Trust me, you don't want to go here with me. ;) No, its definately true that pure iron was not produced, and even now it has almost no applications; the only use I know of is that steel sheets have a… (View Post)

If you ever get the chance, Arms and Equipment has a pretty funny idea for a mount... train a Rustmonster. You'd need to raise it to Large size for medium characters, but there are great non-metal we… (View Post)

It is usually, because the reason you standardize gear is to streamline production. Custom gear is better for indivual soldiers, but standardized gear helps save money. If your hired smith spends mon… (View Post)

I stand by my statement. Every source I have come across has said gear was required to be consistent within a given legion. Legions varied from one another, not from within. There was even a strict h… (View Post)

The Romans did pretty much identical gear for a given legion, though the exact armour/spear used tended to vary from legion to legion. The gear was standardized though, and was definitely mass produc… (View Post)