Ok so I've been serving roughly 11% meads and it was like "ok so 6 oz pours."
The first thing somebody hands me is a fucking drinking horn.
Ya'll I have absolutely no idea how much alcohol I've been giving people.
Everybody has swords and people are getting assassinated and I have to keep making change for silver pieces while a guy with a fiddle does a little jig and I have never been so out of my element in my entire life.
Ok so I've been serving roughly 11% meads and it was like "ok so 6 oz pours."
The first thing somebody hands me is a fucking drinking horn.
Ya'll I have absolutely no idea how much alcohol I've been giving people.
Everybody has swords and people are getting assassinated and I have to keep making change for silver pieces while a guy with a fiddle does a little jig and I have never been so out of my element in my entire life.
What element, don’t you like to get fucked up and play dress up too?
Juggs I used to fence. I'll teach you how to use a sword it's easy and nobody understands. You go to stab them in one place, and when they try to stop you, you stab them somewhere else.
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
My first interaction of the day as I sat blearily with my coffee was a guy who came up to the table, set his gloves down to adjust his... jerkin or something and he said "fear not, I'm not challenging thee."
I'm leaving for the day to go pick up more stuff and I'm bringing back at least two bottles of whiskey.
My first interaction of the day as I sat blearily with my coffee was a guy who came up to the table, set his gloves down to adjust his... jerkin or something and he said "fear not, I'm not challenging thee."
I'm leaving for the day to go pick up more stuff and I'm bringing back at least two bottles of whiskey.
Now I'm imagining a world where everyone has to be exceptionally careful when taking off their gloves.
DepressperadoI just wanted to see you laughingin the pizza rainRegistered Userregular
Well, guy in a skeleton costume comes up to the guy in the Superman suit, runs through him with a broadsword!
+1
StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
The murder stroke is technically the most dangerous move I've seen used at the renaissance faire.
Like, with fully staged stuff still, but I've seen two attempts at blocking it that have ended poorly. One was a quarterstaff block that was held too close to the face, resulting in the quarterstaff rebounding straight into the person's noose and breaking it, and the other was a braced sword block that held fine, but the sword performing the stroke itself had a critical failure, severing at the tang and sending the entire handle right over the shoulder of the person blocking it (thankfully the aim was off center, otherwise it would have hit them in the head still).
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
The murder stroke is technically the most dangerous move I've seen used at the renaissance faire.
Like, with fully staged stuff still, but I've seen two attempts at blocking it that have ended poorly. One was a quarterstaff block that was held too close to the face, resulting in the quarterstaff rebounding straight into the person's noose and breaking it, and the other was a braced sword block that held fine, but the sword performing the stroke itself had a critical failure, severing at the tang and sending the entire handle right over the shoulder of the person blocking it (thankfully the aim was off center, otherwise it would have hit them in the head still).
anybody attempting the murder stroke in all but the most controlled environments is at best ignorant of how fucking dangerous it is
the quillens can easily pierce most helmets or at minimum cause some serious brain-rattlin' or broken forearms on a poor block
also, a sword being severed at the tang is terrifying
please use well made stage swords folks! not wall-hangers
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DepressperadoI just wanted to see you laughingin the pizza rainRegistered Userregular
I mean, it is called the murder stroke
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
Yeaaaah. That sword was from one of the second or third tier companies, not one of our best (but BKS is fuckin' pricey to outfit everyone with).
To be clear, those are rare exceptions, this are moves that were being performed dozens of times a season (4-6 weekends, once for fight call and once for show at minimum) and largely without fault. But there's always a danger in stage combat, no matter how practiced you are - I think everyone I know who has seriously done any amount of it can also show you a scar.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
Yeaaaah. That sword was from one of the second or third tier companies, not one of our best (but BKS is fuckin' pricey to outfit everyone with).
To be clear, those are rare exceptions, this are moves that were being performed dozens of times a season (4-6 weekends, once for fight call and once for show at minimum) and largely without fault. But there's always a danger in stage combat, no matter how practiced you are - I think everyone I know who has seriously done any amount of it can also show you a scar.
deepeeka is a totally fine option
I mean, they aren't good, but they're perfectly cromulent and like a third the price of bks(bks makes excellent products though yeah)
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
Deepeeka is wall hanger material if you ask me. I have one hanging above me right now!
I've not tested durability, so maybe they do well there, but weight and balance are not great, at least on the rapier I have (which is fuckin' wrist breaker if I've ever met one).
For less pricey than BKS I've been hearing a lot of good things about Rogue Steel lately, and I've used a bunch of Starfires that have been totally fine as well (although they have funnily iconic handles that I can spot from fifty paces).
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
Deepeeka is wall hanger material if you ask me. I have one hanging above me right now!
I've not tested durability, so maybe they do well there, but weight and balance are not great, at least on the rapier I have (which is fuckin' wrist breaker if I've ever met one).
For less pricey than BKS I've been hearing a lot of good things about Rogue Steel lately, and I've used a bunch of Starfires that have been totally fine as well (although they have funnily iconic handles that I can spot from fifty paces).
deepeeka has solid durability for their stage combat longswords, but yeah I've heard their rapiers are not great
I have also heard good things about rogue steel, but have no experience with em
I think kult of athena carries them, so you might wanna check them out there
Ok so I've been serving roughly 11% meads and it was like "ok so 6 oz pours."
The first thing somebody hands me is a fucking drinking horn.
Ya'll I have absolutely no idea how much alcohol I've been giving people.
