A new question.
Quote:
Mounted Combat Attacks
Both an animal and its rider may attack, and both may
attack in the same turn. A rider may attack regardless of how
far his mount moved that turn, although the animal itself
cannot attack if it moved more than half its MA. To determine
whether the rider is making a charge attack, of course, you
consider the movement of his animal.
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So a rider may fire a bow no matter how fast his horsey is going, right? (Ignore the questions about two-handed weapons above for now and just assume that the rider can use a two-handed weapon as RAW suggests.)
If we apply RAW, a centaur can only move one hex and fire his bow. He can also only make a half-move to charge attack. I'm not sure that sits well with me.
Obviously, one could just say that a Centaur is a special case, acting like a mounted rider in combat, but that would be a serious upgrade. The fact is that a Centaur has to pay attention as he gallops while the horse, not the rider, pays attention.
Still, sure seems to me that a Centaur ought to be able to fire a bow after a half-move (maybe because it sounds cool). Anyone ever think about this?
Thanks, as always.