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<blockquote data-quote="Dr_Ruminahui" data-source="post: 5573969" data-attributes="member: 81104">As for carrying it on your back, if that seems impractical - well, then don't.Instead, carry it around in one hand - either in a sheath, or with a 6-8&quot; of leather wrapped around the blade just above the cross piece just like some of the bigger European swords sometimes had.&nbsp; If sheathed, its not much different from carrying a wider girthed staff - indeed, a style of japanese sheething does look a great deal like a staff.At some point, I plan to have my PCs fight the big baddies' body guards - I plan to run them on a modified &quot;three part solo&quot; concept.&nbsp; On their top 1/2 HP, they wield staves, having very controllerly/soldiery type attacks... close bursts, pushes, knocking prone, giving hit penalties, low damage - and mocking the PCs for their lack of skill.&nbsp; Once they are bloodied, they take the PCs seriously, draw their fullblades from their &quot;staves&quot;, becoming skirmishers or brutes - so, less control, more damage.&nbsp; Then, when at zero HP, the demon bound into their skin breaks free and the party has to fight a demonic brute.So, personally, I think carrying around a long &quot;staff&quot; from which you pull a huge blade from when the going gets ugly is a pretty cool character concept.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr_Ruminahui, post: 5573969, member: 81104"] As for carrying it on your back, if that seems impractical - well, then don't. Instead, carry it around in one hand - either in a sheath, or with a 6-8" of leather wrapped around the blade just above the cross piece just like some of the bigger European swords sometimes had. If sheathed, its not much different from carrying a wider girthed staff - indeed, a style of japanese sheething does look a great deal like a staff. At some point, I plan to have my PCs fight the big baddies' body guards - I plan to run them on a modified "three part solo" concept. On their top 1/2 HP, they wield staves, having very controllerly/soldiery type attacks... close bursts, pushes, knocking prone, giving hit penalties, low damage - and mocking the PCs for their lack of skill. Once they are bloodied, they take the PCs seriously, draw their fullblades from their "staves", becoming skirmishers or brutes - so, less control, more damage. Then, when at zero HP, the demon bound into their skin breaks free and the party has to fight a demonic brute. So, personally, I think carrying around a long "staff" from which you pull a huge blade from when the going gets ugly is a pretty cool character concept. [/QUOTE]

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