Swordsman Archive

Ok, so I reached Novice Swordsman this weekend, and while reasearching the whole thing I realized that our elite weapon is the Power Hammer. I don't honestly get it. I didn't think that a power hammer was a sword. So, I jumped over to Dictionary.com and looked up some definitions. I looked up Swordsman. Then sword. Here is definition 1 for both terms. Neither of which lead me to believe that our only non-lootable (schematic at least) elite weapon is any way a sword.

Does this erk anyone else? Confuses me. Yes, the power hammer is a two handed weapon. But, if our profession was only about two handed weapons, it shouldn't have been called Swordsman, IMO.

Anian

swords·man ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sôrdzmn)
n.
A man who is skilled in the use of swords.

sword ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sôrd)
n.
A weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt.

And you've got to admit that Master Swordsman is a better title than Master Wielder of of Large Melee Weaponry Some of which May or May Not be Long and Sharp.

And by the same token, Master Fencer (/cry over the corpse of Blademaster) works out better for one handed fighters than Master wielder of Pipes and Bobby Sticks.

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Thror wrote:

And you've got to admit that Master Swordsman is a better title than Master Wielder of of Large Melee Weaponry Some of which May or May Not be Long and Sharp.

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