Beam Klaves

[The Scorp]

Would you allow these to be made or found within Creation?


Also, whats their artifact level? 2 or 4? Or is it 2 but when you have it have the stats of other artifact weapons then it becomes 4?  This is how I see it as, Im just looking for clarification.

 

[Andrew02]

I don't think I'd allow them in Creation. They don't seem all that special, anyway . . . I'd imagine there would already be 'normal' daiklaves or whatever with enchantments that permitted them to easily destroy weapons and armour for dealing with Behemoths and other Primordial spawned monsters.


Anyway, the artifact level is 4, if you use the plain old beam klave. Other weapons, like a grimcleaver or grand daiklaive in beam klave form are their regular levels + 2 (that is, 4 and 5, respectively). Neph said he made a mistake when he submitted the table that lists the artifact's value as 2.

 

[The Scorp]

Thanks Andrew for clearing that up.


Hmmm I wonder if they had to get some sort of permission to use this artifact that is oh so similar to a lightsaber.  Probably not since its not called a "lightsaber" but still.

 

[Andrew02]

I doubt it. I've seen any number of video games using weapons that are very similar to lightsabers without any sort of credit given to anything associated with Star Wars.

 

[Haku1]

I don't see why you can't have a beam-klave in creation... they WOULD be super-rare artifacts from the dawn of the first age... and there would most likely be -other- artifacts out there that can do what your beam-klave can... but you as a player get to pretend to be a jedi or sith...

 

[Forn Clakes]

What??!! Beam Klaives??


Its so unfair *stamps feet* I still havn't been able to get a copy of the Autochthonians book yet, sold out over here.


Damn you all for teasing me by keep going on about its goodness :x


~FC. :cry:

 

[Valheru]

What??!! Beam Klaives??
Its so unfair *stamps feet* I still havn't been able to get a copy of the Autochthonians book yet, sold out over here.


Damn you all for teasing me by keep going on about its goodness :x


~FC. :cry:

Aww, FC, it's not so bad. All you're missing out on is a slew of awesome charms..such as the Essence cannon cascade..or..the nicely written stories before the chapters..plus there are some really nice pictures to drool over for a few hours..

 

[Flagg]

All you're missing out on is a slew of awesome charms..such as the Essence cannon cascade..or..the nicely written stories before the chapters..plus there are some really nice pictures to drool over for a few hours..

I'm really a huge fan of the optical probe Charm. I think that tickles my nerdy-bone more than any of the others.


-S

 

[The Scorp]

I don't see why you can't have a beam-klave in creation... they WOULD be super-rare artifacts from the dawn of the first age... and there would most likely be -other- artifacts out there that can do what your beam-klave can... but you as a player get to pretend to be a jedi or sith...

Yup and All I would need is Obsidian Sheath and my Darth Vador fantasy..will..be..complete...*shhhhhkt...paahhh*

 

[Forn Clakes]

Aww' date=' FC, it's not so bad. All you're missing out on is a slew of awesome charms..such as the Essence cannon cascade..or..the nicely written stories before the chapters..plus there are some really nice pictures to drool over for a few hours..[/quote']

I'm really a huge fan of the optical probe Charm. I think that tickles my nerdy-bone more than any of the others.
-S

Damn you, damn you both...  :cry:  


~FC.

 

[Rokan]

This is from Autochton, isn't it?

 

[Valheru]

This is from Autochton, isn't it?

That would be correct.

 

[Haku1]

Beam-klaves rock


Personally, I like the Weaving section (sorcerery replacement) and the scenarios they have of the Alchemicals making everyone but the First and Forsaken Lion their bitches... The Deathlord tends to make the Autochtonian his bitches whenever he enounters them... ^_-


As for where Beam-klaves are from, yes... they're from the Exalted : The Autochtonians book.


And they REALLY kick ass even if they are only lvl 4 artifacts. Personally, I'm waiting for someone to come up with a Beam-chakram with a plasma edge on the outside, and requiring its user to wear a 5-MM glove.


What would be REALLY kick ass? A Beam gryoscopic chakram, such it would need to be artifact 5... but I'm sure... that sliced and diced and crispy corspes to be would say it kicks ass.

 

[Joseph]

Re: Beam-klaves rock

And they REALLY kick ass even if they are only lvl 4 artifacts. Personally, I'm waiting for someone to come up with a Beam-chakram with a plasma edge on the outside, and requiring its user to wear a 5-MM glove.

