10-26-2015, 03:55 AM | #21 |
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Re: Striking with the flat of the blade
Sadly, that would only work in modern fights... sword pommels weren't screwed on, they were usually riveted on. Ie, the tang wasn't threaded, and was hammered flat over the pommel to hold it all in place tightly.
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10-26-2015, 04:42 AM | #22 |
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Re: Striking with the flat of the blade
You didn't see the video linked in response to my post, did you? Throwing your pommel at your opponent is listed in a handful of old manuals as a way to "end your opponent rightly."
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10-26-2015, 04:49 AM | #23 |
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Re: Striking with the flat of the blade
I did, thus the italicized Usually in my post. Non riveted pommels were quite rare.
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10-26-2015, 04:54 AM | #24 |
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10-26-2015, 04:58 AM | #25 |
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Re: Striking with the flat of the blade
Not any worse than normal pommel strikes. Not to mention the general bad idea that you're likely to lose the rest of the furniture if you don't reattach it before using the weapon. Also if it's loose enough to remove, you have the danger of loose furniture which can cause the weapon to be more susceptible to breakage at the tang, etc.
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10-26-2015, 05:00 AM | #26 |
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Re: Striking with the flat of the blade
We don't actually know how rare they were, given the context of the Gladiatora fechtbuchen (if it were particulatly rare, one would expect them to say something about it). 'Uncommon' may be a more accurate term.
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10-26-2015, 07:15 AM | #27 |
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10-26-2015, 07:24 AM | #28 |
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10-26-2015, 09:09 AM | #29 |
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Re: Striking with the flat of the blade
Realistically, cutting damage should be no worse than crushing damage against skeletons except that there's no reason to apply the cutting wounding modifier.
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10-26-2015, 09:13 AM | #30 |
Join Date: Aug 2014
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Re: Striking with the flat of the blade
In cases where you're trying not to cut a living opponent, I'd require a skill element to test for it. Perhaps a separate roll, or a requirement to exceed the normal hit target by a certain amount.
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