Staff Swords, and jabbing people with scabbards Options

[A Clockwork Lime]

If you can rationalize it to your GM, knock yourself out. The guidelines I suggested above work fairly well for combining any two weapons together (I recently used it for a shotgun-shillelagh for an Irish magician of mine). When it comes down to it, it's really just about style and flair, and that should always be encouraged.

[CardboardArmor]

Japan's got all sorts of stories about a blind swordsman who uses a weapon like that. Check out Zatoichi sometime. I think he pre-dated Blind Rage by a good few decades.

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i'm told that the story was folded several hundred thousand times.

[CardboardArmor]

omfg omfg the story si teh essense of teh tru samuri oh got oh got msut get it for my stret sammie

[Connor]

For anyone interested a new version of that story is being brought to America this summer....

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/zatoichi.html

I don't know if it's a straight rehash of the old one or what, but it looks like it might be fun, and give us a new round of of CardboardArmor's reaction there...

[Austere Emancipa...]

I don't know at which point the 1 Power difference between a Staff and a Bo Staff became "a massive fucking big deal". Changing the prices to something like Club-10, Staff-20, Bo Staff-75 does indeed fix it quite well.

My point was that, the way it is written, there is no explanation to why a Bo Staff is better than a regular Staff. It's as cheap and has all the other upsides of a regular Staff, but does more damage. Consider if Katana had otherwise the same stats as a regular Sword, but did (STR + 3)M Physical damage and had an avail of 4/48hrs. I'm sure it would not at least reduce the amount of use Katanas see in SR.

It's not that big a deal. It just all goes to reaffirm the popular myth that everything out of Asia is teh shit. I would like to see affirmative action from the makers of these games to get rid of that myth.

To get back to the topic:
Conc 2 for the Staff, Conc 6 to notice it's a Sword/Staff, Conc 4 for the Sword alone. 2kg total weight, 1kg for either the Sword or Staff alone. Availability 6/72 hrs. Reach 2 for the Staff, R1 for the Sword. (STR + 3)M Stun for the Staff, (STR + 2)M Physical for the Sword.

Street Index possibly 1, 1.5 or 2. I like A Clockwork Lime's first suggestion for price, 2,250 (for 2 weapons) + 50 (Staff) + 500 (Sword) = 2800 :nuyen:.

[Moonstone Spider]

Hmm, my brother has a cane sword. He was crippled in a car accident and thus requires a cane. . . and the sword parts really just an affectation, he doesn't need it.

How would you put a Katana-like blade in a Cane? As the blade is curved, your cane would have to be too which would be just weird looking. A rapier would work, so would a foil, epee, or even maybe a gladius, but not a katana, shamshir, or scimitar.

[Arethusa]

Gladius would be far too wide and far too short. For a katana to do it, the blade would need to be one of the much straighter designs, true, but it's still doable. You just have a slightly curved walking stick. Given that it's just a stick, not incredible that it's somewhat curved. Just don't get out of hand with it. Do agree that it's not possible with shamshir or a scimitar, however.

[Tziluthi]

Moonstone Spider, is it illegal for people to walk around with concealed weapons where your brother lives?

[Moonstone Spider]