One thing you missed - do you even need a battle? A battle should always advance the plot. So, you want to show your character is brave, for example. But is a battle the best way to show it? Would a duel work as well? Will having the hero just need to stand up for what they believe finally and the other side backing down suffice? Bravery does require violence to show it. Sometimes walking away shows more courage. And another thing. Combat is something most of us have thankfully not experienced. A battle is not a football match. It is not target practice. Participants prepare to die beforehand. Do your research before your describe a battle. And a third thing. Loyalty was to the immediate lord in Medieval times, not to the Nation or the King. Battles were fought in fields and what was decided was mainly to whom you paid taxes and how much. Destruction was minimal. Serfs did not read and no one cared what language they spoke. Many people confuse a crusade with a battle or war. A crusade was fought to win a place in heaven and forgiveness for sins; a war was fought to end raiding or for profit.
I agree, if you are writing a battle just to prove someone is brave there are probably more efficient ways to achieve that with less page real state, you can either make the battle achieve additional goals as well, or just write something shorter like the examples you suggested.
@ I know people say they want to see the hero's faces, But there are things like adorned armor, or gilded ones, And also I actually do think that yes there are some countries before that uses one handed swords as main weapons, Like Southeast asia, Usually like Siam which I am from or Burma But usually stuff like spears or axes or polearms such as billhooks, halberds, voulges are used as most fantasy are based off Medieval Western Europe. And the jarring one where people charge into each other, Its confusing since you could hit your ally in the middle of a chaotic brawl. Like if you charge into your enemies and lack formations one of your soldiers will hit their allies instead of the enemy themselves. I forgot one thing, Soldiers here are usually levies or volunteers. And the feudal system genuinely did actually force them to usually buy their own gear, usually a helmet (mostly kettle helmets which are metal brimmed hats) , a gambeson and a spear. And against armor, There are techniques like half swording and Mordschlag (which is literally half swording except you grab the blade and hit people with the pommel)
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Do you have any favorite battles / War Scenes in Fantasy and Sci-fi?
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One thing you missed - do you even need a battle? A battle should always advance the plot. So, you want to show your character is brave, for example. But is a battle the best way to show it? Would a duel work as well? Will having the hero just need to stand up for what they believe finally and the other side backing down suffice? Bravery does require violence to show it. Sometimes walking away shows more courage.
And another thing. Combat is something most of us have thankfully not experienced. A battle is not a football match. It is not target practice. Participants prepare to die beforehand. Do your research before your describe a battle.
And a third thing. Loyalty was to the immediate lord in Medieval times, not to the Nation or the King. Battles were fought in fields and what was decided was mainly to whom you paid taxes and how much. Destruction was minimal. Serfs did not read and no one cared what language they spoke. Many people confuse a crusade with a battle or war. A crusade was fought to win a place in heaven and forgiveness for sins; a war was fought to end raiding or for profit.
I agree, if you are writing a battle just to prove someone is brave there are probably more efficient ways to achieve that with less page real state, you can either make the battle achieve additional goals as well, or just write something shorter like the examples you suggested.
also armor is not useless it can't just be slashed through like plate or chainmail, and pitched battles are rare
Yeah, it’s probably good to research the nooks and crannies of war gear to make sure you know how they work properly 😅
@ I know people say they want to see the hero's faces, But there are things like adorned armor, or gilded ones, And also I actually do think that yes there are some countries before that uses one handed swords as main weapons, Like Southeast asia, Usually like Siam which I am from or Burma
But usually stuff like spears or axes or polearms such as billhooks, halberds, voulges are used as most fantasy are based off Medieval Western Europe. And the jarring one where people charge into each other, Its confusing since you could hit your ally in the middle of a chaotic brawl. Like if you charge into your enemies and lack formations one of your soldiers will hit their allies instead of the enemy themselves.
I forgot one thing, Soldiers here are usually levies or volunteers. And the feudal system genuinely did actually force them to usually buy their own gear, usually a helmet (mostly kettle helmets which are metal brimmed hats) , a gambeson and a spear. And against armor, There are techniques like half swording and Mordschlag (which is literally half swording except you grab the blade and hit people with the pommel)