It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has
done what he has done.
- Richelieu
> >>If they spot them, and don't assume they're dead. The heavier armoured
> >>horsemen (Knights & Cataphracts) have a very restricted field of vision
> >>so will be particularly vunerable.
> >
> >It's not a tactic *I'd* count on to work very often. In Hollywood, yes.
In
> >real life? no.
>
> Not to mention that you would be laying on the ground right when a horse
> is charging by. Getting stepped on by a charging horse would really
> wreak your day. Not to mention kill you.
Or even hurt you!
Now, a variant would be to have convenient pits (created by Ernalda magic?) to stop the horses. A series of gopher or rabbit-sized holes will wreck a cavalry charge. *Then* let the Gor types pop up out of yet more pits and slaughter the remnants of the charge...
RR
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