>>5922940Then there are the weapons of special invention: the mace, the flail, the hammer, the pick. These are reviled by the knighthood for the facility with which they puncture or demolish their precious shells, to wield one inevitably makes one a target for their fury, just as it compels one to make them the victim of its use. They are easy enough to handle, not much different in operation than an axe, but have short reach and are not so perfectly balanced as the sword.
With all this in account, you spend the greater part of the sixpence on:
>An aketon cap with a padded cloth aventail and a gambeson, both finely quilted by an expert hand, though a tad warm in these summer months>A old mail shirt with a few ominous holes and here and there (which the armorer assures you he will repair should you purchase it)>A round shield, in the Highlander style, with the knob of hardened steel in the middle that can deflect blows as well as inflict them>Write-inThe rest you spend on a spear, having found some success with it thus far, and not having the patience nor time to learn the use of more esoteric weapons. Here you have some options for customization, in particular the kind of spearhead:
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