"LOTR stategy battle game rules question" Topic
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| Daniel Pickering | 10 Sep 2020 12:11 p.m. PST |
Hello all,
I am wondering whether cavalry figures can use a two handed weapon while mounted. I seem to remember reading somewhere that they cannot. There are at least two cavalry figures that I know about with two handed weapons sculpted on…Thrydan Wolfsbane Dunlending Chief (with twohanded axe) and Nazgul Dwimmerlaik (with twohanded sword). What is the rule
Thanks |
| John the OFM | 10 Sep 2020 12:55 p.m. PST |
Think about it.
Aren't those weapons for when you dismount and fight on foot? |
Stew art  | 10 Sep 2020 3:08 p.m. PST |
No. No use of 2h while mounted is the rule. Those models might have *special* rules though that allow them too. I dunno. |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 10 Sep 2020 3:59 p.m. PST |
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| CeruLucifus | 13 Sep 2020 5:31 a.m. PST |
Don't know the game rules but see this trailer for Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress": YouTube link In the first scene, Toshiro Mifune rides after some poor sap, standing in the saddle with his weapon two-handed. In the next shot he completes the stroke one-handed, but his other arm splays out for balance and does not hold the reins at any time. For me this pretty much settled the nonsense about "can't use a two-handed weapon on horseback because you need a hand to steer", at least for heroic characters. You steer with your knees so you can use both hands. |
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