[CF-Devel] seperating skills (was RE: brief introduction)

[David Hurst]

I am an avid fighter in SCA and I believe I might just input a few pointers in this..

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      Well.. off the top of my head.. I had planned something like this:
     
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      Slash:
     
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              Sword-like
     
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              Axe-like
     
     
An Axe is not a slashing weapon, it is a sharp blugeon.

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      Pierce:
     
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              dagger-like (think stiletto)
     
     
A dagger is a stabbing weapon, it is used in combat to stab at the head and joints, as is a rapier.

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      Stab:
     
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              spear-like
     
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              knife-like
     
     
To call any two handed weapon, a stabbing weapon is rather dodgy, they are used in a stabbing action, but they don't deal damage like a stabbing weapon (trust me, it hurts alot more ;))

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      Slice:
     
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              katana-like
     
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              rapier-like
     
     
I don't know HOW rapier got here, a rapier is a long thin piece of metal used to stab at joints (think about how professional rapier fighters fighter, that don't ever slash or slice).

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      Whip:
     
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              whip-like (we don't actually have any yet though.. eh?)
     
     
I have one in my image directory, I think I might have even commited the image, it was never actually added into the game though.

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      Bludgeon:
     
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              Club-like
     
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              staff-like
     
     


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      Crush:
     
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              hammer-like
     
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              mace-like
     
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              flail-like
     
     
hmmm well a flail is more of a whip like weapon, I would say you should define each category as a form of damage.

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      Combo:  (I stole this from you, I really like this)
     
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              polearms, halbards, etc.  The idea here would be to have different
     
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              kinds, like in DND, so one might be slash/pierce, and you would have to
     
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              know both to wield it.  Like you said, the best damage type would win.
     
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      Wierd:
     
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              saws and magnifying glasses.  ;)  Probably nonsensical to have a skill
     
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              for those.
     
     
The point I would like to make is, that you should probably think about each type of damage, then try to categories each of the weapons with some of each. An axe is a very good example, it is defn a bludgeon but it has a sharp edge, so it would do both types of damage. 

Anyway, I defn think this is useful, particularly in terms of armour, currently armour is defined really by how much AC and armour. But in reality, ring mail doesn't do a thing against a hammer (though not alot does). It would certainly make alot of weapons alot more useful if they deal various levels of each damage.


Food for thought (or fish)
Darth_bob