"Mounted Camelry and Infantry" Topic
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| teenage visigoth | 25 Jan 2013 6:47 p.m. PST |
So I'm messing with Mounted Infantry and Camelry. Camel Corp and all that… I want a tension between mounted mobility and dismounted firepower. What fixes/houserules have people tried? I can always slap on a -1/-2 Shoot score if mounted, but am interested in other ideas. -TV |
| Chris Palmer | 26 Jan 2013 4:59 a.m. PST |
I would go so far as to halve the Shoot number, or disallow shooting while mounted altogether. I don't think it was common practice to fire while still mounted on your camel as camels do not offer a very stable firing platform, and I would imagine they aren't keen on having loud bangs going off over their heads. |
| teenage visigoth | 26 Jan 2013 1:28 p.m. PST |
How about horse boys? Would you half their shot as well? |
| Chris Palmer | 26 Jan 2013 2:34 p.m. PST |
Yes. Horses, too, seldom if ever stand stone still allowing a well aimed shot. |
 John the OFM  | 26 Jan 2013 6:01 p.m. PST |
I think it might be interesting (comical) to give the horses or camels a "Whoa, Nellie!" test if you fire from their back. Oh, wait. Never mind. G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. is a SERIOUS game. I have seen Renaissance army lists with ultra-light guns fired from a camel's back, and I thought so then too.
Elephants too. |
| teenage visigoth | 26 Jan 2013 11:09 p.m. PST |
Yes terribly serious. My Camel Corps will just as likely be stopping an
Oviraptor infestation in the Sudan than skirmishing with truculent tribesmen. |
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