06-09-2007, 04:53 AM
Quote:.... subjected the darts to possible damage when the shield was struck, ....
.... You can't always rely on throwing them all before combat is joined, and anyway a dart in the teeth of your opponent makes a nice close quarter option.
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People carry them in both ways in Comitatus, we are not proscriptive. But the bucket system is catching on!
I'd think that damage to the darts once the lines clashed would be one of the least concerns to front liners. If you didn't get them tossed before it came to the sword ..... well, who cares, it's come to the sword!
Still, ignoring that one little detail, I think the quiver/bucket idea does carry some merit. Has the group done any testing on speed of deployment? Would be interesting to know if one method allowed them rain upon the enemy faster.
Marcus Julius Germanus
m.k.a. Brian Biesemeyer
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m.k.a. Brian Biesemeyer
S.P.Q.A.