Quote Originally Posted by The Glyphstone View Post
his point is, I think, that all those earls, barons, and squires had been dismounted/prone, and were immobilized by the weight of their armor, effectively gaining the Helpless condition and being vulnerable to knives even from low-dexterity enemies.
Correct.
In fact, my original point wasn't even "Str to attack makes more sense than Dex to attack", but more along the lines of "Str makes a certain amount of sense, and if you want to switch to Dex because you think it fixes all the problems, you'll be disappointed".