Re: (TFT) Death Test 1, take 4: SURVIVED!

["gem6868" <gem6868@verizon.net>]

Nice point, one doesn't need to be an expert to note where obvious laws of 
physics come into play.
In Neil's fantasy world, the pole arm is a super-weapon.  The nice thing 
about gaming is that none of us needs to subscribe to that particular 
fantasy.  Even if he was historically correct, and he's not, I'd still 
minimize the overall benefits and put into the mechanics the many 
disadvantages of pole arms just for the sake of variety, it keeps the game 
interesting.

-----Original Message----- 
From: dwtulloh61@cox.net
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 1:50 PM
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: Re: (TFT) Death Test 1, take 4: SURVIVED!

I can see how a two-handed hafted weapon (axe, hammer, quarterstaff, pole
arm would be good at parrying a swing from a sword, but what about a thrust?
That would seem to be where it is the weakest at parrying, since it becomes
more of a timing issue than blocking a swing.

Since TFT doesnt differentiate between swings and thrusts, it would make
sense to me that these kinds of weapons have an overall lower rating to
parry.

But ... I am not a medieval scholar, I don't play one on TV, blah blah, blah 
blah.

---- raito@raito.com wrote:
> Quoting gem6868 <gem6868@verizon.net>:
> > Thanks for your agreement, demonstrated below, that saves me from 
> > further
> > citations.
>
> Not really. You still haven't shown how you know that the polearm is
> slower and less adept at aprrying than a sword. Nor have I said
> anything other than the medieval masters appear to consider the sword
> in two hands as most flexible. And most flexible certainly isn't meant
> to mean that the polearm isn't super (though I haven't asserted that it
> is).
>
> > > To the point at hand, the pole arm wasn't a super-weapon in real life. 
> > > It
> > > was slower and less adept at parrying than a sword.
> >
> > And you need to cite how you know that's true. I say it's not true
> > because the masters of the period, and period accounts, show it to be
> > false.
>
> Neil Gilmore
> raito@raito.com
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