Equipment for fighting without Plate

[+Oltux72]

A full-featured KR has Shard Plate. Nothing beats that. He may carry an additional rnged weapon, but other than that ther eis no point about thinking about improving his equipment.

But the majority of them are squires and knights of fewer oaths. While they do heal, injuries can still slow them down. And they do have vulnerable parts like their heads and spines. So what should a squire wear?

1. A helmet. Maybe they can recover from an arrow into the skull. ut they surely will suffer neurological deficits before they are healed.
2. A chainmail hood. Your neck holds your windpipe and your spinal column. Damaging either will take you out of the fight.
3. A sleveless body suit a chainmail possibly with some small plates over your spine. In fact if Rosharan manufacturing is up to it a version of those devices bikers wear for spinal protection.

But they need to fly, you may say. That is the difference. They are not flying, they are falling. Weight they can lash does not matter except in terms of Stormlight consumption.

But how do you arm them? That is very hard. The traditional weapon of Earth's pre-gunpowder armies is the spear. Humans you pierce a sufficiently large hole into are often going to die and will usually be unable to keep fighting. That will not work against Thunderclasts or the Fused. You need to hit brain, spine or gemheart. That suggests cutting weapons just to increase the probability of a hit.

[Gisaku75]

All orders should carry plate armor or brigandine to protect themselves from stormlight sucking spears. I don't think we have seen Fused with Shardblades, but either way they would be so rare that wearing heavy armor would be useful in any situation.

Windrunners should carry small daggers to use as projectiles using lashing or bows and arrows to use before entering close combat. And a metal buckler to use Reverse Lashing.

Since the coalition knows aluminum, every Radiant should have a weapon with a tip made of this metal. It would be enough to stick it inside the Fused and break the handle of the weapon to leave it inside the wound. If I remember correctly as long as the aluminum remains in the wound it continues to bleed.

Fused people should wear a plate that covers their entire chest to protect their weak spot. Maybe made with the metal of their spears to prevent the use of shardblades.

against the Thunderclasts, siege engines should be used. Or big lashed metal bullets.

Edited August 10, 2020 by Gisaku75

[Master Silver]

Everyone keeps bringing up, daggers, spears, javelins, but there is a simpler solution. Just carry arrows. They are designed to be shot. With surges you don't need a bow, stormlight + your hand=crossbow. Some form of chain mail or regular plate mail would be good. The plate mail could be made specifically for air combat. designed after the fashion of the heavenly one's bodies or sky eels. 

[+Oltux72]

7 minutes ago, Master Silver said:

Everyone keeps bringing up, daggers, spears, javelins, but there is a simpler solution. Just carry arrows. They are designed to be shot. With surges you don't need a bow, stormlight + your hand=crossbow. Some form of chain mail or regular plate mail would be good. The plate mail could be made specifically for air combat. designed after the fashion of the heavenly one's bodies or sky eels. 

We had a thread on magical weapons. I think.

In short, no way. Do the math. The acceleration gravity can provide is too low to get you a terminal velocity at which an arrow will do real damage. You need something with real mass to do damage, at least a javelin.

[Master Silver]

Ok maybe we should move this conversation over there. In terms of acceleration, they can lash something many many times. And I did just look at the equation. 

There is no reason why you couldn't modify the materials of the arrow, to make this more efficient. For instance a metal shaft. The arrow will be sharp so that will help

[+Oltux72]

23 minutes ago, Master Silver said:

Ok maybe we should move this conversation over there. In terms of acceleration, they can lash something many many times.

Well, if they can do it quickly.

23 minutes ago, Master Silver said:

And I did just look at the equation. 

Yes. But now compute the energy on impact from that. You'll get a linear relationship with acceleration, but a quadratic relationship with mass. Hence if you use a lashed missile, you'll be better off with a slow heavy missile rather than a fast light missile.

 

[Kuram]

On 8/10/2020 at 3:49 AM, Gisaku75 said:

Since the coalition knows aluminum, every Radiant should have a weapon with a tip made of this metal. It would be enough to stick it inside the Fused and break the handle of the weapon to leave it inside the wound. If I remember correctly as long as the aluminum remains in the wound it continues to bleed

I think it's too rare and expensive to throw it away on disposable weapons on Roshar.