(TFT) Re: TFT Digest V3 #1045

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

At 1:44 -0400 8/18/08, Sgt. Hulka wrote:
> Generally, cavalry won't attack until they win initiative. .... But
> they can move 18 hexes and still attack; and they prefer to be at least 8
> hexes away, anyway, to gain the +2 charge bonus and the unengaged bonuses. For
> the most part (the presence of missile weapons being the exception) they can
> dictate when melee is joined.

... not sure about this (speed). At one point, I worked up a table of 
speeds for cavalry. I used the "movement and weight carried" rules, 
from Adv. Melee p.30. I assumed horsemen would weigh in at 75 kg, in 
their "knighty-whities" - light for today, but maybe reasonable 
before the age of supersized convenience food. In the "Item" column 
are type of whatever for light cavalry/heavy cavalry respectively.

I'm pretty sure you'll have to fool with the Tab stops to make this 
look any good, but:

Item			Mass (Light Cav)	Mass (Heavy cav)
----			---------------	----------------
Rider			75		75
Armor (leather/fine Plate)	8		25
Barding (cloth/chain)	17.5		37.5
Primary (Spear/Lance)	3		9
Secondaries(Sm Ax/Bast. Sw)	5		7
Thrown stuff/Healing Pot.	3		3
Water/food		2		2
			------		-----
Total on Horse		113.5		158.5


Beast		Max. MA	ST
Light Horse	30	20-22
Nag		20	14-18
Riding Horse	24	22-24
Warhorse		24	24-36
Draft Horse	22	26-38

	Speed Light	Speed Heavy	ST of horse	Max MA of horse
	14		0		24		24
	14		0		25
	14		0		26
	14		0		27
	14		0		28
	16		0		29
	16		0		30
	16		0		31
	16		14		32
	16		14		33
	16		14		34
	16		14		35
	16		14		36
	16		14		37
	18		14		38

Bottom line is you need a pretty good horse just to move, if you load 
up with armor. Hitting speed 18 takes a really light knight and an 
exceptional horse. Losing the barding helps, of course, but not just 
enormously. The rider and his armor and weapons is just heavy.

	Did I do all this right?
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