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satalexton
07-30-2008, 18:58
What would be your armament of choice? You may choose anything from the world, not just EB factions, as long as it is within the EB time frame (no katanas) =] The set of gear also have to be within the same cultural sphere. (so you cant be using a lian-nu while wearing lorica hamata)
Oh...might as well state why and where do you intend to fight in...=P
I'll start things rolling: (=P guess what I want to be)
A crossbow and straight-sword.
bronze helm.
Lamellar shirt (covering down to the knees).
Reason: I'm not good at melee fighting, standing in a firing line and shooting at enemies at a nice comfortable 300 yards away seems a safer bet...of course, if I'm forced to draw my sword it would mean I'm pretty screwed)
p.s. a balloon to the first person to choose nothing (absolutly nothing, not even clothes) but a celtic sword, shield and some "magic potion" :balloon2:
johnhughthom
07-30-2008, 19:06
A rhomphaia and....
nothing else, just a rhomphaia.
Spear main, hand axe for backup, Scutum.
Dunno about armor, probably just some chainmail or something.
Lysimachos
07-30-2008, 20:37
Nothing (absolutely nothing, not even clothes) but a celtic sword, shield and some "magic potion".
Reason: To gain honour and brag with my virility :smash:
Do i get a balloon now? :eyebrows:
Depends on my mood.
Calm: A nice big scutum and gladius for close quarters, and a big stash of javelins to preferably kill my enemies off at a safe distance with beforehand- just like my Mount and Blade "Hegemony" mod character ;)
Angry: A big bottle of ephedrine and caffeine pills (yes I know, not available in that form at the time) and the biggest, most brutal and nasty weapon I could possibly get my hands on! Maybe a giant axe or falx or something of that sort. It would be like an ultra violent tazmanian devil on crack til I died.
Olaf The Great
07-30-2008, 23:14
http://www.wowwiki.com/Gorehowl
A two handed battle axe like that.
Heavy Celtic chain with a helmet covered by a Bear-head(like the Wargonez and Velites)
A long bearskin cloak.
And the whole kit is heavily adorned with runes and Symbols of Thor and Tyr.
Also, lots of drugs and beer.
Fear is my shield.
a horse (you see where I'm going)
a composite bow
and a comfortable saddle.
let's ride baby
satalexton
07-31-2008, 00:49
a horse (you see where I'm going)
a composite bow
and a comfortable saddle.
let's ride baby
:clown: Eat my bolts you baby-eating nomad raider scum!! :clown:
@Lysimachos: have a balloon u perverted nudist =P :balloon2:
Hooahguy
07-31-2008, 01:00
rhomphaia!
Majd il-Romani
07-31-2008, 02:02
Gladius Hispaneisus, Scutum, 2 Pila, Scale armor, and a Spartan-style helmet. Best of all EB cultures.
or maybe scale armor, a huge falx, a godilic hammer if the falx breaks, that awesome Baktrian Cataphract helmet, and the Gestatae drug
Legosoldier
07-31-2008, 02:15
hmm... maybe a kopis, an ovalish shield, linothorax or some really light armour, a bronze helmet, and several javelins.
or just nothing at all except for javelins and a small shield...
russia almighty
07-31-2008, 02:28
Nasty Parthian mace, plate on mail armor, iron veil + thracian helmet, and the Macedonian aspis.
Maybe a silk robe over it. I'd be like that one unit from The Broken Crescent.
same as an hetaroi kataphraktoi (late baktrian bodyguards)
can I use a falx as a backup?:smash:
Reverend Joe
07-31-2008, 03:01
A giant sword and shield whatever the Gaestatae tripped on. And nothing else. Not even a loincloth.
Okay, maybe some viagra so's I can really scare the enemy.
Might not be safe, but you gotta admit that's gonna scare the hell out of whoever has to face you.
facupay123
07-31-2008, 03:34
a composite bow, i don't want to be in the middle of the battle, i wanna kill without being killed
a spear if an enemy raider gets too close
a straight sword and a small shield (like the ones that the cretan archers have)
if the thing gets tough
and if i'm really, really screwed... a little dagger in the belt
Spartan198
07-31-2008, 03:47
On foot: 9-foot doru and aspis, xiphos for when things get messier than usual; bronze cuirass with pteryges, italo-corinthian helmet (the one with ear cutouts), bronze bracers and greaves.
On horseback: 12-foot xyston, but no shield for easier movement, a makhaira for the messy stuff; same armor as above except I'd replace the italo-corinthian with an attic type for added visability.
...and whatever the Gaestatae tripped on.
I hate to be a one-trick pony, but don't you mean nothing?
Fondor_Yards
07-31-2008, 06:29
He means whatever version of PCP they used.
Not too sure. I'd like to say, Ceannlann armour *the Dubosaverlacica version with leg+arm armour*, a celtic longsword, a few soliferum, a sagaris battleaxe, and a spear. Cutting a bloody swath through the enemy army.
Reality? I'll be joining Poulp' with a nice compound bow, a full quiver or two, a fine steppe pony, and a longsword I pray I'd never need to actually use.
whatever the Gaestatae tripped on.
