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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9010126" data-attributes="member: 3400">But again, why the glaive and greatsword and not a greataxe? Surely a greataxe nearly hitting would cause the same stress as a greatsword (historically speaking, maybe more). Or if intended to capture the idea that a weapon could hit hard enough to still hurt someone despite their armor, why not the mace, a weapon reputed to be able to actually do so? Or if the target is expending more energy (luck, building more fatigue, overextending their ACL, whatever) to avoid the blow, why wouldn't any weapon be able to achieve that?Or is this just kind of half-assing a set of properties for weapons that might seem attractive to players to take without really meaning anything?And does a power like this make sense if I'm fighting in some adverse conditions like swinging a greatsword underwater? Or in the dark? Or if the target is displaced or invisible?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 9010126, member: 3400"] But again, why the glaive and greatsword and not a greataxe? Surely a greataxe nearly hitting would cause the same stress as a greatsword (historically speaking, maybe more). Or if intended to capture the idea that a weapon could hit hard enough to still hurt someone despite their armor, why not the mace, a weapon reputed to be able to actually do so? Or if the target is expending more energy (luck, building more fatigue, overextending their ACL, whatever) to avoid the blow, why wouldn't [B]any[/B] weapon be able to achieve that? Or is this just kind of half-assing a set of properties for weapons that might seem attractive to players to take without really meaning anything? And does a power like this make sense if I'm fighting in some adverse conditions like swinging a greatsword underwater? Or in the dark? Or if the target is displaced or invisible? [/QUOTE]

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