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It's a scythe, *****!
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
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Looks the same to me, only one has handles and the other doesn't.|
Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
No, this is a scythe:
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Check them eyes.
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You also have farm versions without the handles. Thats what I used when I was younger, to slice down grain or weeds with.
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Originally Posted by eth_Nargy
Looks the same to me, only one has handles and the other doesn't.
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I don't know the animations for Staff, but I think a Scythe would look well enough on Titan Weapons. The only attacks that kind've wouldn't look right are Rend Armor and maybe Arc of Destruction. Otherwise it's all slashes.
I've been using the Demon Axe as a surrogate Scythe for now. Works well enough.
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as others have also said, its close to a scythe, but a move conventional one would be nice as well, the demon axe's blade is kind of short, and the handle has that ungainly bump at the top. its close, and thats why it would be great for the set, because it already kind of is. and yes, making the rularru weapon a scythe would be a nice conceptual fit.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Guys, there already is a scythe in the set. We're all aware of this, right?
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Yeah, OK, it's not QUITE a scythe, but then neither is what people are asking for. I have nothing against Maka and Soul Eater passing off as a scythe fighter, but an actual scythe has a blade that's pointing to the side and handles on the hilt. A scythe is not a slashing or stabbing weapon, it's designed to cut horizontally at ground level without you having to bend down to do so. Every time I see a scythe where the blade points down along the shaft, it bugs me to call it a scythe.
Honestly, it seems to me that what we're asking for is a very large two-handed kama. And as long as we're talking fantastic non-existent weapons, we may as well specify what it is we want in detail, because when we ask for a "scythe," we're not actually asking for a scythe.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Or, for turbo evil version;
And no, the Demon AXE is not a scythe, hook or anything like that. It is an AXE. It says AXE. Thus, its an AXE! Come on, people, its even written down for you!
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Honestly, it seems to me that what we're asking for is a very large two-handed kama. And as long as we're talking fantastic non-existent weapons, we may as well specify what it is we want in detail, because when we ask for a "scythe," we're not actually asking for a scythe.
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Nuff said
We're in a Superhero game with aliens, dimensional entities and all sorts of wierd and wonderful stuff. I think a straight-set scythe is the least of the problems, Sam.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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An *actual* Scythe is also a fairly terrible weapon to try and fight people with, but that's not really the point either. In fiction Scythes swing. Deal with it.
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I really don't have a problem with a "straight-edged scythe," I'm just saying it's not really a scythe so much as a giant sickle or kama. The problem with asking for scythes a lot of the time is that calling them this makes a lot of people disagree on semantics over what a scythe is.|
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
We're in a Superhero game with aliens, dimensional entities and all sorts of wierd and wonderful stuff. I think a straight-set scythe is the least of the problems, Sam.
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Personally, I love Maka's scythe/partner in Soul Eater and I love how she fights with it when the show doesn't crap out and present her as the incompetent loser underdog. I'd like to use it on one of my characters, as well. I'm not sure I can call it a scythe, though
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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To piggy-back off what Sam is saying, sorta, it makes me laugh that people talk about Death (Grim Reaper) when a scythe gets brought up... because he wields the actual farming impliment to symbolize the end of a season and the reaping of crops... aka death, the end.
Of course, Death the biblical Horseman wasn't given a weapon at all in the original text, the only horseman not to be specifically depicted as holding anythging in fact.
Unless a powerset is created that makes use of a scythe-like weapon fights as fluidly as Zasalamel, I am opposed to its inclusion as a customization option. However, I feel that this set would be too niche and won't happen. I am can't say that would dissapoint me at all.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I really don't have a problem with a "straight-edged scythe," I'm just saying it's not really a scythe so much as a giant sickle or kama. The problem with asking for scythes a lot of the time is that calling them this makes a lot of people disagree on semantics over what a scythe is.
Personally, I love Maka's scythe/partner in Soul Eater and I love how she fights with it when the show doesn't crap out and present her as the incompetent loser underdog. I'd like to use it on one of my characters, as well. I'm not sure I can call it a scythe, though |
In reality, a scythe really doesn't exist as a weapon any more than *any* sharp or blunt tool can be used for killing. However, in fantasy, it can be wielded as one, either the scythe with a straight shaft or the ones with handles.
What is being asked for is not a War Scythe because those resemble something akin to a pole axe which is basically a chopping blade set straight on the end of a stick.
What is being asked for is not a Kama because a kama is a small one handed type hook weapon used more like (for lack of a similar tool) a pick axe, stabbing with the sharp pointed end. But it can also slash too. What is being asked for is not a 'Big Kama' either as a two-handed kama ceases to be a kama just like a hatchet ceases to be a hatchet when it is too big and heavy to be wielded in one hand (then it's an axe, splitting axe or fire axe if it has more a pointed back to the blade).
Same thing for Sickle, unless you're describing simply the blade part, a sickle is a general term for 'kama' (kama being an eastern weapon).
Using sickle or kama will simply get too much confusion as those are *single handed tools* whereas the scythe is always a *two handed tool*. There is no confusion: when the one you quoted said 'straight-set', they weren't talking about a 'straight edged scythe', they were talking about 'an impractical weapon played straight/seriously'. What is being asked for is a curved sickle on the end of a stick, i.e. a scythe.
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Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
To piggy-back off what Sam is saying, sorta, it makes me laugh that people talk about Death (Grim Reaper) when a scythe gets brought up... because he wields the actual farming impliment to symbolize the end of a season and the reaping of crops... aka death, the end.
Of course, Death the biblical Horseman wasn't given a weapon at all in the original text, the only horseman not to be specifically depicted as holding anythging in fact. Unless a powerset is created that makes use of a scythe-like weapon fights as fluidly as Zasalamel, I am opposed to its inclusion as a customization option. However, I feel that this set would be too niche and won't happen. I am can't say that would dissapoint me at all. |
I mean, we've got all these concepts for Scrappers being wolverines or what have you ripping people apart, and we've got Brutes being angry green muscle guys in purple tattered pants as their conceptual link. Well for Stalkers, it's anyone that stalks around in plain sight yet unseen, waiting to snatch someone's life away and Ninjas don't do that, Death does.
And yeah, I actually proposed, if Titan Weapons was too niche to fit into Stalkers, a 'Death Scythe' or 'Deadly Weapon' type of set, modeled after using a scythe, would fit. All moot since Stalkers will get TW (eventually)...
IMO, if Scythes are ever added it should be a TW. If you've seen the SF animations, they don't work with a Scythe. It's too much thrusting and would look terrible if the weapon were poorly balanced. TW has much more swinging around, it would work much better for a scythe. I've already posted on the lack of a Rulaaru TW, it would be cool to have the Rulaaru weapon be a scythe.
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I've always had a hard time seeing how a scythe can actually cut with that blade since it's pointing parallel to the user and curved in, but like I said - I WOULD like to see a scythe in Titan Weapons It just fits in there, with all the other insane weapons.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Gotta save Scythes for it's own power set honestly. Though you could do War Scythes for polearms since they are very similar to halberds and spears in attack motions, but definitely not curved scythes.
Yes, a set kinda like Staff Fighting that has some Dark powers in it, also, Kamas for dual blades.
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Never seen soul eater did you, That pic was a fan drawn one so its no the best i could find.
Edit: Mind you, i'm not saying that's not a scythe. I was busy working on my Char Skywave when i was trying to find something fast. That is indeed a Real scythe. I'm hoping for more of a Anime/Nrg scythe(think of Gundam DeathScythe). A Rularuu scythe would be sweet.
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