Tornaments in D&D?

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During a session tonight an interesting problem came up:

How on earth (or any other world) does a knight's jousting happen in
D&D-mechanics?

Picture this: two persons on horses, with lances, ride/charge each
other. One gets the initiative. Does both get charge bonus? Does either
provoce an attack of opportunity? If the clash - hits - are resolved as
at being done at the same time - which one gets the "first" hit?

Robert Karlsson Svärd
- who house-ruled this

 

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Robert Karlsson Svärd wrote:
> During a session tonight an interesting problem came up:
>
> How on earth (or any other world) does a knight's jousting happen in
> D&D-mechanics?
>
> Picture this: two persons on horses, with lances, ride/charge each
> other. One gets the initiative. Does both get charge bonus? Does either
> provoce an attack of opportunity? If the clash - hits - are resolved as
> at being done at the same time - which one gets the "first" hit?
>
> Robert Karlsson Svärd
> - who house-ruled this

This is addressed in the book Complete Warrior. IIRC, you roll
initiative each pass. Winner gets the first strike. You do not get a
charge bonus. If you hit, you deal damage. First one knocked
unconcious falls off of their horse and the other wins.