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<blockquote data-quote="xenoflare" data-source="post: 1288641" data-attributes="member: 12431"><p><strong>chinese warriors</strong></p><p></p><p>hi guys,</p><p></p><p> i'm not really that experienced with "real world physics" of mounted combat - but since DnD is a fantasy game, just gimme some leeway for my ignorance haha. </p><p></p><p> Accounts of warfare in Chinese historical literature and mythology are replete with warriors bearing pole-arms and spears from horseback, engaging in grand duels lasting long series of bouts with one another. In the Romance of 3 Kingdoms, the famous general of Shu, Guan Yu, earned his fame for battle prowess with the "Da Dao", or "Great Blade" both mounted and on foot - it's basically a naginata-like polearm. (Now people call Guan Yu "Guan Gong" because he has been elevated to the status of a God of War and Loyalty in Chinese religion, and they refer to the "Da Dao" as the "Guan Dao", or "Guan's Blade".)</p><p></p><p> There're lots of other polearms that i can remember from my childhood tales - tiger-fanged war maces which were basically spiked clubbing polearms, snake-tooth spears, which were long, wavy, kris-like twin-bladed spears, etc, which mounted Chinese warriors used with great gusto. To get a bit of an idea about this, just take a look-see at the Playstation 2 game series "Dynasty Warriors", which is a rendition of these tales in video-game format.</p><p></p><p> This may, or may not be true - the embellishment of history over time with myth and folklore, as well as artistic license with the various ages, but what i'm trying to point out is that it's pretty dang cool, and it's got a "tradition" of sorts, within at least one culture's imagination. It may not be "realistic", but hey, this is a game after all, and if my half-orc psychic warrior mounted on his snow tiger can't fight 50 bouts with an orcish double-bladed war-axe with his pseudonatural vampiric blackguard advesary mounted on a fiendish dire wolf, then that'll be an awful shame haha.</p><p></p><p> hope this helped - just my 2 taels of silver.</p><p></p><p>yours sincerely,</p><p>shao</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xenoflare, post: 1288641, member: 12431"] [b]chinese warriors[/b] hi guys, i'm not really that experienced with "real world physics" of mounted combat - but since DnD is a fantasy game, just gimme some leeway for my ignorance haha. Accounts of warfare in Chinese historical literature and mythology are replete with warriors bearing pole-arms and spears from horseback, engaging in grand duels lasting long series of bouts with one another. In the Romance of 3 Kingdoms, the famous general of Shu, Guan Yu, earned his fame for battle prowess with the "Da Dao", or "Great Blade" both mounted and on foot - it's basically a naginata-like polearm. (Now people call Guan Yu "Guan Gong" because he has been elevated to the status of a God of War and Loyalty in Chinese religion, and they refer to the "Da Dao" as the "Guan Dao", or "Guan's Blade".) There're lots of other polearms that i can remember from my childhood tales - tiger-fanged war maces which were basically spiked clubbing polearms, snake-tooth spears, which were long, wavy, kris-like twin-bladed spears, etc, which mounted Chinese warriors used with great gusto. To get a bit of an idea about this, just take a look-see at the Playstation 2 game series "Dynasty Warriors", which is a rendition of these tales in video-game format. This may, or may not be true - the embellishment of history over time with myth and folklore, as well as artistic license with the various ages, but what i'm trying to point out is that it's pretty dang cool, and it's got a "tradition" of sorts, within at least one culture's imagination. It may not be "realistic", but hey, this is a game after all, and if my half-orc psychic warrior mounted on his snow tiger can't fight 50 bouts with an orcish double-bladed war-axe with his pseudonatural vampiric blackguard advesary mounted on a fiendish dire wolf, then that'll be an awful shame haha. hope this helped - just my 2 taels of silver. yours sincerely, shao [/QUOTE]
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