Fighting from the saddle

You fight from the saddle with your ordinary weapons, and every swing works as it does on foot: same damage, same swing directions. What changes is the height. You sit a metre and a half up, so a footman's chest is well below your crosshair.

• Your own horse never blocks your swing.
• Bows fire accurately from horseback, straight to the crosshair.
• The Lance is special: at a gallop it couches itself. See The couched lance.
• A horse can be killed under you. Keep an eye on its health.