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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6879035" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thank you. But so far, all you have is a bunch of plusses and minuses. Let me assign numbers for the severity of each of these:(-) Logistics. &quot;Classic&quot; campaign (&quot;clean&quot; heroes AD&amp;D style, faux-medieval campaign-world with easy access to horse &quot;shops&quot; and stables, &quot;normal&quot; terrain): -1&quot;Angsty&quot; campaign (dirty, ambigous anti-heroes, fantastical terrain such as deserts, laval fields, underdark etc): -5(-) Availability. Classic: -2 Angsty: -5(+) Advantage on your melee attacks against Medium creatures: Classic:+3 Angsty +2(+) Mobility: Classic:+5 Angsty: +2 (great on green fields against infantry stupid enough to leave broken ground)(+) Extra opportunity attacks:Classic: +2 Angsty: +2(+) Better blocking/tanking:Classic: +1 Angsty +1 (the St Knight vs Giant/Dragon simply doesn't happen often) (+) Weird combos.Classic: +0 (don't make the foe WANT to eat your horse) Angsty +2(-) Stealth:Classic: -1 Angsty: -5 (knights don't stealth anyways)(-) Vulnerability to Pushing attacks:Classic: 0 Angsty 0 (use combat saddle)TL;DR: Don't take McCombat if you expect to ride a horse into the Underdark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 6879035, member: 12731"] Thank you. But so far, all you have is a bunch of plusses and minuses. Let me assign numbers for the severity of each of these: [B](-) Logistics. [/B]"Classic" campaign ("clean" heroes AD&D style, faux-medieval campaign-world with easy access to horse "shops" and stables, "normal" terrain): -1 "Angsty" campaign (dirty, ambigous anti-heroes, fantastical terrain such as deserts, laval fields, underdark etc): -5 [B](-) Availability. [/B]Classic: -2 Angsty: -5 [B](+) Advantage on your melee attacks against Medium creatures: [/B]Classic:+3 Angsty +2 [B](+) Mobility: [/B]Classic:+5 Angsty: +2 (great on green fields against infantry stupid enough to leave broken ground) [B](+) Extra opportunity attacks:[/B]Classic: +2 Angsty: +2 [B](+) Better blocking/tanking:[/B]Classic: +1 Angsty +1 (the St Knight vs Giant/Dragon simply doesn't happen often) [B](+) Weird combos.[/B]Classic: +0 (don't make the foe WANT to eat your horse) Angsty +2 [B](-) Stealth:[/B]Classic: -1 Angsty: -5 (knights don't stealth anyways) [B](-) Vulnerability to Pushing attacks:[/B]Classic: 0 Angsty 0 (use combat saddle) TL;DR: Don't take McCombat if you expect to ride a horse into the Underdark [/QUOTE]

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