You make a good argument and I agree that with the mechanics of the use of
the lance and its limitations then it should do a lot more damage than a
spear.  I was wondering, I have a couple of PCs that have chosen the lance,
but they do not, and probably will not in the foreseeable future, have
mounts, so they cannot use their lances.  But that only gives them two
weapons they can use.  Does anyone allow a fix for this, say, letting them
trade a weapon for a lance later on, or maybe, especially in the case of a
Bearknight, getting the lance as an extra bonus weapon?  Just curious if
this has come up before and how it was handled.
Thanks.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: David Cole <artanis@...>
To: <dragonraid@...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [DragonRaid] Lance idea


> Well... in my opinion, the lance should do much more than SL damage.  Both
> realistically and mechanics-wise, this is, in my opinion, the best way to
make
> a lance.  Having it do at least 2SL damage is only fair.  (In my game,
they
> actually do 3SL.)  A pointed lance used by a charging warrior is a
DEVASTATING
> weapon.  In essence, it's a spear modified by the HORSE's strength and
weight,
> and spears are useful weapons, notwithstanding the fact that your average
> spear-wielding human is not going to literally hurl himself into his enemy
as a
> lancer must.  Mechanics-wise, it is grossly unfair (or stupid) to take a
weapon
> that can only be used on horseback and creates a great deal of difficulty
> (lances are several yards long, after all) when a sword could be used to
deal
> the same amount of damage.  So there's my 2 cents ;-)
>
> David Cole
>
> David Claridge wrote:
>
> > Sounds like a question for our rulemaster, but IMHO the lance does 1-10
> > damage, right?  The rules say a lance can only be used while mounted,
which
> > to me implies one must be charging his target just to use the lance.
> > Otherwise, you should be able to use the lance while on the ground the
same
> > as mounted if it is not required for you to be moving to use it.  Or is
my
> > logic messed up?
> > David.
> >
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