The more you know, the harder it is to let some things slide. You see, if it’s true that lovers of history – and by that I mean those who actively read and study it – can’t enjoy historical dramas, it’s also true that those with some understanding of historical combat can’t enjoy role-playing games as much.
…until the mook with the dagger rolled a 20 and shanked me through the plate and I was bleeding out on the floor.
When I was playing Dungeons and Dragons, I was fond of the paladin class and couldn’t wait to be rich enough to afford plate. If you’re playing a hero and you’re clad in full plate, you feel invincible. But all of them have one thing in common… they’re ridiculously difficult to kill.Īrmour is a power fantasy. For king and country, or for fair lady’s hand (and presumably her father’s rich inheritance), some of them even kill dragons. All of them honourable warriors, clad in armour, they fight in the name of good. Many of us grew up with stories of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and other stories like El Cid, the hero of the Reconquista, or even Ivanhoe the crusader. It’s an enduring image: the knight in shining armour, the ironclad hero.
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