Cavalry Weapons

Melee Weapons: A rider uses melee
weapons at the lower of his Melee
Weapon skill or Riding skill. Thus, a
trained rider has no penalties to use
melee weapons while mounted. If the
mount’s velocity is 7 or more relative
to the foe, the attack has -1 to hit but
+1 damage. Use the same rules when
attacking from a motorcycle or similar
open vehicle (substitute Driving skill
for Riding skill above).
Lances: Lance skill appears on
p. 204. To couch a lance, a rider must
have a saddle and stirrups. A couched
lance’s damage depends on the
mount’s mass and velocity. Work out
damage for a collision between the
mount and the target – (mount’s ST)
¥ (distance moved last turn)/100 dice
of damage, rounded down – and add
the lance’s thrust/impaling bonus of
+3. Example: A ST 25 warhorse
charging at Move 8 inflicts 2d+3
impaling damage.
Tournament jousting uses blunted
wooden lances, specially designed to
break if they strike very hard. These
inflict the same amount of damage,
but it is crushing – and if the damage
exceeds 15 points, the lance snaps,
limiting damage to 15 points.