Tumbling in full plate

[William drake]

sounds like someone throwing the trashcans out the window.


*sorry, image of knight rolling in full plate, is, well, just funny.*

 

[Mark CMG]

Tumbling in full plate

Down stairs? Nothing to it . . .

 

[Mark CMG]

It's more than likely that during long battles soldiers would have come up with a way to rotate in and out of the ranks since even a few minutes resting with your visor up can be enough to catch your breath. It also shows just how important a knights "shock" value was. Once a fully armoured man was committed to a fight it had to be over within a few minutes or his performance would degrade sharply.

Having grown up playing hockey, I think I get the picture. The shorter the shifts, the fresher the players and the more shifts they can take.

 

[Piratecat]

sounds like someone throwing the trashcans out the window.

What noise does a dwarf make when he falls down stairs?

CLANGEDDIN CLANGEDdin CLANgeddin clangeddin...

 

[hong]

In Morte d'Arthur heroes tend to take breathers in the middle of duels.

Clearly those knights must have been swordsages. They were taking a full-round action to refresh their maneuvers.