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Originally posted by konidias
What Konidias said
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The types of armor and weapons depended a whole lot on the period, of course...
In the time period I'm more familiar with, archers had pretty much replaced javelineers in many areas. The archers were lightly armored, with light leather jerkins, to allow them a) agility for better accuracy, and b) the freedom to run quickly. Wasn't like you see in the movies, where an archer shoots until the enemy closes to melee range, and then he whips out a sword and fights melee. Archers were dedicated units used primarily to thin out the enemy army before it clashed with your own guys.
Armor, of course, was expensive if it was made out of metal. Most of the footmen would have been levys, just local farmers and such drafted into the local nobleman's army. They would have worn leather armor, perhaps heavier than the archers' leather and probably reinforced with metal at just a few key areas like shoulders. Mail would have been worn by men-at-arms, the full-time soldiers. Knights, of course, had to can themselves up in full plate. They were more or less invincible (before the longbow) except bashing them around with axes and maces could knock them out of their senses. The enemy's goal was usually not to kill the knights, but to capture them for ransom. Knights were of royal blood and their allies would pay lots and lots of money to get them back.
I'm not arguing with Konidias, I'm just comparing his knowledge to a different time period. Probably the warfare he was talking about was a bit older than this style here.
That's where we rp'ers get so many of our ideas!
