Difference between revisions of "Steel rapier"

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Steel rapier Image Source: Weapons Emporium Manufacturing Object type Weapons Skill used Manufacturing weapons Time 1 day(s) Objects steel rapier blade hilt Tools bronze or steel peen hammer Machines bronze or iron anvil Rot and repair Rot 4 points per day 21 points per day of use Repair 225 points per hour Holdable object General properties Attack 30 Skillweight 80% Weight 50 grams Visible yes

Description and uses

Real-life context

"A rapier is a relatively slender (blade 2.5 centimetres or less in width), sharply pointed sword with a blade at least 90 centimetres in length, often sporting an elaborate hilt and hand-guard. For most of its period of use, the rapier was double-edged, some later rapiers were single-edged (with a sharply triangular blade) or edgeless. A rapier is capable of both cutting and thrusting attacks, but the thrust is the main attack in all rapier fighting styles." - Wikipedia - Rapier

"The rapier appeared in the early renaissance and was a civilian weapon. Contrary to popular belief, by modern standards it was a heavy and cumbersome sword, capable of attacks only and ill-suited to defense, a role usually relegated to the left hand or an auxiliary implement held in it. In time it evolved into the small-sword, a shorter and much faster weapon, one equally capable of attack and defense." - Sword Forum International