Hey, what's up. I mentioned dividing the Chinese weapons up into kungfu stuff vs historical military stuff. Identifying "real" Chinese weapons has been an interest of mine for a while, I recently got consumed by curiosity and looked into it more, so I thought I'd share the findings here, in case you find it useful.
Real Military Stuff (Ming era):
Dao - A saber
http://greatmingmilitary.blogspot.com/2015/06/swords-and-sabres-of-ming-dynasty.htmlChangdao - A huge saber-polearm, similar to a zweihander sword, with a longer handle
~Ji/Crescent Halberd - A real military weapon, but largely out of use by DF era (1400)
Chang Qiang (Long Spear) - Basically a pike
Brush Spear/Wolf's Brush - Originally a bamboo shaft with the branches still attached, in later history, a similar looking thing with branches made of metal.
Used to snare enemies and catch or deflect ranged weapons while fighting in formation with the Long Spears. Unfortunately, I don't think there's any meaningful way to approximate this in DF.
http://greatmingmilitary.blogspot.com/2014/08/unique-weapon-of-ming-dynasty-lang-xian.htmlTrident/Tiger Fork/Tang Pa - A trident or ranseur type weapon. Used to defend the long spears in pike formation.
Wolf Tooth Mace - Sort of a cross between a morning star and a polearm. Note that modern versions can be somewhat exaggerated.
Rod Mace/Bar Mace/Iron Whip - Basically blunt but thick swords. Used for blows and thrusts, blasting through parries or armor with its weight.
A few could go either way:
Jian (double sided sword) were used by the military during the bronze age, but were completely replaced by sabers in military campaigns. Nonetheless, they were still made and carried by civilians, so they wouldn't be completely out of place in DF.
Similarly, Po Dao/Pu Dao/Bo Dao existed at the time, but it wasn't a military grade weapon.
Cudgel/Quarterstaff type weapons may have been used in the military, there's a diagram for one in a Ming military manual, but they are obviously not primary weapons.
There are various odd types of polearms like Snake Spear, Hook Spear and Er Lang Spear, which are definitely military weapons, but probably rare and obscure.
Dagger-Axe was an iconic bronze-age Chinese polearm, replaced by the crescent halberd in iron-age.
Kung Fu weapons could include:
Hook Swords
Butterfly Knives
Duck Axes
Guan Dao
Meteor Hammer
Three Segment Staff
Da Dao
Bang (short staff/cudgel)
Garlic Mace
Cicada Wing Blade
Which is not to say any of the "Kung Fu Weapons" are fake, they just weren't standard issue on the battlefield.
Also quick disclaimer, Furry Fortress doesn't necessarily follow the same 1399 technology cut off that DF Vanilla has, since Katanas and Zweihanders are from 1500s.
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