Thidrek
2010-05-04, 04:14 PM
Greetings fellow Playgrounders.
Recently I tried to figure out how to realistically integrate the concept of jousting into D&D 3.5 but I couldn't come up with a good solution.
Problem is this: D&D handles combat turn-based, so two mounted knights riding against each other won't hit the same time. The one with better initiative will win and hit, presumably taking the opponent out of his saddle and even if not, with ride-by-attack he will be long gone before the opponent can react.
This means it's pointless being good at mounted combat if all it depends on is initiative.
Same goes with open battlefields. Two guys on horses, one with a sword, the other with a lance. Realistically the one with the lance should be in advantage since he can strike first. But if the other one wins initiative he can hit and escape without facing the other's charge. Theoretically he could ready his lance against the charge but that's not the point I'd guess.
So the question is: Are there any rules, homebrewed or official, that account for situations like this?
Recently I tried to figure out how to realistically integrate the concept of jousting into D&D 3.5 but I couldn't come up with a good solution.
Problem is this: D&D handles combat turn-based, so two mounted knights riding against each other won't hit the same time. The one with better initiative will win and hit, presumably taking the opponent out of his saddle and even if not, with ride-by-attack he will be long gone before the opponent can react.
This means it's pointless being good at mounted combat if all it depends on is initiative.
Same goes with open battlefields. Two guys on horses, one with a sword, the other with a lance. Realistically the one with the lance should be in advantage since he can strike first. But if the other one wins initiative he can hit and escape without facing the other's charge. Theoretically he could ready his lance against the charge but that's not the point I'd guess.
So the question is: Are there any rules, homebrewed or official, that account for situations like this?