They're actually very weak for level 4 Artifacts.  Wings of the Raptor or whatever those level 4 wing Artifacts are are much better than Beam Klaves, which are cool, but really not worth Artifact 4 at heart.

 

[Andrew02]

I like the art in the Caste sections best. The other stuff is a mixed bag. The picture showing presumably the Essence Cannon charm installed looks way too human, and Stern Whip of Industry looks fucking ugly.

 

[Haku1]

Re: Beam-klaves rock

And they REALLY kick ass even if they are only lvl 4 artifacts. Personally, I'm waiting for someone to come up with a Beam-chakram with a plasma edge on the outside, and requiring its user to wear a 5-MM glove.

They're actually very weak for level 4 Artifacts.  Wings of the Raptor or whatever those level 4 wing Artifacts are are much better than Beam Klaves, which are cool, but really not worth Artifact 4 at heart.

I don't know... they seem alright for what they do... which is slaughter everyone in their path who isn't packing artifact weapons + armour... it's useful for slaughtering extras and other mortal followers of other exalts.


Also note that the cost is relatively low... if this was used in creation and you had a pack of godblooded or essence awakened human followers with some skill at melee... you could have a small pack of followers capable of decimating those pesky mortal troops that you see following dragonblooded about.

 

[Joseph]

Re: Beam-klaves rock

I don't know... they seem alright for what they do... which is slaughter everyone in their path who isn't packing artifact weapons + armour... it's useful for slaughtering extras and other mortal followers of other exalts.

Normal Daiklaives achieve this just fine.  Beam Klaves are slightly harder to defend against through non-Artifact means... but most individuals wearing non-Artifact equipment will die easily enough to an Artifact user anyway.

 Also note that the cost is relatively low... if this was used in creation and you had a pack of godblooded or essence awakened human followers with some skill at melee... you could have a small pack of followers capable of decimating those pesky mortal troops that you see following dragonblooded about.

Yes, but you could just about as easily achieve the same effect with normal Daiklaives, and substantially cheaper and more easily!

 

[Andrew02]

Haku obviously finds the beam klave route more stylish and fabulous. He's obviously channelling his inner Jakk Bey, here.

 

[Haku1]

I don't know... they seem alright for what they do... which is slaughter everyone in their path who isn't packing artifact weapons + armour... it's useful for slaughtering extras and other mortal followers of other exalts.

Normal Daiklaives achieve this just fine.  Beam Klaves are slightly harder to defend against through non-Artifact means... but most individuals wearing non-Artifact equipment will die easily enough to an Artifact user anyway.

Hmmm... perhaps... but normal daiklaves don't destroy weapons that are parried or are used to parry your attack. Normal daiklaves don't destroy mortal armour while killing the bitch wearing them.

 Also note that the cost is relatively low... if this was used in creation and you had a pack of godblooded or essence awakened human followers with some skill at melee... you could have a small pack of followers capable of decimating those pesky mortal troops that you see following dragonblooded about.

Yes, but you could just about as easily achieve the same effect with normal Daiklaives, and substantially cheaper and more easily!

Perhaps... perhaps...

Haku obviously finds the beam klave route more stylish and fabulous. He's obviously channelling his inner Jakk Bey, here.

Are you sure about that now? I mean, I find it sad that you'd think of Jakk Bey being a negative factor when he was a cool cat.

 

[Andrew02]

Are you sure about that now? I mean, I find it sad that you'd think of Jakk Bey being a negative factor when he was a cool cat.

All it means is you need to step up your game, Haku. Jakk Bey's shoes aren't going to fill themselves, and you are the only one who can do it. You're like the Last Starfighter, Haku. The Last fucking Starfighter.


A little piece of Jakk Bey resides in all of us, Haku. It is always there, motivating us towards fabulousness and real life experiences that defy the cold dictums of logic and reason. It motivates us higher and faster to do those crazy things, because that is how Jakk Bey rolled. He was a rebel who redefined life and acknowledged the craziness of the real world with a morality as contradictory as it was brilliant and eye-opening. That man, if he was one, was very nearly like one of Nietzche's overmen- he lived outside conventional notionso f right and wrong, defining himself as he went along and always expressing a terrible anger at any sort of Asian culture being appropriated because of his birth in Okinawa gave him a special ownership of all things Asiatic. Jakk Bey was a true man of the Orient, always riding the Orient Express of life to true peace.


