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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2021 1:35:12 GMT
In the name of gothic horror: Dual wield your frankenkat and the saber. Complex hilt is soo gothic! I feel like the frankenkat suits this sword better for duel wielding. You know, with the brass guards and thick blades 😎
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Post by howler on Jun 6, 2021 2:32:52 GMT
Would you guys prefer duel wielding or a large two handed weapon? Both seem like a pretty good idea. In that case I got my great sword of war. This one's a beast For duel wielding I can use the two katana, or my arming sword and saber, dark souls style Large two handed weapon for sure if/when ballistic option is gone. CS Boar spear seems tailor made.
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Post by mumbles on Jun 6, 2021 2:38:05 GMT
Very nice looking. I love how the hammer looks the exact shape of all the historical Thor's Hammer pendants
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Post by demonskull on Jun 6, 2021 2:47:24 GMT
If you're allowing a Brown Bess or similar, I'd take the Brown Bess and cut the barrel down. The rest of my kit would be a heavy bladed type XIV, a large heavy dagger, single hand axe and a stout boar spear. The black powder gun would be loaded with bird shot and be fired as it nears but after I grounded my spear at a 30 degree angle in front of me. I not aim for the eyes but the snout. Boars have poor eyesight but an excellent sense of smell. Bird shot through the nose will be extremely painful, ruin his sense of smell and due to their proximity might damage the eyes as well. Then drop the gun grasp the spear firmly and direct it's aim. With my dominant draw the axe and swing for it's head. Should the spear break, I'd draw the sword and swing it in a defensive pattern to keep the creature from closing and use the axe to cause serious lethal blows.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2021 3:28:36 GMT
Would you guys prefer duel wielding or a large two handed weapon? Both seem like a pretty good idea. In that case I got my great sword of war. This one's a beast For duel wielding I can use the two katana, or my arming sword and saber, dark souls style Large two handed weapon for sure if/when ballistic option is gone. CS Boar spear seems tailor made. That would be as demeaning as shooting a man with a monkey gun Hahaha
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Jun 6, 2021 15:06:57 GMT
May I suggest a humble addition to your kit?
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Post by durinnmcfurren on Jun 6, 2021 21:26:04 GMT
I think in this case I would trade out the vampire staking set for my throwing crucifixes by Purna. Better pictures of these later. These... are awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 6:24:24 GMT
Thanks bro, I have other stuff in the works also. Here I designed you a way to bless your scabbard against your cleanse of the unholy
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Post by treeslicer on Jun 8, 2021 20:34:26 GMT
Here I designed you a way to bless your scabbard against your cleanse of the unholy ...........when I begin my investigation of the fishing village. If you're going to poke around on the coast, you'd best not concern yourself with "collateral damage". Judging by history, it can run to shelling, submarines, and Marines clearing things house-to-house. Then there was that little incident in Louisiana a few years ago, where the [redacted] operator had to leave a much wider trail than Josey Wales. You might be money ahead just calling in the '52's and blaming the results on a tsunami.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 21:33:58 GMT
Here I designed you a way to bless your scabbard against your cleanse of the unholy Awesome bro! That will come in handy when I begin my investigation of the fishing village. For your contribution, I am going to formally invite you to a seat at 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝐿𝒪𝒟𝒢𝐸.We have been meaning to extend our territory to the Great White North anyway, it's been a long time coming. Your native lineage and martial creativity will aid us greatly in providing safety to the area. I welcome you brother. Please attend the initiation ritual. I must warn you that it is not for the faint of heart, please make sure you have plenty of rest and a full stomach. Be ready to face your fears and challenge the horrors of your past, present and future. Mask and robe will be provided. Will be there. Count me in
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Post by treeslicer on Jun 9, 2021 3:26:17 GMT
If you're going to poke around on the coast, you'd best not concern yourself with "collateral damage". Judging by history, it can run to shelling, submarines, and Marines clearing things house-to-house. Then there was that little incident in Louisiana a few years ago, where the [redacted] operator had to leave a much wider trail than Josey Wales. You might be money ahead just calling in the '52's and blaming the results on a tsunami.
Does it make a difference that it isn't the coast of the ocean but the coast of a very large lake? Maybe. I'd expect that a landlocked Old One might have lower threat potential.
