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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 5360024" data-attributes="member: 5890">It wasn't your point. It was hussars, to whit:That's why I specifically called out claw lengths. I'd doubt that there's a man alive who could face up to a full sized elephant armed with a 5 inch knife and kill it: but it's not physically impossible.Imagine a statue of a man, made of solid concrete, standing with it's arm outstretched.Imagine you have a sledgehammer.Imagine you swing at the trunk of this statue. How hard do you think it is to smash him in two?Now, imagine you swing at the outstretched arm of the statue.Is it easier to break the arm off the statue than to smash through it's torso?Of course it is. In fact it may only take a single swing to remove the arm. Imagine the arm has a single, pointed finger. Imagine how hard it is to remove the finger. It may in fact be possible to do with your bare hand: a single snap and it's off.Are you likely to think that's possible with the torso? No, don't be ridiculous.So - how can you possibly claim that this statue does not have weak points?Unless your golem continues to levitate in the air after it's legs are smashed off, and pounds you with the ghosts of it's smashed arms, there is a definate point where a lack of areas that can be considered comparitively weak is going to impact it's performance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 5360024, member: 5890"] It wasn't your point. It was hussars, to whit: That's why I specifically called out claw lengths. I'd doubt that there's a man alive who could face up to a full sized elephant armed with a 5 inch knife and kill it: but it's not physically impossible. Imagine a statue of a man, made of solid concrete, standing with it's arm outstretched. Imagine you have a sledgehammer. Imagine you swing at the trunk of this statue. How hard do you think it is to smash him in two? Now, imagine you swing at the outstretched arm of the statue. Is it easier to break the arm off the statue than to smash through it's torso? Of course it is. In fact it may only take a single swing to remove the arm. Imagine the arm has a single, pointed finger. Imagine how hard it is to remove the finger. It may in fact be possible to do with your bare hand: a single snap and it's off. Are you likely to think that's possible with the torso? No, don't be ridiculous. So - how can you possibly claim that this statue does not have weak points? Unless your golem continues to levitate in the air after it's legs are smashed off, and pounds you with the ghosts of it's smashed arms, there is a definate point where a lack of areas that can be considered comparitively weak is going to impact it's performance. [/QUOTE]

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