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I'm looking for a balanced LE with decent amount of slice in it.Anything like that available without using special metals?
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Charles M. Schulz
Get a forged short sword/katar or a Fest katar. You should be able to find moderate slice LEs relatively easy in the Trader tent in Crossing. They hit like a train as far as LEs go. Very, very nice.
Malkien the Barbarian has already been to the moon: that's why there are no signs of life there.
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Malkien the Barbarian has already been to the moon: that's why there are no signs of life there.
Apis the Cleric's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
I have found that to be that case..Thats why I curious to know if a LE ,preferably a katar , can be made fair balance,fair slice and fairly suited for strength or any combo that gives a fair amount of balance,strength and slice.
That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another....
Charles M. Schulz
That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another....
Charles M. Schulz
I've no idea about forged weapons, but the best store-bought LE you're going to get that's not terribly balanced is fair slice.
There are the obens from Shard and Muspari (low/fair/poor reasonably/poor fairly sturdy 18 stones). 4510d and 6000l respectively.
The kythe from Knife Clan (poor/fair/poor reasonably/poor fairly sturdy 18 stones). 1500k.
The leaf-bladed sword from Riverhaven (fair/fair/poor fair/poor average 28 stones). 1140l.
After I got totally ripped apart while using my mod slice Outcast katar due to the dismal balance, I switched to an oben. Doesn't do the mind-blowing damage, but I can at least parry with it.
Fuquois
There are the obens from Shard and Muspari (low/fair/poor reasonably/poor fairly sturdy 18 stones). 4510d and 6000l respectively.
The kythe from Knife Clan (poor/fair/poor reasonably/poor fairly sturdy 18 stones). 1500k.
The leaf-bladed sword from Riverhaven (fair/fair/poor fair/poor average 28 stones). 1140l.
After I got totally ripped apart while using my mod slice Outcast katar due to the dismal balance, I switched to an oben. Doesn't do the mind-blowing damage, but I can at least parry with it.
Fuquois
>>Get a forged short sword/katar or a Fest katar. You should be able to find moderate slice LEs relatively easy in the Trader tent in Crossing. They hit like a train as far as LEs go. Very, very nice.<<
None of those are what he asked for. Katars have bad balance, short swords aren't slicers.
If you're looking for it for the reasons I would assume you are. What you want is one of two things. The elven telo from shard. Well balanced, fair slice, but it's a ME (although, weapon skill isn't checked, so ME's work as well as anything.) Or the outcast dagger from the shard fest. Well balanced/fair slice. And of course, mirror blades in the right hands would be awesome, but again... ME).
Outcast Dagger. F/F/P W/P fairly sturdy.
-Wighten
None of those are what he asked for. Katars have bad balance, short swords aren't slicers.
If you're looking for it for the reasons I would assume you are. What you want is one of two things. The elven telo from shard. Well balanced, fair slice, but it's a ME (although, weapon skill isn't checked, so ME's work as well as anything.) Or the outcast dagger from the shard fest. Well balanced/fair slice. And of course, mirror blades in the right hands would be awesome, but again... ME).
Outcast Dagger. F/F/P W/P fairly sturdy.
-Wighten
<<If you're looking for it for the reasons I would assume you are. What you want is one of two things. The elven telo from shard. Well balanced, fair slice, but it's a ME (although, weapon skill isn't checked, so ME's work as well as anything.) Or the outcast dagger from the shard fest. Well balanced/fair slice. And of course, mirror blades in the right hands would be awesome, but again... ME).
If he was looking for it for that reason, he'd want puncture, not slice.
Malkien the Barbarian has already been to the moon: that's why there are no signs of life there.
Apis the Cleric's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
If he was looking for it for that reason, he'd want puncture, not slice.
Malkien the Barbarian has already been to the moon: that's why there are no signs of life there.
Apis the Cleric's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
<<Actually, there's three different reasons; puncture, slice, and impact all of varying importance for each 'reason'.
Yes, and if I read Wighten's interpretation right (which maybe not, cause the man knows his guild's stuff), then for that reason (backstab) he would want puncture and balance. Not slice and balance. If he wants slice he probably wants to use it for general combat.
Malkien the Barbarian has already been to the moon: that's why there are no signs of life there.
