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Vala Forum Administrator
Posts : 291 Join date : 2008-08-15 Age : 34 Location : Blue Springs Province
| Subject: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:52 am | |
| I have a friend who was wondering if possible to make a bo staff to use to fight? Which is something I've wondered myself for a while. If so...how do you go about making one that would pass but not be ridiculously huge to handle (Like the number of layers of foam)? | |
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Svipdag
Posts : 186 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 33 Location : Norman, OK
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:07 am | |
| you could make a 6' one with two 1' blades, one on each end (barrel-style), each with a pokey tip, and then incidentally pad the other 4'. you'd be able to strike and poke, but not grip anywhere but the middle. a big problem is, that you aren't really supposed to be able to grab any part of the weapon designated as a striking edge, so a true bo staff is pretty much impossible. | |
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Vala Forum Administrator
Posts : 291 Join date : 2008-08-15 Age : 34 Location : Blue Springs Province
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:19 am | |
| - SolinuSvipdag wrote:
- a big problem is, that you aren't really supposed to be able to grab any part of the weapon designated as a striking edge, so a true bo staff is pretty much impossible.
well...we really don't grab any part but the middle that much anyways. I think four feet of grabbing space might work.... Good thing I have a whole roll of foam I never used. XDXD | |
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Iohn deMar Realm Administrator
Posts : 641 Join date : 2008-08-15 Age : 34 Location : Rolla
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:44 am | |
| 4.2.5 - Double-ended Weapons 4.2.5.1 - Double-ended weapons must not be more than 7 feet long. 4.2.5.2 - Double-ended weapons must have a minimum of 18 inches in length of a cylindrically padded striking surface on each end. 4.2.5.3 - Both ends must pass as green or neither end will pass as green. | |
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Svipdag
Posts : 186 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 33 Location : Norman, OK
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:18 am | |
| ok, 1.5 foot blades. My bad. I don't do double weapons... | |
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Tyr
Posts : 712 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 34 Location : The Night
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:04 am | |
| i have extra foam if you need it, and dap, and plenty of cloth for covers | |
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Vala Forum Administrator
Posts : 291 Join date : 2008-08-15 Age : 34 Location : Blue Springs Province
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:34 pm | |
| how in the hell did I miss that....I shouldn't look up stuff while sleepy apparently. ^_^;;
Would i still need to put some sort of padding on the rest of it? | |
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Svipdag
Posts : 186 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 33 Location : Norman, OK
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:34 pm | |
| at least 2wo-3hirds would need to be padded, right? swung weapon and all that... | |
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Tyr
Posts : 712 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 34 Location : The Night
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:43 pm | |
| and don't forget the fact you can't have more than 30 unpadded inches, | |
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Tyr
Posts : 712 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 34 Location : The Night
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:49 pm | |
| 4.1.9. No swung weapon may have more than 1/3 of its overall length unpadded, nor have more than 30” unpadded.
4.1.11.8. Double-ended weapons such as quarter staves are always considered to be blue weapons.
4.2.5.1. Double-ended weapons must not be more than 7 feet long. 4.2.5.2. Double-ended weapons must have a minimum of 18 inches of cylindrically padded striking surface on each end. 4.2.5.3 Both ends must pass as green or neither end will pass as green stabbing points.
i know some reitteration but thats about all the rules that you need to know for bo staff | |
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Tyr
Posts : 712 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 34 Location : The Night
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:20 pm | |
| so hey, if you lot go ordering any thing like that give me a holler i am thinkin bout makin a glaive soon, to go with the ungodly amont of other weapons i have for myself *smiles to himself* | |
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Szabo Erinach
Posts : 45 Join date : 2009-01-31 Location : Alterra
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:33 am | |
| I'd recommend making a staff, not a double-ended sword. If you make the weapons bladed, you'll end up hitting with the flat way more than anything else. It won't be effective, no matter what- but it will be fun! And if you can't work out the rules- then at least you can play at home, right? Best of luck with it. | |
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Svipdag
Posts : 186 Join date : 2008-08-18 Age : 33 Location : Norman, OK
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:14 am | |
| uh, yeah you can't dag-legally make a double-bladed weapon. MOA says it has to be cylindrically padded | |
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Szabo Erinach
Posts : 45 Join date : 2009-01-31 Location : Alterra
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:04 pm | |
| Does it really? Hmmm... silly me. I've never made any double ended weapon, nor passed any double ended weapon. But there was a double ended sword as a toy a long time ago. Like 2-3 years back- definitely before we were official. However, it did not work. It wasn't padded enough either. I really simply don't understand why they even made rules for double ended weapons, I have never seen one on the field before. I guess I fail. | |
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Kairi Cypmann
Posts : 893 Join date : 2008-08-19 Location : Rolla, MO
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:51 pm | |
| I've seen two people use bo staffs now. One was Kira back in Blue Springs, who had some degree of success. The other was Doom, here in Rolla, who wields it ridiculously effectively. I think being effective with it is rare, which is probably why it never makes many appearances on the field. | |
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Szabo Erinach
Posts : 45 Join date : 2009-01-31 Location : Alterra
| Subject: Re: bo staff? Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:57 pm | |
| That's probably it.
And the rules about them are very ... weird. | |
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