Year 487 Summer Campaign

[Geoffrey]

Regardless of the weapon, you use your mount's strength for damage.

And you don't have to use a spear for the charge.

[Arne]

So if I wanted to use my sword from horseback against one of the Saxons on foot, A) What kind of "to hit" bonuses would I be looking at, and B) What kind of damage bonuses would I get (assuming I hit)?

[GM Craig]

You use your Horse's damage rating in a charge.

[Geoffrey]

Your to hit would be your skill +5  for being on horse and possibly +5 for the terrain bonus if Craig allows it.

[GM Craig]

If you swing a sword from horseback, you're not charging. And using a sword, you use your own damage score. When using a lance or a spear, you use your horse's damage score.

In this situation, for the first round, you'll have a +10 to your effective skill. Subsequent rounds you will have a +5.

Also note that, to anyone with an effective skill over 20, you take the excess above 20 and apply it as a bonus to the actual attack roll. Any result you get 20+ is a critical.

[GM Craig]

Corey, just one attack in a charge. Go ahead and re-roll.

[Arne]

Yeah, I think I'll stick to the sword for this one.  Granted, I won't get the bonus damage from the horse, but I'll at least be an effective 25 on my "to hit" score as opposed to 13 with a spear in the initial attack.  Yup, gotta sink some points into Spear skill.   

Valka's gonna do some nasty damage, though . . .

[Cedwyn]

For some reason i was locked out of this board till I logged out and back in..

[Artaigne]

Did I roll damage wrong?  Thought I was supposed to roll the 3D6 for my sumpter?

[GM Craig]

For sword, you use your own damage. You only use your horse damage with a spear or lance.

[Artaigne]

Sorry, I understood that part, just checking to make sure that I read 'Sumpter (3D6)' correctly when I assumed that the 3D6 was its damage score.

[GM Craig]

Right. SO when you charge or fight with a spear or lance, you use your horse's damage.

[Geoffrey]

How long would it take for 2 or 3 people to go through the ship to see if there's anything of real value?

I'm just thinking that maybe some can do a check while others prepare to burn the ship.

In this world, is the explosive nature of flour/flour dust known? 

edit: Never mind, you said grain, not flower.  Although some grains are quite flammable/explosive as well.

[GM Craig]

There are 2 ships.

It's about a 10-15 minute effort to search through the holds of the ship, take inventory of what is there, and unload them.

It's three or four minutes to fire them.

[Geoffrey]

Cedwyn nodded as he struck the torch a-light.

"West?"

I assumed so, but I probably shouldn't have.

Craig?