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Good morning,
I picked up a steel quarterstaff yesterday and like it a lot except for its ridiculous rt's. Just out of curiosity why am I seeing 6 sec feints and jabs with a forged steel quarterstaff (I think it's like 45 stones), whereas I'm seeing 3 sec jabs and feints with my forged war mattock and bastie which I think are around 30 stones? Seems a bit harsh to me.
Relavent data: 28 str and stam, 25 agil.
I seriously hope these rts get reasonable with better stats...
Also, how do they work out at higher levels?
Thank you.
Nightstick fient is 1 second for me. I don't have a quarterstaff to test at the moment but I do have a haralun pike staff which is the heaviest forgeable QS you can get (82 stones) and that is giving me 2 second feints.
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You might want to weigh your weapons just to see that your weights are further off than you think.
I'd recommend buying a steel nightstick instead of the QS, at least for a while. It's lighter and fits in containers. If you want to use a QS for RP reasons (imagine that novelty in a RPG...), consider the nightstick a training weapon till you get skilled enough to make use of a big staff.
I'd recommend buying a steel nightstick instead of the QS, at least for a while. It's lighter and fits in containers. If you want to use a QS for RP reasons (imagine that novelty in a RPG...), consider the nightstick a training weapon till you get skilled enough to make use of a big staff.
You could always get a lighter quarterstaff, too. The default steel weight is 5 stone per volume, but you can easily get something around 35-40 stones if you have a forger put some oravir in that steel.
Will the stats be as awesome? No. But, at the same time, they won't be worse than a nightstick.
Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.
Will the stats be as awesome? No. But, at the same time, they won't be worse than a nightstick.
Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.
>>Yeah I love the idea of using a quarterstaff, but this rt is to much. I'll check out a nightstick as you recommend, thx.
I use quarterstaff as my main weapon, rest assured it is highly viable once you get your stats up a bit.
This is what a good forged QS is like nowadays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lLXaRtc1f4I#t=196
I use quarterstaff as my main weapon, rest assured it is highly viable once you get your stats up a bit.
This is what a good forged QS is like nowadays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lLXaRtc1f4I#t=196
>think about a police baton for a "cane"
I would call that a nightstick. The cane template is still pole ranged and needs a weapon strap. I would think it should be about 5 or 6 feet long; what I would call a walking stick. It's only 1 volume bigger than a nightstick, so I would think it would be long and thin rather than short and stocky.
I would call that a nightstick. The cane template is still pole ranged and needs a weapon strap. I would think it should be about 5 or 6 feet long; what I would call a walking stick. It's only 1 volume bigger than a nightstick, so I would think it would be long and thin rather than short and stocky.
Get a miniature version!
>You tap a miniature melanic quarterstaff inlaid along the length with scorched kertig that you are wearing.
QS is the best!
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>You tap a miniature melanic quarterstaff inlaid along the length with scorched kertig that you are wearing.
QS is the best!
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A quarterstaff is apparently generally 6-9 feet in length, and alternately known as a 'short staff'; the 'long staff' apparently is a pike without a tip, and is 12+ feet long (...seriously what could you do with that besides fight cavalry?).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterstaff
I had always heard that a QS was going to be taller than a person. A cane I have a hard time envisioning as anything more than 3-4 feet in length, regardless of whether it is used for walking or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterstaff
I had always heard that a QS was going to be taller than a person. A cane I have a hard time envisioning as anything more than 3-4 feet in length, regardless of whether it is used for walking or not.
>if you consider a cane or walking stick 5 or 6 feet long then how big are you thinking a quarterstaff is?
Wikipedia has an interesting and fairly short article on quarterstaff: I would say that what DR calls canes would be the 6 ft variety and full quarterstaves could be around 7 or 9 ft. I think 3 ft would just be too short to be pole ranged, even melee short staves might be longer than that because of the difference between using a staff and a blunt weapon.
>a cane would be more like 3 ft.
That's more along the lines of a walking aide sold at a corner store than a weapon. If you were going to hike up a mountain, a 6 ft cane would be more useful; which is what I would call a walking stick.
Wikipedia has an interesting and fairly short article on quarterstaff: I would say that what DR calls canes would be the 6 ft variety and full quarterstaves could be around 7 or 9 ft. I think 3 ft would just be too short to be pole ranged, even melee short staves might be longer than that because of the difference between using a staff and a blunt weapon.
>a cane would be more like 3 ft.
That's more along the lines of a walking aide sold at a corner store than a weapon. If you were going to hike up a mountain, a 6 ft cane would be more useful; which is what I would call a walking stick.
I use a metal bread for QS.
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Quarter staff is fun, I use it as my secondary weapon. I have several varieties from the old heavy impact carved canes to my current cambrinth one. With the addition of the skill combination with Short Staff the diversity of the types of weapons you can pick up increased a lot. I find it a very fun weapon class to train.
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The lightest "Quarterstaff" you can get is a glaes quarterstaff at 30 stones. It's a very awesome weapon, great impact and superbly balanced. It's one of the highest balanced weapons in the game. It will set you back close to 1k plat kronar. Sometimes you can find them for resale for cheaper though.
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or an old cane that was like 14 stones -
I like the capstan bar from Ghost Ship - BC impact, pole range, and like 50 stones
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I like the capstan bar from Ghost Ship - BC impact, pole range, and like 50 stones
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