Stupid Suggestions: Duality

[Valhalla]

That is metal as hell.

[Mishtakob]

If you go trying to balance weapons to some historical ideal then you'll need to do the same for armour, and endurance, and aging, and wounds (Sorry, how many times do I need to stab Steven the Barbarian before he dies?), and skills, and magic, and.. Well. Everything.

Pretty much this. If we were going for 'historical accuracy in everything', rapiers, scimitars, and katanas would be shit-useless against anyone wearing a full-plate harness, since the first weapon was developed for fighting unarmored individuals, and attempting to cut through a moving target covered in plates meant to deflect strikes would not do anything. Same thing would go for most other sword types, unless they were used in a non-slashing method. Falchions were single-handed machete-like swords, unlike the two-handed kreigsmesser or dadao they appear as in the D&D world.

Warhammers would look more like this slim sexy thing than like this blocky clump of clumsy metal. Not to mention that non-ceremonial armor would be more effective the less spikes and decorations it had on it as those would snag on attacking strikes rather than serving to deflect blows. Boob-plate, of course, will not be mentioned. And why doesn't a mage's lightning bolt automatically paralyze someone considering they're pretty much getting hit with a hundred tazers?

As a bit of a western martials arts buff, I've come to terms that it's a simulation, using a set system of rules, and as much as roleplaying goes into it all to make it immersive, it is not going to be 'realistic'. I would personally be very interested if a spear-and-shield warrior could make a presence on the server. However, there currently is a means and method to achieve this (spear weapon master with monkeygrip) and so it is not a priority.

[Farmboy2003]

I'd actually like to ask the same thing. How does reach work IG? You attack a 5feet square away, and get lots of AoO?

I'm looking forward to seeing how that will work with Longstrider, HiPS and FE. Those vamps won't be able to do a touch attack before I'm away again maybe?