Online:Crafting Motif 68: Honor Guard Style
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- To make gear rightly,
- One must follow the old rules;
- Error, dishonor
Contents
AXES[edit]
- Axe is made to cut;
- The long edge slices open,
- Then weight drives it through
BELTS[edit]
- Warrior carries
- Weight of weapons and honor;
- A belt must know strength
BOOTS[edit]
- Feet must feel the ground
- Yet boot soles push it away;
- Place your feet with care
BOWS[edit]
- Archery reveals
- Relation of heart and mind;
- Aim with the whole self
CHESTS[edit]
- Armor frees fighter
- To think solely of attack;
- It must be strong yet light
DAGGERS[edit]
- Knife trades reach for speed;
- Yet it must be forged as well
- As a longer blade
GLOVES[edit]
- Gauntlets defend hands,
- Yet hands are the source of blows;
- Find the right balance
HELMETS[edit]
- A well-guarded head
- May wear a fearsome aspect;
- Fight with the mind, too
LEG GREAVES[edit]
- Intelligent foes
- Will strike at a fighter's legs;
- Good greaves forestall them
MACES[edit]
- A blow from a mace
- Can settle any debate;
- Wield strong arguments
SHIELDS[edit]
- A shield is the face
- That your foe sees from afar;
- Wear a grim visage
SHOULDERS[edit]
- Strong pauldron deflects
- The unseen flanking attack;
- Make it durable
STAVES[edit]
- A spell is a tale,
- A staff a storyteller;
- "Once upon a time…"
SWORDS[edit]
- Akaviri swords
- Often have slightly curved blades;
- But Honor Guards' are straight