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Post by Moginheden on Apr 20, 2009 8:58:42 GMT -7
Rules wise the term dagger doesn't matter but how would each of you define the difference between a short sword and a dagger?
I just built 2 new weapons. They are just over a foot long from pommel to tip. They have a slashing surface and a stabbing tip. To me they look like daggers because they are incredibly short, but they can be used for slashing too.
Are they daggers, short swords, or just too small?
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Post by Cib on Apr 20, 2009 9:22:32 GMT -7
Lots of people call 20" and under with a stabbing tip is a dagger I think, no stubby and it is a "supper shots sword". And what most people call a "dagger" I think should be called a "Spike".
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Post by Darr on Apr 20, 2009 11:47:38 GMT -7
I always thought that a dagger was a VERY short weapon with only a stabbing tip. If it has a blade for slashing as well then it is a short sword.
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Post by Cib on Apr 20, 2009 12:11:12 GMT -7
That is the definition most of our friends to the south go by.
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Post by Darr on Apr 20, 2009 14:48:52 GMT -7
So in that case, according to most people Mog's weapons would be classified as short swords.
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Post by Cib on Apr 20, 2009 15:01:51 GMT -7
YA, even though they are probably closer to a medieval dagger than a medieval short sword. But they wouldn't be allowed in a dagger turny.
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Post by Darr on Apr 20, 2009 15:11:26 GMT -7
Hey, that is something we should do some day is have a dagger turny. For our group that is almost as ridicules as all javelins or a red flail dual. However, It would be really neat to watch real pros in action with them. I imagine that, that kind of dual would have huge potential for grappling?
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Post by Moginheden on Apr 20, 2009 16:04:25 GMT -7
To do:
-make more spikes, (stab only daggers)
I think we only have 1 in between all of us. I put into the rules of escape that you can use 2 daggers OR 1 short blue as a prisoner but of course we only have the 1 so that doesn't work yet.
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Post by Cib on Apr 20, 2009 21:46:54 GMT -7
Hmmm... I saw a video of a dagger turny once. Lots of grappling, but not as much as you might expect.
I wonder if i can find it...
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Post by Darr on Apr 21, 2009 8:28:13 GMT -7
We definitely need more spikes.
I said that there was a big potential for grappling but that does not mean that there has to be.
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