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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 1224521" data-attributes="member: 7533">Coup de gras.Those articulated weak spots were still hard to hit, with the knight moving around or on horse back.&nbsp; The most common dagger tactic (especially amongst the common infantry) was to pull a knight off his horse with a hooked polearm (or any other means available).&nbsp; Once the knight was on his back like an overturned turtle, it was trival to sit on his chest and slide a dagger through his visor slit.&nbsp; Of course, if you had a knight in that position, you'd normally be better off forcing him to yeild and ransoming him back to his family, but the low-born weren't always very aware of the worth of captured nobility.Also consider that in historical real life most knights only wore arms and armor (even light armor) during combat.&nbsp; In daily life, only normal clothing was worn, sometimes a sword, but more likely a more useful and compact dagger as a self-defense weapon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 1224521, member: 7533"] Coup de gras. Those articulated weak spots were still hard to hit, with the knight moving around or on horse back. The most common dagger tactic (especially amongst the common infantry) was to pull a knight off his horse with a hooked polearm (or any other means available). Once the knight was on his back like an overturned turtle, it was trival to sit on his chest and slide a dagger through his visor slit. Of course, if you had a knight in that position, you'd normally be better off forcing him to yeild and ransoming him back to his family, but the low-born weren't always very aware of the worth of captured nobility. Also consider that in historical real life most knights only wore arms and armor (even light armor) during combat. In daily life, only normal clothing was worn, sometimes a sword, but more likely a more useful and compact dagger as a self-defense weapon. [/QUOTE]

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