Cool cat? Perhaps. He was more like an elegantly sliced muffin I once ate in a greasy spoon diner in Quebec where a beligerant man blew smoke in my face despite being seated not three inches away from a 'no smoking' sign. It was in the heart of what I thought was a red light district, as the diner stood out prominently along with the hostel I was staying at amongst the porn theaters and strip joints. Thankfully it was morning I was not accosted by francophone hookers, pimps, or drug dealers. For a sixth grade trip, it was a strange and bizarre time indeed. But I ate that muffin to the extreme, Haku, because that is how my crew and I roll. I pimped it with some grape jelly from a small, personal sized plastic container that one gets at fast food restaurants.

 

[Haku1]

Are you sure about that now? I mean, I find it sad that you'd think of Jakk Bey being a negative factor when he was a cool cat.

All it means is you need to step up your game, Haku. Jakk Bey's shoes aren't going to fill themselves, and you are the only one who can do it. You're like the Last Starfighter, Haku. The Last fucking Starfighter.

You... you are absolutely correct, it's up to me to stop the Kodan armada! I shall carry on in Jakk Bey's name...


I shall strive to embrace my asian roots and go with the flow of the Schwartz!

 

[Joseph]

Hmmm... perhaps... but normal daiklaves don't destroy weapons that are parried or are used to parry your attack. Normal daiklaves don't destroy mortal armour while killing the bitch wearing them.

Right, meaning you can come back for that armor later and sell it.  Greek warfare had a strong "looting" component to it, which is part of what made it so profitable and, to them, glorious.  Why destroy what you can use yourself or sell, or even equip your mortal lackeys with?  Back in my day, we knew the value of a suit of chain mail.

Are you sure about that now? I mean, I find it sad that you'd think of Jakk Bey being a negative factor when he was a cool cat.

Your english is confused Haku.  Retarded is the word you're looking for.

 

[Joseph]

Are you sure about that now? I mean, I find it sad that you'd think of Jakk Bey being a negative factor when he was a cool cat.

All it means is you need to step up your game, Haku. Jakk Bey's shoes aren't going to fill themselves, and you are the only one who can do it. You're like the Last Starfighter, Haku. The Last fucking Starfighter.


A little piece of Jakk Bey resides in all of us, Haku. It is always there, motivating us towards fabulousness and real life experiences that defy the cold dictums of logic and reason. It motivates us higher and faster to do those crazy things, because that is how Jakk Bey rolled. He was a rebel who redefined life and acknowledged the craziness of the real world with a morality as contradictory as it was brilliant and eye-opening. That man, if he was one, was very nearly like one of Nietzche's overmen- he lived outside conventional notionso f right and wrong, defining himself as he went along and always expressing a terrible anger at any sort of Asian culture being appropriated because of his birth in Okinawa gave him a special ownership of all things Asiatic. Jakk Bey was a true man of the Orient, always riding the Orient Express of life to true peace.


Cool cat? Perhaps. He was more like an elegantly sliced muffin I once ate in a greasy spoon diner in Quebec where a beligerant man blew smoke in my face despite being seated not three inches away from a 'no smoking' sign. It was in the heart of what I thought was a red light district, as the diner stood out prominently along with the hostel I was staying at amongst the porn theaters and strip joints. Thankfully it was morning I was not accosted by francophone hookers, pimps, or drug dealers. For a sixth grade trip, it was a strange and bizarre time indeed. But I ate that muffin to the extreme, Haku, because that is how my crew and I roll. I pimped it with some grape jelly from a small, personal sized plastic container that one gets at fast food restaurants.

Comedy gold!

 

[Flagg]

A little piece of Jakk Bey resides in all of us, Haku.

And despite 6 months of chemotherapy, he's still there, dammit!


-S

 

[Rokan]

Right, meaning you can come back for that armor later and sell it.  Greek warfare had a strong "looting" component to it, which is part of what made it so profitable and, to them, glorious.  Why destroy what you can use yourself or sell, or even equip your mortal lackeys with?  Back in my day, we knew the value of a suit of chain mail.

Ugh...  My Greek classes pretty much consisted of the Illiad.  A solid third of it is probably records of people's deathblows, which invaribly lands somewhere near the nipple, which seems to be the standard of reference for determining where the blow landed.  Along with with the newly deceased being stripped, dragged off to be stripped, or for the more famous...  A brawl with a tug-of-war to decide if the body will be stripped or reclaimed by his compatriots.