Your armament of choice

[satalexton]

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"

[johnhughthom]

A rhomphaia and....



nothing else, just a rhomphaia.

[Rilder]

Spear main, hand axe for backup, Scutum.

Dunno about armor, probably just some chainmail or something.

[Lysimachos]

Nothing (absolutely nothing, not even clothes) but a celtic sword, shield and some "magic potion".

Reason: To gain honour and brag with my virility

Do i get a balloon now?

[mlc82]

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]

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.

[Poulp']

a horse (you see where I'm going)
a composite bow
and a comfortable saddle.

let's ride baby

[satalexton]

a horse (you see where I'm going)
a composite bow
and a comfortable saddle.

let's ride baby

Eat my bolts you baby-eating nomad raider scum!!

@Lysimachos: have a balloon u perverted nudist =P

[Hooahguy]

rhomphaia!

[Majd il-Romani]

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]

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]

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.

[||Lz3||]

same as an hetaroi kataphraktoi (late baktrian bodyguards)

can I use a falx as a backup?

[Reverend Joe]

A giant sword and shield whatever the Gaestatae tripped on. And nothing else. Not even a loincloth.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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]

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]

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.

[lobf]

...and whatever the Gaestatae tripped on.

I hate to be a one-trick pony, but don't you mean nothing?

[Fondor_Yards]

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.

[lobf]

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[Rilder]

whatever the Gaestatae tripped on.

A rock?

[Connacht]

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]

Chain mail, spear, longsword, good helmet, big, Celtic Arjos kind of shield, and some Boots of Haste to run quicker.

[satalexton]

boots of haste? <_< do you happen to have once played...DoTA?

[DaCrAzYmOfO]

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]

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]

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.

[Moros]

I'd offer my protection to a Vasci king

[Che Roriniho]

Actually, I'd just arm myself with Hiro Nakamura

[MerlinusCDXX]

Hmmm,
Nisean warhorse, composite bow, lamellar "Kataphraktos" , lamellar cuirass, cheires, Kontos, and a really pissed-off attitude.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

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