Gregor
Lord of Altera
In my time in the server, I have seen greatswords being pulled from the back, and siege crossbows leisurely being carried around. And I have even seen polearms being carried around on backs
While, yes these weapons were used in the middle ages commonly, these weapons are weapons meant for war.
So what Gregor? Why shouldn't you carry them around when you're going to a tavern?
Simply because: You can't sheathe em. A greatsword is too large to put in a hip scabbard, you cannot put polearms on your back. In the medieval ages, these weapons were carried by carts and carried into combat by holding them in your hands.
Before you tell me that you can put these weapons in a scabbard on the back instead of on the hip, let me tell you this:
If a weapon were slung or placed in a scabbard upon the wearer's back, it would be unwieldy
This is simple geometry and physics right here.
Bladed weapons that are too unwieldy to draw from a hip scabbard would be far too clumsy to be drawn from an over the shoulder scabbard. These blades were unwieldy to draw from a shoulder position due to their length and awkwardness of the draw.
And now, onto crossbows and bows.
First, having a strung (cross)bow on your back at all times, may or may not be, bad for your bow.
Stop whipping it out like a pistol ready to shoot at all times. Second, stop carrying them around your back anyways. You know what happens when a bow or crossbow gets wet? They stop working very well. Its not that they instantly break and not function anymore, but it will certainly affect your bow.
And even if your bow manages to work while wet, arrows certainly wont appreciate being rained on, with the prevelance of water soluble glue in the middle ages, the fletching would probably suffer quite a bit if it was rained on.
So keep these in bags If you really insist on carrying these weapons around
While, yes these weapons were used in the middle ages commonly, these weapons are weapons meant for war.
So what Gregor? Why shouldn't you carry them around when you're going to a tavern?
Simply because: You can't sheathe em. A greatsword is too large to put in a hip scabbard, you cannot put polearms on your back. In the medieval ages, these weapons were carried by carts and carried into combat by holding them in your hands.
Before you tell me that you can put these weapons in a scabbard on the back instead of on the hip, let me tell you this:
If a weapon were slung or placed in a scabbard upon the wearer's back, it would be unwieldy
This is simple geometry and physics right here.
Bladed weapons that are too unwieldy to draw from a hip scabbard would be far too clumsy to be drawn from an over the shoulder scabbard. These blades were unwieldy to draw from a shoulder position due to their length and awkwardness of the draw.
And now, onto crossbows and bows.
First, having a strung (cross)bow on your back at all times, may or may not be, bad for your bow.
Stop whipping it out like a pistol ready to shoot at all times. Second, stop carrying them around your back anyways. You know what happens when a bow or crossbow gets wet? They stop working very well. Its not that they instantly break and not function anymore, but it will certainly affect your bow.
And even if your bow manages to work while wet, arrows certainly wont appreciate being rained on, with the prevelance of water soluble glue in the middle ages, the fletching would probably suffer quite a bit if it was rained on.
So keep these in bags If you really insist on carrying these weapons around
