From: Nick Brooke (Nick_Brooke@btinternet.com)
Date: Fri 07 Apr 2000 - 10:55:25 EEST
It is a Generally Accepted Pseudo-Gloranthan Truth (one of the things both
I would add that IMO the weapon mix for Pelorians in the Genertelan Players'
The Greek 'kopis' sword used as a sidearm by hoplites is kinda betwixt and
It is unusual IMO for a Lunar Army unit to use scimitars as its primary
Greg and Sandy would agree to, I believe) that the Lunar Army (with magic)
is better than the Roman Army, and that the Lunar Army (without magic) is
worse. So the Lunars aren't better than the Romans.
Book is lazy and wrong: the typical Lunar infantryman simply ain't a Roman
legionary (with pilum and gladius). Roll back to Hellenistic or Classical
Greek if you want a look at what's going
between a shortsword and a scimitar (look at a piccy some time), so I don't
have problems with Lunar hoplites carrying a scimitar for use in
emergencies. The primary offensive weapon of the hoplite is his spear, not
his scimitar. He uses the scimitar when something has gone horribly wrong.
(NB: that great big shield he carries is also important as a secondary
offensive weapon, useful for slamming opponents aside and inflicting broken
bones).
weapon in massed combat, although some cases are known (these include the
famous Steel Swords Legion, an all-Yanafali elite force who fight en masse
using iron scimitars and look really cool on the battlefield). But Yanafali
officers would almost always carry a scimitar, as a matter of honour and a
symbol of their rank. A Yanafali without a scimitar is only slightly more
common than a Humakti without a sword.
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