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Shike019

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  1. Re: Modern Swordsmithing Thanks, this is great stuff. How about materials other than steel? Any Ideas?
  2. Re: Modern Swordsmithing The sword was going to look like a samurai sword in design, but I wanted to see if there could be better materials, that we know of in the real world, for sword making besides variations on carbon steel. BTW I got the idea watching a documentary on bullet proof vests and thought the idea would be interesting to explore. And since I don't have a great amount of knowledge in metallurgy and what not, I thought I would ask. Any other ideas on different types of materials that might be better suited to swordmaking than steel? again the design is a katana, thought if need be different techniques can be developed in story for the actual forging process, but I want the design to be that of a katana.
  3. Re: Modern Swordsmithing After doing a little more research, I found that Boron Nitride is slightly harder than Boron Carbide (just below diamond) in hardness and the cubic structure is created a lower temperatures in effect making the titanium alloy "core" more plausible. I think that I will go with this idea instead of the boron carbide. I think it will be fun having a weapon that has essentially a Diamond edge with a light but durable core making the whole light, sharp, and fast. Thanks for the help. Oh, the character has the "Wealth" perk, which should take care of the money issues.
  4. Re: Modern Swordsmithing Fortunately money isn't exactly a problem. My character will acutally be doing the forging (though he should probably buy up his weaponsmithing skill a little.) I just wanted to figure out the "science" of the types of materials and my GM likes to keep things as "real" as possible, that's why I was looking at Real world stuff. Of course, he hasn't had the opportunity to use any fictional metals (such as adamantine and Mithril). I like the boron carbide edge, since it is almost as hard as a diamond, which means it won't need to be sharpened as often (hopefully) and the titanium core, which is light. A Titanium silicon alloy is described as being more ductile which would with keeping the sword in one piece. Does this sound plausible?
  5. Ok, I've got a Martial artist character and I'm thinking of buying a sword for the character. Now, I'm wondering, If swordsmithing continued to develope along with modern science, etc, and using moder knowledge of metallurgy and materials such as ballistic Ceramic (Boron Carbide, 5th hardest known substance), etc. How do you think swords would be made (not energy weapons) using combinations of materials or one material, or different types of the same material. I would prefer nonfictional materials (so no adamantine or mithril ) and at least some sort of scientific (even very basic) reasoning. Any help would be great. I was thinking of a Boron Carbide edge with a Titanium alloy core or some such, but the firing temp of the Boron Carbide ceramics is about 300 degrees celcius hotter than the melting point of most titanium alloys. Any suggestions? Thanks for the help.
  6. Re: Martial Artist I don't have my books, but I think it allows you to use the Sweep Maneuver w/ a reduced penalty (not positive)
  7. Re: Martial Artist What kind of martial artist? As in Style. Each of the styles (at least the eastern ones) generally have suggestions for special abilities. I have an MA in a Champs game who is 2500 years old. He has an entangle (Based on con) for a Paralytic touch. Buy MA DC's and 5pt CSLs, Damage Reduction (resistant), etc. There are quite a few suggestions in the UMA for powers and what not. Also for the poison immunity thing there is already an option LS: All terrestrial poisons and chemical warfare agents Also look at the Dim Mak techniques in the UMA. There is quite a bit in there that will help to make your character unique. Also decide if he uses weapons or just bare hands and choose an appropriate style, or build your own style. Other things to consider buying a HA with Indirect.
  8. Re: System cap on creativity I think it does. It allows you to wield a weapon in each hand (and perform sweeps with your attacks) I see no reason why you have to have the same weapon in each hand (or use the same power with each hand) it just means that you can use both hands equally well at the same time.
  9. Re: Martial art style Prefabs and other cool ones. Ultimate Martial Artist and Ninja Hero Character Pack SKU: DOJHERO705 This costs 6 dollars and has all of the martial arts (w/ associated skills Weapon Familiarities, disads, etc.) The only thing it doesn't have are "Powers" suggestions. And it only costs 5.99 (since HDv3 only came out recently, all of the packs in the online store are either compatable with v2.xx or were made under v2.xx) (Disclaimer: I may be wrong about the last statement but they should be compatable)
  10. Re: System cap on creativity Ahem ... What about the Two Weapon Fighting (ranged) Skill?
  11. Re: Alignment Issues Lawful tries to impose order on the univers (or their own small portion there of) and Chaos "goes with the flow" Laws can be evil in nature (there could be a low that dictates the binding of feet for females. Or sacrificing your third child, etc.) These would be "lawful" but definately evil.
  12. Re: Alignment Issues If I remember correctly from my Logic class in my undergrad, the shortest definitions are the best, thus if you can define a word with only a single word, that is the best definition you can use. So synonyms are probably the best way to define what you're talking about.
  13. Re: Favorite Hero Book of 2006 Since the only new release I bought was the Ultimate Skill, I'll have to go with that one.
  14. Re: Your "2007" Pet Gaming Projects Fantasy Hero: I will continue working on my Abrä Dâr as well as my spells database. I haven't started on the Equipment database yet. If anyone wants to contribute go to my Homepage and click the submission button.
  15. Re: Slayers Magic Spells And I would like to put them into my Searchable Spells Database.
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