[OOC] To the Screams of the Roman Mob

[Dymion]

@MelonHead

There wouldn't happen to be a chance of me trying my hand at this, would there?

[MelonHead]

If Khan forfeits then certainly, I'll move onto the next round.

[GreivousKhan]

Oh, I should finish my post for this. XD

Almost forgot about this.

[MelonHead]

So what exactly are you saying is happening? Brennus is dragging his spear back and the head cuts your character's leg, as he retreats. Meanwhile he raises his shield for cover and her spear slams into the shield, by which point he has finished stepping backward and shoots his spear out again.

If I get this right your characters shield is in front of her leg or something at this point, causing my character's spear to get caught in some fashion as he drags it back? She is then moving her spear after it slammed into his shield and striking at his arm, which is outstretched because her shield caught his spear?

Seems unlikely without your character purposefully trying to capture his spear, which would be difficult.

[MelonHead]

I assumed you weren't going to get back to me on my queries, so I've just posted on how I saw the scene playing out.

[GreivousKhan]

So what exactly are you saying is happening? Brennus is dragging his spear back and the head cuts your character's leg, as he retreats. Meanwhile he raises his shield for cover and her spear slams into the shield, by which point he has finished stepping backward and shoots his spear out again.

If I get this right your characters shield is in front of her leg or something at this point, causing my character's spear to get caught in some fashion as he drags it back? She is then moving her spear after it slammed into his shield and striking at his arm, which is outstretched because her shield caught his spear?

Seems unlikely without your character purposefully trying to capture his spear, which would be difficult.

@MelonHead

The spears head was between the two pronged blades when he drew it back. (though considering the length of the shield, not sure how it would have reached her thigh anyway.) Which would cause the head to get stuck between the blade and shield, at least theoretically.

[MelonHead]

Your character's shield doesn't seem realistic to me, it's apparently nimble as hell and weighs under two pounds but it's over a meter long, which is even bigger than my character's Celtic shield. Having something like that strapped to your arm should be more cumbersome, hell my character wouldn't attempt what yours has with his shield.

[MelonHead]

I can't really articulate what's wrong with your shield, but it seems like you've oversized the shield shown in your reference picture, and frankly that wouldn't work.

[GreivousKhan]

I based the shield size and weight off a real world equivalent. It uses an arm grip, meaning her arm supports the weight of the shield. Her shield is basically following her arm all the way up to her shoulder and can rest there making it not quite as heavy. Kind of like a Boeotian style shield more or less.

Edit: Also at some point I forgot what shield we were using and based them off our pictures. x.X

[MelonHead]

That's fine, but the design of your shield and its size don't match. I can understand a buckler with blades, but what she has should be more similar to a kite shield, which is different, and limits how you can move it around, it also shouldn't have the coverage it has unless it has a different shape from the reference. It should be more angular and pointing downwards tapering to a point. Also, what real world equivalent are you using as a reference? I'm fairly certain a shield with metal blades on the edges and a brass coating should be heavier than two pounds.

[MelonHead]

My character's shield basically is the same as the reference, except slightly more curved and slightly smaller (Iceni shields weren't as big as European Celts), that's why pictures can be misleading though. Can you try and find a real world image of your shield type so I can visualise it better.

[GreivousKhan]

I believe it was roughly based off of this.



Comes from a small Armory of allot of neat martial gear. Seems now it was co-opted a bit haphazardly, all things considered though, it probably wouldn't weight more then 4-5 pounds.

[MelonHead]

That shield design makes more sense, assuming it is strapped so that the point faces downwards.

[GreivousKhan]

Good ol'elven craftsmanship.

[GreivousKhan]

I think I should drop this, I'd like to continue, but I think this close to tournament season I probably need a replace this with a ranked match. Wish I'd done this when I first watched Spartacus.

Plus I want to start the Multiverse soon, which is probably going to take up more of my time. You can also help with that one. :P

[MelonHead]

Fair enough, I think someone else was interested so I should have someone new to fill in regardless.

I'm doing my best to promote the mulitverse everywhere I'm fighting, LeeRoy is giving me some information which I suspect will lead to his race becoming more important players in the multiverse, and Fury will of course still be causing chaos.