Scythes

[darkerthanBLACK]

You can't change the scythe. The scythe was picked because when used for farming it cut lots of wheat right. Now imagine every stalk of wheat was a person getting there head cut off. It symbolizes how many death "Grim Reaper" has killed. So all of you saying its should just be a farm tool should go hide, because if i was the grim reaper i would not be to happy about you making fun of my weapon. Not only that, tons of people have used scythes as weapons so your agruments is rather pointless.

 

[xitel]

war scythes... can sut through full plate helmets...... OW!!!!


the scythe has been turned so it is an almost straight weapon instead of a horizontal bit.

So yes scythes are badass

Yeah, I don't remember when but the scythe was at one point in ancient history weaponized. It was usually used as a mounted weapon, holding it behind the mount and dragging it through a person that way.

 

[Crosseyes]

I made a scythe with a tree branch, an old saw blade, and some twine. It's pretty badass.

also, while an opponent may need to be very close to you in order for the weapon to be effective, you can use it to get too much proximity, where your opponent with some kind of straight-edged weapon won't have the room to stab or swing, and all you have to do is pull back fast enough (making sure not to slice your own neck in the process)

If skilled enough, a scythe wielder can be more deadly than any swordsman, simply because of the suprise generated by fighting someone with a weapon as crazy as that. I mean, which nation (of any time period) wastes the money to train their soldiers to combat a farming impliment? In my opinion, the mere inexplicability of the weapon is it's major advantage.

 

[LethalBargi]

well it was used by the japanese as a weapon because during an era the samurai banned civilians from using weapons so they used their everyday harvesting tools as weapons as well as normal items.

 

[Spacelord]

Scythes are just a coward's sickle.

Which, in turn, is just a coward's toothpick.

 

[ElderScribe]

They've been used quite a bit in games like NWN, it's a rather wicked looking piece of equipment, as for how effective it would be would largly be based on the persons experience with it.

 

[Darkintent]

I blame the Seventh Seal!!!
(awesome film)

 

[Shycte]

Scythes= reapers tool

Reaper=Cool

And therefor Scythes equals cool.

You can't argue with math!

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Scythes are just a coward's sickle.

Which, in turn, is just a coward's toothpick.

Ah yes.
I remember reading about the courageous early farmers that went out into their fields and had at the dastardly crops with their humble toothpicks.
Those were glorious days indeed.

I remember this old thread.
This was a quaint little thread.
We need more like it.

I also like how everything I said was in the second page, so I hopefully won't be quoted and subsequently questioned over something I said last September by people who didn't check the date of the post they quoted.

That probably sounds (Or, y'know... Looks) like I'm taking a stab at you, person that I have quoted, but it's not. Just something I've noticed from Necro'd threads in general. Particularly if I said something inflammatory.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Scythes? Man! Fuck Scythes! How about an electrical wire with electricity running through it, with two scythes on opposite sides. I call it.... THE SHOCKSICKLE.

 

[Yoshi_egg80]

The scythe is large and requires two hands and probably a fair bit of skill to wield effectively. There's also the automatic association with the Grim Reaper that's already been stated fairly often.

Why don't we just call up mythbusters and ask them to test the death dealing capacities of the major melee weapons? They can't be that busy...

I concur I'd watch that episode quick to the mythbuster site!

 

[Twilight_guy]

Death is the reaper of souls. Therefor, like a farmer he uses a scythe to reap his harvest. Death is cool, therefore looking like death by holding a scythe is cool.

Also, a scythe is still a dangerous weapon even if it is the weapon of a peeved framer.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

... You guys think Judging the distance of your staff to hit the target with the small pointed end is honestly that hard (its not >.>). Even if your a little off target your going to do damage and also the scythe is a very large a menacing weapon. The fear in the back of an enemies mind when seeing someone twirling around with this weapon is great.

 

[McNinja]

Youtube it. If it can cut grass with a simple motion, then a version with a stronger blade can cut a human.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Anyone who says you cannot be badass while wielding a scythe clearly never played Soul Calibur III.

This

 

[hannahdonno]

Why do people act like scythes are weapons as opposed to harvesting tools?

At your most badass while holding a scythe you look like a rather annoyed farmer who could not find a shotgun or pitchfork.

Me I personally blame those guys who decided to personify death as a skeleton in robes with a scythe.

Death with a sychthe shows Death "harvesting souls"- it is not meant to have any violent connotations.

 

[randommaster]

I would imagine that a syhte made for fighting would be a little different than a farming one, so as to be momre effective, but I have to agree that the association with the modern Death image is the main reason.

How about we pull a Squall and attach a shotgun to a sythe?

 

[bookboy]

perhaps the idea of a scythe as a weapon came from peasant armies back in the day (a really long time ago) in times of militias where the peasants had little or no access to actual weapons, but need to quickly form defenses, they would simply have used what was available, including scythes.