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6:01 PM

@doppelgreener Lol, Not sure which system would let me dual wield tower shields and use a two handed weapon

The idea came about while fiddling with my tank character. The image of a guy in full plate armor with four arms, two tower shields held in two arms and then the other two arms using a two handed weapon, preferably a big one, perhaps a war hammer.

doppelgreener

@Aaron fate. roll for shoes. maybe masks or apocalypse world.

@Aaron Daaaaamn, that's awesome.

Aaron

Hmm, maybe I should try FATE sometime

Roll for shoes gets too silly too quickly for a serious game like I'd want to use this in

DForck42

@Aaron even with 4 arms, I just don't see how that would work out

the tower shields would get int eh way of the two handed weapon

Aaron

Hmm, maybe a hammer yea but if you had a sword or a spear perhaps

DForck42

of course, I'm assuming an otherwise somewhat normal human bipedal anatomy

Aaron

6:12 PM

Right the arm's would be a magical creation

They could be coming out of the back even so they would be less in the way.

They could even serve as a counter weight so you could swing the hammer even harder

doppelgreener

@Aaron Fate (not spelled with all caps nowadays) is very good at letting you make your character however you want, so long as they're relevant to the story.

diego

@Aaron Generating force wouldn't be my primary concern when using a two-handed weapon with a pair of tower shields, my concern would be the shields getting in the way of your swings

Aaron

See what I said right above that :P

diego

The only way I could see it working semi-well would be if you have a spear or other stabby weapon to use in the gap between the shields

doppelgreener

In the exact same game world we've had: a shape-changing swamp thing scientist, his bodyguard a dryad lady with plant magic, an electrical engineer, a faux-jedi, a secret agent with latent psychic abilities, a brain-in-a-jar with a clockwork robotic body, a time-travelling jet-boot-wielding flirtacious adventurer, an enormous dragon with pride and temper issues, and a little talking dog who adores bureaucracy and administrative work.

diego

6:18 PM

@Aaron I don't see how that would stop the shields getting in the way, but I could be picturing it wrong

Aaron

Well if you move the shields while moving the hammer they would provide a counter weight, adding the force to the blow AND staying out of the way

So when attacking defend your back with the shields and then once the blow impacts you move the shields back into place at your sides

doppelgreener

I think if you've got four arms and two tower shields and a warhammer, you're cool & badass enough you can figure out how to swing them around, and people should be worrying about not how you're doing it but whether you're doing it in their direction.

diego

@Aaron That seems like a good way to get shot full of arrows when you attack

Aaron

@diego Well you would still got shot if you didn't have two shields

At least you would be a cool looking pincushion

diego

@Aaron If you had just the weapon yes.

doppelgreener

6:20 PM

I am reminded of the Flexile Sentry from Dark Souls 2:

Aaron

The only boss I defeated first try without being hit

doppelgreener

@Aaron Nice work :)

Aaron

When I beat it I was so confused. I thought it was a staged boss and I wasn't done yet cause it was so easy

diego

@Aaron Personally if I had 4 arms and wanted 2 shields and a two-handed weapon I would go with a pair of normal center-held shields. For the kind of strategy you are proposing with moving them out of the way I think tower shields and normal strapped shields would be too unwieldy

DForck42

@diego they'd also be easier to drop if you want to grapple someone, yeah

doppelgreener

6:32 PM

Hm. I like the idea of a couple of kite shields plus a couple of lighter weapons like scimitars.

(Which is what got me thinking of Flexile Sentry in the first place.)

All four would be very easy to move around.

Including lifting up, over your head, bashing, etc.

Erik

If you're going two shields and a hammer, I'd put the hammer in the magical shoulder-arms. Then you can swing it overhead while keeping the shields in front.

diego

@doppelgreener TWF with a pair of shields would also be pretty cool.

DForck42

@Erik so like a super magic arm overhead swing of death!

Erik

Yeah. I'm picturing the kind of overhead swings that shatter floortiles and send dust flying while the knight stands behind his shields to block the approach.

It honestly sounds a bit Warhammer 40K

Aaron

True, when I was thinking of this build though I was thinking TANK though

If I were to optimize it a bit logically there would probably be two shields and two swords. Or even those weird shield sword weapons. Let me see if I can find a picture of them.

diego

6:45 PM

@Aaron If you want tower shields and a TANK I think a spear would be the perfect two-handed weapon to use. You would essentially be a hevily armored turret where you rotate to point at the enemy and stab them til they die

DForck42

@diego I love the imagery

Aaron

I can't find a picture, the thing I'm thinking of is a short sword with a shield mounted on the hilt so it covers the hand and forearm. A little bigger than a buckler and shaped so it doesn't interfere with the sword

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