Sahran
Grandmaster Knight
I've been trying to boost the lethality of spears, since they are the primary weapon in SITD. While speed and damage will work it still faces the problem of the AI & player able to simply hold block down and constantly be able to block not just one spear but as many spears as possible thrusting from the front. It was in the context of a big beefy npc noble that I had the idea of giving his spear alone an ability to break through a block but I'm starting to wonder about applying it to most or all spears.
Some folks might disagree with that conclusion, but I was wondering how often does the crush-through attribute (which I assume to be what lets a maul and such break through a block) activate? Is there any way to tweak how often it does? Or could scripting allow a spear to break through a block if it achieves a certain damage threshold?
Ideally this would only effect 1 handed weapon blocking, since I have no problem with shields (which can block all directions anyway) but rather "Herp derp lemme hold down my letter opener and face hug and slice and dice you". Could just make those 1 handed weapons unable to block a downward thrust, but while that works for daggers it's a bit harder to swallow with swords - even though most are going to be short sword sized as it is.
Some folks might disagree with that conclusion, but I was wondering how often does the crush-through attribute (which I assume to be what lets a maul and such break through a block) activate? Is there any way to tweak how often it does? Or could scripting allow a spear to break through a block if it achieves a certain damage threshold?
Ideally this would only effect 1 handed weapon blocking, since I have no problem with shields (which can block all directions anyway) but rather "Herp derp lemme hold down my letter opener and face hug and slice and dice you". Could just make those 1 handed weapons unable to block a downward thrust, but while that works for daggers it's a bit harder to swallow with swords - even though most are going to be short sword sized as it is.