Apis the Cleric's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
Yes, and if I read Wighten's interpretation right (which maybe not, cause the man knows his guild's stuff), then for that reason (backstab) he would want puncture and balance. Not slice and balance. If he wants slice he probably wants to use it for general combat.
Malkien the Barbarian has already been to the moon: that's why there are no signs of life there.
Apis the Cleric's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
Just to clarify my questioon a bit..I am looking for a katar-like weapon that is fairly balanced and fairly suited for strength with fair to moderate slice.The question is whether or not its possible for such a blade to be forged and if so can it be forged without special metals?
PS Could you post the appraisal on the jambiya?
That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another....
Charles M. Schulz
PS Could you post the appraisal on the jambiya?
That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another....
Charles M. Schulz
<<The question is whether or not its possible for such a blade to be forged and if so can it be forged without special metals?>>
no not possible.
Yamcer
"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF
no not possible.
Yamcer
"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF
An ivory-hilted jambiya is a light edged melee-ranged weapon.
You are certain that it could do:
fair puncture damage
fair slice damage
poor impact damage
You are certain that the jambiya is reasonably balanced and is fairly suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.
You are certain that the ivory-hilted jambiya is fairly sturdy, and is in pristine condition.
The ivory-hilted jambiya is made with metal.
You wonder if the ivory-hilted jambiya might weigh a few stones.
You are certain that the ivory-hilted jambiya is worth exactly 500 kronars.
Roundtime: 8 seconds.
A dark talon blade is a light edged type weapon.
You are certain that it could do:
fair puncture damage
fair slice damage
poor impact damage
You are certain that the blade is fairly balanced and is poorly suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.
You are certain that the talon blade is fairly sturdy, and is in pristine condition.
The talon blade is made with metal.
You wonder if the talon blade might weigh a few tens of stones.
You are certain that the talon blade is worth exactly 90200 dokoras
Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790))
You are certain that it could do:
fair puncture damage
fair slice damage
poor impact damage
You are certain that the jambiya is reasonably balanced and is fairly suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.
You are certain that the ivory-hilted jambiya is fairly sturdy, and is in pristine condition.
The ivory-hilted jambiya is made with metal.
You wonder if the ivory-hilted jambiya might weigh a few stones.
You are certain that the ivory-hilted jambiya is worth exactly 500 kronars.
Roundtime: 8 seconds.
A dark talon blade is a light edged type weapon.
You are certain that it could do:
fair puncture damage
fair slice damage
poor impact damage
You are certain that the blade is fairly balanced and is poorly suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.
You are certain that the talon blade is fairly sturdy, and is in pristine condition.
The talon blade is made with metal.
You wonder if the talon blade might weigh a few tens of stones.
You are certain that the talon blade is worth exactly 90200 dokoras
Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790))
I think they're useful to Thieves because of the different manuevers they can do. But I don't know why other guilds use them. The loss of impact from the katar makes them not nearly as effective. I mean... they're decent I guess. I would like them a lot more if they were F/F/L actually. Poor is just too low.
-Wighten
-Wighten
>I think they're useful to Thieves because of the different manuevers they can do. But I don't know why other guilds use them. The loss of impact from the katar makes them not nearly as effective. I mean... they're decent I guess. I would like them a lot more if they were F/F/L actually. Poor is just too low.
Its because of the balance. I have an old katar with poor balance and have a hard time hitting some things, especially if they can parry. I dont hit as hard with a jambiya but after using feint/draw/slice/chop/parry for balance I can use feint/lunge/slice etc. and usually get a stun if I timed it right. It adds to the jambiya's versatility.
Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790))
Its because of the balance. I have an old katar with poor balance and have a hard time hitting some things, especially if they can parry. I dont hit as hard with a jambiya but after using feint/draw/slice/chop/parry for balance I can use feint/lunge/slice etc. and usually get a stun if I timed it right. It adds to the jambiya's versatility.
Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790))
>But if you want to use an LE with balance, you need to just use the outcast dagger. At F/F/P W/P FS... it's just a more balanced jambiya.
I dont need that much balance and the poorly suited for strength is not worth the tradeoff.
Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790))
I dont need that much balance and the poorly suited for strength is not worth the tradeoff.
Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790))
