@HG,
I'm using the Tamerlane giraffe but with the caveat that it can stop at camel square, and a manticore that must do 2 steps at least (may stop at knight suquares). That in different games. What you say, I have not considered. I did consider something even weirder though, because the two above mentioned pieces are hard to develop in the opening I have considered pieces that have the first step pass through pieces another of a few others blockable and then ordinary. Also, now you got me thinking about sky rooks combined with Tamerlane picket like pieces.
@HG, I'm using the Tamerlane giraffe but with the caveat that it can stop at camel square, and a manticore that must do 2 steps at least (may stop at knight suquares). That in different games. What you say, I have not considered. I did consider something even weirder though, because the two above mentioned pieces are hard to develop in the opening I have considered pieces that have the first step pass through pieces another of a few others blockable and then ordinary. Also, now you got me thinking about sky rooks combined with Tamerlane picket like pieces.