I have some spare legal foam, bring the kite rod (pre-cut to your specifics) to the event as well as what you want for a grip and we can whip you up a weapon. All I ask for is to cover the cost of the foam.

First of all, you should look at the tutorials I've written on building boffers: http://www.arsmagicae.com/howto.html

Secondly, wielding a dagger and a short sword is a BAD idea. Boffer combat is all about speed, so with two short weapons you'll take longer to close, meaning you will take blows EVERY time you TRY to get close enough to land a few. Two shortswords is a somewhat workable style, but you'll still be at a terrible disadvantage against long weapons.

The next comment I am going to make is in no way intended to be sexist. Women are at a disadvantage in combat. We have less muscle mass than men and are not encouraged to be as active. This means the weapons that will likely work best for you are ones that will give you reach and range. This, by the way, is why my character Nara fights with a polearm and a pistol: I compensate for bad wrists and slower reflexes but wielding a weapon with reach and having a ranged attack as a back-up. Polearm is an easier style to learn to fight than dual short. I don't have the materials to make you a polearm, so I recommend you just ask MonsterCamp nicely if you can borrow a weapon for the event.

I know you want to have a cool character and not do what everyone else does, but if you plan on doing any combat, I want you to have fun and not be frustrated that you're losing every fight. Unless you're a marital arts mater, you will loose most battles with a short sword and a dagger.

In the same vein, with a shield-partner, a bow can be a devastating weapon in our system.
Two bowmen and three men-at-arms defended a healer from three successive groups of six at one point in our campaign.

Yes, against foes armed with firearms.

Brian

Thats the key with fighting florentine anyway. Its a mobility based style. Having fought that way for 7 years in Lione Rampant and to some good effect I came to that conclusion. If you stand there and try to duke it out like your a sword and board fighter, unless you are extremely coordinated and good you will loose.

Firearms are awesome, I love them and they help out a primarily non-fighter the best. The extra damage for just a little physical pool is great.

Katja, regardless of weapon pairing or fighting style, there is one truth above all others to remember in battle... DFTD!








"don't forget to duck"

Purple Arms may be true, but NPCs also get hit in the legs, back, torso...

They get shot, maimed, Agonied, rooted, death struck.....occaisionally skinned and harvested...

What else could they possibly ask for? It's more fun than decent people should be allowed to have!

*yes PCs get most of this as well.... I haven't been skinned yet though
And we're always glad you're around.....we can't exactly harvest our fellow townsfolk, now can we?

I don't think anyone's tried to harvest a townsfolk yet...

He actually tried to harvest a player that was killed? Dayam, thats cold. I hope they were worth decent SU.

I didn't mention skinning as something I was HOPING to have happen... jeebus....