Albireo Dreamweaver

Ghost Complex: Integration

Or, you could...you know. Wear them on your belt. Most war blades actually didn't have sheathes, since you would only use them so rarely, and wither have to immediately repair them afterwards anyways or...be beyond such concerns.

But yes, I know such things are possible, they're just wildly impractical. Even your example is still clumsy as hell, as the main issue is that drawing from your back is difficult and time consuming, things that are not exactly ideal in situations where you need to quickly procure a weapon.

Although the Ottomans had a neat workaround. Spring-loaded sheathes. Though that was, in part, due to their blades being so curved, but still a neat way to back draw. Probably even more dangerous though. This IS the same culture that had invented the whip sword, after all...

@Anima So...Should I be worried that I haven't heard from you yet or...?

Natrelmon: Forge of Souls

Also, hearing talk of Mythraxus can never help but remind me of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJs5_s0Fsbs

Natrelmon: Forge of Souls

It's not really about looking for alternatives right now, more just thinking aloud. Even if everyone goes the same way, I'm trying to come up with ways to make the experience unique and memorable. I honestly really like the idea and the mon, I just never imagined it would be popular to the point where iirc, every player character possesses one.

From your standpoint as designer, though, that should be an accomplishment, I'd imagine.

Natrelmon: Forge of Souls

Is it wrong that I'm seriously considering a completely redone character as "Guy who never captures mons and only sticks with his soul-bonded Mythin" is seeming to not be that interesting of a character type as a ridiculous percentage of the current cast seems to be running with the magical lizard?

Not really a complaint, per se, just an observation, and why I wasn't sure my idea of running with solely a unique mon was going to work out using the Mythin line; It's a wildly popular choice making my characters myth arc presumably something -every- character with said mon would go through.

Still, I suppose they're just hollow words since I really have no reasonable substitute...

Post by end of the day, btw. Just polishing it up.

Ghost Complex: Integration

@Anima: Was wondering what happened. Figured my CS was so objectionable you just didn't bother answering :p I look forward to hearing back from you.

@Roman07: As a HEMA participant, I can't help but note that your characters weapon as shown in that image is quite literally impossible to ever remove from it's sheathe. Back scabbards are a real pet peeve, since you're more likely to injure yourself than successfully draw your weapon. With a sword that sized, though, we get to simply amusing levels.

Although, allegedly the Buster sword is back mounted...Figure out how THAT works.

Natrelmon: Forge of Souls

I'm just waiting for my lazy ass to finish this post so I can start.

Natrelmon: Forge of Souls

More creativity than legitimacy :p

Natrelmon: Forge of Souls

I think we now have more characters with dead families than we do live ones.

Also, Karl Thuzad? Real?

Ghost Complex: Integration

Well, in the context of "still felt the effects of" You're talking about a global nuclear war. We would be feeling the effects of that for centuries, quite literally.

Ideally, for me, let's say that my proposed character's parents fought in the war, and raised their son to succeed in a post war society. Seeing as I wanted to put them on the asian side, having the parents be in the late teens during the conflict is not implausible, perhaps being 21 by it's end. Then, let's assume that they had him right after. Ideally I'd want such a character to 15-19 to have them be in an age range where their not creeping up on being a spooky child. Assuming we go with say, 17, that makes his parents 38. considering the entire world is now integrated into this game, it really doesn't prclude people from playing characters who literally lived through the war, while opening up the ability to play characters who have grown up in a post-war society, for whom Dust is not an intruder on reality, but rather reality itself.

I honestly think that gives us more room to be diverse, because as it is it's basically impossible to play a a character who wasn't involved in the war. I suppose I could make him have been quite you during the war. That would be an ok compromise, but it still wouldn't have the same social elements. Think about that sort of disparity, a generation who fought the most devastating war in the history of man followed immediately by a generation who don't even subscribe to the same reality.

Just food for thought. I'm ok with making him have been born pre-war and just not remember anything about it.

Ghost Complex: Integration

Did you mean 2065? Because moving the date up certainly doesn't help matters. I wanted to play a child basically raised with the intent of being good at Dust, and I can..sort of do that with an eleven year old. A seven year old...well that's a hard sell.