This thread is mainly for the use of new members to the site and those not familiar with fighting, but i hope it helps pretty much anyone.
This is gonna be a rough guide mainly and with the help of the arena rules, should help prepare anyone with the basics knowledge of how to Fight in the roleplay style.
Any information any feels is missing or should you find something wrong with this information, please do not hesitate to inform me of this via PM and i will update and/or add your suggestions to the thread. You will of course be credited with this.
Close combat fighting
As the titles suggests, this section is dealing mainly with the use of "manual" weapons Such as bodily appendages(fists, elbows, knees, feet and any part of your body used as a weapon) and non-projectile weapons that require some sort of impact.
Bodily appendages
The most important thing to realise about using your body as a weapon it that it is always going to be availible for use when in close combat. The second most important thing to realise is that using your body as a weapon, you can hurt yourself just as much as you hurt your opponent. I'm sure anyone who's thrown a punch and then hurt their hand as a result is painfully aware of that fact.
When using your body you've really gotta make sure you understand what your doing and then explain this well enough for the opponent to understand as well. If you leave a grey patches in your fighting explanations, people will likely exploit them or you yourself may well exploit the situation which is really not accepted.
Example: Say someone has closed up to your character in a fight and you feel the best thing to do is to punch them in the face. Should you post something like this:
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*Person a swings a punch at person b*
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I don't think i need to point out whats wrong with that. But i'll give you a proper example now:
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*Seeing person B run towards him, person A quickly plants his back foot to the floor, locking his knee and shifting his weight forwards as he begins to pull his arm back. Person A spots an opening (suggesting you actually have, don't just make things up!) As Person B closes up to him fast and puts as much force as he can muster into sending his fist towards person b's face, aiming for person b's nose. Should he connect the likely result would surely be a broken nose and the collision between face and fist would likely send the person off balance, the shock of the impact adding to the effect.
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Explain where the punch is going, what type of angle it's attempting to hit at, your body position, amount of force your punching with etc etc...Description is key, not only with bodily weapon combat but with all types of fighting and roleplay in general, learn to do this as a automatic thing and you'll only get better and better at roleplay no matter what your doing.
This type of thing is the cornerstone of fighting and im sure any budding beginners would do well to learn it. Also as a note, pretty much all parts of your body can be used but be sure to keep in mind the basics of doing this.
AS A SIDE NOTE: Remember that the recipient or your attack might well be wearing some form of armour. For instance should you land a punch on someone's chest when their wearing plate armour, your not only gonna look quite the fool but you'll hurt your hand quite badly, unless you yourself are wearing some type of hand armour E.G. a pair of plate mail gauntlets or such.