Originally published at: How D&D classes use bows | Boing Boing
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I guess I’m now also interested in how all the D&D classes pole dance.
edit: fixed silly homophone mixup.
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Straw?
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That was fantastic.
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Of course the bard has to sex it up because otherwise, why are we even here if you can’t weaponize libido?
The last bard i played i was a little Kobold, i did flirt with everyone on occasion but mostly to make things awkward but really my main thing was inadvertently creating chaos. Nothing i did made sense and my party both hated it and loved it 
(I might’ve tried researching how to create my own golem just because, planted the seed from an evil Treant and now have my own Groot baby boy, and have an instrument that can summon bees at will)
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Accurate.
ETA - Though I thought arrows on the back were largely a Hollywood thing?
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The ambiguity in this question is a thing of beauty.
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Ha. I love the bard, definitely going to be some stripper-bards in future character builds.
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I’m not a historian, but that’s my understanding too. A quiver on your belt or hanging from your saddle is much easier to use then reaching over your back.
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Swords slung on the back, leather armor and random torches placed on castle walls (even indoors) are also things that are historically inaccurate but look cool, i can’t say i necessarily hate it in movies and shows but it is still something i’m very keenly aware of so when i notice those things it does momentarily pull me out of whatever i’m watching.
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IIRC some leather armor was a thing, but cloth armor, gambesons, were way more popular. It was the most common armor in the day, due to the availability of materials and costs.
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From what i recall there’s no strong evidence it was a thing by the time iron weapons were a thing because it can laughably cut through it in a swing. In shows however its used as the default armor when people would’ve been using padding, chain mail, etc. as their minimum protection. But it doesn’t look as sexy and flashy as we see in these shows with people wearing convoluted leather outfits, so while it annoys me i do get the why of it.
You also rarely see protagonists use shields and will sometimes show how much of a bad ass they are by dual wielding, which while also a thing was really impractical and often less effective than having a shield.
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Against a blade, Williams rated 5mm leather armor at only 50J, buff leather at 70J and proper cuir bouilli (all at 5mm thickness) at 90J. In contrast, a 16-layer linen padding (suitable to be worn under armor), rated 80J, and a heavier 26 layer quilted jack at 200J. For comparison, Williams estimated the normal force of a sword or axe blow around 60-130J, which suggests that a sword or axe may or may not defeat a gambeson with a cutting attack.
Thanks to whoever it was here (using the post about iron manufacture in pre modern times) posted this blog. It’s go to for taking up my time.
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Came here for another Lars Andersen video, left merely amused.
Oh, and gambesons were definitely a thing, often if you had chain or a cuirass you would wear a gambeson under it. And IIRC leather armour was mostly hard pieces, like decorative cuirasses, arm bracers and shin guards. Only a wee bit cheaper than plate, and preferred mainly because it looked cooler as a consul or markgrave to wear custom-fitted leather pieces with all sorts of baroque decorations boiled into it.
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