[quote=MelonHead]
I don't suppose you have a video or something of what you're doing Khan, it's kind of hard to picture.I get your character is supposed to be strong, but this transitioning into a horizontal slash business immediately after thrusting with a fully extended (7 feet away and what-not.) two handed sword is hard to imagine.I mean, is the momentum coming simply from his body movements (as there's hardly any mention of him really swinging the sword)? I'm not sure the sword would really be moving fast enough to actually hurt anyone considering Vanarus is hovering maybe ten inches away from it at most. That's if it can even be positioned correctly to hit him, which would be difficult in itself considering Vanarus dived into a fencing lunge and then pulled back again. What your character would have to be doing is pretty much precise, foil-esque movements with what I can only assume is a fully extended gargantuan sword. Because if he's taking the time to re-position the sword there's no way he's going to be hitting Vanarus, even with your characters super-human abilities (Which I'd say put us on even ground, because we're both toting superhuman stats) what you're essentially saying is that a fencer is being defeated by a claymore in terms of pure agility. I could buy powering through Vanarus' guard, and your armour blocking his attacks, but matching his riposte before Vanarus' own strike even lands with a weapon much heavier immediately after a thrust seems unlikely at best.Anyway, I'd appreciate a video or whatever of the movement you're describing. I assume you must have seen it somewhere, I can't imagine ever using it myself unless I'd seen it was possible -and- effective.
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I don't know if I'll be able to find a video, but moving into a cut from a thrust is exactly what great swords techniques rely on. 

In fact you will rarely see any one go into a straight on cut without first transitioning from a thrust. The first swing is similar to the stroke of wrath but I do admit its to close for it to do much damage, it's no way going to kill anyone (though it does follow up nicely for something else) it was mostly a means of getting his arm at an angle so that raising his left arm and controlling it with the right and thus avoiding the rapier point, but judging from the fact it's a Nahe Mensur(near mensur), the threat of the blade is mostly coming from the weight and sharpness, human flesh is really not that hard to cut. Though I suppose I'm more used to just hitting people then trying to kill them. :K

Edit: I should also mention it's with the back edge of his sword he's using for the cut.