Hyborian Apeman
Mongoose
Well, coming off of a discussion of liking the rules in another thread, I wanted to run a proposed rule change by this group.
The d20 (and by extension OGL and Conan) rules for overrun indicate that only one overrun can be attempted per round. This seems fine for PCs on foot and such, but doesn't fit for mounted combat in my humble opinion.
I picture the Riders of Rohan in LOR mowing down goblins, or Conan's cavelry ridding down the fleeing Nemedians in 'Hour of the Dragon' and think a rules modification needs to be made. So here it goes:
A horse can overrun according to the normal rules, except that it is not limited to 1 overrun per round. For each additional opponent that tries to block the mount, the horse has a cumulative -2 to its strength check for the opposed check. As long as people either continue to get out of the horse's way and/or the horse keeps winning the ability checks with the cumulative modifiers, the mount can keep moving.
Thoughts?
The d20 (and by extension OGL and Conan) rules for overrun indicate that only one overrun can be attempted per round. This seems fine for PCs on foot and such, but doesn't fit for mounted combat in my humble opinion.
I picture the Riders of Rohan in LOR mowing down goblins, or Conan's cavelry ridding down the fleeing Nemedians in 'Hour of the Dragon' and think a rules modification needs to be made. So here it goes:
A horse can overrun according to the normal rules, except that it is not limited to 1 overrun per round. For each additional opponent that tries to block the mount, the horse has a cumulative -2 to its strength check for the opposed check. As long as people either continue to get out of the horse's way and/or the horse keeps winning the ability checks with the cumulative modifiers, the mount can keep moving.
Thoughts?