What’s your favorite medieval weapon?

[Scurrybt]

I always found the naginata to be an interesting medieval weapon from Japan.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

longbow...

but I have thought up the ultimate medieval weapon.
using modern metals like modern steel and titanium.. create a metal rod...

(staff) looking white metalic..

give it a turn and a point wil eject... (spear)
two turns and you get a second point at the boton for grouding.. and some side spikes spring out (polearm)
another turn.. and more spikes come out and the bottom and top point retracht (mace)

give another twist... and you fold open the staff... exposing a 1 handed sword..

finally remove the top lid.. and you can take out a springsteel wire.... that you drag out than attack to the bottom.. (this must be done manually)

inside the rod are also stored some thin but very dense and sharp metal rods.. you can fire those now off....


on your arm you have a similair mechanism.. build in in your armor.. basily a shield tof interlocking plates.. if activated giving you a roundshield of 60-80cm made of steel.. if deactivated it is just a slightly thinker part of the armor on your arm..

fully mechanic.. no electronics..

such a battlestaff would be great to ever truelly own..

but who could make one?

basicly the idea is.. I can walk with a simple staff and looking all nice and monklike.. cept for some wristbands...

than if attacked can instantly turn full armored battlemode..

you messed with the wrong monk here;)

kind of how I played morrowind... with 1 summon heavy armor ring always at hand..
looking all so innocent;)

[Spirit]

Rapier

[Scurrybt]

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Rapier

My absolute favorite sword

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In Blade of Darkness, sold here on Steam, you get to use your enemies body parts, so I'll go with arm, though throwing someone's severed head is always a nice distraction when running for cover.

[Spirit]

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Rapier

My absolute favorite sword

yes rapiers are nice weapons. looks great and i like how they are more useful for stabbing than slashing

[Sir Seanicus, Esq.]

Feudalism.

[Et tu, B?]

the club; its a big wooden stick

[De Hollandse Ezel]

a longbow.. is basicly an medieval gun..

it can shoot trough armor at 250m with ease..
and thats average a good longbowman could do that at 450m

if no armor.. (barrage vs peasants conscripts) they could be easely leathal upto 1500m
when fired from high ground like a castle wall on a hill they even have killed at 2km range..

also their draw speed is still 6-8 shots a minute... considerable..

their only 2 downsides..
1 weather.. if it rained.. well there goes your advantage...
sinews did not work well wet.
bowes were so effective bad weather could litterly influence outcomes of wars.

and 2
long training..
warbows were FAR more heavy back than.. now the heaviest bows are 80 perhaps 100 pounds (40-50kg)
back than a warbow would easely be 300-400 pounds (150-200 kg) in force

it required 20 years of training to become that precise, and that strong.. archery needed phenomenal strenght.. and the ability to quickly release that strenght..

longbowman in ways were MORE elite than knights given how hard it was to train to become one.

the only reason guns won.. was not cause they were better not back than and not for a long while..
but cause any idiot can be trained with a gun in a few days..
but archery takes decades to master..

[Electric Cupcake]

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Rapier

My absolute favorite sword

Ignoring that those are Renaissance and not medieval, a dwarven letter opener is better than those sissy toothpicks.

Langseax and Schweizersäbel are the best.

And Skeggøx.

[Electric Cupcake]

No love for the Orban bombard?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcze7EGorOk&pp=ygUMaXN0YW5idWwgbm90

[Auckes]

Longsword

[Electric Cupcake]

I've always loved Xianghua's Northern Star jian.

I don't know if it's based on any real world jian types, but It's what Elves would carry if they practiced Wushu and Taijiquan, I'm sure.

Though it's odd how it's description and stats say it's not good for defense.
https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Northern_Star

With that big, honkin un-Chinese crossguard?

[Ganger]

For me, it has to be the Sword.

Gladius, Bastard Sword, Long Sword, Sabre, Claymore and many others. Not really into Rapier type weapons tho.

[Electric Cupcake]

Postat inițial de 420 Game Gawd 69:

Bubonic plague

I did get chewed out by my old History teacher during the exercise when she gave us a mound of modeling clay and told to make an accurate Norman castle, and I was wasting time making little clay animal and human corpses to catapult over the walls and poison the waters with.

Also, I was a bit of a jerk and almost made another girl cry, criticizing her for trying to make clay cannons, 400-some years too early.

Those old Mobile playsets really are bad influences on kids.

[Scurrybt]

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Postat inițial de 420 Game Gawd 69:

Bubonic plague

I did get chewed out by my old History teacher during the exercise when she gave us a mound of modeling clay and told to make an accurate Norman castle, and I was wasting time making little clay animal and human corpses to catapult over the walls and poison the waters with.

Also, I was a bit of a jerk and almost made another girl cry, criticizing her for trying to make clay cannons, 400-some years too early.

Those old Mobile playsets really are bad influences on kids.

That does seem like a decent strategy.