Medieval Weapons

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Orban, from Brassó

Sword of Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (died 1200)

The Lochaber Axe

The Luttrell Psalter - Folio 56r

Medieval Weapons

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High Bridge in Lincoln, England is the oldest bridge in the United Kingdom that still has buildings on it. It was built about 1160 and a chapel built in 1235 dedicated to Thomas Becket was removed in 1762 with the current row of shops dating from 1550

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Hex Kit olume One

HEX KIT VOLUME ONE

FANTASYLAND

Hex Kit Volume One is a collection of over 1,000 hand drawn, hand painted hex tiles you can use to make your own great hex maps! These tiles are prepared and delivered in the form of single file hex tiles for virtual table top use, as well as in the form of high-resolution tile sheets to use with your favorite image editing software. The kit includes vibrant hex tiles for over two dozen different terrains and over 120 unique location icons all with a fantasy theme.  There are even dynamic tiles with transparent backgrounds that fit over the terrain tiles.  Rivers, coastlines, icons, etc!

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/191950/Hex-Kit-Volume-One-Fantasyland 

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Tower Builder - The Knight's House Paper Miniatures

Tower Builder - The Knight's House

The Knight's House is a five-story Tower protected by a small wall. It's the perfect location for a base of operations, or somewhere to rest between adventures.

 

The Knight's House is a set of printable dungeon floorplans compatible with any RPG/Dungeon-Crawl game. It can be used as a standalone gameboard, or combined with any same-scale tileset.

The Knight's House is a multiple level set, comprising 5 battle maps (each depicting a different floor)

Ground Floor (20x20) - The ground floor of the tower is surrounded by a small courtyard with stables and a jousting list, with a strong wall. The ground floor houses a large kitchen and store. 

First Floor (12x10) - This floor holds the Great Hall, where the Knight greets visitors.

Second Floor (12x10) - An armory and combat training arena.

Third Floor (12x10) - The knight's solar, with bed, garderobe, dining area, small study and chapel

Fourth Floor (12x10) - An attic bedroom for squires and men-at-arms.

The Knight's House is part of the Tower Builder range. You can put the floors in any order, or add in floors from other maps in the Tower Builder range to make custom towers.

Each Tower is associated with a different class or character type, making them perfect as a base for your character.

Also included is a set of 300dpi full-size jpg's, for poster printing or VTT (gridded and gridless)

 

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The Knight's House 5 battle maps, and can be printed at 28mm and 25mm scale.

 

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About Heroic Maps
Heroic Maps boards are flexible enough to be used with many game systems.

 

Mix and Match with other Heroic Maps!

Mix and match levels from the Tower Builder range to make unique and custom towers!

  he first two releases are The Knight's House and The Ranger's House, but we've got lots more planned and the range will continue to expand.

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/192247/Heroic-Maps--Tower-Builder-The-Knights-House

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Dungeons & Dragons:Treasure Cards! by Paul Weber

TREASURE HUNTERS!
Today Paul Weber released another free great set for Dungeons&Dragons:Treasure Cards!

From gems to coins, to the Kings crown there are over 160 new Treasure Cards along with some homebrew treasure items. The zip file contains a glossary and organized folders to help separate gems, art objects, and coins. The cards come in sheets and as single PNG files so you can continue to use them as you wish.

Download Treasure Cards: http://bit.ly/TreasureCardsDnD

Download Equipment Cards : http://bit.ly/DnDEquipCards

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LEGO NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE

NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE

Designer: T-Brick

Lego has a long history of producing architecturally inspired models at large scale for the collector audience. This design recreates the famous Bavarian castle with 4,303 bricks, which would make it the third largest Lego set in history. For those who can't wait for this design to get 10,000 votes, reverse-engineering the model from the CAD images the designer submitted shouldn't prove too difficult, especially coupled with photos that other builders have posted about their own Lego Neuschwanstein Castles.

Proposing architecturally inspired designs is always risky. One designer who created a Le Corbusier-inspired model had his project canceled when Lego announced the building was part of their official architecture series.

Photo: MOC Pages.

LEGO Medieval Street Market

MEDIEVAL MARKET STREET

Designer: Alan P

Sometimes the strength of a design is in its high concept, other times in its flawless execution. This Medieval Street Market looks like it could pop right out of a Lego catalog. Its brilliance isn't in the idea, but the masterful way that small details are represented. Rough cobblestone streets are hinted at with judiciously placed pegs. Uneven plaster is represented by interspersing round bricks in an otherwise rectilinear surface. Dozens of tiny details add up to one very impressive tableau.

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Storm King’s Thunder. more previews

Storm King’s Thunder. WotC’s Extra Life campaign has hit $20,000, so here’s two more previews that have been unlocked by Wizards of the Coast.

Appendix D: Special NPCs – This preview focuses on some of the NPCs that are referenced in Storm King’s Thunder, but can be utilized in any adventure. These stat blocks include an image, as well as roleplaying information.

We get 4 NPCs in the preview…

• Beldora – Member of the Harpers
• Sir Baric Nylef – Knight of the Order of the Gauntlet
• Shalvus Martholio – a shepherd with an important assignment
• Lifferlas – A tree awakened by a druid from the Emerald Enclave

Random Wilderness Encounters Preview – Characters exploring the North are likely to encounter wandering monsters. This new Random Encounters section will help create unique encounters to challenge your players.

Here’s a quick screenshot from page 2.

Visit WotC’s Extra Life page to see all the previews and support this charity event.

Crusader-era grenade

The hand grenade is a handsome example of a weapon in common use by Islamic forces during the Crusader (1099-1187), Ayyubid (1187-1250) and Mamluk (1260-1516) periods. It is made of unglazed ceramic and embossed with grooves and tear drop-shaped designs. It has a domed top over a spherical body that tapers to a point. They were filled with incendiary material – petroleum, naphtha, Greek fire — and thrown or catapulted into the enemy camp where they exploded fire that water could not put out on their targets. There’s a small hole in the top into which flammable liquid could be poured and a wick added once the grenade was loaded.

Some scholars believe these vessels were not weapons, but rather perfume bottles. They’re certainly pretty enough for it and it seems counterintuitive that someone would bother to decorate an explosive projectile whose sole function is to destroy itself and take people down with it. On the other hand, their shape makes them markedly unsuited for placement on a dresser, requiring a rack or holder to keep them vertical, and the decorations also have the practical function of making the devices easier to grip in the hand or set snugly in the sling of a catapult. A smooth clay grenade would be dangerously easy to drop.

There is historical and archaeological evidence of this type of vessel being used in war. For one thing, clusters of them have been found in fortresses, castles and moats. The 12th century historian Mardi ibn Ali al-Tarsusi mentioned in the military manual he wrote for Saladin in 1187 that terracotta vessels with incendiary contents were launched from catapults or thrown from ramparts. Other sources from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries describe the clay gourds in more detail, explaining how they were used in battle and the various launching methods. Chemical analysis of residue inside several similar pieces discovered traces of rock salt, pine resin and other flammable materials. One gourd on display in the National Museum of Damascus has an inscription that leaves no question as to its bellicose purpose: “This kind of projectile is useful for targeting the enemy.”

The IAA is grateful that the family has voluntarily come forward and handed the artifacts over to the state. Officials plan to give the Mazliah family with a certificate of appreciation and, which is way cooler, have invited the family to visit the IAA laboratories where the artifacts will be studied and conserved.

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