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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silverglass" data-source="post: 1228393" data-attributes="member: 14071">Well DR 8/- for Full Plate is really the maximum that you should ever consider as it does make people dagger proof, but then is that a completely unrealistic thing to do considering how bad a situation someone would be using a dagger against a plate armoured opponent. As I said the DRs of the best armours should be penetrated by light weapons on a critical and heavy weapons on normal hits.But if you are introducing DR for Armour then you should change the rules so that against a helpless opponent CDG should ignore some or all of the DR of armour. DR for armour is not something I am bothered about but I would probably allow CDG to bypass armour DR.It was more Spears and Pikes that were developed to counter cavalry than the slashing and bludgeoning polearms (although they could do so in a pinch), though not solely for this purpose as they were pretty good against formed infantry as well. During the periods where there were battles with heavily armoured soldiers that is when Halberdiers, Lochaber Axes, Lucerne Hammers (see below) and the like started to make an appearance on the battlefield. And while some Polearms were more of a "blade on a stick" for the peasant foot, many of them were developed further as weapons designed to counter heavily armoured knights on horse or on foot (which happened more often than you might think). "The Lucerne Hammer was a pole arm weapon which proved to be extremely effective at dismounting riders and smashing through armour. Named the Lucerne Hammer because vast numbers of the weapon were found stored in the armoury at Lucerne, Switzerland, the weapon was wood-hafted with a metal head. Similar to the poleaxe and war hammer in design, the Lucerne Hammer was fitted with a four-pronged hammer head rather than a simple hammerhead or blade. Not particularly useful for slashing, the Lucerne Hammer was excellent for thrusting, smashing, and ripping open armour (even against a mounted opponent). "</blockquote>

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