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Nils_Lindeberg · 06-17-2021, 02:27 PM

Absolutely, there will be the whole entourage, including some general conscripts without weapon talents. By knight-focused, I mean military focus in a feudal fantasy setting. Battlefields rather than dungeons, and enemy chevauchées, assassination attempts, and court intrigue instead of random encounters in the wilderness.

I have implemented house rules for studies/basic versions of talents, so we can have half-trained people. So a farmer with basic Pole Weapon training roll 3vsDX but with a -2DX for his spear attacks. And then you can have professionals with full talents, veterans with study on an expertise level and the few that attain full expertise are note worthy NPC's and player Heroes and when you go high level we will probably see some mastery talent level skills.

So now comes the question, what do a normal soldier wear? A simple leather and small shield, a chainmail and large shield with a fine sword? Finely fitted half plate with a +1 enchantment on it, a +1 enchanted shield and a +1 balanced sword?

What constitutes a non-master-crafted sword. Is that a crappy sword and the standard is a finely made one, and at what level of soldiery will we start to see enchantments? Only the king's guard, or also the 10-year veteran and maybe even the merchant's third son that just got hired as an aid-du camp?

What can be considered normal equipment level for the job descriptions; Recruit, Regular, Sergeant, Officer, Captain?

In the beginning of medieval times a knight was a warrior on a horse with a chain hauberk and a spear, during late medieval times the knight was a completely different beast with full barding for his warhorse and armor so good that normal swords had no chance of penetrating, and even common footsoldiers could afford a Brigandine armor which probably could be translated to fine half plate or some such.

06-17-2021, 02:27 PM	#3
Nils_Lindeberg Join Date: Jul 2018	Re: Professional Soldiers Absolutely, there will be the whole entourage, including some general conscripts without weapon talents. By knight-focused, I mean military focus in a feudal fantasy setting. Battlefields rather than dungeons, and enemy chevauchées, assassination attempts, and court intrigue instead of random encounters in the wilderness. I have implemented house rules for studies/basic versions of talents, so we can have half-trained people. So a farmer with basic Pole Weapon training roll 3vsDX but with a -2DX for his spear attacks. And then you can have professionals with full talents, veterans with study on an expertise level and the few that attain full expertise are note worthy NPC's and player Heroes and when you go high level we will probably see some mastery talent level skills. So now comes the question, what do a normal soldier wear? A simple leather and small shield, a chainmail and large shield with a fine sword? Finely fitted half plate with a +1 enchantment on it, a +1 enchanted shield and a +1 balanced sword? What constitutes a non-master-crafted sword. Is that a crappy sword and the standard is a finely made one, and at what level of soldiery will we start to see enchantments? Only the king's guard, or also the 10-year veteran and maybe even the merchant's third son that just got hired as an aid-du camp? What can be considered normal equipment level for the job descriptions; Recruit, Regular, Sergeant, Officer, Captain? In the beginning of medieval times a knight was a warrior on a horse with a chain hauberk and a spear, during late medieval times the knight was a completely different beast with full barding for his warhorse and armor so good that normal swords had no chance of penetrating, and even common footsoldiers could afford a Brigandine armor which probably could be translated to fine half plate or some such.