Timeline for Why would a regiment of soldiers be armed with giant warhammers instead of more conventional medieval weapons?
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| Jan 20, 2021 at 13:36 | history | edited | Alendyias | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Accounted for power of massive hammers.
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| Jan 20, 2021 at 13:21 | comment | added | Egor Hans | "A log cabin's walls? Certainly, you can smash through that. A castle wall? No go." I'm gonna argue that several simultaneous BotW styled massive swings (where those sledgehammer-wielders literally swing the hammer around themselves, leaning against for maximum momentum) could break down a castle wall within minutes. Although obviously they'd need some support from shield-wielding flying units so the enemy can't just rain down arrows on them during these minutes. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 23:59 | history | edited | Alendyias | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Accounted for realistic mer physiology
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 23:57 | comment | added | Alendyias | Good point, thank you! | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 23:54 | comment | added | Austin Hemmelgarn | On your last point about merpeople, even if they’re adapted for abyssal or even hadal life they probably will not be well protected against bludgeoning attacks. What you need at those depths isn’t resistance to sudden impacts, but continuous compression, so they would still at least suffer the same concussive effects that an armored target would. And even if they’re well adapted to rapid shifts in pressure, that won’t help much either (most of what you need for that is in the circulatory system and has nothing to do with rigidity or durability). | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 16:06 | history | edited | Alendyias | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added some changes to fit the information given by the question writer
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 16:03 | comment | added | The Infinite One | They do carry shields for formation purposes but typically use the hammer two handed. They can synergise with alternative soldiers using shields and hammers. The biggest use of shields is charging against an archer company. Also, they use magic to increase their speed and strength. However, they must conserve it to not burn out. As such more of their abilities are from long term magically boosted training than magic during combat | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 16:00 | comment | added | Alendyias | Ah! In that case, I'll need to do some edits. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 15:59 | comment | added | The Infinite One | Guns are a no go here. As for throwing the hammer, I think I understated how BIG the hammer is. The head is bigger than the human head and the poles are prettty long. A lot of the disadvantages against fantastical races are void because there aren't many of them around. And one of their purposes is sort of anti-cavalry, but against a specific kind of cavalry; the medieval equivalent of a tank, which can charge over a long distance but lacks stamina and once the charge is over can't manouevre well and relies on armor to protect itself | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 15:50 | history | answered | Alendyias | CC BY-SA 4.0 |