Ice
Ice Warriors 
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
When the world is darkest, Men see the stars.
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Ice
Jun 13, 2007 18:26:32 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 13, 2007 18:26:32 GMT 10
It would be like the glaives. They are used in the art of spinning in deadly and viciously fast arcs, designed so that enemies will not even get close enough to strike with a sword or other close quarter weapon.
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
When the world is darkest, Men see the stars.
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Ice
Jun 13, 2007 19:39:18 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 13, 2007 19:39:18 GMT 10
I added the link to Ice's Inn. Hooray.
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Ice
Jun 13, 2007 20:28:54 GMT 10
Post by khalora on Jun 13, 2007 20:28:54 GMT 10
It would be like the glaives. They are used in the art of spinning in deadly and viciously fast arcs, designed so that enemies will not even get close enough to strike with a sword or other close quarter weapon. Note that you cannot spin forever, and medieval tactics involved soldiers being in tight formations so they had some defense against arrows. You would not be able to spin, and if you were able to spin, you would be open enough to be shot... ...but its not my character, and its not a weapon that you would see often, so don't let me rain on your parade... P.S. Nice Inn  |
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
When the world is darkest, Men see the stars.
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Ice
Jun 14, 2007 20:46:03 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 14, 2007 20:46:03 GMT 10
Ice isn't really a common soldier that would be standing in the ranks. By the time they got close enough to be in range of Ice's scythe I'm pretty sure there won't be any arrows finding him in the middle of a throng like that.
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Ice
Jun 15, 2007 8:52:34 GMT 10
Post by khalora on Jun 15, 2007 8:52:34 GMT 10
By the time they got close enough to be in range of Ice's scythe I'm pretty sure there won't be any arrows finding him in the middle of a throng like that. You really think?! Crossbows and bows are deadlier in close combat than they are in long-range combat, only because its easier to hit your target, but you usually only get one shot. Query?? What happens if a soldier holds up his shield and pins your scythe down. All I'm pointing out is their ineffectiveness in real-life. Most of the stuff in this board is pretty unrealistic ;D |
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
When the world is darkest, Men see the stars.
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Ice
Jun 16, 2007 19:50:17 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 16, 2007 19:50:17 GMT 10
In common strategy, the archers are not in with the close combatants so they are on the outside of the main throng where the scythe wielder would be found. Looking from the outside in, the odds of you hitting a single person are next to nil.
What happens if someone pins a sword down?
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
When the world is darkest, Men see the stars.
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Ice
Jun 16, 2007 21:18:14 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 16, 2007 21:18:14 GMT 10
I added pictures of Ice. I couldn't find anybody suitable so I made them myself.
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Ice
Jun 17, 2007 9:23:10 GMT 10
Post by khalora on Jun 17, 2007 9:23:10 GMT 10
Yeah, I'll give you that one A sword would be easier to get out from under a shield, because they're not as long as a scythe, and they (usually) don't have any protrusions to get them snagged. Or they would just use they shield as a weapon until they could get their sword out... BTW: Good pics, but I'm assuming that we're supposed to imagine that the double-bladed sword is swapped with a scythe |
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
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Ice
Jun 17, 2007 11:57:17 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 17, 2007 11:57:17 GMT 10
What double bladed sword? He has a bow. I couldn't get a scythe though. *shakes fist*
It depends, a sword blade could be longer than a scythe blade and I'm not sure what you meant by protusions...
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Ice
Jun 17, 2007 18:52:34 GMT 10
Post by khalora on Jun 17, 2007 18:52:34 GMT 10
Sorry, when I saw that bow I thought it looked like a sword... my bad.
A scythe has the blade protruding horizontally, while a sword has no horizontal protrusions.
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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Ice
Jun 18, 2007 18:26:05 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 18, 2007 18:26:05 GMT 10
You could well be holding the sword horizontally as it gets pinned.
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Ice
Jun 19, 2007 17:23:53 GMT 10
Post by khalora on Jun 19, 2007 17:23:53 GMT 10
But by pulling it back out of a pin, there are no protrusions. Like, if you pull it backwards, there is little to get caught, on a scythe the blade could get caught, unless you angled it away and pulled it out from underneath, and then bring it back around to hit the guy from above...
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
When the world is darkest, Men see the stars.
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Ice
Jun 22, 2007 19:38:57 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 22, 2007 19:38:57 GMT 10
Yes.........you'd have to swing the sword as well....
Anyway, I added the link to Ice's ship in his profile.
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Ice
Jun 23, 2007 8:44:12 GMT 10
Post by khalora on Jun 23, 2007 8:44:12 GMT 10
Hmm... not too long and I can have one as well ;D
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Ice
Ice Warriors
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High Lord of the Ice Warriors
When the world is darkest, Men see the stars.
Posts: 2,071
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Ice
Jun 23, 2007 22:10:06 GMT 10
Post by Ice on Jun 23, 2007 22:10:06 GMT 10
With the way your spamming? It's been...a month and you already have over than 1 000 posts. Say what you want but I think you spend far to much time here and spam far too much, and this is coming from me. It's actually really starting to get quite annoying.
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