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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 146
Message ID: 7
#7, RE: Weapons and Duels
Posted by drakensisthered on Oct-09-01 at 07:30 PM
In response to message #6
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>>Again, it hasn't come up - who the hell duels with a battleaxe?
>
>I would. A properly trained Axman can use his axe to hook, and disarm
>or break weapon. Admittedly a battleaxe is more of an assault weapon
>(it was meant to bash through plate armor), but duels of honor can and
>did happen between Clansmen.
>
>If you ever followed the Hilander series one of the Immortals was
>using an axe.
>
>> A bat'leth, maybe, if we had any Klingons...
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>>(Hmm. A teenage Klingon. There's something we haven't seen... )
>>
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>Of Course I'd probably show up to a duel armed with a Prussian Combat
>Spade.

Jest not. There's an RPG running in Sheffield where my characters wields a spade since an axe might get him in trouble with the cops, but a spade and a sledge hammer in a golf bag won't do more than raise a couple of eyebrows. Said shovel has wreaked a fair amount of havoc.


drakensisthered

Concealed Weapon? I'm a builder, Guv. Don't mind the blood stains...