Quote:
Originally Posted by Daigoro
Riding also caps any weapon skill (B397), which makes sense to a degree but can seem a bit harsh for people with higher skill levels. For example, a master rider with Riding-20 may still have his Sword-30 or Guns-30 skill effectively penalised by -10 when he's sitting on his horse.
I've seen some alternate house rules, but can't recall them specifically. Maybe something like: apply (18 - Riding skill) as a penalty instead of using it as a cap, i.e. Riding-12 gives -6 to weapon skills, Riding-16 gives -2.
|
My favorite is changing all capping skills to 'averaging' skills. Though I think I saw it in the context of environment suits and swimming rather than riding though.
I typically use riding vs hiking as one of the markers of wealth vs commoner in a low tech society.