#classpect weapons

Time is the battle’s Pulse. The need to complete it. The Action. With little time, a battle will be likely to stop and make peace, or simply empty, slow, with few combatants. Time weapons switch up turn orders, slow people down and speed them up, add or remove combatants. Extra fast or slow weapons that cut between the turn order or stun or don’t look for openings. Daggers, claymores.

Space is the Terrain, the space between. The complexities and creativities of the battle. With little space, the battle is up close, fighting with fists or spears, not complex weapons, no fancy move just hit harder than the enemy.  Space weapons push, they’re complicated to use, many moving parts. They lay traps and affect the terrain. Hammers, grappling hooks, caltrops.

Light in battle is Information, Clarity, those things that are required for tactics. A battle high in light involves everyone knowing everything about everyone else. A battle low in light is foggy or dark, metaphorically or physically. Light weapons may require, or specifically not require luck, or knowledge. Sniper rifles, wands, dice.

Void in battle is Confusion. A battle in high void is obscured, an ambush, where opponents know little about their enemy, and had little time to prepare. Void weapons confuse and obscure, or benefit from stealth. Smoke bombs, pocket sand, and then while you can’t see the void player punches you to death

Breath is the battle’s Freedom, it’s Movement, it’s Agency, it’s Flow. A battle high in breath may be in the sky, or on an open field with ladders and platforms everywhere. A battle low in breath is in a claustrophobic area, low ceiling, prone to tripping, difficult terrain. Breath weapons move people, they’re light. They’re often ranged. Whips, bow and arrows, grappling hooks

Blood is, well, the opposite of breath. Restriction, claustrophobic places, tripping. Also, more bloodily, Cooperation, organized armies, the having of Allies. Blood weapons make you betray your allies. Or, more frequently, restrain. Also they make you bleed, just because. They’re made of metal for thematic purposes. Knives, nets, anything involving a chain. 

Hope is the battle’s Courage. It is the power of friendship, the will to fight. A battle high in Hope is kids on the playground with lasers and laser proof shields and shield penetrating lasers, in which no one will back down, because there are no consequences.  Hope weapons are weird, like Ahab’s lightning harpoon. Mundane weapons are not hope weapons, and hope players often end up using weapons that aren’t particularly hopey. Hope players name their weapons. Rage is the battle’s Discretion, its Fear. The idea that “mm, no, lets not fight, bad idea” A battle high in rage is gritty and depressing, full of trenches and brutality, it would end immediately, if there weren’t powerful people far off that keep giving orders. Rage weapons are big and intimidating. Brutal, loud. Their goal might not be to kill the opponents, but just to scare them off. Battleaxes, spiked armor. Or simple, as the rage player doesn’t really want to fight. Baseball bat, whatever they have on hand.

Life is the battle’s Energy. And also the participant’s healthiness. A battle starts high in life and gets less as people slow and die. Life weapons are often not really weapons, and life players are often healers.  Life weapons have effects regarding just doing more damage or also healing allies. Their thematic meaning is more relevant than their effects. Symbols of wealth, improper use of first aid kits.

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Rogue of Blood's job in combat is to keep allies allied, enemies scattered, and everyone from falling over. As well as dealing damage. Everyone deals some damage. I don't specify that they do unless it's a specialty. They'll also be able to wield weapons that require weird or quickly changing fortification configurations, and might choose a weapon that rearranges blood, or which requires specific arrangements of blood. Which is to say:

Shield bashing-break the enemy line, preserve the ally line, increase your own resistances, benefits greatly from redistributing blood. Pretty much the perfect weapon for a rogue of blood, if you can make it work with their interests and personality. Chainblade-because i must include a tripping weapon. It is mandatory.

Vampirism-Your blood is my blood

Staff-good for blocking, good for unbalancing. Do a pole vault.

Parrying Dagger-Great at sword stealing, awful at stabbing. Will help with the rogueing of blood, requires the rogueing of blood to be lethal.

The Mage of Void's role in a battle is to strategize and stab. They hide in the space between, point out openings, make sense of the chaos. Pocket sand and fog don't work on them. They take advantage of the fact that they can see through what others can't, and of their ability to hide. The mage will likely use a range of weapons and equipment, much of it similar to that of a typical assassin.

Smoke bombs-Not lethal, but take great advantage of the mage's ability to see through their smoke. Use these in combination with another weapon

Daggers-To throw and to stab, the mage of void can close the distance, or make that blind shot

Crossbow-fill it with explosions to distract people, shoot through fog.

they would probably just use their psionics. Those can be light coded sometimes, but assuming they don't:

sword much too large to actually wield, maybe it's made of foam. Magic! A wand if they do some conducting of the story, something less obvious like a magic bottle or rock if they don't conduct. Martial arts. They don't need a weapon, just the power of friendship and also their fists, mostly their fists. I'd find it really funny if they just used a gun like "the real treasure was this gun i found along the way" but thats just there to be haha funny.

Hammer, rifles- particularly sniper rifles, harpoon, big hook on chain, massive hammer (or other weapon) that needs gravity magic to wield.

A jadeblood sylph of heart who farms/gardens and reads a lot

A Tealblood bard of mind that is connected to gambling

Any ideas?

Sylph of heart: shovel, book, magic book, hose (full of acid maybe) I find the idea of them throwing a trowel or book at people, usually their allies and it hurting way more than it should, really funny. Use something that's personal to them. Something that encourages them and others to break rank and help in their own way. Thrown objects of medium range.

Prince of mind: Dice, halberd, spear, psionics, dragon, deck of many things. In battle, mind is tactics. Use a weapon that doesn't require one, like a spear, brute force psionics. Halberds are just in there cause I like them. Bring the effects of your game into the real world, which you completely ignore the rules of, with magic dice or a pet dragon. Or be the dragon yourself. Or summon the dragon. Summon it with a deck of many things.

Seer of Void: arrows, darts. Tiny tactical smoke bombs. Big smoke bombs? Flashbangs, tear gas, pepper spray. In battle, void is confusion. Use arrows and darts to see through the chaos and maybe the fog, and rain death on your opponents from out of sight. Smoke bombs are good for any void player. Use yours to create smoke that you can see through, but the enemy can't. Flashbangs are like smoke bombs but brighter and more ironic. Tear gas and pepper spray blind people also they hurt.