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2016-08-19, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How to -- 4th century BCE setting
Really the issue is partly the massive saddle associated with classic knights that goes halfway up the back and the associated heavy lance. Plus while aiming a lance charge the impact will not be strait back- stirrups also help torsion and keeping yourself centered while aiming.
Again it is a matter of degree of difficulty and a stabbing lance vs a charging one. When knights mostly disappeared cavalry still existed for centuries and still charged-that it wwas a reversion to an older kind of charge and that those charges were what was referenced in pre knightly texts is the idea.
Not every charge is a lance charge in the way we think of them from the knightly era. Charges that use swords are still charges.
And it is not just gamers-I've known several non-gamer riders (quarter horse competition types) who have issues with that version of the maneuver (though a minority said it may be possibility-which is why I said it was an contentious issue)
Last edited by sktarq; 2016-08-19 at 09:23 PM.