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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9472270" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Golfbagging is what Squires are for!One of my favorite scenes in 1981's fantastic film Excalibur is the battle between Gawain and Lancelot at the trial of Guinevere.They begin the battle on horseback with lances, but the already injured Lancelot cannot hold his saddle and Gawain couldn't hold up to Lancelot's skill or might so both are immediately unseated.They move to foot with long two handed flanged maces to do battle, and it's not long before Lancelot's greater skill puts Gawain on his backside. But the injury continues to weigh on Lancelot and he rips off his helmet, barely able to breathe!Gawain returns with a two handed fighting spike to try and finish Lancelot off, but in the crush of melee and the crash of armor, Lancelot manages to overcome Gawain, grab a dagger that had been dropped on the battlefield, get on top of him, and prepare to thrust it down into him.Gawain yields. Guinevere's honor is secured through trial by combat... and then she follows Lancelot and bangs him under a tree showing that her honor was in fact tarnished, Gawain was right, and Lancelot was a poor friend to Arthur.The Squires made the battle possible by offering weapons repeatedly! And apparently dropping a dagger or something at one point. I'm more fuzzy on that bit...So they can Nick -and- Vex in every turn? It's not a bad idea, at all... though Scimitar/Dagger might be a better choice since it also allows you to throw daggers as needed for a ranged combat option.Though don't ignore the power of Short Sword/Hand Crossbow with Crossbow Mastery!</blockquote>

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