How Gear Works

How Gear Works Jun 17, 2011 7:17:29 GMT -5

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Post by Emmarie on Jun 17, 2011 7:17:29 GMT -5

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Helms

Cap: A Cap is a padded, leather, or steel skullcap worn much like a close-fitted cap, beret, or bonnet. Caps are usually worn with padded armor, leather, studded leather, hide, or any other lightweight protection.

Coif: A Coif is a padded chain mail hood. It fits snugly around the neck and over the head, except the face. It usually comes with or is built into a suit of chain mail or mail based armor. Often a heavily armored knight will wear a chain mail coif under a great helm. Thus allowing him to remove his great helm for a better view of the feild while maintaining a fair level of protection.

Open-Faced Helm: This class of open faced helmet, made of reinforced leather or metal, covers most of the head, save the face and the neck. These helmets commonly provide protection for the nose (this piece of the helm is called the nasal). Open face Helmets are popular with officers and leaders, and are appropriately worn with medium-weight armors like brigandine and chain mail.

Closed-Face Helm: The closed-face helmets are identical to the open-face, but include a visored faceplate. These tend to be worn by officers and sergeants-at-arms. They are most commonly worn with plate mail.

Great Helm: A great helm is any massive metal helm that covers the entire head, including the neck and often the upper shoulders. The only gaps in the protection are found in the narrow slits that allow limited vision, and some small holes to permit breathing. The visor is not normally removable. It is rare to find a great helm used with armor lighter than banded mail. Great helms are most often found in combination with plate mail or heavier armor.

Shields

Buckler or Target Shield: a small round shield of wood or metal that fastens to forearms. It can be worn by crossbowmen or archers with no hindrance to their attacks with their chosen weapons.

Small Sheild: Usually round and carried on the forearm, gripped with the shield hand. Light weight compared to medium shield and allows for weilder to carry other items in hand (though not another weapon).

Medium Shield: Carried in the same manner as the small shield(i.ei, on the forearm). Unlike the small shield, however, its weight prevents the person from using his shield hand for anything other than carrying the shield. Medium sheilds are commonly metal, range from 3-4' in diameter, and can be of any shape, from round to square to spread dragon's wings. Typical medium sheilds were triangular with the point facing the ground.

Body Shield: Also known as the Kite shield or Tower Shield, is a massive metal or wooden shield reaching nearly from the chin to the toe of the user. It must be firmly fastened to the forearm and the shield hand must firmly grip it at all times. Naturally this precludes use of the shield hand for anything but holding the body shield in place.

Pole Arms
Ankus - A long dull hook with a blunt point attached to a pole.
Awl Pike - Similar to a longspear, it is 15 feet long.
Double Axe - A pair of large, double sided axe heads mounted to a pole.
Bardiche - Combines a pole with long, curving cleaver blade mounted near the tip.
Bec de Corbin - "Raven's Beak", it has the head of an exceptionally heavy pick and a spear blade.
Duom - A longspear that also has two blades curved so they point backwards along the shaft.
Fauchard - A simple pole arm with a curved, slashing blade.
Glaive - A single-edged blade at the end of a long pole.
Goad - A thin, long wooden pole mounted with a heavy stone or metal weight and a large spike at one end.
Greatspear - A heavy spear with a broad, flat blade.
Guisarme - A curving blade that bends back far enough to form a hook.
Halberd - Curving axe head combined with a spear tip mounted on an 8 foot long pole.
Longspear - Sharp pointed blade mounted o th eend of a 10 foot long pole.
Longstaff - Longer than a quarterstaff.
Naginata - Similar to a fauchard,it has a heavy curved blade on the end of a long pole.
Partisan - Central spoke with two slashing axelike spikes that protrude from the sides of the main blade.
Quarterstaff - Simple 6 foot long pole.
Urgrosh - Dwarven spear-axe, mounted with a spear head on one end and an axe on the other.

Dueling Cloak - A common cloak made of thick, sturdy leather that is used as an off-hand weapon to defend as well as blind foes.

Daishaler - a rapier with a dagger blade attached to the pommel, favored by elvish folk.

Main-Gauche - A dagger with a large, ornate basket hilt and crossguard attached to it.

Rapier -

Hunting Boomerang

Dagger

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