You see these tools of battle and think how close people had to be to each other to use them. Knowing that either you or someone else is getting their head smashed in. You are one of many getting your head smashed in, face to face.
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Then someone from 2 meters away pokes a spear into your side.
And you very likely did not have access to antibiotics.
These weapons were a response to increasing amounts of armor. A sword was no longer an efficient sidearm against plate armor, so bludgeoning weapons took over. Spears, lances or similar long weapons were still the primary arms both on foot and on horse, though.
Ah, makes sense. Weve each arrive to our respective places on earth having had goodness knows how many ancestors avoid dying in these scenarios,
Does it come with a notice? I don't know, it doesn't look very intuitive to use.
The notice: BONK