Fenriz,
The effects would be similar to that of a halberd, but a much larger area of damage and severe bone crushing, although halberds will have more length.
Fez,
Yes, I've indeed heard of such. However, the moment I include "scale" style armor and so forth, I lose any reason to not include other kinds of armor here, and then this would meet the same fate as my magic guide: it would be so long no one would bother reading it.
Indeed, most sorts of plate will use chainmail around the joints, although others would still wear the gambeson as well, especially if their armor didn't have chainmail welded over the gaps. (Obviously, fitting in harmony with what you said, chainmail would be around the joints and since plates wouldn't go over every joint there'd be a gap. Thus, our points work well together.)
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Otherwise, I'm busy working on the chainmail guide, I'll stick in leather on that one as well. Of course, then I'll be sure to include segmented plate and "scale" style armor.
What guide after that, well, I don't know. Probably something on bows, crossbows, bolts and arrows to help the ranged-using characters out a bit. But for now, melee is my primary focus for guide making.
11-Oct-2012 23:23:53
