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dom6:mounted [2024/08/31 05:57] fenrir [Attributes and Combat] |
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| ===== Targeting ===== | ===== Targeting ===== | ||
| - | When a foe performs a melee attack or a missile attack on a mounted unit, they typically | + | When a foe performs a melee attack or a missile attack on a mounted unit, they prefer to aim for the **rider**. This presumably because most mounts (or at least most horses) will [[rout]] if they suddenly find themselves riderless. However, the [[Size]] of the mount (especially in comparison to the rider) and the Reach of the attack will mess with this. |
| * First of all, before everything else, a roll is taken to see if the rider can hide against their mount. If the mount is 3 size points larger than the rider, there' | * First of all, before everything else, a roll is taken to see if the rider can hide against their mount. If the mount is 3 size points larger than the rider, there' | ||
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| * For missile combat, the rider and the mount have an equal chance of being targeted, at least at this stage. | * For missile combat, the rider and the mount have an equal chance of being targeted, at least at this stage. | ||
| - | For the record, if a mount has multiple riders and a rider is targeted, //which// rider is one is selected at random. The biggest rider' | + | For the record, if a mount has multiple riders and a rider is targeted, //which// rider gets targeted |
| Just for an example of the missile situation, say an ??Archer?? is trying to hit the ??Elephant Rider?? on a ??War Elephant??. Say the projectile ends up in the War Elephant' | Just for an example of the missile situation, say an ??Archer?? is trying to hit the ??Elephant Rider?? on a ??War Elephant??. Say the projectile ends up in the War Elephant' | ||
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| There are a few special hits that will only hurt a mount, and not their rider. [[Trample]], | There are a few special hits that will only hurt a mount, and not their rider. [[Trample]], | ||
| - | What hits can hit **both** a mount and their rider? All area-of-effect (" | + | What hits can hit **both** a mount and their rider? All area-of-effect (" |
| ===== Attributes and Combat ===== | ===== Attributes and Combat ===== | ||
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