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Spiritum Aeternum; or The Ramshackle Monster Hunters

Hellis said
Give it time. I am working on my CS. It's not cooperating.

Good to hear from you. I'm more concerned with seeing you in the OOC than whether your CS is finished, or if your post is done.

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Really, you shouldn't be getting hit too often in mortal combat with edged and blunt weapons. Generally, getting struck with a hammer in your side or on your arm is enough for the opponent to clear the space between you and put that thing over your head. That whole conversation is almost null, because, as we've noted, deflecting blows and dodging hits is the only way to actually win a fight. Unless you're in a fist fight, that can go either way really.

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I'm looking forward to those CS's being completed, Hellis and Awful. As well as seeing those first posts from Juice and iKo99.

If these guys don't check in tonight I'll hit them up with PM's. There's been a good deal of silence since the RP's been open.

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EliteCommander said
Fighting with blunt weapons is actually rather demanding both in strength and tactics. Were it simple, there would be no difference between masters, and the average fighter. Blunt weapons play a different role to blades and require entirely different tactics. The greatest role they serve is in taking on armor. Swords are better for flesh.

true, but the necessary skill sets for swords are harder to develop than skill sets for maces.

Precision and grace are much more demanding that momentum and timing. You can learn the latter two over time and with experience. If you don't have the former, you just don't have it. (and no, I don't have time to clarify and back-up that statement but I think you can figure it out by yourself)

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Lucius Cypher said
What I've portrayed isn't what reflects orcs as a whole. And I wouldn't say that Malakaus is the best representation of what orc culture is like; he doesn't even want to involve himself in the affairs of his stronghold, which would have than gave him legitimate reasons to represent orcs. Right now he represents himself, regardless of what you perceive his race to be. Malakaus isn't even the greatest at what he does, he just happened to be better than most of the others he's fought. Hence why he would want to learn Khajit Martial Arts; expand his knowledge of combat and how to harm others.[b]And besides, when has he actually "Get mad hit things" in a fight? Sure, he's gotten mad and hit his underlings for being bad at their jobs, but in a fight he's a bit more clear-headed than that. Reckless maybe, but a Shield Charge and 67% damage immunity in tight quarters is much more useful than you might think, specially if your enemies have been grouped together due to said tight quarters. Things are only as simple as we make them, New Yorker. Emotions cloud judgement and our range of options. Malakaus only allows himself to rage when there's only one he wants.

lol

Okay, I'm going to give you a really dispassionate response and then head on down the road. Orcs are reknowned for their brutish strength, this is reflected in their armoring processes. I believe the reason people fear Orcs so much is for their large size and ability to go berserk. The reason why there have hardly ever been consolidated states is because they're mostly hot headed a brash. Despite what you want to delude yourself of, which you continually do, Malakaus is not an exception, he is the rule. The exception is the Orc king who managed to bring Orsinium together and make a treaty with the Bretons. But that all disolved because of infighting and a weakened base. Orcs are vicious, that's why there can never be too many of them in one tribe at a time, and why only one male can breed at a time, like apes.

I'm not simplifying anything, I'm using historical facts, facts within the lore, and logic to reach my conclusions, and they're all transparent. You're the one who makes all these assumptions.

I really don't want to argue anymore after this.

EC, I'll see about getting a post up tonight. Hopefully you'll be able to post by then.

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EliteCommander said
There is no such thing as a percentage damage resist, not in the RP. A good set of heavy armor will make bladed weapons almost useless. The only way they can be used against heavy armor is stabbing attacks at joints. There are a few gaps in armor around joints that can be exploited, but it would be foolish to say that they are easy to hit. If there are two opponents of comparable skill, one is using heavy armor, and the other is using a blade (for this situation, no other factors, such as magic, are taken into account), the one in armor is very likely to win. Now, blunt weapons, on the other hand, are very effective against armor. The plate only provides marginal cushioning for the blows, so getting hit by a mace is almost the same as getting hit by it without armor.

And that.

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Lucius Cypher said
Oh, touchy. Ever read ? Turns out things aren't so simple as hitting people with sticks. Learning the difference is what separates brutes with weapons and masters with tools.

Wait, showing that someone found a way to implement tactics and logic into hitting people with spiky sticks makes it suddenly far more sophisticated?

Are you going to delude yourself that an Orcs fighting style is as artful and demanding as an Imperial with a spatha or an Altmer with a Katana, not to mention a Dark Elf and his magics? It's literally "get mad hit things". At least, that's what you've portrayed.

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Lucius Cypher said
Malakaus isn't aware that Sarel is present. As far as he knows, Sarel and Serge should still be in the city, doing whatever business it was he told Malakaus they'd be doing. Malakaus doesn't mind doing his work, so long as it means that he gets to be in control. If you'd like Sarel to resume his job, just have him find Malakaus and I can have him find something else to do. Probably involving fisticuffs. Do you think they'd have schools of martial arts like Goutfang, Whispering Fang and Rawlith Khaj in Khenarthi's Roost?

Sarel is on the docks when Malakaus arrives, checking the materials and ordering constructions. I haven't written it yet, but that's what's happening. So Malakaus does know Sarel is there, and he knows that he's handling the hull improvements, that's his job.

There may be like covenants or something on the island somewhere, but I don't really think Malakaus is contented enough to learn shit like that. Maybe he should stick to hitting people with clubs or something.

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Lucius Cypher said
I made my edits.

tense switches and all...

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Lucius Cypher said
Before long Malakaus and his crew returned to their vessel. Some of the materials have been delivered and need either Sarel or Malakaus to oversee the construction. Seeing that he was the only officer there, he took it upon himself to design the ship.

Actually, as I noted in my post, Sarel is at the ship. And, considering it took Malakaus a while to think Sarel was probably already overseeing the main construction happening on the outside of the ship when he approached. Besides, it is Sarel's job to maintain the ship in working order, Malakaus is in charge of weapons and things of that nature.

Please don't step on my toes here.

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So is the thieves guild our answer? We'd need a contact.