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Post by Scott on Jun 9, 2021 8:29:44 GMT
So why did no one suggest giving an orphan a very large dose of a slow acting poison and putting them out by the edge of the forest?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 8:35:03 GMT
So why did no one suggest giving an orphan a very large dose of a slow acting poison and putting them out by the edge of the forest? ... Well that's one way to solve this. And one I'm writing down
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Post by howler on Jun 9, 2021 20:25:01 GMT
So why did no one suggest giving an orphan a very large dose of a slow acting poison and putting them out by the edge of the forest? Well..... I must say that I do admire the "Whatever it takes" type of thinking. However, even ignoring the obvious crushing weight of moral and ethical considerations, we have a few potential issues. Just my 2 cents. #1. If the Pig monster was to sense something was up with this choreographed placement/behavior of the orphan , he may avoid the area for awhile, So we might just poison one in vain. #2. We aren't necessarily sure that an ingested type of poison would work (Or work quickly enough to avoid more carnage), the magic and experimentation may have changed it's internal biology. #3. Pigs having great a sense of smell, and now being turned into a superior, more powerful version of one may in fact be able to smell the poison. #4. How would you convince the orphan/bait to stick around by the edge of forest and not flee? If one can do this than one can also simply set up traps (snares, spiked dead fall/tiger pits, whatever) by the edge of the forest using bait (not necessarily an orphan). Most animals are effectively trapped rather than hunted with weapons, but this would make a rather boring thread when all the person needs is some wire, a shovel to dig a hole, and a pocket knife to sharpen sticks for spikes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 21:12:07 GMT
Yea i always stick with traps. I have never won a trapping contest in my life, but I know how to do that. I don't think I have the confidence to battle one with melee weapons. Maybe lure it to run into my trap with cross bow
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2021 2:22:38 GMT
I've thought about nets. I've dealt with bulls a lot and I don't even think I would be brave enough to bullfight lol, let alone a giant intelligent boar monster. Traps, made Vietnam style, whale oil and a torch is my go to. A cross bow to lure him my way so he falls in and a spear in case he makes it so I can throw it and run 😂
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Post by treeslicer on Jun 11, 2021 3:42:09 GMT
I think a more interesting idea then the trapping might be incorporating some obscure stuff like using a pack of attack dogs and/or multiple predatory birds via Falconry training to come at the monster while you close in with your spear. How about capturing a wasp nest and then throwing it at him in a breakable container. I've thought about nets. I've dealt with bulls a lot and I don't even think I would be brave enough to bullfight lol, let alone a giant intelligent boar monster. Traps, made Vietnam style, whale oil and a torch is my go to. A cross bow to lure him my way so he falls in and a spear in case he makes it so I can throw it and run 😂 Nets, dog packs, and such (ala Xenophon's treatise on hunting), implies multiple participants to handle the gear or the animals. Given that, you're drifting toward British shikars in India (hunting tigers from elephant back while heavily armed), or Selous's techniques for commercial elephant hunting in Africa (one technique being repeatedly shooting the thing while continually outrunning it on horseback during reloading your 10-bore, until it drops). If the full panoply of 19th. Century commercial and sport big game hunting is employed, the monster would be toast in short order, which impresses me as a great idea.
I do like the wasp nest idea, except that it leaves you with a second major hazard to clear.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 11, 2021 3:44:35 GMT
I'm a fan of harpoon/javelin hybrids, with vicious barbs and strong cordage attached to stakes/anchor points. It's more proactive than hoping for the beast to spring a trap, and should result in making the prey significantly easier to finish off.
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Post by treeslicer on Jun 11, 2021 3:55:39 GMT
I'm a fan of harpoon/javelin hybrids, with vicious barbs and strong cordage attached to stakes/anchor points. It's more proactive than hoping for the beast to spring a trap, and should result in making the prey significantly easier to finish off. Tripwire booby-traps, and mines, are more to my taste, along with establishing a perimeter around the orphanage. This lone hero stuff is video- or tabletop-game bullsemprini.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 11, 2021 4:18:21 GMT
I'm a fan of harpoon/javelin hybrids, with vicious barbs and strong cordage attached to stakes/anchor points. It's more proactive than hoping for the beast to spring a trap, and should result in making the prey significantly easier to finish off. Tripwire booby-traps, and mines, are more to my taste, along with establishing a perimeter around the orphanage. This lone hero stuff is video- or tabletop-game bullsemprini. Umm...you mean like fighting monsters in the first place? You pretty much have to just roll with the tropes and constraints of the hypothetical scenario. It's rather pointless to try and play along in half measures.
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