Tempest using shield as off-hand weapon

[moritheil]

and I can use it to parry, void, etc.

Sorry, but what exactly is a "void?" I had a friend on a fencing team, but I've never heard that term.

 

[Alpha Polaris]

Avoid, I guess...

 

[moritheil]

Avoid, I guess...

I still don't understand how a sword helps you avoid a blow, short of feinting, parrying, or some such. My concept of that is you moving physically out of the path of the enemy weapon, so . . . I'm still curious.

 

[melkorspawn]

I still don't understand how a sword helps you avoid a blow, short of feinting, parrying, or some such. My concept of that is you moving physically out of the path of the enemy weapon, so . . . I'm still curious.

If you want to imagine the Tempest avoiding the attack with the assistance of a sword without feinting or parrying, (I've always imagined Tempests parrying, but that's beside the point.) you can imagine them doing moves like a Hanging Parry, which isn't a parry in the traditional sense. You take a lunge to avoid the attack (usually a downward slash) but you hold your sword up anyway just in case you didn't take a big enough step.