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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dglass" data-source="post: 741851" data-attributes="member: 5484">Between this thread and playing Age of Mythology I must say I'm inspired.  I was pondering what each army might use as a signature weapon.I think it would be cooler if the Cressians used spear throwers.  The reason spear throwers were replaced by bows is that bows make better hunting weapons.  However, some peoples continued to use spear throwers after bows were being used elsewhere in the world.  Aztec warrior greeted (and pierced the armor of) the Spanish conquistadors with the atlatl.  The Australian aborigines woomera was a multi-purpose tool used as a weapon, digging stick, fire stick, handle for a stone chisel blade, and a percussion instrument.  The Intuit had a similar device but used it for spear fishing.I would give the Auselen the khopesh.  An Egyptian weapon sometimes called a sickle-sword.  For a ranged weapon how about the longbow?For the Ta'jinn I wonder if you could use a glaive like a lance or would the shaft break?  Centaur charge attacks are deadly.Composite bows are not really that difficult an invention and an Iron Age culture such as the Stempan should have them already.  A weapon that might be developed during the war is the crossbow.  Invented by the Chinese these are much more scary weapon then they are portrayed in the PHB.  They are as powerful as composite bows but less expensive.  Really good archers take years to develop the muscles and stamina. When other armies pick up on the crossbow the Stempan might still have another card to play.  The Chinese also invented the repeating crossbow.</blockquote>

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