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

Balustrade.

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.

Spiral or Newel. They FEEL so Medieval.

Fuck, these are all bangers.

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

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

Obviously quarter turn wins

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

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.

Balustrade and Converging

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

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

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, although climbing Ulm 20 years ago scarred my psyche

Semicircular is banging ngl

Spiral!!!

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.

No love for the semi-circular?

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

Quarter turn is the type used on cs_italy, right?

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

Staircases are so cool! My personal favorite thing to photograph in old buildings is doors.

Spiral, no contest

Go big or go home.

Spiral... without the handrails.

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