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<blockquote data-quote="Son of the Serpent" data-source="post: 7806917" data-attributes="member: 7015476"><p>[SPOILER="My reasons for doing it. Definitely not in error."]One in the same. I want to use it because of it being realistically and historically accurate. Also i dont have a back catalogue of sources just sitting around waiting to be cited for that. But i do know this is a fact. Back when i was learning about this more than 10 years ago (hense not remembering the exact name of sources off the top of my head) it had more than enough credible sources to make it pretty obvious to me. In other words ive already been persuaded by credible citations with ample justification long enough ago that its just accepted now. If i was trying to convince others to follow my suit id look them back up but that seems rather unimportant. Its also not just that the sword is wavy. Its the fact that your oponent is made of flesh (assuming they are made of flesh and not something like concrete) and doesnt remain motionless and static. They move. Their anatomy moves. Even the musle moves while being cut into. The waviness takes advantage of all the movement going on and wreaks havoc. That explains basically everything except for deeper slicing. For that its much more simple. Ever seen a steak knife? If they arent serrated they are usually wavy edged. Its the same effect. The wave also increases the cutting surface and will change the angle of contact the surface has with whats being cut in relation to the direction of the swing too. Changes how the cutting force is applied. Also its useful for parrying as you can easily disrupt someones hold on their blade by using the humps to jiggle their blade. Really has a lot of advantages. Nothing erroneous here at all. Just a lot of pretty well known variables setting it apart from a normal sword blade. Just explaining why i know this is the right thing for me to do as a dm.[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of the Serpent, post: 7806917, member: 7015476"] [SPOILER="My reasons for doing it. Definitely not in error."]One in the same. I want to use it because of it being realistically and historically accurate. Also i dont have a back catalogue of sources just sitting around waiting to be cited for that. But i do know this is a fact. Back when i was learning about this more than 10 years ago (hense not remembering the exact name of sources off the top of my head) it had more than enough credible sources to make it pretty obvious to me. In other words ive already been persuaded by credible citations with ample justification long enough ago that its just accepted now. If i was trying to convince others to follow my suit id look them back up but that seems rather unimportant. Its also not just that the sword is wavy. Its the fact that your oponent is made of flesh (assuming they are made of flesh and not something like concrete) and doesnt remain motionless and static. They move. Their anatomy moves. Even the musle moves while being cut into. The waviness takes advantage of all the movement going on and wreaks havoc. That explains basically everything except for deeper slicing. For that its much more simple. Ever seen a steak knife? If they arent serrated they are usually wavy edged. Its the same effect. The wave also increases the cutting surface and will change the angle of contact the surface has with whats being cut in relation to the direction of the swing too. Changes how the cutting force is applied. Also its useful for parrying as you can easily disrupt someones hold on their blade by using the humps to jiggle their blade. Really has a lot of advantages. Nothing erroneous here at all. Just a lot of pretty well known variables setting it apart from a normal sword blade. Just explaining why i know this is the right thing for me to do as a dm.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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