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<blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 413131" data-attributes="member: 1131"><p>Greetings!</p><p></p><p>Hmmm...well, mmadsen, as usual, I like your reasoning, but yet...it seems that in Caesar's Legion, the legionnaires while fighting in formation, do a lot of *dropping their enemies* (suggesting power attack, cleave and great cleave)--while also during combat, their seems no lack of space or ability for them to dodge about and move as they fight, (which suggests dodge and mobility, and spring attack) which makes me think that perhaps you interpret the Roman formation as being more restrictive to their movement than their performance would suggest.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>True, they were not as free and wild of fighters as German barbarians, and I would dovetail that into a restriction of them using the Gladius, rather than the longsword, battle axe, or two-handed sword, as those weapons obviously required more space to use--which the Germans prefered, and the Roman formation fighting would discourage. Having said that, I don't quite think it was so restrictive as to preclude the feats that I suggested, as noted.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I agree that the feats you mentioned from Oriental Adventures are excellent, and should be added to the list!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Semper Fidelis,</p><p></p><p>SHARK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SHARK, post: 413131, member: 1131"] Greetings! Hmmm...well, mmadsen, as usual, I like your reasoning, but yet...it seems that in Caesar's Legion, the legionnaires while fighting in formation, do a lot of *dropping their enemies* (suggesting power attack, cleave and great cleave)--while also during combat, their seems no lack of space or ability for them to dodge about and move as they fight, (which suggests dodge and mobility, and spring attack) which makes me think that perhaps you interpret the Roman formation as being more restrictive to their movement than their performance would suggest.:) True, they were not as free and wild of fighters as German barbarians, and I would dovetail that into a restriction of them using the Gladius, rather than the longsword, battle axe, or two-handed sword, as those weapons obviously required more space to use--which the Germans prefered, and the Roman formation fighting would discourage. Having said that, I don't quite think it was so restrictive as to preclude the feats that I suggested, as noted.:) I agree that the feats you mentioned from Oriental Adventures are excellent, and should be added to the list!:) Semper Fidelis, SHARK [/QUOTE]
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