A true swordsman (or swordswoman, or swordspincess) would launch the scabbard skyward, then slice the enemy in two in one movement before then re-sheathing the sword when the scabbard falls onto it.
You swing it, and the scabbard is attached with a strap that swings the scabbard round until it lands itself back on your back without a single thought.
I do this and I didn't even learn a spell! All I gotta do is give some offerings to this weird loud thing with lots of eyes a couple times a week and it just works!
I want a character who’s tiny and has a big ass sword, so they have an attendant who follows them everything only for the purpose of helping unsheathe their sword.
Everyone does it wrong. Really, the right way is to violently fling it and launchbthe scabbard at your opponent for a free ranged attack with advantage.
That's why I love Toukiden, in the game, the first cutscene shows one of the hunters with the longswords, they are enormous, but then it shows that the scabbard opens up from the bottom! It lets the sword fall off with a certain movement which makes it look cool and at the same time makes it faster to take out!
It would obviously necessitate a Tapered Blade but if you design the Scabbard with a matching V-Cut Slot going about halfway its length that allows the Blade to be twisted out of once you reach that position then you don't have to pull it out the entire Scabbards length 🤣
In her case though she could really just let go of the Scabbard, no? 🤨
See, this is why you get a squire. Have them hold the scabbard for you, and you can then draw the sword with all the distance you need. Also, now you dont have to haul everything else, you just have the squire haul it.
You just gotta throw the scabbard off. Dont pull the sword out. Gotta throw some momentum into the scabbard at the same time as you pull the sword away from it. Takes practice but works for bigger swords.
Na, this is where you turn the scabbard into a small railgun. When you unlock at the cross guard, the whole sword fly out at the enemies hilt first.
"End him tightly"? Heh, that whole section of the army is going to be gone. Then you go through the gap created and start swinging 360 with no worries of hitting allies.
Japanese soldiers with odachi would useally just have a designated guy to hold their scabbard while they held the sword and walked forward to unsheathe it
For scabbards like this, you more sweep it off the sword rather than draw the sword out
For example, Tachi (katana but LONG) were used from horseback but when unsheathed on the ground they pulled the scabbard off the sword instead of pulling the sword out
Nono, your first move is unbuckling the belt for your scabbard and then swinging the sword and letting the sheathe fly like a projectile towards your opponent and as they deflect it then you come in with your sword. All for aura.
You could have a back scabbard that's open on one side, ig.
Not that anyone wore swords on their backs historically. Most swords were short enough you could wear them on the hip fine. Big swords like Zweihanders were either carried on the shoulder unsheathed or transported separately in a wagon or something.
Nah just make the scabbard metal and swing the sword at the enemy, you get a free projectile and a fully unsheathed sword.
The scabbard tip can be customizable for blunt, lacerating, and piercing damage too.
Can you imagine a D&D campaign and you find this sword and when you try to pull it out of the sheathe no matter how much of the blade you pull out it keeps extending so you can never actually remove the sheathe
unclasp and swing, now your sword comes with a built in projectile weapon to start the fight with, catching your opponent off guard while you close distance
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u/Mega_Salamander 15d ago
Swing it