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For all you fantasy writers out there, this is what real swords would do to a person.
https://odysee.com/@Shadiversity:d/medieval-swords-are-way-more-deadly-than:7
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SpoilerSpears are a great weapon for infantry, and they are far superior to a sword in both organized units (pikes specifically. All them people writing about pike blocks got smt right) and duels—just because of the easy thrusting nature of a spear, it’s really easy to take down someone with a heavier weapon like a large sword. The one big problem is that I’d imagine that spears can’t very easily pierce chain or plate.
Large swords are really only practical if you’ve got the armor to back it up, and that’s really expensive.
Depending on if we’ve got iron yet, it tell ‘em to keep crossbows/regular old bows handy, cuz those can safely pierce heavier armor. They can pierce it very very well. Crossbow especially because it drastically reduced the training needed for one, far less equipped soldier to take down an armored knight at a distance.
Small swords can make a nice medium between spears and large swords. Large swords prefer fluid motions that are optimized to conserve energy as much as possible. Smaller swords do not prefer fluid motion, and can be handled with a shield that prefers defensive motions. Their weight makes them slightly better at overcoming armor or shields, but not such that they are thaaat much better to use.
Also, yeah, material costs are extremely apparent. This was worse for bronze, which needed more buck for the same bang. The Iron Age was cool though, because until then, it was underutilized as a resource because people didn’t have the technology to even process the metal, much less make blades from it.
*here’s my rant about this*
i actually did look into these things for one of my projects, which was in the Bronze Age and then some iron weapons and implements were introduced.
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This is for anyone who's been following my internet privacy blog.
Well, I only have two(really one) more entry I'm planning on making, however that will take me a long time before I get to where I feel I have the knowledge to make it. So because of that I'm probably going to leave it with the entries as is for the foreseeable future with maybe a handful of updates to specific entries. So I really just have one question:
Is there anything you wanted to see but didn't?
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WoB
SpoilerBrandon Sanderson
Chapter Eighty-One - Part Three
Elend's Death
I rewrote Elend's death scene a number of times. In the first draft, it happened much more quickly. He and Marsh met, Elend's atium ran out, and Marsh cut him down. Elend always got his "we've won" line, but Human wasn't getting viewpoints, so we didn't cut there. Nor did we have Vin fuel Elend's metals or have him burn duralumin and atium at the same time.
I just felt he needed more. Part of this was due to the reactions of alpha readers, and part of it was due to my own desire to make his last scene more dramatic. I wanted there to be a closeness between him and Vin at the end, and I also had too many people asking what would happen if you burned duralumin and atium at the same time to ignore that possibility.
So, I rewrote several times, eventually landing at this version. As for why I killed him . . . well, for the same reason that I kill any character in one of my books. It just felt like the right thing to do. It's hard to explain when we get down to specifics like this. On one hand, the rational side of me can explain that there need to be casualties to make victory worth something, and Vin needed to lose Elend so that she'd be willing to do what she had to in order to kill Ruin. Logic says that this book was about Vin and Elend defeating Ruin no matter what the cost to themselves, and allowing them to give their lives for the victory was noble and completed their character arcs.
Emotion, however, is what drove me—not logic. It just felt like the right thing to do. It was the right ending for the book. Now, I could have chosen a different ending. I know that I could have. It would have felt contrived to me, and would have lacked bite. Yet perhaps readers would have liked it better. I honestly don't know what doing this (killing both of my main characters) will do to my readership and if people will still want to buy my books after this. The founder and president of Tor Books, I know, would have preferred that I didn't kill my two main characters.
But in the end, I went with what I knew was the better ending. By doing this, at the very least I've earned something. From now on, readers will know that nobody is safe in my books—and that will create tension, will make the novels feel more real. (Note that I didn't do this because I wanted to make readers feel that way. It's just a side effect.)
Either way, this is where this book was pushing from the beginning. Vin and Elend followed in Kelsier's footsteps. They were both ready to give their lives, and in doing so, saved those they love. In my opinion, that's not a tragic or sad ending. It's just an honest one.
https://wob.coppermind.net/events/270/#e8062
Brandon, I don't know anyone who thinks that your characters aren't safe.
In all honesty your characters have so much plot armor, and you've done so many fake out deaths that I didn't believe Elhokar had really died for almost two years after I read OB.
