Spear vs Knights... am I missing something?

[RGTraynor]

Originally Posted by Lovewyrm

As for the rest, well, it's a peasant. A poor peasant.
He's really good with that spear, but maybe he's not good at fighting? Psychologially speaking, or something.

You only have to see ONCE, in person, around ten mounted police officers drive back around ten THOUSAND just-short-of-rioters to appreciate the impact of a cavalry charge on the inexperienced. (True story.)

That being said, I can't conceivably imagine how one gets to Spear-27 without being tolerably cool in battle. Even given my caveats as to the whole situation uptopic, there is no frigging way I would ever allow anyone to have a weapon skill within a dozen pips that high who'd never experienced genuine action. None.

The notion of a poor peasant being psychologically and tactically able to handle the situation's certainly a lot more realistic than the notion of one having a weapon skill that high, anyway.