Hundred Years’ War
In 1291, the city of Acre fell. It was the last of the Crusader domains in the
Levant. After eight Crusades and almost 200 years of sporadic fighting, the
Holy Land remained in the hands of the Muslims. Early in the 14th century,
friction between the rulers of France and England led to the beginning of the Hundred
Years’ War in 1337.
Edward III, the King of England, led an expedition into France in 1346. On
August 26th, the French Army met the English at Crécy. Blooded by years of hard
fighting against the Welsh and the Scots, the English longbowmen decimated charge
after charge from their prepared positions. By the end of the fighting, the
flower of French chivalry lay dead on the field, with only a few hundred English
losses to weigh against it. The armored knight had met his match.
The 14th century is the default technological level of most AD&D campaigns,
representing the end of the Middle Ages. Full plate armor had appeared, and with
it a variety of weapons designed to pierce it. While the knight and his mount
were protected by the heaviest and most complete armor ever seen, he no longer
ruled the battlefield. Instead, the lowly infantryman became dominant due to the
appearance of the longbow, the pike, and an assortment of polearms.
The Hundred Years’ War
Battle axe
| 5 gp
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Bow
|
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Arrow, flight
| 3 sp/12
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Arrow, sheaf
| 3 sp/6
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Arrow, pile
| 3 sp/6
|
Composite short
| 75 gp
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Composite long
| 100 gp
|
Long
| 75 gp
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Short
| 30 gp
|
Caltrop
| 2gp/12
|
Crossbow
|
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Heavy crossbow
| 50 gp
|
Heavy quarrel
| 2 sp
|
Light crossbow
| 35 gp
|
Light quarrel
| 1 sp
|
Pellet bow
| 25 gp
|
Pellet
| 5 cp
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Dagger
| 2 gp
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Stiletto
| 8 sp
|
Flail, footman’s
| 15 gp
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Flail, horseman’s
| 8 gp
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Hand/throwing axe
| 1 gp
|
Lance, Light
| 6 gp
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Lance, Medium
| 10 gp
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Lance, Heavy
| 15 gp
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Lance, Jousting
| 20 gp
|
Mace, footman’s
| 8 gp
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Mace, horseman’s
| 5 gp
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Maul
| 4 gp
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Morningstar
| 10 gp
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Pick, footman’s
| 8 gp
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Pick, horseman’s
| 7 gp
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Polearm
|
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Awl Pike
| 5 gp
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Bardiche
| 7 gp
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Bec de Corbin
| 8 gp
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Bill
| 7 gp
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Bill-Guisarme
| 7 gp
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Fauchard
| 5 gp
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Glaive
| 6 gp
|
Glaive-Guisarme
| 10 gp
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Guisarme
| 5 gp
|
Halberd
| 10 gp
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Lucern hammer
| 7 gp
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Military fork
| 5 gp
|
Quarterstaff
| —
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Spear
| 8 sp
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Staff sling
| 2 sp
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Stinkpot
| 1 sp
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Stone
| —
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Sword
|
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Bastard Sword
| 25 gp
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Broadsword
| 10 gp
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Estoc
| 14 gp
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Falchion
| 17 gp
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Long sword
| 15 gp
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Sabre
| 17 gp
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Short sword
| 10 gp
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Two-handed sword
| 50 gp
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Warhammer
| 2 gp
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