Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-31507215-20170906023028/@comment-27200931-20170906051022

Dragonslayer7899 wrote: Dragonovith wrote:

Dragonslayer7899 wrote:

Dragonovith wrote:

Dragonslayer7899 wrote: I wish we had flails. It would be great for AOE damage when you are outnumbured. Too bad our enemies are usually made of solid matter. Imagine how useful a flail would be against a group of liquid Orcs surrounding you, in one strike they would be turned back to formless liquid! Meanwhile, unlike liquid enemies, solid enemies are quite effective in stopping the momentum of other solid things, so, I don't see how useful a flail would be in the situation you mentioned. Maybe I should go back to sleep. https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/6/66/Flail1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110521111141

You put on large enough spikes and you can slice and cut your enemies by swinging it around. It might not get through the armour, but it will at least keep them back and hit exposed areas. Are we talking mod realism or real realism? Because in the second, if you are surrounded, you would probably die no matter the weapon you're wielding, unless you have a Universal Sporting Automatic Shotgun 12 gauge. In that case, your survival chance against medieval opponents increases greatly. This is minecraft, and the lord of the rings mod, you can kill armoured warriors with a slingshot.

Also, it would work in real life, if your opponents had daggers and your flail had a long reach. I suppose that the longer the chain is, the more cumbersome it is to flail it around. Besides, your worthless dagger-wielding peasant enemies could also tackle you and then...