Re: RAG: mounted combat

From: johnjmedway (jjm@zycor.lgc.com)
Date: Thu 27 Jan 1994 - 18:20:37 EET


>> From: rq4@sartar.toppoint.de (Joerg Baumgartner)
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 11:14:50 +0100 (MEZ)

>> Joerg
>> >> Loren
>> >> >me

>> >> Mounted Combat (91)
>> >> The combat summary says that mounted combatants are at -10
>> >> to attack skill, but it doesn't say anything about it here.
>> >> Personally, I think that anyone who has enough Ride skill to use
>> >> his full attack skill should not be penalized, and would remove
>> >> that line from the combat modifier summary, but if the summary is
>> >> right then you should mention the modifier in this section.
>>
>> > I disagree. A mount is never going to be as stable as the ground ( barring
>> > earthquakes and other oddities ). I think there should be a penalty, though
>> > small.
>>
>> Having them make their ride roll before attacking *is* a severe penalty.

Is this a suggestion, or did I miss it in the rules?

>> Then there is the disadvantage of offering a large target to both melee and

This has historically, and wrongly I'd say, been ignored in RQ.

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