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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 4761037" data-attributes="member: 4303">Equipment - ArmorOne of the reasons I like earlier editions of D&D is the combination of both weight and bulk in notions of encumbrance, although the execution is a bit sketchy sometimes. I'm dropping the 'cn' or 'gp' measure of encumbrance: Enc is just Enc.Actual coins are assumed to weigh around 1/100 of a pound each, which is 1/10 of their RAW weight, but a bit less silly.Note the 'tech' of the campaign does not quite support actual plate mail: pseudohistorically, it's no later than 1250.Leather/LightIncludes cuirboilli, skins, hides, furs; maybe studded jacks and ringmail corselets. AC 7; Cost = 10gp; Enc 150; Base Movement 3Mail/MediumIncludes hauberks, haubergeons or byrnies with leather support, and other partial mails. Might include a light conical helm. AC 5; cost = 40gp; Enc 300; Base Movement 2Mail/HeavyFull mail suit with hauberk, chausses, coif, mitons, pixane, armored boots and pot helm.AC 3; Cost 100gp; Enc 500; Base Movement 1ShieldEither a large, metal-rimmed round wooden shield or a knightly heater.AC-1; Cost 10gp; Enc 100Equipment - Axes and SwordsMost weapons do 1d6 damage; those which inflict more should be considered especially dangerous.SwordsSwords are expensive: typically, only knights or seasoned professionals carry them. Viking swords and cruciform-hilt arming swords are corollaries; around 3 ft. long and weighing 2lbs or so.Dmg 1d8; Cost 20gp; Enc 60Two-Handed SwordsUnusually, individual warriors (e.g. Ash the Tall) may simply carry big swords. There is no bastard sword, zweihander, estoc, half-sword technique or other Renaissance development. They are simply big swords. Maybe around 4 1/2 feet long and weighing 3-4lbs. Such weapons would be rare and expensive.Dmg 1d10; Cost 40gp; Enc 100ShortswordsShortswords are still swords, and are still expensive. More accessible to common soldiers, or as a secondary weapon for professional archers. Unlike longer swords, they do not necessarily carry connotations of nobility.Dmg 1d6; Cost 12gp; Enc 30Battle-AxesCategorically two-handed weapons. Assume a haft 4 feet or more in length; the largest Viking axes, or axes such as those borne by the huscarls at Hastings.Dmg 1d8; Cost 7gp; Enc 100AxesSmaller axes, including francisca-type throwing axes, one-handed melee axes, and knightly axes with more penetration. Dmg 1d6; Cost 4gp; Enc 30; Range 10/20/30Equipment - Spears and Pole ArmsSpearsBorne by warriors in backwards provinces, barbarians and peasant militias. A heavy one-handed spear for hurling or thrusting, around 6 ft. long and weighing 3-5lbs. Approximates to the pilum or angon.Dmg 1d6; Cost 3gp; Enc 60; Range 20/40/60JavelinsDarts and lighter spears with longer range; preferred by mounted irregulars and skirmishers.Dmg 1d4; Cost 1gp; Enc 20; Range 30/60/90LancesCharging lances deal more damage than any other weapon.Dmg 1d6 (x2 on charge); Cost 5gp; Enc 100Pole ArmsCarried most often by heavy infantry, guards, watchmen and better-equipped militias. A variety of chopping and thrusting weapons, including boar spears, spetums, bills and glaives; note that later, more complex types (halberds, voulge-guisarmes etc.) are not available. Typically 6 to 8 feet long. Characters with pole arms always lose Initiative.Dmg 1d10; Cost 7gp; Enc 150Equipment - Other WeaponsMacesMaces are relatively cheap and easy to make, and useful against armored knights. Peasant militias are sometimes equipped with them; mercenaries also favor them. Aristocrats may attach a certain stigma to them, but they are not above using them.Dmg 1d6; Cost 5gp; Enc 50DaggersUbiquitous.Dmg 1d4; Cost 2gp; Enc 10; Range 10/20/30LongbowsYeoman's or freeman's weapon. 6-foot ash or yew bow with yard-long arrows. Professional longbowmen command good wages, as their skill is much sought after.Dmg 1d6; Cost 20gp; Enc 30; Range 70/140/210. [20 arrows; Cost 2gp; Enc 40]CrossbowsAssumed to be a lever-operated weapon (rather than an arbalest with a winch). Common footsoldier's weapon. Shoots every other round.Dmg 1d6; Cost 20gp; Enc 100; Range 80/160/240 [30 bolts; Cost 5gp; Enc 30]ShortbowsAlso includes various horn and laminate composite bows which can be shot from horseback. Favored by hunters and nomads.Dmg 1d6; Cost 10gp; Enc 20; Range 50/100/150. [20 arrows; Cost 2gp; Enc 20]Slings, Staves and ClubsPeasant militia. Ignoble weapons.</blockquote>

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