A rock?
Connacht
07-31-2008, 11:35
Toga, quill pen, parchment and a hetairoi-like helmet.
Because "the pen hurts more than the sword" (the helmet I think would be cool however).
The Celtic Viking
07-31-2008, 13:16
Chain mail, spear, longsword, good helmet, big, Celtic Arjos kind of shield, and some Boots of Haste to run quicker.
satalexton
07-31-2008, 14:32
boots of haste? <_< do you happen to have once played...DoTA?
DaCrAzYmOfO
07-31-2008, 17:13
Chain mail, spear, longsword, good helmet, big, Celtic Arjos kind of shield, and some Boots of Haste to run quicker.
Nah Id rather use some boots of travel and a divine reaper to go through everyone lol
On a real note.....
Probably have to arm myself with....
A Mace, a small hand axe, an attic helmet, some chain mail, bronze plates (like the ones the iberian units use) some bronze greaves........and most likely something to drive me into a bloody rage
And a few daggers....in case Im thrown down or something >.>
Yeah im screwed if I'm front line.... no shield = insta death lol
Che Roriniho
07-31-2008, 21:19
Let's see... Scale Mail, Massive Composite Bow, about 300 Arrows (150 AP, 150 Barbed), Huge Strong Horse, Armour for my horse, Long Lance with a hook on the end (for hamstringing), and a Kopis Sword. Better yet, a Kukri. Me = PWN!
General Appo
07-31-2008, 21:34
A big mushy beard, a loincloth and a really oversized falx, plus the fastest horse in the neighbourhood. My plan is to run towards the enemy screaming, with the aim of causing a rout. If it doesn´t work, I jump the horse and ride away, dettering any pursuers by singing the worst version of "Baby we were born to run" since Bruce Springsteen´s one.
I'd offer my protection to a Vasci king ~D
Che Roriniho
08-01-2008, 09:48
Actually, I'd just arm myself with Hiro Nakamura
MerlinusCDXX
08-01-2008, 21:31
Hmmm,
Nisean warhorse, composite bow, lamellar "Kataphraktos" , lamellar cuirass, cheires, Kontos, and a really pissed-off attitude.
Ibn-Khaldun
08-01-2008, 22:18
I am surprised that no one haven't mentioned my favorite yet..
Oh well .. I probably would take .. lorica segmentata .. the best armour in the world :clown:
id choose a palm size 2 ton stone throwing catapult and a pretty toga to go along with it. and maybee a ig stick just in case
id choose a palm size 2 ton stone throwing catapult and a pretty toga to go along with it. and maybee a ig stick just in case
Don't forget a helmet just in case you run out of stones. :laugh4:
The Celtic Viking
08-02-2008, 21:26
boots of haste? <_< do you happen to have once played...DoTA?
No... but I have played NWN. :sweatdrop:
On a real note...
That's exactly why I didn't choose boots of travel: they aren't real.
AlexanderSextus
08-03-2008, 06:39
an orange toga, with me completely bald, carrying a Dao blade and a round shield. and a Jian blade for backup.
Theodotos I
08-04-2008, 19:36
A rhomphaia, one of those long Thraikian sickles. Hands down.
artavazd
08-04-2008, 20:40
outfitted just like the Armenian noble guards (aznvakan tiknapah) except I would want my iron scale armor to be bronze coated, and instead of a straight sword I would prefer a finely deocroated mace. with the iron ball again being bronze coated.
Olimpian
08-04-2008, 22:44
Long pointy thing, small shield, some leather armour and 2000 other dudes with similar pointy things around me :beam:
I'd most likely go for something along the lines of a Hypaspistai or Makedonikoi Peltastai. Pretty nicely armoured and well equipped in general (And the armor looks kick-ass if you ask me, really sweet) yet mobile. I mean, I'd like to stay flexible yet relatively well armoured. Those guys are exactly that in my eyes :sweatdrop:
The Wicked
08-05-2008, 21:32
Iron helmet (chalkidean or that the hysteroi pezhetairoi wears), chainmail (mithril if posible), a large aspis(hoplon), dory, Conan's sword (the film with Arnie), Iphikrates boots (enhanced with a haste enchanment :laugh4:) and a very large amount of luck.........
a longbow (there ment to b about 6 feet tall, dont think id b strong enough to use it lol)
no armour, i would rely on mobility:yes:
I'd stick with just a knife. And Rambo's skills. :P
Olaf The Great
08-10-2008, 10:42
If I may post an alternative to my original Idea, It still stands however....
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/1p9/images/general/ss6.jpg
Just imagine someone going into a battle ANYWHERE in time wearing that stuff.
Oh and someone made a real suit like that, out of steel and leather, suitable for battle.
I want it.
If I may post an alternative to my original Idea, It still stands however....
Just imagine someone going into a battle ANYWHERE in time wearing that stuff.
Oh and someone made a real suit like that, out of steel and leather, suitable for battle.
I want it.
Excuse me! That...is simply the Arcani King.
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