I must say I am a bit miffed that I had no idea these existed, and that because I am specialized in one handed axes and tower shields, I cannot make use of them without considerable expense and investment.

1.) What does a roa'ter axe look like? Is it somehow shaped like a giant worm, but bladed? Is the edge studded with teeth? Are there cured roa'ters attached to the head or haft? Does it have a roa'ter wormling head as a pommel?
2.) What qualifies an axe as being "roa'tery"?
3.) How is a roa'ter axe distinguished from a normal battle axe?
4.) Are there any qualities unique to roa'ter axes? Does they magically swallow foes, or pull the bearer underground before allowing such a wielder to erupt in a furious display of gore?

I find it to be a travesty that there is not more information available as to these awe-inspiring weapons. Why haven't I seen any before? Why wasn't I told? Why have these marvels been hidden from us?
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Roa'ters gonna roa'ter.

It's just an alternative noun for battle axe (twohanded weapon). The roa'ter axe is a unique term, likely taking the place of the Dane axe, the Danish axe, or the Viking axe. We have a number of variants that derive from real world terms. Claidhmore being a claymore. Hammer of Kai being a mix of the bec-de-corbin and the Lucerne hammer. We added a bunch of new terms recently as well, like sidearm-of-Onar (dagger), Charl's-tail (scimitar), and kiss-of-Ivas (falchion).

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<< I would like to propose the "kiss-of-Naamit" being a new noun for 'whip'. >>

I'd like to propose a small change to that, say the "Caress-of-Naamit".

Josh

<< Only if the Entanglement flares are triggered. (Like wrapping around a limb, or neck.)

I was thinking more of just the quick flicking stroke. (Like scoring the cheek, or taking out an eyeball.)>>

Wouldn't that be more of the "embrace-of-Naamit"? A stroke across the cheek or along another part of the body would be a caress.

Who knew a Naamit whip could be so versatile?

Josh

>>On another note, Mularos's critical is Slash, but Divine Wrath (335) generates a whip. Whips are purely Crush damage type. Go figure.

A Mularosian Paladin's 1630 (Judgement) also creates a whip, and theirs does slash damage.

Seems like whips need to be corrected, since they should be slash.

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I was always a big fan of the Russian 'knout', probably a 2Hand whip, as presented in one of the Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser.
- When just the tip struck, it was a slicing drawing stroke, so it would cut.
- When the thicker heavily braided part closer to the handle struck, it was a massive crushing blow. (I think it broke the peasant's back, in the book.)

Then again, Krakii started as a 1HCrush/2Hand user, so I was always a big fan of the idea of whips, and especially 2Handed ones. :)

This is a direct result of "HP == crit" resulting from the rewrite of the combat system from deICE.

In the past, I have suggested things like whip & bola & net have <pick a number> of crit weighting as part of the WEAPON PROFILE (i.e. "not affecting Enchant difficulty, or anything else") when entangling.
Something like +10 points per Armor Group: easy to dodge in robes, harder to dodge in brigandine, extremely hard to dodge in plate.
This determines the likelihood of DOING a crit (which are usually on the order of entangled, prone, stunned, whatever), while still having the weapon be not terribly effective (it's hard for a whip to do much direct damage to someone in plate).

Nothing ever came of it. So far.

> Whether or not whips are switched from crush to slash damage, they're little more then glorified fluff items.


YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!

With each one of my 106 whips, just to drive the point home!

Can I take my pants off first?

Starchitin

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