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I was GMing the SA RPG, and one of my players had a corrupted lesser spren that would occasionally speak with Sja-anat's voice to him. He asked me if he should be worried about it spying on him. I asked what search engine he used, and when he replied Google, I told him he wasn't worried about it.
The entire table erupted, as we discussed not rolling for anything ever again, I as the GM would just judge their life choices and make a decision.
Fun times.
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You know what, I'm not waiting until July.
America month starts now.
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Evidence:
Taln
- Says his name on repeat
- Has the ability to destroy cities
- Has feats that don't seem real when you read them
- Hangs out with someone named "Ash"
Conclusion:
Taln is a Pokemon
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This is a question for research purposes.
To any Apple users out there: Why do you use Apple?
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I prefer the way macOS works, and I like their overall design ethos. And now that the M-series chips are out, you won't catch me using an x86 processor in a laptop ever again (still want to build a desktop, but that might not be possible for a while yet).
For Apple Music specifically, I've been using iTunes since forever, which naturally transitioned into using AM, and I have't felt the need to switch to Spotify or one of the others.
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Small life update:
1. I finished the Bible, all the way through. With that I've completed The Stadard Works(Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price).
2. I was rereading some sections from WaT(theories incoming), and I found a section where Kaladin talks about how he still cares, but now he measures his success based on whether or not he tries to protect, not so much if he succeeds. That one got to me.
I remember a time early on my mission, where I felt like everything was falling apart. We were talking to so many people, sharing with them teachings and invitations I KNEW would help them: stop smoking, read the scriptures, come to church, develop a relationship with God. Despite our best efforts, no one listened to us. I remember in particular one day talking with another companionship, and all fpur of us were just exhausted, venting to each other about the people we spoke to, people we loved, who would not listen and didn't seem to want our help. It was a depressing day.
It took me another three months or so to get to where Kaladin was, honestly around the time WaT was coming out, or a few months before. I began to see my efforts in a different light. I couldn't convert people, but I could try. I could offer them steps to overcome their addictions, to build positive habits and spiritual growth, but ultimately the decision was theirs, I was just there to offer help if they would accept.
I honestly wasn't a huge fan of WaT, but that right there made me like Kaladin more.
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You are forced to give up your hands in exchange for any magic system. The only rule is you can't use the magic to get your hands back.
What magic system do you pick?
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That one guy from Doctor Strange had pretty good luck with whatever it is they do.
I mean, the obvious answer is one that lets you use some form of telekinesis.
I actually don't think I have a specific answer to this. Not exactly satisfying, I know, but I can't think of one where the tradeoff would be worth it.
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Would you give up your hands for magic?
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Has the shard been really slow for anyone else lately?
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Does anyone have IRL contact with Honor?
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Is economics hard? I always found it to be very easy, but I also have a hard time telling if something is hard for other people.
I just can't understand how so many people can't understand what is the equivelant of ABC in economics.
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yeah, because price is a free market mechanism to show producers what consumers value, and consumers what the producers need to continue producing. if producers can't raise prices to compensate for higher costs and/or lower demand, then they'll stop producing, because it now loses them money to make and sell the product. it's simple supply/demand. and then if that happens, no one gets the product.
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I'm actually really happy.
I just got my second sincere compliment in a three month period. Both were from real people, neither of whom was a family member.
This feels amazing.
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Hey, you're back!
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I was randomly looking through your page when I found this
Quote*eats Nightblood’s soul for a change* - Me
“Soviet AonEne” - Frustration
“In Soviet AonEne, you give advice to Ene!” - Truthless
“In Soviet AonEne, your characters ship you.” - Me
“In Soviet AonEne, roleplays recommend you.” - Frustration
“In Soviet AonEne, roleplays create everything out of you!” - StickMan I almost forgot about that, those were the days
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My favorite fantasy trope right now has to be the hero who doesn't blink fighting 50 foot monsters but is too scared to talk to girls.
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Brandon is one of the few authors that can casually raise 11 million dollars. That doesn't seem like much compared to the 41 million from Year of Sanderson, but it's insane considering that Fires of December is the only full length novel in it.
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I think I'm slowly becoming a tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist.
I wasn't planning on it, but the more I look into computers and see what they do the more paranoid I get at who is watching me.
So anyway there are only two apps related to google on my phone now and I'm working on getting rid of those, and I'm looking at almost ripping my computer apart and putting it back together.
