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Arms & Armor in the Hyborian Age This section details the weapons and armor used by societies according to their level of technology. Since travel, adventure, trade, and intermingling between peoples and cultures is common, this lists are not concrete. A metal longsword may well be found in a primitive society, just as a stone axe will certainly be found here and there among rural civilized peoples. These lists are more guidelines than rules, and should be used as such. Feel free to add setting-appropriate weapons and armor to any of the lists below. Keep in mind when looking over the following lists that in the Conan/Hyborian mythos, armor is a rather absent feature. The large armies and guard forces of empires and city-states have heavy cuirasses of platemail and chainmail hauberks, but these forces are relatively rare when compared to the majority of Hyborian Age adventurers. Most warriors in Hyboria wear nothing more than a leather jerkin, or a studded leather vest in the case of seasoned and wealthy adventurers. Many don't even bother with the leather armor, as in Conan himself, who was very rarely armored. It's fine to include larger, heavier metal armors in a Hyborian campaign, just make sure they fit the setting and don't overuse them. Stone Age/Primitive Cultures Italicized entries are only present in metal-using primitive cultures, such as Cimmeria. Such cultures typically only use copper or bronze in making tools, but some iron may also be utilized. In metal-using primitive cultures, wooden, stone, and bone tools are still the norm. Weapons Short Self-Bows, Long Self-Bows, Recurve Short Self-Bows, Recurve Long Self-Bows, Primitive Crossbows, Wooden Arrows, Bamboo Arrows, Arrowcane Arrows, Stone-tipped Arrows, Bone-tipped Arrows, Blunted Bird-arrows, Wooden Bolts, Bamboo Bolts, Arrowcane Bolts, Stone-tipped Bolts, Bonetipped Bolts, Stone Axes, Bone Axes, Stone Daggers or Knives, Bone Daggers or Knives, Wooden Spears or Javelins, Stone-tipped Spears or Javelins, Bone-tipped Spears, Primitive Tridents, Wooden Staffs, Wooden Clubs, Bone Clubs, Blowguns, Darts, Boomerangs, Bolas, Slings, Rocks and Stones, Nets, variety of Traps. Metal Daggers or Knives, Metal Hand Axes, Metal Axes, Metal Short Swords or Machetes, Metal Long Swords, Metal Clubs or Maces, Metal Warhammers and Mauls, Metal Flails, Metal-tipped Arrows, Metal-tipped Bolts, Metal-tipped Spears. Armor Leather or Hide, Thick Leather or Hide, Studded Leather (bone, shell, or wooden studs), Plated/Scaled Leather (bone, shell, or wooden scales), Wooden Shields, Hide-covered Wooden Shields. Studded Leather (metal studs), Rarely: Chainmail or Ringmail, Scalemail, small pieves of Platemail Applies To Asgard, Cimmeria, Darfar, Hyrkania, Keshan, Pictland/Pictish Wilderness, Vanaheim. 60
Copper/Bronze Age Cultures Weapons All weapons in previous tech levels, Short/Long Self-Bows, Short Composite Bows, Crossbows, Slings, Blowguns, Small/Large Broadhead Arrows, Small/Large Bolts, Stones, Darts, Hand Axes and Adzes, Axes, Battle Axes, Daggers and Knives, Short Swords, Sickles and Sickle-swords, Staffs, Clubs, Maces, Flails, Spears, Poleaxes and Halberds, Scythes, Tridents, Throwing Knives and Axes. Armor All armor in previous tech levels, Leather, Thick Leather, Studded Leather, Chainmail/Ringmail, Scalemail, Platemail, Wooden Shields, Round Shields, Crescent Shields, Kite Shields. Applies To Kush, Punt, Shem, Stygia, Zembabwei. Classical/Greco-Roman Cultures Same as Copper/Bronze Age Cultures, except that Iron weapons and armor are rare but present. Applies To Argos, Corinthia, Khauran, Koraja, Koth, Ophir. Iron Age/Medieval Cultures All of the medieval/iron age cultures of the Hyborian Age are technologically equivalent to the Early Middle Ages of European history. Thus, unlike the Late Middle Ages, platemail, scalemail, and chainmail are still extremely rare, and there are no gunpowder weapons. This list below is almost identical to the list in the section above. This is because the weapons and armor found in Iron Age societies is almost identical to that of Copper/Bronze age societies, except that iron and steel and the dominant metals. Weapons All weapons in previous tech levels, Short/Long Self-Bows, Short/Long Composite Bows, Crossbows, Slings, Blowguns, Small/Large Broadhead Arrows, Small/Large Bolts, Stones, Darts, Hand Axes and Adzes, Axes, Battle Axes, Daggers and Knives, Short Swords, Sickles and Sickle-swords, Long Swords, Staffs, Clubs, Maces, Flails, Warhammers and Mauls, Spears, Poleaxes and Halberds, Scythes, Tridents, Throwing Knives and Axes. Armor All armor in previous tech levels, Leather, Thick Leather, Studded Leather, Chainmail/Ringmail, Scalemail, Platemail, Brigandines, Jack-of-Plate, Wooden Shields, Bucklers, Round Shields, Crescent Shields, Kite Shields, Tower Shields. Applies To Afghulistan, Aquilonia, Border Kingdom, Brythunia, Hyperborea, Iranistan, Kambuja, Khitai, Kosala, Kusan, Meru, Nemedia, Turan, Uttara Kuru, Vendhya, Zamora, Zingara. 61
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Hyboria a Hyborian Age/World of Con
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A Short Introduction This campaign
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5 Map of Hyboria
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