The reason why most staircases in medieval castles were built to be extremely narrow and spiraling in a clockwise direction is:Since medieval castles were built mainly as fortifications, staircases were designed to make it extremely difficult for enemy combatants to fight their way up.Since most soldiers were right-handed, they would need to round each curve of the inner wall before attempting to strike, inevitably exposing themselves in the process. The clockwise spiral staircase also allowed the defenders to use the inner wall as a partial shield and easily allow them to swing their weapon without being hindered by the curvature of the outer wall.The stairs were also intentionally poorly lit and built to be uneven, making it even more difficult for the attackers to gain any sort of balance or momentum during their fight up to capture the castle.
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>>62147358you can also roll bowling balls and caltrops down them if there's people coming up
Remember to make stairs uneven
>>62147358But what if you were a left handed?
>>62148270that would be sinister
>>62148270Then you were the spawn of satan and should be drowned
>>62147358The lower guy in that image has the advantage
>>62148330>swing my sword>it dinks off the inner wall of the staircase>this angry chainmail-laiden retard splits my face in half with his axe>my blood runs down the stairs and causes my comrades to slip& fall>they throw our bodies in the moat
>>62147358Stairs are staircases you ESL retard.
>>62148270You enjoy the usual left-handed combat advantage from fighting opponents inexperienced against leftiesBut you still lose, because fighting up stairs sucks
>>62147358Sorry, that's a myth. If it were true, you'd never see wide staircases (you do) or anticlockwise staircases (common). The source of the myth is apparently pic related, who didn't actually know a fucking thing about medieval castles.https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog-2-the-man-who-invented-the-spiral-staircase-myth/
>>62148340Fuck you buddy I’m turning my car into a motorcar
>>62147358neat thanks anon, also how do you get furniture and big stuff up their? You got a winch and a balcony?
>>62148285underrated
>>62148285Absolutement manifique, mon ami
ok enjoy moving literally any piece of furniture in your narrow, spiral staircase.
>>62148270You took point
>>62148695haha theodore cock
>>62148270You pitch the attackers to hire you and you fight upstairs now.
>>62148337Literal retard. Guy on top can only swing straight down making blocking easy with the shield above the head. Guy on top can't reach low enough to protect his legs with his shield. Guy on bottom can stab upwards, he doesn't have to swing and "dink off the staircase".
>>62150441Look at howthe bottom is holding that sword. He's swinging it. That axe chad on top has the high ground and a power advantage. He's gonna break that little twink's shield and wrist with that blow, and send him tumbling down the spiral stairs
>>62150441>gets kicked
>>62148285
>>62148270passer l'arme à gauche
For me, it's having a 2000 ton cast iron sphere precariously held in place at the top of the stairs which is triggered by a pressure plate. There is also a giant anvil conveniently labeled "2 tons" held above the door at the top of said stairs that will fall on any intruder who makes it past the boulder, reducing them to fleeing the house while flattened and flopping around making accordion noises.I don't use those stairs.
>>62148285smarty