Everybody has swords and people are getting assassinated and I have to keep making change for silver pieces while a guy with a fiddle does a little jig and I have never been so out of my element in my entire life.
Oh hey so the trick is grab a standard cup draught into the standard cup then pour that in the horn, took about 4 years at my viking feast for them to figure out that they had basically been serving me multiple bottles of mead for very few tickets every year and the trick to disrupt my good fortunes.
Yeah I figured that out and brought my plastic pour cup, but I forgot to bring 2 so people gettin mixed shit sorry dweebs.
Also I'm pissed. I got here scrambling to get set up with 0 information about shit and a dude in a fucking wig with a bad legolas accent spent 5 minutes complaining to me I didn't have change for fucking copper pieces fuck off you Mithrandir ass looking motherfucker I'm hot and humid and confused and full of cold brew I'll snap you in half
Yeah I figured that out and brought my plastic pour cup, but I forgot to bring 2 so people gettin mixed shit sorry dweebs.
Also I'm pissed. I got here scrambling to get set up with 0 information about shit and a dude in a fucking wig with a bad legolas accent spent 5 minutes complaining to me I didn't have change for fucking copper pieces fuck off you Mithrandir ass looking motherfucker I'm hot and humid and confused and full of cold brew I'll snap you in half
Next time someone tries to Middle earth you and annoys you, just say, sorry, can’t serve you, you obviously sound drunk.
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Yeah I figured that out and brought my plastic pour cup, but I forgot to bring 2 so people gettin mixed shit sorry dweebs.
Also I'm pissed. I got here scrambling to get set up with 0 information about shit and a dude in a fucking wig with a bad legolas accent spent 5 minutes complaining to me I didn't have change for fucking copper pieces fuck off you Mithrandir ass looking motherfucker I'm hot and humid and confused and full of cold brew I'll snap you in half
Next time someone tries to Middle earth you and annoys you, just say, sorry, can’t serve you, you obviously sound drunk.
“I have now cursed you. I have placed a hex upon your soul.”
“W-what does it do?”
“It prevents me from serving you alcohol.”
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The first thing somebody hands me is a fucking drinking horn.
Ya'll I have absolutely no idea how much alcohol I've been giving people.
Everybody has swords and people are getting assassinated and I have to keep making change for silver pieces while a guy with a fiddle does a little jig and I have never been so out of my element in my entire life.
What element, don’t you like to get fucked up and play dress up too?
Young man this is incorrect and I say this as a sabre fencer
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I'm leaving for the day to go pick up more stuff and I'm bringing back at least two bottles of whiskey.
Now I'm imagining a world where everyone has to be exceptionally careful when taking off their gloves.
5 years. All downhill.
I'm so tired.
THEY'LL FUCKIN CUT YA WIDE OPEN
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
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the murder stroke is no joke
Like, with fully staged stuff still, but I've seen two attempts at blocking it that have ended poorly. One was a quarterstaff block that was held too close to the face, resulting in the quarterstaff rebounding straight into the person's noose and breaking it, and the other was a braced sword block that held fine, but the sword performing the stroke itself had a critical failure, severing at the tang and sending the entire handle right over the shoulder of the person blocking it (thankfully the aim was off center, otherwise it would have hit them in the head still).
anybody attempting the murder stroke in all but the most controlled environments is at best ignorant of how fucking dangerous it is
the quillens can easily pierce most helmets or at minimum cause some serious brain-rattlin' or broken forearms on a poor block
also, a sword being severed at the tang is terrifying
please use well made stage swords folks! not wall-hangers
To be clear, those are rare exceptions, this are moves that were being performed dozens of times a season (4-6 weekends, once for fight call and once for show at minimum) and largely without fault. But there's always a danger in stage combat, no matter how practiced you are - I think everyone I know who has seriously done any amount of it can also show you a scar.
deepeeka is a totally fine option
I mean, they aren't good, but they're perfectly cromulent and like a third the price of bks(bks makes excellent products though yeah)
I've not tested durability, so maybe they do well there, but weight and balance are not great, at least on the rapier I have (which is fuckin' wrist breaker if I've ever met one).
For less pricey than BKS I've been hearing a lot of good things about Rogue Steel lately, and I've used a bunch of Starfires that have been totally fine as well (although they have funnily iconic handles that I can spot from fifty paces).
deepeeka has solid durability for their stage combat longswords, but yeah I've heard their rapiers are not great
I have also heard good things about rogue steel, but have no experience with em
I think kult of athena carries them, so you might wanna check them out there
Oh hey so the trick is grab a standard cup draught into the standard cup then pour that in the horn, took about 4 years at my viking feast for them to figure out that they had basically been serving me multiple bottles of mead for very few tickets every year and the trick to disrupt my good fortunes.
Also I'm pissed. I got here scrambling to get set up with 0 information about shit and a dude in a fucking wig with a bad legolas accent spent 5 minutes complaining to me I didn't have change for fucking copper pieces fuck off you Mithrandir ass looking motherfucker I'm hot and humid and confused and full of cold brew I'll snap you in half
Next time someone tries to Middle earth you and annoys you, just say, sorry, can’t serve you, you obviously sound drunk.
Satans..... hints.....
“I have now cursed you. I have placed a hex upon your soul.”
“W-what does it do?”
“It prevents me from serving you alcohol.”
Next time someone is being a jerk at a LARP, just loudly announce that your tavern is now a PVP area.
and by joke I mean that I was lectured yesterday about something and the whole thing was straight out of an episode of American Dad