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Are you sure about this?
Posted: 30 Aug 2021 18:57
by nils
You study the narwhal hornblade carefully.
This long dagger is carved from the horn of a narwhal, and is inscribed with inky black runes. Along its exceptionally long grip you notice a bony nub.
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The knife can be wielded in any hand. It can be used to cut.
So the blade can cut/slash, but it does not pierce/stab.
Here's a picture of a narwhal's horn:
- narwhal.JPG (24.85 KiB) Viewed 5742 times
Think about it for a minute. Take as long as you like.
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 30 Aug 2021 20:58
by Riva
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 31 Aug 2021 17:08
by Zar
Is it even a knife?
Looks like a spear
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 31 Aug 2021 19:49
by Drazson
It should stab/pierce and not cut/slash.
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 31 Aug 2021 20:01
by Budwise
In all fairness it does say it's carved. So could be a carver with a stabby-phobia (Yes. that is the medical term)
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 31 Aug 2021 22:46
by nils
Budwise wrote: ↑31 Aug 2021 20:01
In all fairness it does say it's carved. So could be a carver with a stabby-phobia (Yes. that is the medical term)
Try aichmophobia. Close enough.
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 01 Sep 2021 07:57
by Arman
Hah!
That is funny. I thought it stabbed, and I created it! Happy to run with Bud's take on it though.
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 01 Sep 2021 08:40
by nils
Arman wrote: ↑01 Sep 2021 07:57
Hah!
That is funny. I thought it stabbed, and I created it! Happy to run with Bud's take on it though.
Fixing an obvious error isn't on the docket?
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 01 Sep 2021 10:56
by Arman
nils wrote: ↑01 Sep 2021 08:40
Arman wrote: ↑01 Sep 2021 07:57
Hah!
That is funny. I thought it stabbed, and I created it! Happy to run with Bud's take on it though.
Fixing an obvious error isn't on the docket?
I don't have a problem leaving it as is. Afterall it is a horn "blade", which by definition is the flat _cutting_ edge of a knife.
That a blade is carved from a stabby narwhal horn is the irony. What was the carver thinking? I should make a quest about the story of the non-stabby stabber.
Re: Are you sure about this?
Posted: 01 Sep 2021 11:01
by Arman
Arman wrote: ↑01 Sep 2021 10:56
nils wrote: ↑01 Sep 2021 08:40
Arman wrote: ↑01 Sep 2021 07:57
Hah!
That is funny. I thought it stabbed, and I created it! Happy to run with Bud's take on it though.
Fixing an obvious error isn't on the docket?
I don't have a problem leaving it as is. Afterall it is a horn "blade", which by definition is the flat _cutting_ edge of a knife.
That a blade is carved from a stabby narwhal horn is the irony. What was the carver thinking? I should make a quest about the story of the non-stabby stabber.
Actually I'll make it stabby and slashy.
Although the quest would be a hoot.