Questions tagged [swords]
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What would the advantages or disadvantages of being a swordfighter with digitigrade legs and a tail?
Is there anything that keeps humanoids with digitigrade legs from being effective swordfighters? As in, is there a hurdle that they must cross that average plantigrade normal humies don't have to?
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What's the best way to fit a sword into a cockpit?
In my world, there's a space station protected by an order of Knights who carry sabers with them at all times. They do battle in mechs, sitting in cockpits roughly the same size as a fighter jet's ...
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Would a barbed sword be off-balance/practical
So here's my idea: a sword with a sharp triangle of metal coming off the tip (which is flat, by the way). This is a broadsword, so it's two-handed and pretty heavy. I haven't settled on the length, so ...
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What would be the ideal blade for puncturing pressure armor?
Blades, sometimes, pose an advantage to firearms. In my case that advantage is relative silence. Additionally, there's far less risk of depressurization if you're inside a pressurized vessel—a great ...
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Why would swords be the ideal weapon for superhumans? [closed]
Basically, my magic setting has superhuman mages. They are supernaturally stronger, faster, and more durable beyond what their human bodies are naturally capable off. These mages are wandering martial ...
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How would I calculate the damage someone suffered from various strikes? [closed]
So, I’ve been developing a TTRPG and am wanting to present a realistic fantasy world. This doesn’t mean fantastic things wouldn’t happen - demigods can swing swords at the speed of light. But when ...
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Fake Legendary Sword in Stone scams, how to make them believable and unpullable in a world of magic? [closed]
I should preface this by informing you that the story I'm writing is mostly comedy, but I'll try to incorporate reason and meaning behind the jokes.
I have a small joke written in my story where the ...
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how to wear multiple blades? does it matter?
both are quite easy to animate, no further programming required except switching secondary sword attachment from side_hip1.r to side_hip2.l so it's mostly about aesthetics now... which is a problem ...
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What swords and tactics would be effective against polearms and armor? [closed]
I've been asking all around about this for days trying to find out how swords could be effective against plate armor without feeling overly unrealistic or how a sword user could fight against polearms ...
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Would limited super-speed be useful in fencing?
Let there be humans who can move their limbs three times faster than is typically possible. This is the only enhancement: Their reaction time and brain speed is normal, and they therefore cannot walk/...
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What's the optimal weight of a bladed weapon? [closed]
In my magic system, people are capable of forming weapons out of their aura. The density of aura is naturally around 0.1g/cm3, but can be compressed down to 0.5g/cm. This means that aura can at most ...
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How can I translate fencing into a fast paced, high mobility and directional martial art, normally attributed to more aggressive and rogue chars? [closed]
So my main character in my story, is of a more aristocratic type house. Not necessarily in attitude, but in theme. So victorian style long coats and vests etc, while also being rogue/thief information ...
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How would my collapsible sword blade work?
The collapsible sword in question would be:
3 feet / 90 cm long total length of handle + blade. The blade would be 2 feet / 60 cm long, and the handle would be 1 foot / 30 cm long. (Handle could be ...
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Removing slaves' digit to prevent uprising
What digit, if removed, would hamper a human from fighting using medieval weaponry? (I'm toying with both thumbs but this may be too limiting in the work that the slaves can do or both little fingers ...
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Why might melee weapons be used in a sci if setting? [duplicate]
Ok, I am very aware that this question sounds like a near duplicate, but before voting to close it, hear me out.
Why would the military use melee weapons such as swords, spears, axes, and all those ...
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