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RE: Setteling the impale discussion -back to cutting
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Peter Beirne
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20.02.2003 18:00
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I agree with you about the knock back for cutting weapons being unrealistic - though it should be kept in mind that the broadsword and older swords weren't a sharp of a cutting edge and sometimes resembled more of a club at times.
> I know one of you (can't remember who just now, and don't
> have time to find out) have suggested another way of
> increasing the lethality of cutting, but I find it too
> complicating and unlogical (have you seen the movie
> "RobRoy" and how the british badguy gets cut allmost in
> half? that's the result of a special success with a
> longsword doning doubble damage in on one location, not the
> blade hitting a bit in the arm, a bit in the leg, etc.
I think of the Rob Roy as a critical success with a really strong man (damage bonus) hitting a smaller weaker (less hp) man.
That scene however is probably one of the best sword fighting scenes. I remember the movie coming out when I was in the middle of my own sword training and my teacher was very enthusiastic because it mirrors what happened in Europe during the advent of the rapier.
The broadsword and shield were the mainstay of the schools, but the rapier, buckler was on the rise. In sword practice the rapier is the superior weapon. However, what happen is the master of the Broadsword school challenged the rapier sword master in order to prove dominance and get some of his lost students back. Tragically for the rapier school - the master was hacked down, ala Rob Roy, and the rapier went out of fad for a significant period (70 years I believe) before making a return and ending the use of the broadsword.
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