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Do you get strength bonuses when charging?

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:00 pm
by AxeMental
Does a person charging on horseback add strength bonuses to damage (lets say a heavy lance)?
I'd think not since your simply bracing (though I would give the to hit bonus). Not sure about other weapons (since you might thrust some of those, along with taking advantage of the momentum of the horse).

Re: Do you get strength bonuses when charging?

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:39 am
by genghisdon
yes

Re: Do you get strength bonuses when charging?

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:33 am
by Matthew
As Don says, yes there is no reason to suppose not. For what it is worth, the strength of the individual riding the horse matters a good deal for the dealing of a good blow with a couched lance.

Re: Do you get strength bonuses when charging?

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 4:40 pm
by prespos
Another yes here.

Prespos

Ps.
I think the Masters set of D&D, or maybe the Companion, disallows STR bonuses when using a lance.
For AD&D, I'd just allow STR bonuses across the board for any melee weapon, to keep things simple.

Ps2.
Threads like this (rules questions with a binary answer) make for good polls...