Cavalry Units and Bulk

[coldwind]

At the character scale, the bulk of a character doesn't affect his mount.

Does that hold true at the skirmish and battle scale? Can Cavalry units ignore the Bulk 2 or Bulk 3 of their armor, or will their base 80yd movement be reduced by 10yd/Bulk as normal?

[Zorbeltuss]

Well, I generally would assume that cavalry unit armor includes barding, which does give mounts bulk.

[Ser Richard]

I would think that it wouldn't effect movement, i'd only have the mounts with barding if you upgraded their armor.

[Zorbeltuss]

Well, cavalry units *does* get the endurance ability of their horses, so one might assume that the horses are armored too? Not to mention that a mounted unit is 20 horses+20 men, as opposed to 100 men, and horse armor costs 4x...total cost for 100 suits of mail is 100*800=8000. Total cost for 20 suits of mail and 20 pieces of mail barding is 20*800+20*(800*4)=8000.

[coldwind]

And the cavalry armor equipment does specify a Bulk 2 (3 if upgraded); if it didn't apply, what would be the point?

[Ser Richard]

If the unit dismounts for the battle they fight as Infantry and then bulk counts