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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 3485659" data-attributes="member: 9254">You're not gimping him. You are, however, contrasting a 1st level character with the historical Spartans who started training for war around age 7.&nbsp; Virtually no other culture had such an ingrained and structured training of the Spartans in 300. Other cultures were as harsh on children but not with the focused goal of making them into warriors. By the time they were released from the schools, they'd had more than a decade of training, training likely on par with to that provided by the U.S. army.&nbsp; Every Spartan was the equivalent of a career green beret, with 10 years in service.&nbsp; Let's look at it a different way.&nbsp; An 11yro spartan child could probably take a 16yro greek soldier.&nbsp; A 14 yro spartan could probably kill a greek soldier that lived through a few battles.&nbsp; A 17yro spartan has a decent chance of killing a greek soldier that survived a campaign.&nbsp; IMO the spartans change the age categories with 1st level being ~11yro, 2nd at 14 and 3rd at 17yro.Plus in 300 Leonidas' men were themselves veterans, making the movie representative of higher level troops.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 3485659, member: 9254"] You're not gimping him. You are, however, contrasting a 1st level character with the historical Spartans who started training for war around age 7. Virtually no other culture had such an ingrained and structured training of the Spartans in 300. Other cultures were as harsh on children but not with the focused goal of making them into warriors. By the time they were released from the schools, they'd had more than a decade of training, training likely on par with to that provided by the U.S. army. Every Spartan was the equivalent of a career green beret, with 10 years in service. Let's look at it a different way. An 11yro spartan child could probably take a 16yro greek soldier. A 14 yro spartan could probably kill a greek soldier that lived through a few battles. A 17yro spartan has a decent chance of killing a greek soldier that survived a campaign. IMO the spartans change the age categories with 1st level being ~11yro, 2nd at 14 and 3rd at 17yro. Plus in 300 Leonidas' men were themselves veterans, making the movie representative of higher level troops. [/QUOTE]

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