Lance Specialization

If a character takes Weapon Specialization in lance, he gets the usual benefits of attack and damage bonuses. But he also gets the following benefits:

He can perform the Shield-Rush maneuver with his lance-tip. In order for this to do damage like a Shield-Rush instead of a lance strike the character must be mounted, and must strike a character who has metal (or leather-and-metal) armor or a shield. If the character does not have such armor, the attack is automatically a lance strike.

He gets a +2 bonus to AC (thus, an AC 2 would become a 0), only when jousting and only vs. another jouster. (That is, the AC bonus is only against incoming lance attacks, and only works when the defender is himself mounted and carrying a lance.)

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