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Flok Speargrabber

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Obsidian Short Sword = tree?
« on: January 30, 2008, 04:53:00 pm »
I tried to trade some berries for a sword and the elves got pissed and left.
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Cosmonot

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Re: Obsidian Short Sword = tree?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2008, 04:55:00 pm »
Obsidian short swords are wooden clubs with obsidian edges. They even use a log to make them in addition to the obsidian.
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Aquillion

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Re: Obsidian Short Sword = tree?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2008, 08:01:00 pm »
Maybe they should be called "Obsidian-edged wooden swords?"  This confusion just keeps coming up...
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Re: Obsidian Short Sword = tree?
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2008, 09:14:00 pm »
It's not easy to form glass into a blade (yes, obsidian is a type of glass. look it up). Obsidian "short swords" are based on aztec weapons, and are essentially clubs with thin sharp bits of obsidian hammered through them.
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Sean Mirrsen

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Re: Obsidian Short Sword = tree?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2008, 10:00:00 am »
Items need to be defined in a way that allows defining the type (matgloss, whatever) of materials that Must, or Can be used in their construction. As such, a shortsword would be defined as always made of metal, a wooden sword (bo?) would be made of wood, and a macuha.. macuiha...  damn...  macahuitl! - would be always made of wood, and any material with the [SHARP] tag.
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Re: Obsidian Short Sword = tree?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2008, 10:25:00 am »
Oh god not this again.
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