Scythes
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If someone comes at you with an axe, they're deranged.
If someone comes at you with a gun, they're dangerous.
If someone comes at you with a scythe, they're so far gone for not using any other better weapon, that they're automatically badass.
You've got all the power of a bo-stick, the blade of a scimitar and there's no way in hell you're gonna take it from him or get within his sweep range without taking a hit.
Of course, if you run into a corridor, he's fecked.
If someone comes at you with a gun, they're dangerous.
If someone comes at you with a scythe, they're so far gone for not using any other better weapon, that they're automatically badass.
You've got all the power of a bo-stick, the blade of a scimitar and there's no way in hell you're gonna take it from him or get within his sweep range without taking a hit.
Of course, if you run into a corridor, he's fecked.
That's actually the beauty of it - against a shielded opponent, its curved blade allows you to slip behind their guard and tear their innards out through a nice gap in the side while you're at it.Souplex post=18.70517.694182 said:
Also, manreapers. Chaos Lords use 'em for a reason.
You can swing the scythe from side to side, that works quite well.Decoy Doctorpus post=18.70517.694193 said:
Actually, it's about the only way a scythe works without endangering the wielder, and also the way it's used for cutting grass.
Interestingly, on a somewhat related topic, Death, as mentioned in the Bible, uses a bow, probably because it was one of the most inescapable and deadly weapons at that time. I don't know if longbow arrow hails were already in use back then, but I definitely wouldn't like to get in one.
Ha ha, I missed that.Decoy Doctorpus post=18.70517.694382 said:
Anyway I have no doubt it was used as a weapon, most likely not a very good weapon due to it's odd shape. It could get stuck, not hit or hurt the user instead of the target.
Not a good weapon from my point of view because it requires long sweeps, it could work well sometimes but...
No it would be bad in the long run.
I doubt you'd be saying that after someone "reaps" you a new ass hole with one.Souplex post=18.70517.694704 said:
well very very interesting... if Scytes won't work (wich they will because stones can be effective weapons too) we could also use other farm tools for weapons... like a flail maybe.
Where did you think weapons like nunchucks came from.
Warscytes are made from normal scythes like an improvised weapon
"A war scythe is a kind of improvised pole weapon, similar to a fauchard, usually created from standard scythes. The blade of the scythe is transformed so as to extend upright from the pole, thus forming an infantry weapon practical both in offensive actions against infantry and as a defensive measure against enemy cavalry" this wiki quote might help you stubborn people out there.
In the hands of a trained warrior all can be a weapon. I guess it would be harder to master a regular scythe in combat. But I do not doubt it's effectiveness as a weapon.
I thing a well timed swing at ones ankles or neck will severly injure, immobilize or kill a person.
Where did you think weapons like nunchucks came from.
Warscytes are made from normal scythes like an improvised weapon
"A war scythe is a kind of improvised pole weapon, similar to a fauchard, usually created from standard scythes. The blade of the scythe is transformed so as to extend upright from the pole, thus forming an infantry weapon practical both in offensive actions against infantry and as a defensive measure against enemy cavalry" this wiki quote might help you stubborn people out there.
In the hands of a trained warrior all can be a weapon. I guess it would be harder to master a regular scythe in combat. But I do not doubt it's effectiveness as a weapon.
I thing a well timed swing at ones ankles or neck will severly injure, immobilize or kill a person.
well most things came from farming impliments, no argument. Nunchucks were wheat threshers i think...there are a good number more which i for the life of me cant remember. As for scythes, switch handled scythes which allow you to keep a swinging cross of death in front of you would be pretty effective against light armoured infantry, since with enough control the haft can be used to block, even more so if it has notches to catch the blade in. But thats assuming people have used one enough to be able to actually do that. odds are they havent.
http://www.spookhouse.net/angelynx/comics/kusarigama.jpg
Not the most realistic picture, but let's go with it. Big scythes are impractical, but kamas, sickles, etc. have been used effectively in battle. It's interesting, both the East and the West have used scythes as a weapon (well, sorta). In Japan, in fact, it was a fighting style (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusarigama). So scythes can be used effectively as a weapon, just not in the way that they're usually associated with.
As for why they're associated with fighting...look at technology and the media. Scythes are no longer needed to harvest, given our technological advances (besides, it was tiring and wasted a lot of grain). And then,look at shows (specifically anime and Japanese games), and see where the influence comes from. When people watch stupid stuff happening in fiction, most of the time they'll duplicate it in their works of fiction (or in real life). That's why such an impractical weapon is associated with fighting.
Oh, and as for improvised weapons...I don't know about in the West, but in Japan they banned both Okinawa and Taiwan from having weapons (I think it was both of them), so they came up with new ones: nun-chucks, tonfa, bo-staff, and the oar (which is kinda badass -_-). I think tonfa were the threshers actually, but I'm not sure.
Not the most realistic picture, but let's go with it. Big scythes are impractical, but kamas, sickles, etc. have been used effectively in battle. It's interesting, both the East and the West have used scythes as a weapon (well, sorta). In Japan, in fact, it was a fighting style (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusarigama). So scythes can be used effectively as a weapon, just not in the way that they're usually associated with.
As for why they're associated with fighting...look at technology and the media. Scythes are no longer needed to harvest, given our technological advances (besides, it was tiring and wasted a lot of grain). And then,look at shows (specifically anime and Japanese games), and see where the influence comes from. When people watch stupid stuff happening in fiction, most of the time they'll duplicate it in their works of fiction (or in real life). That's why such an impractical weapon is associated with fighting.
Oh, and as for improvised weapons...I don't know about in the West, but in Japan they banned both Okinawa and Taiwan from having weapons (I think it was both of them), so they came up with new ones: nun-chucks, tonfa, bo-staff, and the oar (which is kinda badass -_-). I think tonfa were the threshers actually, but I'm not sure.
Scythes could have been practical in a particular time period. Farmers and such could have turned them into effective weapons since they were used to handling them, such as the nunchuk thing. The people who used them all their lives wernt about to clout themselves on the noggin. But yeah...as technology progresses we have cheap guns, home made propellants for basic weapons and bits of metal pipe. Though saying that a sling rocketing a nice stone at your heads going to kill you or at least leave some major damage.