GreivousKhan

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Sadly I use to be, but my familiarity has slightly faded. My last wrestling memory is around the age Kane still had his mask on and Cold Stone Steve Austin still wrestled. XD

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Every time I think of 'lithe' my head pops up an image of the recent Spider-Man figure. Which Iron is between him and Captain American frame wise in my mind. That's part of the reason I didn't use 'lithe'.

Unless you're talking about a typo which in this case I blame my iPhone which has autocorrect and typing up massive amounts of text is not friendly on this SOB...

@Fallenreaper

Well technically its the build type you seem to be referring to in your character sheet. People tend to think it means weak or something, but forget ti's used to describe trees and Tolkien OP ass elves.

Also I might take up that challenge you posted up. Though I'm debating if I should use my knight.

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By overly muscular, I'm talking about body builder standards. He's thick and sturdy framed which makes it clear he's had muscle training. However, it's not to the point his muscles are trying split through his skin or looking like inflated balloons.

@Fallenreaper

I think the word you are looking for is 'lithe.'

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As far as I've understood from the original post, that's precisely what Nar Mat Kordh-Ishi is about, anyway. They're mercenaries. They're hired for efficient warfare. Nar Mat Kordh-Ishi lives up to it. Helping the oppressed is not exactly something the average employer of a mercenary company would be happy about. More than often, mercenaries did that themselves.

@Peik

I didn't say we should help those who can't pay us... I was more referring to not not getting into situations that would stain the company reputation.

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Mmhmm, you could also do half swording esque things with little to no worry of injury, I remember hearing about a bunch of men with Scimitars attacking a Redcoat line as they wandered through a town, the swordsmen basically ran up close and pushed their own blades into the Redcoats with their free hand, rather than swinging and slashing like they are portrayed as being used historically. It might have been a specific method used for tight quarters where you don't wish to injure nearby people, as they were fighting in their city, but interesting none the less.

Every sword has its advantage and disadvantage I suppose.

@MelonHead

I actually heard about that too, gave me allot of idea for future scimitar use.

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I really don't think people who are grateful to live another day, and spend said day with blooded battlefield work, plunder and pillage care about breaking common stereotypes.

@Peik

It's important if you want more people to hire you in the future. "Our Word is as good as Gold" kind of scenario. A merc company should be VERY concerned about their reputation. An all orc one more so than normal.

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@GreivousKhan hey, not sure if you saw but I'm back :)

hopefully you'll forgive me!

@Dynamo Frokane

I'll post tomorrow. :P

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One advantage of a single bladed weapon is the more forgiving blocking potential. No double edge sword self injury and all that.

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I think the almost ceremonial nature of swords suggests they weren't necessarily the most efficient tool of war. The lance was a very expendable weapon, it got used, it broke, but it's also perfect for mounted combat for that reason. You can afford to ride over, stab something long and pointy into your foe and leave it behind stuck in them (where-as dropping your sword left you SOL) and then ride back to pick up a new one. The lance might not be the main weapon of a knight, but it was definitely the main weapon of cavalry in west Europe, and as far as I know, Knights were predominantly cavalry.

I'd have to do more research, but I think the lance was definitely more synonymous with Knights then the sword, though in actuality it would be safer to say both weapons were synonymous with the Knight, with the lance used as a primary weapon for the charge, and the sword used if melee was engaged.

Doing a massively flawed wikipedia search but it does have some interesting insights into Knights, suggesting they originate from Equites, which any fan of Total War Atilla will tell you were Roman Cavalrymen from the lower tiers of aristocracy, definitely fitting the medieval Knight.

@MelonHead

Although the battlefield may generally have revolved around the lances of the men-at-arms, and the missiles and polearms of the infantry, the sword was the primary weapon of the knight for individual combat. Which is what the arena focuses on, so I'd rather keep to a sword. Not many duels I know of took place using lances anyway. (aside from jousting tournament, but their less about duels of honor)

In the same way the Katana and such are the weapons for individual duels for Samurai.

Nar Mat Kordh-Ishi - Orcish Mercenaries

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But the new King/Queen would have so much gold, and be so very thankful.

@MelonHead

I actually came across this exact dilemma when running an 'evil' D&D campaign some months back. The main people who you want to impress are the folks with the most money, was actually ends up being the king/government, so in all you end up doing more or less what a normal adventuring party does. If perhaps a little less honestly.

I also like the idea we orcs are trying to also break the common stereotypes about our kin. (and trying t cash in of course.)

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Yeah, I've recently been on a semi-crusade to discover why the Japanese never bothered with shields, I've still not heard any fully convincing arguments. (other than the fact that almost all their mainstream weaponry was traditionally used two handed.)

I think the difference is the 'primary' weapon of the Knight was the lance (as far as I'm aware, anyway) which is pretty much completely unusuable on foot. The Yari, Naginata, Konabo, Katana, No Daichi etc etc were all of significant use on foot, most were actually designed for it. The Samurai only had to be on a horse for mobility, no other reason really.

To be fair, I doubt Knights besieged castles all that frequently historically, that was the job of the peasants. Except during the Crusades I suppose, though one Crusade did end with the *Holy Roman Emperor, Fred falling in a river and drowning because of his armour, which is really irrelevant but a favourite fact of a friend of mine.

@MelonHead

Interesting.

Most people see the knights primary weapon being his longsword. Your knighted with it, often their given names (while lances as far as I know are not) often passed down to relatives, though that's not specific to knights/nobles.

With the the battle of barnet being largely on foot and fought with entirely with swords (despite everyone and their mother being in heavy plated mail of the late middle ages), I actually have a hard time seeing the knights main weapon being his lance. An important one, but one he can largely live without historically.