Aranya rides

[The Smith]

So what did you say to Aranya. She asked me the same question and I started giving her a different answer. So we should talk it out.

[theother]

To be honest I think Rhod talked her down eventually. She's agreed to have started on "Beginner" riding though after he race and win over Roland (Noteworthy riding skill) she's hoping to have that increased to Novice.
I think that's a fairly reasonable request.

On the same sort of topic I think the skills issue is starting to get out of hand. The jousting one has opened a whole can of worms and, as I said at the time, I think it's a way to try and get a 'free' skill above beginner level. I see Rhod's point about the current system penalising those with specialised joust/mounted combat skills. One solution would be, as suggested, to split main weapon skill and create a jousting one two levels below. My only quibble with that would be that suddenly we'd have a load of expert/master jousters from nowhere. However the only other way would be to give everyone not already with those skills a Beginner level one. That would make it possibly lethally dangerous for a lot of PCs to compete in tourneys though.
Thoughts?

[The Smith]

I personally think that letting anyone who has jousted to have a joust skill equal to their weapn would be fair, since they already do under the current system.

I am not passionate about, and I think you are more a stickler about the rules. Which is a good thing. I need some one to balance out my pleasing tendencies.

I do think she should get some kind of bonus with her horse that she skinchanges into, they have a bond.

[theother]

Equal too, as opposed to a level or two less as proposed?
I'm meeh about the whole thing really. It's only for tourneys and my blokes were never that bothers (under Donal or Balor) about playing at war. So if that's the system you want then fine.

And yes, I am a bit of a rules person, mainly because I don't trust myself to be impartial if some PC winds me up and then sends me a scenario 3 seconds later <evil grin>
At least if I follow the rules set down then I never get in that situation.
Having some improvisational flair on the team is good too though. Maybe as time goes on we'll pinch habits off each other who knows