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PugJesus@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.networkEnglish · 2 years ago

Sword must be high-level (Ironlily)

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Sword must be high-level (Ironlily)

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PugJesus@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.networkEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • coffee_whatever@lemmy.world
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    Try to stab something with this monstrosity and it’s guaranteed to get stuck between the ribs or in other bones, leaving you without a weapon.

    Historical swords aren’t spiky for a reason

    • ColdWater@lemmy.ca
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      Hook sword

      • Shard@lemmy.world
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        Cool as they are, we have very little evidence these were used historically or were actual combat weapons.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword

        • Live Your Lives@lemmy.world
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          Umm…

          Surviving sharpened examples point to actual use as weapons, but their rarity, and the training necessary to use them, strongly suggest that they were only rarely used as such.

    • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      It’s undoubtedly made of some kind of fantasy metal like mithril, orichalcum, or adamantium. So it weighs less than a pen and can cut through solid blocks of steel. It’s not getting stuck in anything let alone something like human bones.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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      Historical swords aren’t spiky for a reason

      Yeah but people in ancient times also liked cool-looking but impractical “ceremonial” weapons. They didn’t go to war wielding them, but neither do modern people who think they look cool…

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    #MallNinjaShit

  • UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev
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    The pommel is spiked to end your enemies extra righteously

    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
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      You mean with the classic pommel throw?

  • dragonshouter@ttrpg.network
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    Well if it is magic it doesn’t matter if it functions as a regular sword. If people die on hit it can be a baseball bat for all I care

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