Mannequin lunged for me, his bladed toes biting into the ground for traction. He moved fast enough that his arms trailed behind him like twin ribbons in a strong wind.
He stopped several paces away from me, turning his body to swing at me with his right arm and the three foot long blade that was attached to it. If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought he’d fall well short.
Much like Jack’s blades, the extra reach lends itself to more powerful hits in open spaces. Better watch out!
But his arm extended on a chain, giving the swing just enough reach to put the blade on a collision course with my head.
I’m not sure whether extending the reach in the middle of the swing rather than before it is a good thing, though. It’s useful if you’re in an enclosed space and risk hitting things otherwise, or if you need to hit more quickly with reach, but I think that comes at the cost of impact force?
I parried it with my baton.
Nice.
The hit was heavy, more like trying to fend off a sledgehammer than what I’d expected. I almost lost my grip on my weapon.
Yeah, it may be a blade, but he’s using it like a sledgehammer. Much like how, even though it’s shaped like a sword and has the same cutting edge advantage as a sword does over an axe (more cutting edge means you don’t have to hit as precisely to do damage), a greatsword is actually a polearm because of how you have to use it.
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