Martial arts for the man-at-arms

The Colonel · 01-18-2014, 06:36 PM

...or you could have a non-bronze using culture (no tin perhaps?). Sub-Saharan Africa managed to go more or less straight to iron ...
Or in a fantasy culture, you could even rule that the dwarves are only selling steel plate and human armourers lack the skill to duplicate it in bronze - human made armour is either steel mail or non-articulated plate in bronze or steel. Full plate is only dwarvish and only steel. And probably a pain to get repaired unless there are a lot of dwarven repair shops above ground.

01-18-2014, 06:36 PM	#15
The Colonel Join Date: Jul 2006	Re: Martial arts for the man-at-arms ...or you could have a non-bronze using culture (no tin perhaps?). Sub-Saharan Africa managed to go more or less straight to iron ... Or in a fantasy culture, you could even rule that the dwarves are only selling steel plate and human armourers lack the skill to duplicate it in bronze - human made armour is either steel mail or non-articulated plate in bronze or steel. Full plate is only dwarvish and only steel. And probably a pain to get repaired unless there are a lot of dwarven repair shops above ground.