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Keroko · 2013-01-05, 19:51

However, the point of them being magical weapons still stands. Not so much in the kinetic VS magic kind of sense (to be honest, I would rather avoid this kind of comparison), but more that, well, as with all magic attacks the attacks of a magical weapon tends to be enhanced with magic.

So it's more a blunt VS sharp damage, which falls back to fiction fighting being terribly unrealistic almost all the time. Blunt force can do as much harmful damage as sharp damage, but because blunt damage tends to be less visible, it's easier to ignore it. Most people won't care if a hero or villain gets up after getting hit with a hammer, but slicing a guy with a sword? That's going to be cracking the suspension of disbelief on a lot of people if he gets up as if nothing has happened after that.

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Keroko Adeptus Animus Author Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 36	However, the point of them being magical weapons still stands. Not so much in the kinetic VS magic kind of sense (to be honest, I would rather avoid this kind of comparison), but more that, well, as with all magic attacks the attacks of a magical weapon tends to be enhanced with magic. So it's more a blunt VS sharp damage, which falls back to fiction fighting being terribly unrealistic almost all the time. Blunt force can do as much harmful damage as sharp damage, but because blunt damage tends to be less visible, it's easier to ignore it. Most people won't care if a hero or villain gets up after getting hit with a hammer, but slicing a guy with a sword? That's going to be cracking the suspension of disbelief on a lot of people if he gets up as if nothing has happened after that. Last edited by Keroko; 2013-01-05 at 21:47.