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Originally posted by Butterfingers:
Perhaps being a master in all weapons is a poor choice of words.
Samurai are meant to be well schooled in all weapons, capable and confident fighters with any weapon at their disposal. If it's a broken table leg or even a torn shred of drapery, it's expected that a Samurai make the best use with what he has. How to translate this into the game? I don't know. A true Samurai class in SoA would be an epic undertaking.
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I feel that you kinda blend the characteristics of Chinese knight errant into Samurai? The *using anything at hand as weapon* is part of Chinese wu-xia fantasy. That's when a wu-shu practioner gets toward the master level, he/she can make weapon out of anything at hand; yet, most practioners would specialize in only one weapon (or a set of weapons, and of course fist/leg stance is also a choice of specialization). Samurai most specializes in Samurai weapons, Japanese Blade/Sword (katana) or Spear. They may use a broken table leg as a sword, but the art of blade can only displayed through using blades.
Ronins (samurai without masters) lead a life similar to Chinese wu-xia characters, but still, they mostly stick to Japanese blade as main weapon. Chinese weapons, however, have lots of variety.
[ 04-14-2004, 10:23 PM: Message edited by: teardropmina ]