Of female characters in RPG's

[ERYFKRAD]

it would be demoralizing if you were a male caster

This is true irrespective of specific circumstance.

Joke's on you, I can't read.

 

[markec]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

Both existed and both were used just for show.

Nazis got so desperate that they even sent child soldiers to frontlines. Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children. It would be surprising if women were not called to fight in times of need, especially in less civilized cultures.

Only when you are faced with total annihilation would someone send women in combat. Soviets did use women soldiers but as truck drivers and in other such support roles. The stories of whole companies of Russian women snipers, female sniper, tank and fighter aces are nothing but propaganda and i find it baffling that there are still people who believe that nonsense.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

There's logically no reason a gnome shouldn't be as strong as an ogre if you think that women being as strong as a man is fine because it's a fantasy game.

Some gnomes are stronger than ogres. They power up when they get mad.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Now imagine there's not just one of me, but thousands.

Right? I'm one of a kind, baby.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

it would be demoralizing for male warriors to fight female soldiers, onani bushi etc in real life.

mondblut is this true?

 

[Arbiter]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

Both existed and both were used just for show.

Nazis got so desperate that they even sent child soldiers to frontlines. Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children. It would be surprising if women were not called to fight in times of need, especially in less civilized cultures.

Only when you are faced with total annihilation would someone send women in combat. Soviets did use women soldiers but as truck drivers and in other such support roles. The stories of whole companies of Russian women snipers, female sniper, tank and fighter aces are nothing but propaganda and i find it baffling that there are still people who believe that nonsense.

If Germans sent children to fight, why couldn't Soviets recruit female soldiers?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

do you require me to explain the difference between melee combat and shooting someone from a quarter mile away?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

Both existed and both were used just for show.

Nazis got so desperate that they even sent child soldiers to frontlines. Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children. It would be surprising if women were not called to fight in times of need, especially in less civilized cultures.

Only when you are faced with total annihilation would someone send women in combat. Soviets did use women soldiers but as truck drivers and in other such support roles. The stories of whole companies of Russian women snipers, female sniper, tank and fighter aces are nothing but propaganda and i find it baffling that there are still people who believe that nonsense.

If Germans sent children to fight, why couldn't Soviets recruit female soldiers?

Then they'd run out of children

 

[Cael]

It is telling that leftard cunts take a nation at its most desperate and try to pass it off as normal. That is what they want to do to you.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children.

If you told me I had to pick between joining a squad with 15 year old boyscouts or a squad with 24 year old trained female soldiers, I'll take the boyscouts every day of the week.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

They are whole section about grappling in it.

And? There's also a whole section about mounted combat, about spear, about dagger, about unarmed etc. You're not expected to incorporate all of these techniques in each fight. The inability to make use of grappling doesn't render all the techniques that don't use grappling ineffective.

if it was a prevalent as you claim, we would ironically saw way more female fighter or even gladiator throughout the history.

No we wouldn't, because men have strength on top of dex, which is still beneficial even if not of ultimate importance.

Also apparently the section about fighting multiple opponent is misinterpretation, but I'm not an historian nor posses a degree in ancient italiani.

No.

"Here are three opponents who all want to kill this Master. The first aims to kill him with a thrust. The second intends a cut. The third will throw his sword at the master like a spear. If the Master can perform a mighty deed and avoid being killed, then God will have indeed blessed him with great skill."

Which battle are you refereeing to ?

Crecy, Poitiers, Agincourt.

If only the first one was bald. I'm not sure the three stooges stand a chance. Then again, they took out a lot of foes. King might wanna flee.

 

[markec]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

Both existed and both were used just for show.

Nazis got so desperate that they even sent child soldiers to frontlines. Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children. It would be surprising if women were not called to fight in times of need, especially in less civilized cultures.

Only when you are faced with total annihilation would someone send women in combat. Soviets did use women soldiers but as truck drivers and in other such support roles. The stories of whole companies of Russian women snipers, female sniper, tank and fighter aces are nothing but propaganda and i find it baffling that there are still people who believe that nonsense.

If Germans sent children to fight, why couldn't Soviets recruit female soldiers?

Did I misspelled something? Let me repeat myself, Soviets did have female soldiers and used them in support roles. The stories of Soviet air, tank and sniper aces are nothing but propaganda. German kids were nothing more then part of local militia defending their homes.

 

[octavius]

it would be demoralizing if you were a male caster

This is true irrespective of specific circumstance.

And after Chad has spent all his spells, Martial still has all his tools of the trade available, and Chad's only hope is that Martial trips and impales himself.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children.

If you told me I had to pick between joining a squad with 15 year old boyscouts or a squad with 24 year old trained female soldiers, I'll take the boyscouts every day of the week.

Yeah, I'd definitely take the side that can beat the other in a football match

 

[KainenMorden]

Yes, that as well. It seems like modern "historians" use quite a bit of artistic license to present a version of "history" that suits their worldview. They'd rather try to convince others that there was a mythical past with women warriors that were equal or greater than men. Again, the factual basis of such interpretations is highly questionable.

Let's ignore modern times where top female athletes have been destroyed in their sport by mediocre men and sometimes even literal boys.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

Both existed and both were used just for show.

