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[Bronimin]

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[claer_runway]

yeah, anyway, the obsidian. apparently one of the more unfortunate conquistadors got his leg sliced off, and then the sword just kept going and went halfway through his horse (normally swords aren't nearly as effective irl as they are in video games). chipped obsidian is almost monomolecular.

[Morrigi]

There's another account of an obsidian club/sword decapitating a horse in a single hit.

[sockless]

Mayan is a language, some people still speak it today, but not many. Just like all the native American languages and Maori and all the Aboriginal languages.

[Xenos]

obsidian can hold an amazingly sharp edge...and if you are careful with the blade (ie, only use it for slicing, no prying.  probably only possible in surgery or dissection) it will hold it for a long time.  And as for the club/sword decapitation bit, it wouldn't be a club.  it would be more akin to an axe.  you would never use obsidian as a blunt weapon...such a waste of wonderful arrowhead material...

[Zidane]

ISTR someone saying something to the effect that Obsidian had been fixed so that, whilst it was still obscenely sharp, it had the armour penetration of a wet rag. Which actually sorta makes sense.

So it's presumably magnificent against animals & opponents in cloth/leather, but craptastic against metal.

In DF I can attest to this, Rhesus monkeys, never make it past my first traps, which normally only hold 2-3 swords.

Goblins, elk, muskox, it kills them so hard, their body parts fly wildly in every direction, some even landing on tops on buildings.

Do not underestimate the Obsidian shortsword!

[pushy]

Not even Mayanese? (Hah, mayonnaise)

Shhh, nobody was supposed to find out about that until after soylent green came out.

[Dr. Hieronymous Alloy]

I like to use obsidian swords in weapon traps. A good stonecrafter can turn out ZILLIONS of them, and you don't use up precious metal.

[ThrowerOfStones]

Yeah, I dunno, You just don't hear about people going and learning "Mayan", and the only old languages I know about are the germanic based ones, cause that's all our history class covered.

Not even Mayanese? (Hah, mayonnaise)

What exact old germanic languages are you learning about?

Aside from Middle and Old English, none of my history classes ever found the need to delve into old Germanic tongues.