> Are we back at discussing this again. I remember a while back when it
> was concluded that it was not 200 menn but 200 HD of troops( including horses )
> so a night unit had perhaps 60 Knights( that is 1lvl/0lvl ). If the knights are
> as high as 3lvl then there are perhaps only 40 Knights in each unit.

I was going to write a typical long-winded essay on this but, yeah; the above paragraph
pretty much says it all. It's important for some list members (myself included) to
remember that while Cerilian cultures are modeled on those of fuedal Europe, they aren't the
same. The fact that most cerilian peasents are free, let's call them yeomen, throws a wrench into the manorial system that in the RW supported the knight.

IMO, there's about 100 knights, squires and mounted sargents (about half being sargents) in
a unit of knights. In the RW during this time period (hypocritical aren't I?) many mounted
men-at-arms were no longer "knights" in the traditional, land holding sense but professional
soldiers paid for their services by the government or another lord/organization. I wouldn't
say they were mercenaries per se, but they weren't above pillaging in, say, a Latvian
"crusade" with the Tuetonic knights when things were dull in France.

The reason I went with 100 is 1) it's simple 2) HD in D&D also translates into combat power.
The knight unit (charge 6) is twice as good as INF (melee 3) so the war cards should reflect
the same order of magnitude of troops 3) I didn't think the horses HD should translate
directly, the rider is the lions share of the team's combat potential 4) people above first
level are the NCOs/officers/war band cheifs/heros scattered throughout all units to lead
them. I'd agree the number per card would be reduced if you somehow managed to collect a
bunch of 3rd level fighters into a unit. By D&D rules this would be quite a feat. For this
type of unit detail I would suggest (gasp!- another game!) C&S, which does a much better job
of representing the dynamic of medieval europe than D&D.

So much for not being long-winded. I really didn't type lots that I wanted to- really.

Randax