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Contents

Relevant Empires ruleset

Page Number

Empires: Colossus

Empires: D6

Empires: D10

Empires: D20

Empires: Diceless

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Empires: Colossus

Byzantine Cataphract Lancers

The following unit rules can be used for any army that was present pre 15 th century. The
Empires: Colossus expansion is needed to use the contents of this unit update.
The Byzantine Cataphract Lancers were a form of heavy cavalry that were used in ancient
warfare. The cataphracts wore heavy scale armour which gave a high level of protection for
their horse and themselves in combat. The Byzantines were not the first to uses cataphracts,
other armies included: Scythians, Sarmatians, Armenian and even the Roman army. After seeing
the destructive power of the cataphract, the Roman army was to later create its own cataphract
unit to help combat the eastern powers. The main use for the cataphract unit was as a shock
troop; the lance and heavy armour enabled them to be most deadly when charging; the
Byzantines would later improve on this by adopting a wedge formation as to improve the
lancers destructive potential in the first strike of close combat.

Byzantine
Cataphract
Lancers
(Min and Max 20)

Elite

Cost
each

50

Defence:

Shooting
Skill

N/A

2+

Melee
Skill

3+

Movement

Special Rules

10

Scale Armour and Barded Horse,

Lance, Never Fall Back, Hidden
Weapon, Large Shield, Quality
Footwear, Musician, Wedge
Formation

Base Charge:

3+D6 (RR)

Scale Armour and Barded Horse

-4 Defence.

There Can Only Be One

Only one Byzantine Cataphract unit can be bought per army.

Wedge Formation
When the cataphract unit charges, the front two ranks gain two attacks in the first round of
combat.

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Empires: D6

Byzantine Cataphract Lancers

The following unit rules can be used for any army that was present pre 15 th century. The
Empires: D6 rulebook is needed to use the contents of this unit update.
The Byzantine Cataphract Lancers were a form of heavy cavalry that were used in ancient
warfare. The cataphracts wore heavy scale armour which gave a high level of protection for
their horse and themselves in combat. The Byzantines were not the first to uses cataphracts,
other armies included: Scythians, Sarmatians, Armenian and even the Roman army. After seeing
the destructive power of the cataphract, the Roman army was to later create its own cataphract
unit to help combat the eastern powers. The main use for the cataphract unit was as a shock
troop; the lance and heavy armour enabled them to be most deadly when charging; the
Byzantines would later improve on this by adopting a wedge formation as to improve the
lancers destructive potential in the first strike of close combat.

Byzantine
Cataphract
Lancers
(Min and Max 20)

Elite

Cost
each

50

Shooting
Skill

N/A

Melee
Skill

3+

Movement

Special Rules

10

Scale Armour and Barded Horse,

Lance, Never Fall Back, Hidden
Weapon, Large Shield, Musician,
Wedge Formation, Thorough Bred
Horse (already included in profile)

Scale Armour and Barded Horse

+3 to enemy melee and shooting skill. An enemy unit can never wound a cataphract better
than a 4+ in melee and in shooting (unless the unit has RM).

There Can Only Be One

Only one Byzantine Cataphract unit can be bought per army.

Wedge Formation
When the cataphract unit charges, the front two ranks gain two attacks in the first round of
combat.

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Empires: D10

Byzantine Cataphract Lancers

The following unit rules can be used for any army that was present pre 15 th century. The
Empires: D10 rulebook is needed to use the contents of this unit update.
The Byzantine Cataphract Lancers were a form of heavy cavalry that were used in ancient
warfare. The cataphracts wore heavy scale armour which gave a high level of protection for
their horse and themselves in combat. The Byzantines were not the first to uses cataphracts,
other armies included: Scythians, Sarmatians, Armenian and even the Roman army. After seeing
the destructive power of the cataphract, the Roman army was to later create its own cataphract
unit to help combat the eastern powers. The main use for the cataphract unit was as a shock
troop; the lance and heavy armour enabled them to be most deadly when charging; the
Byzantines would later improve on this by adopting a wedge formation as to improve the
lancers destructive potential in the first strike of close combat.