Nazis got so desperate that they even sent child soldiers to frontlines. Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children. It would be surprising if women were not called to fight in times of need, especially in less civilized cultures.

Only when you are faced with total annihilation would someone send women in combat. Soviets did use women soldiers but as truck drivers and in other such support roles. The stories of whole companies of Russian women snipers, female sniper, tank and fighter aces are nothing but propaganda and i find it baffling that there are still people who believe that nonsense.

There were indeed women snipers and bomber pilots, however it's unlikely that they were in the majority or made up a significant portion of the Soviet military.
Out of the 428,335 individuals who received sniper training, only 2484 were women. It is estimated that 3000 women served in the airforce during WW2. This includes non-combat roles such as technicians. For reference, the Soviet Air-force had approximately a total of 200,000 personnel.

 

[Arbiter]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

do you require me to explain the difference between melee combat and shooting someone from a quarter mile away?

Vikings used bows and javelins so it was certainly possible to engage in combat without resorting to melee. Vikings were also known for civil wars - if two sides of a conflict recruited female warriors then there is no reason for them not to clash in melee.

Nazi child soldiers stood no chance against T-34s and yet they were sent to fight anyway.

In modern times there is a concept of a second line that is responsible for mopping up survivors. If shield maidens existed they might have acted as light infantry in similar capacity. Moreover, no army is uniform - knights could easily beat footmen in medieval times, yet both were used in combat.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

do you require me to explain the difference between melee combat and shooting someone from a quarter mile away?

Vikings used bows and javelins so it was certainly possible to engage in combat without resorting to melee. Vikings were also known for civil wars - if two sides of a conflict recruited female warriors then there is no reason for them not to clash in melee.

Nazi child soldiers stood no chance against T-34s and yet they were sent to fight anyway.

In modern times there is a concept of a second line that is responsible for mopping up survivors. If shield maidens existed they might have acted as light infantry in similar capacity. Moreover, no army is uniform - knights could easily beat footmen in medieval times, yet both were used in combat.

that's great if you ignore the fact that women are not merely units of war but vital tools to create the people who actually fight and therefore putting them in danger reduces your overall fighting force in the longterm

women are not "men but weaker" in terms of warfare
women are "humans who create the people who fight"

 

[Arbiter]

Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children.

If you told me I had to pick between joining a squad with 15 year old boyscouts or a squad with 24 year old trained female soldiers, I'll take the boyscouts every day of the week.

Does this boy look 15 to you?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children.

If you told me I had to pick between joining a squad with 15 year old boyscouts or a squad with 24 year old trained female soldiers, I'll take the boyscouts every day of the week.

Does this boy look 15 to you?

Looks like someone capable of carrying supplies to me.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Adult women are certainly more effective soldiers than children.

If you told me I had to pick between joining a squad with 15 year old boyscouts or a squad with 24 year old trained female soldiers, I'll take the boyscouts every day of the week.

In this case RUSTY IS 100% CORRECT. Unless it was for fucking, in which case Rusty is a disgusting pedo. Watch the survivor isle of all men on one isle and all women on the other. The bitches fucked up so bad.

 

[KainenMorden]

I think that's an activity the guys in this thread that advocate for women warriors engage in very often.

 

[Arbiter]

Some contemporary revisionist historians believe that shields maidens did in fact exist.

FTFY.

Female Soviet snipers did exist, so why not shield maidens in less civilized times?

do you require me to explain the difference between melee combat and shooting someone from a quarter mile away?

Vikings used bows and javelins so it was certainly possible to engage in combat without resorting to melee. Vikings were also known for civil wars - if two sides of a conflict recruited female warriors then there is no reason for them not to clash in melee.

Nazi child soldiers stood no chance against T-34s and yet they were sent to fight anyway.

In modern times there is a concept of a second line that is responsible for mopping up survivors. If shield maidens existed they might have acted as light infantry in similar capacity. Moreover, no army is uniform - knights could easily beat footmen in medieval times, yet both were used in combat.

that's great if you ignore the fact that women are not merely units of war but vital tools to create the people who actually fight and therefore putting them in danger reduces your overall fighting force in the longterm

women are not "men but weaker" in terms of warfare
women are "humans who create the people who fight"

In old times losing a war often implied extermination or slavery, in which case losing ability to reproduce was meaningless.

Women cannot produce soldiers like barracks in RTS games. If you are fighting a war and your tribe's very existence is at stake there is no point in planning demographics for next 15 years.

 

[Camel]

Did I misspelled something? Let me repeat myself, Soviets did have female soldiers and used them in support roles. The stories of Soviet air, tank and sniper aces are nothing but propaganda. German kids were nothing more then part of local militia defending their homes.

The Soviet female snipers, AA gun crew and night bomber pilots are not support at all. It still doesn't make equal to men physically.
I like Brienne of Tarth from ASOIAF, one of the rare realistic examples of warrior women in fantasy. She's tall, big and freakishly strong but she understands she won a fight with one of the finest knights of the realm only because he was weakened by a long confinement in jail. She gets routinely mocked by men because of her ugliness and wanting to be a knight. She wins and loses some fights against men.

 

[Arbiter]

German kids were nothing more then part of local militia defending their homes.

And some of them saw action.