Per the rules for mounted combat: The initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you mount it. 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.
Can you attack and then disengage?
If you can disengage and then move on the same turn, then that renders opportunity attacks basically useless, as you’d just always disengage then move. But if you disengage and then have to wait for your next turn before moving, you’re probably going to be hit again on the enemy’s turn anyway.
Can a mount ready an action?
The only way to use Extra Attack is on your own turn, so the mount would have to go first, move you into range, and ready an action to keep moving after you attack, but controlled mounts can’t take the ready action.
Can a rogue disengage and dash?
At 2nd level, a rogue gains the Cunning Action feature. This lets rogues use their bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Basically, this is the same idea as the monk’s Step of the Wind except that it can also be used to Hide and it doesn’t cost any resources.
When does a controlled Mount takes the disengage?
If a controlled mount takes the Disengage action and moves away from an enemy, does the rider still provoke an opportunity attack if he or she does not also take the Disengage action? In other words, can I ride up to an enemy, make a melee attack, then have my mount disengage and ride away, without provoking an opportunity attack?
What happens when you ride a mount in combat?
With mounted combat, the simple ruling that I have used is that riding a mount during combat consumes your move action. In effect, riding a distance on a mount happens in place of your movement.
Can a controlled Mount take an extra attack?
This means you can’t do drive-by attacks with Extra Attack on a controlled mount. The only way to use Extra Attack is on your own turn, so the mount would have to go first, move you into range, and ready an action to keep moving after you attack, but controlled mounts can’t take the ready action.
Can a rogue take disengage while not mounted?
You can do these while not mounted, and the mounted rules don’t forbid any of these, so yes, this is possible. While the rogue can take the disengage action, it has no effect. The mount uses its own movement, not yours, and therefore provokes opportunity attacks on its own.
