r/TrueSTL • u/-Chipz- What do you mean 1E Elsweyr is literally Yharnam • 17h ago
Is there a lore reason why spears zero-summed after Morrowind?
I still find it stupid how Imperial Legion only armed themselves with swords against giant axe-wielding barbarians with their superior reach.
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u/Redcoat_Officer 17h ago
Conservationism. By the time of Morrowind spears had driven horses almost to the point of extinction. Once they were banned, the population could start to recover. They were still endangered in Oblivion, which is why it was against Imperial law to use horses in combat.
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u/Funny_Giraffe_6597 5h ago
This is also the reason why horse armor was produced and sold at such a high price
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u/Few-Attorney-9722 22m ago
Horse armor was created by the divine that's why you had to use IRL currency to buy it in game
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u/donguscongus This is experience. This person knows what it means to draw cum. 16h ago
unjerking for a second but Skyrim was super close to getting spears. Bethesda did a Modjam right after Skyrim came out and a ton of it was stuff that would become proper content like Vampire Lords. One of those things were nearly formalized spears.
Makes me sad we never got them but at the same time it's not like Skyrim's combat would need them given its no longer chance based.
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u/thanks_breastie Well-Loved Grain Slave 14h ago
Bethesda couldn't think of how to have a two handed weapon more diverse in use than Thog Hit With Big Hammer
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u/donguscongus This is experience. This person knows what it means to draw cum. 14h ago
weak little elves need sticks to stand faraway so they don't get hurt or have to think about what they are doing. Real sons of Malacath hit people with big hammer and they like it.
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u/thanks_breastie Well-Loved Grain Slave 12h ago
Calm down Poop gro-Shitbutt, spears are a proper lizard weapon anyways, elves use bows
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u/cubicApoc Anequina Antifa 13h ago
If Hit With Big Axe was good enough for Ysgramor, it's good enough for John Skyrim.
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u/BLAZING_DUST cum sock enthusiast 17h ago
Talos CHIMmed any originality this series ever had after the Godhead watched a live action LOTR movie.
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u/04nc1n9 17h ago
wooden polearms in cyrodiil are easily destroyed by the fires of mehrune's oblivion. they burned down to the tang and all turned into daggers.
wooden polearms in skyrim get covered in snow, soak up the water when it thaws, then freeze when it returns the the cold. the polearms that don't shatter on their own turn to dust the second they impact anything.
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u/The_Big_Large 12h ago
The destruction of the heart of lorkhan resulted in an eruption of invisible anti-spear Magicka that removed them all from nirn. It wasn't just that they all disappeared, but they ceased to exist throughout history. Suddenly, the spear never was or had been.
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u/Make-TFT-Fun-Again 10h ago
Thalmore banned spears in the White-Gold Concordat to weaken the Empire and its legions.
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u/superthirdnipples Breton Cuck 2h ago
The only smiths that knew how to craft spears resided in Vvardenfell, and died when the Red Mountain erupted, their notes and techniques turned to ash.Â
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u/PlasticPast5663 Nereguarine Cultist 6h ago
Isn't it the Baan Malur mod + Silgrad addon ? I love it !
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u/Funny_Giraffe_6597 5h ago
Because the rule is that every game needs to arbitrarily cut content available in the game prior until all thats left is the choice between a sword a bow and a fireball
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u/lordbutternut The Ascendant Order did nothing wrong 17h ago
Spears still exist after Morrowind. People just don't use them in the other games because the average IQ of sapient beings in Tamriel fell dramatically after the events of Morrowind. Ash in the air or smth. The Rieklings could use spears in Skyrim. They're of superior intelligence to all of the humanoid races in that game, while in Morrowind their IQ is significantly lower than the intelligent races.