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<blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 2661239" data-attributes="member: 20931">Depends on your game and environ. The school I go to has a technique that enables you to draw while making it look like you've been stretching. It's a technique used while standing guard (in a possibly dangerous situation). The obvious reason is to fool an enemy, but it's difficult to pull off. Another good reason: you sense a threat and react covertly. This saves you the embarrassment of drawing a weapon on your lord (or worse, his son) while still allowing for an effective parry or counterstrike if the need arises.Also, police aren't quite so itchy to draw their pistol before hand. Too much bad press at the moment. They do have their holsters unsnapped and ready...If this is your goal, then go for it. Enjoy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. Just think it through if your goal is realism. How many soldiers do you see stowing a weapon, as opposed to dropping it to retrieve another? Why do they choose this option if everyone can quickstow/draw? Why do these same soldiers stop what they're doing to use a grenade (a modern example of fireball, including somatic and material components)?Another example: how many police officers can reach their secondary sidearm (if they have one) if disarmed and already in hand to hand combat? What happens if they try? How many have to receive training to make this a viable option?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storyteller01, post: 2661239, member: 20931"] Depends on your game and environ. The school I go to has a technique that enables you to draw while making it look like you've been stretching. It's a technique used while standing guard (in a possibly dangerous situation). The obvious reason is to fool an enemy, but it's difficult to pull off. Another good reason: you sense a threat and react covertly. This saves you the embarrassment of drawing a weapon on your lord (or worse, his son) while still allowing for an effective parry or counterstrike if the need arises. Also, police aren't quite so itchy to draw their pistol before hand. Too much bad press at the moment. They do have their holsters unsnapped and ready... If this is your goal, then go for it. Enjoy :). Just think it through if your goal is realism. How many soldiers do you see stowing a weapon, as opposed to dropping it to retrieve another? Why do they choose this option if everyone can quickstow/draw? Why do these same soldiers stop what they're doing to use a grenade (a modern example of fireball, including somatic and material components)? Another example: how many police officers can reach their secondary sidearm (if they have one) if disarmed and already in hand to hand combat? What happens if they try? How many have to receive training to make this a viable option? [/QUOTE]

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