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Mannahnin reacted to Jack Daniel's post in the thread D&D General [OSR] Holmes 77 Retro-Clone with
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I remember these clones from back when. And the drama. But it's understandable to me that a Holmes clone won't usually get a lot of... -
Mannahnin reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General D&D weapons vs reality with Like.
"Bulletproof" as a word comes from armor-proving. Something blacksmiths had been doing for -centuries- by shooting crossbows, arrows, or...
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It's a story as old as time. Armored thing hard to kill till it isn't. Now one infantryman with the right missile or one drone...
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Two things to briefly add, focused more through a design lens: "...balance isn’t about making things equal, it’s about preserving...
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Mannahnin reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General D&D weapons vs reality with Like.
Given that the English fielded Longbowmen at 10 to 1 billman in the Wars of the Roses, I am not say archery was ineffective, especially...
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An old NOVA episode covered armor and firearms pretty well. You can find it in certain places. NOVA | Secrets of the Shining Knight |...
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See the above documentary. They used a period firearm against a period forged breastplate at close range and it didn't penetrate.
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I would also note that for the most part D&D combat doesn't resemble armies at war, it models small skirmishes. Most characters are not...
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I once had a player explain to me that a human being couldn't run a certain distance under a certain amount of time. We exited the...
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That depended on the quality of the armor and the bow. I've seen demos where an arrow from a longbow could penetrate but not by enough...
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A lot of these arguments make a few common mistakes (often both sides of the argument). For example: Just because powerful bows aimed...
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Counterpoint, good armor good block crossbow bolts, longbow arrows, and firearms (of the era). A lot of factors played into it, but...
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Mannahnin reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General D&D weapons vs reality with Like.
Armour was pretty effective, otherwise they would not have spent all that money getting it. Is part of a pretty good series on the...
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I groan every time you see those scenes where the breastplate is obviously made out of tinfoil because the only thing stopping someone...
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Some of these posts remind me of the people who claim that a modern tank is easy to take out because "All you have to do is throw a...