The Spanish Conquistadors fought with horses, steel armor, and had primitive arquebuses (although they mainly relied upon their swords as they were killing too fast to wait to reload) against the Aztec and Mayan empires equipped only with padded armor and clubs with obsidian edges that were completely incapable of piercing steel armor.
The Spanish won battles where the odds were stacked against them 500-to-1 essentially without casualties.
Hypothetically, if you for some reason HAD access to full plate mail, and were going up against some force with nothing that could penetrate that sort of armor, you'd be essentially invulnerable, barring getting so tired or so swarmed that you wouldn't be able to fight off people trying to rip the armor off of you.
To be fair the spanish weren't exactly all on their lonesome. A lot of other tribes joined up, the Aztecs weren't exactly the most popular people.
To be fair the spanish weren't exactly all on their lonesome. A lot of other tribes joined up, the Aztecs weren't exactly the most popular people.
I'm not that familiar with the history of the Spanish conquest, but I have a funny feeling those other tribes, later on, would come to regret allying with the Spanish.
I'm not that familiar with the history of the Spanish conquest, but I have a funny feeling those other tribes, later on, would come to regret allying with the Spanish.
I'm not that familiar with the history of the Spanish conquest, but I have a funny feeling those other tribes, later on, would come to regret allying with the Spanish.
Ehhh. In retrospect, sure, but given the Aztecs and human nature, chances are if you'd explained it at the time the response would be something along the lines of "if it means crushing those fucking assholes in Tenochtitlan, it'll be worth it, not like my tribe has much of a future with them around anyway and at least this way we're taking them down with us".
Human beings are kinda petty and vindictive like that.
I vaguely remember seeing this scenery from some anime. I'm almost certain both are a reference to something. Can't remember the source, unfortunately.
In ZZZ's fishing minigame, either playable character can fish up sharks weighing up to 180kg/396lbs, and it seemingly takes as little effort as fishing up a .7kg/1.5lbs minnow.
In ZZZ's fishing minigame, either playable character can fish up sharks weighing up to 180kg/396lbs, and it seemingly takes as little effort as fishing up a .7kg/1.5lbs minnow.
Well, these two goobers survived an explosion point blank range so any feats of strange strength isn't too surprising.
.... I honestly don't know how to feel about the fact that Belle was able to wrangle what is maybe a 180kg shark while sporting those 'beefy' arms. I've wrangled a Catfish that weighed in 24.8kg and that was hard. Although fictional for someone so small and lightweight, it's impressive.
Speaking of... Has Uma!Orfie's story or campaign ever referenced that incident? I'm honestly a bit surprised that my usual sources haven't brought it up (yet)...
Speaking of... Has Uma!Orfie's story or campaign ever referenced that incident? I'm honestly a bit surprised that my usual sources haven't brought it up (yet)...
Nothing turned up on my usual sources yet either, other than brief mentions of a stat-boosting/hp draining event (without description given) if you get Orfie to defy history and finish Hanshin Daishoten at first place.
