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Mathy Stockington

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Weapons
« on: September 07, 2008, 05:40:52 pm »
I am thinking of writing another story and I need some background information.

What I need to know is:
The names of weapons?
Are there any weapons that used to be used that are not made anymore? 
How weapons are made?
What they are made of?
What jewels they were made with?
Any other information regarding weapons that you know I would appreciate  the information.

In advance of your responses. Thank you.

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Re: Weapons
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 12:50:39 am »
Well, weapons are usually made by melting stuff... and then cooling and shaping them... and yeah. They're usually made of steel, used to be made of iron, and if you're talking PS-wise, I guess they use platinum too (don't know much about PS weaponry). They're not made with jewels. Those are only for decoration or sissy-folk. I don't know what you mean by names of weapons... You mean, like, claymores, hook swords, cutlasses, etc, or like Excalibur, Sting, Blue Dragon Sword of Geekiness?

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Re: Weapons
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 01:22:54 am »
my sword's name is "steve,"  pronounced like bob. just spelled s-t-e-v-e.
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Mathy Stockington

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Re: Weapons
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2008, 02:18:26 am »
I thought there were special names for daggers and swords. That is part of the information I am looking for. Any other information would be helpful of course. I want my story to be accurate. Thank you.
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Re: Weapons
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2008, 02:47:11 am »
Looted weapons come in a variety of types that are randomly assigned. The base weapons are standard: long, short, broad sword, claymore, dagger and falchion, some more exotic base types may drop but I haven't seen any. The modifiers for the weapon can appear in two places before the base name and one after so could have three modifiers in total. I had for example an Iron Mailed longsword of Stone. Some prefix modifiers are : Crystal Steel, Silverweave, gold, platinum, copper, tin; variously encrusted types include opal. amethyst, diamond, emerald, viz "opal encrusted longsword"; this list is not exhaustive. The inline modifiers were like  mailed, reinforced, heavy, light, ruined, scorched, bones. The postfix modifiers were typically "of" something, the ways, the leader, enlightenment, the serpent.

If you stick to this kind of formula I think you will be okay to name any weapon you wish just so long as it does not give great power. Some of the modifiers have detectable effects others were possibly unimplemented or gave an effect that was impossible to work out. I think the biggest effect was 20 points to a base stat however some affected more than one stat. As far as I know only looted swords and daggers and a few axes have had this kind of modifier applied to it but that doesn't mean they are all that could. In some ways you are better off inventing bludgeoning weapon modifiers because you will not ascribe the wrong effect to the given modifier.

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Re: Weapons
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2008, 02:51:07 am »
Excellent Prolix. This is the information I need. Thank you. Keep it coming.
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Re: Weapons
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2008, 03:15:38 am »
I am afraid I can't give you much more information as to get into specifics is to wander into spoiler territory. Perhaps someone else can name some things they have seen but the modifiers fall into several categories such as quality -- good or bad, material -- type of metal, ornamentation --gem encrusted or metal plating, and purpose --abstract modifiers "of whatever." If you only have a few weapons to name and you stick to these type of modifiers you should be fine. One last thing weapons with only one modifier, being any of prefix, inline or postfix, are more common than weapons with two or three types of modifiers.