Which is your favourite?

Converging is sexy, but the second I go to commit, Gallery is like, why don't you come peek under my staircase.

Newel feels the most medieval to me, as it's what has been used in every cathedral spire I've visited, but balustrade is so cool

Balaustrade gives me this impression...
- A picture really is worth a thousand words. Nailed my exact impression haha

Balustrade.

Balustrade gang rise up!
Obviously correct choice

Gallery, converging, or balustrade, but you can't make me choose, I can't choose just one.

There's no debate, spiral counter-clockwise is both aesthetically pleasing and offers the best defense against sword-bearing invaders.

Fuck, these are all bangers.

If I rememeber, I'll edit after further deliberation.

I feel like I just leveled up my descriptive abilities for RPG DMing purposes.

Toss up between converging and balustrade.

Newels so knights couldn't have their sworn in the best hand going upwards (you'd have to use the left hand, and that was something knights just wouldn't do, it meant dying)

I really can’t choose, I love them all equally.

Earlier that day: "I don't care for Single Run".

Nevel obviously. Especially becaude it always turns to the right so it's easier to fight downwards with the sword in your right hand then upwards.

Yeah! Take that, lefty scum!

Mine is definitely spiral

Why spiral?
- It just looks like a fairytale

And here I was expecting everyone else to say semi-circular too. Humble and simple.

Gotta be gallery unless you're under attack, then it's newel all the way

Newel because I could never walk on one not thinking about clearing corners with my bow looking for goblins

I was going to say Newel because I'm right-handed, and I bet it would be easier for right-handers to defend going down rather than attackers going up using a sword. I might be overthinking it though.

Balustrade and Converging

Arcade for outside, converging for the main entrance hall, and gallery for everywhere else inside

Semicircular is banging ngl

My old workplace had one. The body count of scraped knees, smashed noses and broken phones was in the dozens. You really want to look down when using those

Spiral is my favourite pre-Escher period staircase type.

This makes me feel something I've never felt before. Damn. Thank you.

Spiral!!!

Right!?

No love for the semi-circular?

Newel, although climbing Ulm 20 years ago scarred my psyche

Gotta respect the spiral. Not once have I used a staircase from which you can see the bottom floor and not had intrusive thoughts about dropping something or myself.

Converging feels like it's gonna throw you down. Arcade has little peekaboos, feels cozy.

Quarter turn is the type used on cs_italy, right?

Go big or go home.

Spiral... without the handrails.

I fear that the spiral has a consistent radius, and is therefore a "helical staircase".

Spiral, no contest