Sam Evren
Troubadour
While visiting the Polish salt mine, Wieliczka, something did strike me about melee combat in dungeons/mines.
Swinging swords would not work. Maybe a Roman gladius could get in some good piercing stabs, but to actually swing any sword in a slashing arc... there just wasn't room.
Daggers and short stabbing swords were about all I could imagine being functional in those narrow corridors.
Once you opened out into a major chamber, standard weapons could come into play. But those corridors are tight. Add multiple combatants and you'd have the setting for a slapstick routine more than a battle.
Interesting fact about Wieliczka: They have an underground chapel/cathedral made entirely out of salt! From chandeliers to polished flagstone floors, every statue, every stair, everything is made of salt!
Swinging swords would not work. Maybe a Roman gladius could get in some good piercing stabs, but to actually swing any sword in a slashing arc... there just wasn't room.
Daggers and short stabbing swords were about all I could imagine being functional in those narrow corridors.
Once you opened out into a major chamber, standard weapons could come into play. But those corridors are tight. Add multiple combatants and you'd have the setting for a slapstick routine more than a battle.
Interesting fact about Wieliczka: They have an underground chapel/cathedral made entirely out of salt! From chandeliers to polished flagstone floors, every statue, every stair, everything is made of salt!