# Sheathing artifacts and the bashing weapons

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [June 7, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425 "2014-06-07T20:06:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/1 "2014-06-07T20:06:43Z")

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You know, carrying that artifact sword/quarterstaff in really messing up your volume in your pack. Why not make something to hold it?

TL;DR: I want something to carry the blunt/rather large weapons (quarterstaff and it’s variants, sledgehammer, fire axe, others-I-don’t care to mention) and make artifact weapons sheath-able (Such as the sword…).

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**Author:** ![Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Adrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adrian)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/2 "2014-06-11T10:53:37Z")

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I agree. All melee weapons should be able to be sheathed.  
Bladed, blunt or otherwise.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/3 "2014-06-12T00:08:49Z")

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[quote=“Adrian, post:2, topic:6425”]I agree. All melee weapons should be able to be sheathed.  
Bladed, blunt or otherwise.[/quote]

Any item in the game can be wielded as a melee weapon.

KA101 deftly sheathes his LCD television

You might wish to limit that a bit.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/4 "2014-06-12T00:59:16Z")

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The proper melee weapons, pleb. (How the hell do I word this…)

Err… The melee weapons with the [DURABLE] tag. At least, I think that’s the tag for the melee weapons.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/5 "2014-06-12T01:29:19Z")

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[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:4, topic:6425”]The proper melee weapons, pleb. (How the hell do I word this…)

Err… The melee weapons with the [DURABLE] tag. At least, I think that’s the tag for the melee weapons.[/quote]

KA101 looks down his nose at Ninja’s use of the term “pleb” to refer to KA101

That’s DURABLE\_MELEE, and a reasonable limiting factor.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/6 "2014-06-12T03:02:44Z")

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Wait… Pleb doesn’t mean please?

Oh god

NO PLEB DOES NOT MEAN PLEASE I’VE BEEN MISLEAD FOR YEARS FORGIVE ME KA  
_Grovels at Ka’s feet_

Great, now I feel like a butt for inadvertently calling people plebs for years. Aaahh…

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/7 "2014-06-12T03:58:30Z")

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[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:6, topic:6425”]Wait… Pleb doesn’t mean please?

Oh god

NO PLEB DOES NOT MEAN PLEASE I’VE BEEN MISLEAD FOR YEARS FORGIVE ME KA  
_Grovels at Ka’s feet_

Great, now I feel like a butt for inadvertently calling people plebs for years. Aaahh…[/quote]

Ninja finds himself on his feet once more. It’s not entirely clear how it happened, but zero time lost.

Mistakes happen. Learning from 'em & not repeating is the important part.

I’d never known “pleb” as anything other than a shortened version of “plebeian”. I’m curious to know where you learned it as a requesting-term.

(But yeah, the limitation is reasonable.)

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/8 "2014-06-12T04:34:37Z")

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Mind that not all DURABLE\_MELEE items are weapons, or weapon-shaped. The tag name is probably somewhat misleading, but it simply serves to apply a multiplier to the weapon’s damage resistance when used as a melee weapon.

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/9 "2014-06-12T05:36:57Z")

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Ability to stick my atomic night light in a sock would be handy as well.

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**Author:** ![CritMedic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/critmedic/32/280_2.png) [@CritMedic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CritMedic)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/10 "2014-06-14T19:41:14Z")

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> [@jimboblordofeskimos](#):
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> Ability to stick my atomic night light in a sock would be handy as well.

So you can make an atomic nightlight-in-a-sock and sheath it in your scabbard after you bludgeoned a zombie hulk with it?

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**Author:** ![Hague](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hague](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hague)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/11 "2014-06-15T15:46:16Z")

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I suggested a method of modifying melee weapons and guns with holsters and scabbards in another recent thread in this forum if you want to read it. Seems relevant. However, it seems like it needs some clarification on what makes up the right weapon type for the gun. Obviously, pistols would be easy enough, they are already pretty well-defined and relatively universal in size. However, it seems like knives, swords, clubs, and the like need tags to define their shape with regard to these modifications. Large club-like items would need a sling [like THIS fellow.](http://megmurrderher.deviantart.com/art/Casey-Jones-and-April-O-Neil-326291726)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sheathing-artifacts-and-the-bashing-weapons/6425/12 "2014-06-15T15:48:08Z")

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Let’s say for simplicities sake that any scabbards or whatever are adjustable or made by the player and adjustable.