Byzantine
Cataphract
Lancers
(Min and Max 20)

Elite

Cost
each

50

Shooting
Skill

N/A

Melee
Skill

4+

Movement

Special Rules

10

Scale Armour and Barded Horse,

Lance, Never Fall Back, Hidden
Weapon, Large Shield, Musician,
Wedge Formation, Thorough Bred
Horse (already included in profile)

Scale Armour and Barded Horse

+3 to enemy melee and shooting skill. An enemy unit can never wound a cataphract better
than a 5+ in melee and in shooting (unless the unit has RM).

There Can Only Be One

Only one Byzantine Cataphract unit can be bought per army.

Wedge Formation
When the cataphract unit charges, the front two ranks gain two attacks in the first round of
combat.

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Empires: D20

Byzantine Cataphract Lancers

The following unit rules can be used for any army that was present pre 15 th century. The
Empires: D20 rulebook is needed to use the contents of this unit update.
The Byzantine Cataphract Lancers were a form of heavy cavalry that were used in ancient
warfare. The cataphracts wore heavy scale armour which gave a high level of protection for
their horse and themselves in combat. The Byzantines were not the first to uses cataphracts,
other armies included: Scythians, Sarmatians, Armenian and even the Roman army. After seeing
the destructive power of the cataphract, the Roman army was to later create its own cataphract
unit to help combat the eastern powers. The main use for the cataphract unit was as a shock
troop; the lance and heavy armour enabled them to be most deadly when charging; the
Byzantines would later improve on this by adopting a wedge formation as to improve the
lancers destructive potential in the first strike of close combat.

Byzantine
Cataphract
Lancers
(Min and Max 20)

Elite

Cost
each

50

Shooting
Skill

N/A

Melee
Skill

8+

Movement

Special Rules

10

Scale Armour and Barded Horse,

Lance, Never Fall Back, Hidden
Weapon, Large Shield, Musician,
Wedge Formation, Thorough Bred
Horse (already included in profile)

Scale Armour and Barded Horse

+6 to enemy melee and shooting skill. An enemy unit can never wound a cataphract better
than a 10+ in melee and in shooting (unless the unit has RM).

There Can Only Be One

Only one Byzantine Cataphract unit can be bought per army.

Wedge Formation
When the cataphract unit charges, the front two ranks gain two attacks in the first round of
combat.

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Empires: Diceless

Byzantine Cataphract Lancers

The following unit rules can be used for any army that was present pre 15 th century. The
Empires: Diceless rulebook is needed to use the contents of this unit update.
The Byzantine Cataphract Lancers were a form of heavy cavalry that were used in ancient
warfare. The cataphracts wore heavy scale armour which gave a high level of protection for
their horse and themselves in combat. The Byzantines were not the first to uses cataphracts,
other armies included: Scythians, Sarmatians, Armenian and even the Roman army. After seeing
the destructive power of the cataphract, the Roman army was to later create its own cataphract
unit to help combat the eastern powers. The main use for the cataphract unit was as a shock
troop; the lance and heavy armour enabled them to be most deadly when charging; the
Byzantines would later improve on this by adopting a wedge formation as to improve the
lancers destructive potential in the first strike of close combat.

Byzantine
Cataphract
Lancers
(Min and Max 20)

Elite

Cost
each

50

Shooting
Accuracy

Melee
Accuracy

N/A

50%

Movement

Special Rules

10

Scale Armour and Barded Horse,

Lance, Never Fall Back, Hidden
Weapon (included in profile),
Large Shield, Musician, Wedge
Formation,
Thorough Bred Horse (included in
profile).

Scale Armour and Barded Horse

-20% to enemy melee and shooting skill.
There Can Only Be One
Only one Byzantine Cataphract unit can be bought per army.
Wedge Formation
When the cataphract unit charges, the front two ranks gain 100% melee accuracy (before
the charging modifier) in the first round of combat.

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