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GrueSlayer

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possible adventure mode bug
« on: December 25, 2010, 11:01:42 pm »
I started a new adventurer, and because I wanted to become a swordsman, I went to a nearby shop, swapped my spear for an +oaken training sword+, figuring I'd bludgeon my foes to death with it. At a bandit camp, I discover that the sword glanced off of clothing, let alone armor. Is this a bug, or normal behavior?
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Re: possible adventure mode bug
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2010, 11:04:39 pm »
Isn't that obvious?

You are using a training weapon , which is made to create no harm at all And repeatedly glance off armor , grab an actual sword
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Re: possible adventure mode bug
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2010, 10:01:02 am »
Oh yes, its a bug that your blunt wooden sword cant kill things

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Re: possible adventure mode bug
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2010, 04:12:21 pm »
Well, I'd sort of think that whacking someone with a piece of carved wood should at least bruise them, or are the calculations for damage solely based on sharpness?
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« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2010, 04:17:10 pm »
Try bashing folks with the flat/pommel of the thing instead of slashing/stabbing at them. You'll do next to no damage but at least you'll have less of the glancing off.
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Re: possible adventure mode bug
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2010, 05:35:22 am »
Quote from: GrueSlayer on December 26, 2010, 04:12:21 pm
Well, I'd sort of think that whacking someone with a piece of carved wood should at least bruise them, or are the calculations for damage solely based on sharpness?

Well, if you're trying to slash them, then yeah.
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Re: possible adventure mode bug
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2010, 02:25:48 am »
I think wood is just preposterously weak right now.  Also, training weapons are always blunt, if I recall correctly, so sharpness won't matter.
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Re: possible adventure mode bug
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2010, 02:38:48 am »
A really interesting question is whether or not the weapons that elves make (which are, so far as I can tell, designed for war and not training) are interchangeable with wooden training weapons. As someone who exclusively plays elven adventurers, I can testify that elven weaponry consistently bounces off normal clothing, especially leather.
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Re: possible adventure mode bug
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2010, 11:13:54 am »
Quote from: Bricks on December 28, 2010, 02:25:48 am
I think wood is just preposterously weak right now.  Also, training weapons are always blunt, if I recall correctly, so sharpness won't matter.

Correct; the reason the pommel strike does so much more damage is because its surface area is 1/300 that of a slash or stab.
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