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Why are these Schiavona's so darn heavy? 56 stones is like.....a lot.
how much does a stone count towards lbs in dragonrealms?
I've been researching schiavona's since i didn't know what they were when I bought one, and according to all the web sources i've found, which I'll post if anyone wants, they are all about 2.5 lbs in weight. 56 stones seems INSANEly heavy for this weapon.
Maly, I hope you're not confusing real life with DR life. Just because schiavonas back in the day weighed between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds has nothing to do with what they weigh in DR.
DR weapons weight is irrelevant to real life. It's just a matter of whether or not your character in DR can swing a DR weapon.
Life is too short to drink cheap beer.
DR weapons weight is irrelevant to real life. It's just a matter of whether or not your character in DR can swing a DR weapon.
Life is too short to drink cheap beer.
They are sick and awesome looking weapons. I was just hoping they'd be usable in combat. And not just usable in the normal sense. Having maximum RT even with my higher level characters with a good amount of strength just makes me want to throw it back on the table I bought it from.
I was excited when I saw a 'new' type of heavy edge sword weapon at a fest with decent stats since bastard swords, broadswords, and longswords are really over played and rather plain looking if you want one with decent stats. 56 stones...bigger swords, such as bastard swords weigh less. I'm going to try and live with it though because I'm stubborn like that and it looks cool and not many people have them, hopefully. But, maybe a little downtweak on the weight? please? pretty please? with fragments on top?
I was excited when I saw a 'new' type of heavy edge sword weapon at a fest with decent stats since bastard swords, broadswords, and longswords are really over played and rather plain looking if you want one with decent stats. 56 stones...bigger swords, such as bastard swords weigh less. I'm going to try and live with it though because I'm stubborn like that and it looks cool and not many people have them, hopefully. But, maybe a little downtweak on the weight? please? pretty please? with fragments on top?
>>why is this thing so heavy?
Because it's most likely that the fest schiavonas are just cut & pasted (stat-wise) from the standard shop schiavona sold in Ratha, which weighs 56 stones.
The question then is, why does that schiavona weigh 56 stones, to which the answer would be, "game balance." Why game balance? Because shop weapons are balanced against other store-bought quality weapons. The cost that the designer apparently chose to apply for schiavonas having higher slice and impact levels than a standard broadsword, while still being in the same balance/suitedness ranges was an added 21 stones to the weight. Take for comparison the steelclaw clan broadsword which has better impact than a standard broadsword, in that case, it pays for the extra impact by having a noticeably lower level of balance and 5 stones added to the weight.
Keep in mind that you can't compare store (and most fest) quality weapons/armor to forged versions, they're just not scaled the same.
"Now won't you tell me if you like what you've just heard?
And if you think the point I'm driving at absurd,
Well there's no need to tell me how or tell me why,
But I need to know the reason not to try."
- John Popper, Onslaught
Because it's most likely that the fest schiavonas are just cut & pasted (stat-wise) from the standard shop schiavona sold in Ratha, which weighs 56 stones.
The question then is, why does that schiavona weigh 56 stones, to which the answer would be, "game balance." Why game balance? Because shop weapons are balanced against other store-bought quality weapons. The cost that the designer apparently chose to apply for schiavonas having higher slice and impact levels than a standard broadsword, while still being in the same balance/suitedness ranges was an added 21 stones to the weight. Take for comparison the steelclaw clan broadsword which has better impact than a standard broadsword, in that case, it pays for the extra impact by having a noticeably lower level of balance and 5 stones added to the weight.
Keep in mind that you can't compare store (and most fest) quality weapons/armor to forged versions, they're just not scaled the same.
"Now won't you tell me if you like what you've just heard?
And if you think the point I'm driving at absurd,
Well there's no need to tell me how or tell me why,
But I need to know the reason not to try."
- John Popper, Onslaught
