So, funny story but I met my wife in a medieval (yes, not ancient) history class because we were both the sort of nerds that would chat with the professor afterwards and the first conversation we had was about the use of halberds and other large polearms.https://twitter.com/CSMFHT/status/1392552522011725831 …
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Honestly, even just having a normal battlefield loadout would be an improvement for most DnD characters. In my experience, the average DnD fighter carries both too many weapons and too few weapons.
As in you have a heavy-armored combatant and he's got a dagger and a sword and a mace and a bow and an axe and a shield. Which is 4 sidearms and no primary weapon. Where is his spear?
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What would the “primary weapon” for a heavy-armored combatant generally look like? Would it mostly be spears and polearms?
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Mostly spears and polearms yes. Swords were typically backup weapons (Romans unusual in this regard). Two-handed swords were often primary weapons but hand-and-a-half swords were generally backups (including longsword and katana).
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Thanks! And you’ve made me feel better about my character’s loadout - chainmail, kettle helm, halberd, warhammer, dagger
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Presumably a non-noble man-at-arms, given the weapons and the equipment. The kettle helm is great. Give the fellow a brigandine and you're all set for late-14th, early 15th century fighting.
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Unfortunately, D&D has an unfortunate record of making 1H spears be bad weapons. The need to make Martial weapons better than Simple ones, along with a limited number of effective balancing factors, means they end up being low damage.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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