02-10-2014, 01:29 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Oct 2009
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[DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
Hi guys
Neither DF nor Martial Arts do offer a Fast-Draw Specialty covering Axes and Maces, Kromm confirmed this. I just wonder why... Is it because swords are so much more expensive, so if you could Fast-Draw an Axe, nobody would buy a sword? This gets accentuated by Weapons with the Dwarfen modifier from DF. Is it because these weapons usually are unbalanced (Parry with U)? This poses the question why Martial Arts allows some chains to be fast drawn? I do know that I could just allow it in my DF game, but I am reluctant as I fear unbalancing things. Thanks! Onkl Last edited by Onkl; 02-10-2014 at 01:34 PM. |
02-10-2014, 01:32 PM | #2 |
Join Date: May 2013
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Re: [DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
It's more a matter of how they're physically carried. Try carrying an axe or mace the way you carry a sword, and you won't have functional legs for very long.
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02-10-2014, 01:33 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Re: [DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
my guess is because most of the rigs that are designed to hold axes button up over the bottom of the blade, thus preventing fast draws.
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02-10-2014, 01:57 PM | #4 | ||
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Re: [DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
You missed this quote from Kromm
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02-10-2014, 02:03 PM | #5 |
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Re: [DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
A rig that carries an axe handle-up, either has to have a strap to secure the head (preventing Fast-Draw), leaves the axe open to fall out easily, or is such that the head will easily get caught on the way out. Rigs that are handle-down, prevent the user from drawing the weapon while holding the combat grip.
It is conceivable that one could have a handle-up rig that makes it unlikely for the axe to fall out yet allows the weapon to be drawn quickly. But it will be more difficult than drawing a straight blade as the draw would include a direction change. It is also conceivable that a handle-down rig could be used. With practice, one can push up hard on the bottom of the axe head and when the handle clears the rig, catch it by the grip. But this is at least as tricky as the handle-up possibility and something one would probably consider cinematic if performed in an actual fight. When pressed, I have allowed Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace) is suitably cinematic games. In somewhat more realistic games, I've allowed it but called it a Hard skill when pressed by a player. For even more realistic games, I would either not allow it, or have them specify whether they want their rig to be one that stands a good chance of dropping the weapon and is Hard to use or one that is Very Hard to use. |
02-10-2014, 02:09 PM | #6 | |
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Re: [DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
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02-10-2014, 02:20 PM | #7 |
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Re: [DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
Large bearded axes may have been carried over the shoulder with the beard hooking the shoulder or neck.
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02-10-2014, 03:16 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Re: [DF] Fast-Draw (Axe/Mace)
Thank you very much for your input... On DF6:15 the Six-Sword Belt specifically mentions axes, so in my game this will be the way to go... if you really want to fast-draw your axe, better look for a quest to get a Six-Sword Belt.
Cheers Onkl |
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dungeon fantasy, fast-draw, martial arts |
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