Has anyone been involved in a confrontation when the police are mounted? Believe me, a crowd of people and horses going here and there. It's a nightmare! I often wished that I had a pike in my back pocket!
he he!
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Thexton <bethexton_at_...>
To: <hw-rules_at_egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: Digest Number 83
>
> Someone suggested that to the Praxians their mounts
> may count as followers. I think this is an excellent
> suggestion!
>
> Historically, top notch cavalry with trained war
> horses were as dangerous for their horses as for the
> rider. Let's face it, a horse that is willing to
> throw its weight (and hooves!) around can make life
> pretty difficult for the poor sods standing on the
> turf trying to hold it off.
>
> In addition, horses were often killed from under their
> riders. This is why those who could afford it always
> came to battle with remounts held in reserve. Sounds
> a lot like what happens to followers to me!
>
> So I'd suggest the following:
> -if the animal is well trained for battle, it can lend
> AP to its rider. This might take a simple "ride"
> roll, but for most nomads this would be an
> auto-success. Hmm, to minimize die rolling, I'd
> probably only suggest requiring a ride roll when the
> rider is changing mounts.
> -if the animal has been trained to actively fight, and
> the rider is trained to use a fighting mount, the
> mount can also count as an attacker for multiple
> attacker penalties. This probably requires that the
> mount and rider have trained together for a while.
>
> Note that most non-elite, non-nomad cavalry would not
> have their horses (or other mounts) specified as
> followers.
>
> --Bryan
>
>
>
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