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<blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 2965529" data-attributes="member: 7883">They used to have some good guidelines for this in the Historical setting guides for 2nd Ed.&nbsp; In 3E, books like Trojan War and Eternal Rome might provide some guidelines.Full Plate, Plate Male, and Chainmail will be out.&nbsp; Banded Mail and Scale Mail are in, as is Leather, and Studded Leather.&nbsp; Add in the bronze breastplate for armour.Two-Handed Swords don't exist yet, as they were created to punch through heavier plate armor.&nbsp; Short Swords and Spears and Longspears will be some of the main weapons of choice....if it's late Bronze Age, you may see some Longswords.&nbsp; Longbows aren't around....though Composite Bows would be.&nbsp; There is no cavalry, as I don't think that the stirrup has been invented yet, though the use of chariots pulled behind horses to launch attacks from is in vogue..I'd recommend a penalty also....possibly -1 to hit with bronze weapons, and -1 AC to bronze armor....these obviously offset each other.&nbsp; If a character rolls a &quot;1&quot; on a to hit roll with a bronze weapon, the blade bends, and needs to be beaten back into shape before being able to be used again.Those are some of the differences that come to mind..Banshee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banshee16, post: 2965529, member: 7883"] They used to have some good guidelines for this in the Historical setting guides for 2nd Ed. In 3E, books like Trojan War and Eternal Rome might provide some guidelines. Full Plate, Plate Male, and Chainmail will be out. Banded Mail and Scale Mail are in, as is Leather, and Studded Leather. Add in the bronze breastplate for armour. Two-Handed Swords don't exist yet, as they were created to punch through heavier plate armor. Short Swords and Spears and Longspears will be some of the main weapons of choice....if it's late Bronze Age, you may see some Longswords. Longbows aren't around....though Composite Bows would be. There is no cavalry, as I don't think that the stirrup has been invented yet, though the use of chariots pulled behind horses to launch attacks from is in vogue.. I'd recommend a penalty also....possibly -1 to hit with bronze weapons, and -1 AC to bronze armor....these obviously offset each other. If a character rolls a "1" on a to hit roll with a bronze weapon, the blade bends, and needs to be beaten back into shape before being able to be used again. Those are some of the differences that come to mind.. Banshee [/QUOTE]

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