Spears

So those Haven spears were freaking awesome at War. Post your opinions on the most effective use and construction of the spear in Dag.

In my experience, the spear is most effective when used in a stabbing manner.

Barca wrote:

In my experience, the spear is most effective when used in a stabbing manner.

Indeed.

I Lol'ed.
Thank you, Barca.

light spear = effective spear

and our spears are light for how long they are. also i admit that i wasn't crazy about the color scheme but after seeing them in war and hearing others say how intimidating it is to have all of them match, it has grown on me.

I know I'm not a foamsmith, but I did want to voice my opinion anyway, so... ^.^;
I thought they looked silly at first. And then when they were on the field, I thought they looked absolutely awesome, because they were so easily distinguishable from everyone else's spears. Not only that, but I think there were more Haven spears on the field than any other. Even people who weren't members of Haven were wielding them-- and if they weren't wielding them, they were dying by them repeatedly.

In short, I loved the spears, and I'm proud of all you guys for pumping out 6 or 7 of them in the span of just a few days. (:

They sucked. one of them might possibly still have my man-hood attached to it....


They were awesome. The heads looked abit large, but that seemed ot aide in thier stability.

i think i only died once all war to a spear, dam little cheap shots lol, but yeah good job guys

They need names. things in mythology often come in sets of 3, 7, and 9. Thus I think we need to name them after the nine different (something awesome)'s or the three (something awesome)'s and the seven (something awesome)'s
Does anyone know of any sets of cool mythological things that come in sets of 3's, 7's or 9's?
for example, the nine riders, the fellowship of the nine, the nine worlds in Norse cosmology, the nine planets, the seven days, etc.
personally, I'm leaning towards nine, because there's a good chance that one of the cores will end up being something else.

The nine Gods of olympus. Then find something else to be the godesses.

It has no relevance to Dag, but I kind of like the names of the nine homeworlds of the loyal space marines in 40k:
Baal, Caliban, Fenris, Terra, Macragge, Mundus Planus, Medusa, Nocturne, and Deliverence
Honestly, those might be too cheesy, but I'm not sure I want the theme of our names to be completely obvious.

Also, the Ringwraiths probably won't work, as only 2 have canon names.

Make names up. Give every spear a meaningful name all to itself, and then collectively call those the Nine Something-Or-Other.
For example: Deliverence, Absolution, Justice, Vindication, etc. etc. Come up with nine of them and collectively call them something badass.
Just an idea.

We could call them the Hands of Fate, for their reach is long and they forever change the lives of those they touch.

i vote we incorporate the names of the owners into each spear name

I like all of these ideas
At some point in the future, I would like to make a set of large matching haven shields to go with them, in which case the god/goddess pairing or something similar would be awesome.
I like the imagery of "hands of fate" Something about nine hands seems a little off, but I like where that idea is going. I wouldn't want them to seem evil, so the Nazgul wouldn't make a good nameset anyway. I've just noticed that Tolkien often has things in sets of nine. I think names related to their original owners is definitely the way to go. I like the idea of naming them after gods or titans, or abstract concepts like justice, deliverance, etc. Maybe the theme shouldn't be too obvious, but I do think the names ought to relate to each other in some way.
I think the 40k space marine names are great starting points, since they each have roots in exactly the kind of folklore and mythology that I'm talking about.

some ideas for the spears:
Deliverance, Absolution, Justice, Vindication, Vigilance, Fortitude, Valor, Conquest

And for the shields (if and when):
Freedom, Beauty, Truth, Love, Mercy, Joy, Hope, Grace, Peace

dibs on fortitude

dibs on Justice

dibs on raping all your spears then getting kicked from the field for it xD

Some of the names for the shields seem a bit cheesy to me. Perhaps if they were translated into some other language it might sound cooler.

Yeah, we should get some Freelang dictionaries for obscure languages, and pick some cool words, we can name all of our spears in Tongan, or Phoenician, or Norse, etc


http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/index.php#liste
Here's their full list of free dictionaries

Dibs Vindication.
I am so calling my spear vindication.

-BUMP-
Also
nine possible shield names:

Benevolence, Charity, Clemency, Grace, Felicity, Serendipity, Sanctitude, Salvation, Redemption
EDIT:
Quoth the Angus:

Quote :

some ideas for the spears:
Deliverance, Absolution, Justice, Vindication, Vigilance, Fortitude, Valor, Conquest

Which I love, but there are only eight. How many spears do we have?
Also possible shield names, switching from noun to adjective
Benevolent, Graceful, Serendipitous, Sanctified, Redeeming, Felicitous, etc.

Note: Edited to avoid double-posting

Necro...

Those spears need a serious touching up before War (or wherever we end up going). They need head inspections, reinforcement, new haft padding, and all of them need new covers.

One option is to put shield hooks on them too.

I kinda like using spears that are about 6-8" long, wielded with two hands and a foot, and are used for launching grenades, but that's just my opinion. Also, i would probably name one of our spears Jimmy so that our enemies can die laughing.

wow, what a great audience...