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Offline Fidelis von Sigmaringen

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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #25 on: January 17, 2015, 08:58:37 AM »
Spears never required two hands.
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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #26 on: January 17, 2015, 01:59:50 PM »
Quote from: Fidelis von Sigmaringen on January 17, 2015, 08:58:37 AM
Spears never required two hands.
The did at least in 6th Ed., if not in 7th....
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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #27 on: January 17, 2015, 02:11:58 PM »
Nope.
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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #28 on: January 17, 2015, 02:18:43 PM »
Doesn't that mean they get to use shields in close combat?
Why can't they use them if they have a single handed weapon?
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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #29 on: January 17, 2015, 02:22:01 PM »
The fact that a model holds a spear with two hands has no influence on the rules of the weapon. Spears do not and never had the "requires two hands" rule and they always could use a shield in CC.
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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #30 on: January 17, 2015, 03:05:24 PM »
Oh, well I've been in wrong beliefs all along.
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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #31 on: January 17, 2015, 03:28:30 PM »
No seriously,  I'm certain that they used to "require two hands"; ergo, no shield!!



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Re: Realistic uses for spearmen?
« Reply #32 on: January 17, 2015, 04:21:46 PM »
Not since at least 2000.
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