you fall!
When you are using Tactical
Combat, a rider is in the center of a 3-
hex mount like a horse, or the front
of a 2-hex mount like a gryphon. An
elephant or similar mount would
have a flat back, and a rider could
stand up and move around; tradition-
ally, an elephant carries the driver, or
mahout, on its neck, and a howdah, a
platform with several fighters, on its
back.