Weapons and armour - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Neurion · 01-19-2005, 03:26 PM

Suppose you were embarking on an adventure into the wilds of Middle-Earth. Of what race would you be? What weapons and armour would you bear?

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-19-2005, 04:41 PM

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Boromir88 · 01-19-2005, 06:04 PM

I would suppose I'd be a dwarf. With the sturdy Erebor forged mail, and a handy axe. Also, because of the dwarves' endurance, be able to run quite a ways.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 01-19-2005, 11:36 PM

Well, presuming I was a man and not a woman sitting decently in the house while all the fighting went on without me, I would want to be one of the Rohirrim. War horses and plumed helmets and a norse-styled sword for me, thanks.

Sophe

ohtatyaro · 01-20-2005, 03:56 AM

Or Winchester? Sherriff's star and sombrero, and the black horse...

But that's kidding

I'd be a man, I suppose. Sword and, maybe, round shiled (the one to be carried behind my back, and the sheath of the sword likewise). If it were not heavy a load to carry, I would probably review a crossbow as an option too. With an optical sight? I suppose elven smiths would be able of making one? (Feanor, simlarills, that kind of staff - with transparent gems for lens). Where there crossbows in Middle Earth, anyway?

But I never knew how to ride, so I'd be on foot. Black horse is sucked down the drain along with the sombrero...

Selmo · 01-20-2005, 05:13 AM

I'm a hobbit so, like the hobbits of the Fellowship, I'd probably set out out on an adventure without any weapons or armour and survive by meeting people like Tom and Strider.

01-19-2005, 03:26 PM	#1
Neurion Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Standing amidst the slaughter I have wreaked upon the orcs Posts: 258	Weapons and armour Suppose you were embarking on an adventure into the wilds of Middle-Earth. Of what race would you be? What weapons and armour would you bear?

01-19-2005, 04:41 PM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Since this is not a book discussion, I'm moving the thread to the Novices and Newcomers forum. Please continue to read and post there. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-19-2005, 11:36 PM	#4
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Well, presuming I was a man and not a woman sitting decently in the house while all the fighting went on without me, I would want to be one of the Rohirrim. War horses and plumed helmets and a norse-styled sword for me, thanks. Sophe __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

01-20-2005, 03:56 AM	#5
ohtatyaro Wight Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: here, there, everywhere... Posts: 121	Colt is outta question, is it? Or Winchester? Sherriff's star and sombrero, and the black horse... But that's kidding I'd be a man, I suppose. Sword and, maybe, round shiled (the one to be carried behind my back, and the sheath of the sword likewise). If it were not heavy a load to carry, I would probably review a crossbow as an option too. With an optical sight? I suppose elven smiths would be able of making one? (Feanor, simlarills, that kind of staff - with transparent gems for lens). Where there crossbows in Middle Earth, anyway? But I never knew how to ride, so I'd be on foot. Black horse is sucked down the drain along with the sombrero... __________________ Reading this sig costs three Galleons, nine Sickles, and a Knut. Pay up!

01-19-2005, 06:04 PM	#3
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	I would suppose I'd be a dwarf. With the sturdy Erebor forged mail, and a handy axe. Also, because of the dwarves' endurance, be able to run quite a ways.

01-20-2005, 05:13 AM	#6
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	I'm a hobbit so, like the hobbits of the Fellowship, I'd probably set out out on an adventure without any weapons or armour and survive by meeting people like Tom and Strider.