A Squire for the Overlord

Spell · Post by **Spell** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:56 am

+1 vote for dagger/parrying dagger.

Bailey Raptis · Post by **Bailey Raptis** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:00 pm

I'm a fan of some sort of shield, for whatever it's worth.

Sabine · Post by **Sabine** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:22 pm

A flail! So everyone can be Gogo Yubari!

Also... these...

Sylus Kurgen · Post by **Sylus Kurgen** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:44 pm

All right. The Overlord getting a Squire is a go. The Squire isn't any different than any other in regards to in-game benefits.

Weapons have all ready been mentioned as to various types. So I'm going to ask everyone to re-post their weapons for consideration. Currently there are 3 reach weapons, 3 normal range weapons, and 1 close-quarters/short range among the other squires. The weapons themselves were initially chosen with the direct intent of a character actually learning to use an unfamiliar weapon.

Right now there are

2 Votes for Dagger/Parrying Dagger. Kal, Spell
2 Votes for Morningstar/Flail. Jewell, Sabine
1 Vote for Hidden-Blade Gauntlet. Sylus
1 Vote for Shield. Bailey
1 Vote for Sword and Shield. Collie

If I'm wrong in any of this, let me know!

Noah Bird · Post by **Noah Bird** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:46 pm

Morningstar

JewellRavenlock · Post by **JewellRavenlock** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:50 pm

I was kind of not fully serious when I suggested morningstar.

My character would not have been able to even lift that. I like the daggers best and maybe shield second but it's not really a weapon.

Sylus Kurgen · Post by **Sylus Kurgen** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:01 pm

JewellRavenlock wrote:I was kind of not fully serious when I suggested morningstar.

My character would not have been able to even lift that. I like the daggers best and maybe shield second but it's not really a weapon.

Captain America might disagree

Post by **Kalamere** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:03 pm

Your show here, Sylus, so do it the way you see fit. What I would suggest though is to grab a master list of weapons people have suggested at this point. Maybe give it a day or so for more alternatives. Then throw the full list as a poll and get the votes that way. If no single items have a majority, take the top 3-5 depending on how close the votes are and then throw a second poll up until we do have a majority winner.

My suggestions would be:

Claymore
Bastard Sword
Main Gauche

Noah Bird · Post by **Noah Bird** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:04 pm

Zeus sword, that shoots lightning

JewellRavenlock · Post by **JewellRavenlock** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:04 pm

Sylus Kurgen wrote:
Captain America might disagree ;)

Haha good point! Now that's a shield I could get behind :)

Post by **Goldglo** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:02 pm

I personally think a shield would be cool. Hardly anyone duels with a shield.

--Matt

Sabine · Post by **Sabine** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:12 pm

I was being silly too

I like dagger, but then Sabine is quite partial to daggers.

(Edit to add, that was supposed to be a x mouthed smiley not an angry one lol)

Hope · Post by **Hope** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:04 pm

I think a Shield would be not only awesome, but flexibly depending on each Overlord too as a possibility. I'm not drinking the OL belt kool-aid but could this be an option that helps make the OL Squire unique? Whichever weapon is chosen or shield

an Overlord can give their Squire one only they will have?

Maybe this Overlord was a Ronin from a Faction passed who glorified combat and offers a relic to his squire

Maybe an Overlord is a smith and personally wants to make as impenetrable a following as possible, and makes his Squire a shield.

Anyways, sorry I kind of broke off on a tangent here that is my brain thing doing its thing but; I'm in favor of a shield. I love the idea of it being offense and defensive with a shield slam knocking someone on their ass.

G · Post by G » Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:23 pm

If OL squire is definitely a thing, then I vote for the Shield as well. I like Queen's suggestion of the customization of each OL shield to be given to a Squire. It adds some interesting aspects to it, and allows the squire to be creative if they so desire, as well as the Overlord.

Sylus Kurgen · Post by **Sylus Kurgen** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:50 pm

Kalamere wrote:Your show here, Sylus, so do it the way you see fit. What I would suggest though is to grab a master list of weapons people have suggested at this point. Maybe give it a day or so for more alternatives. Then throw the full list as a poll and get the votes that way. If no single items have a majority, take the top 3-5 depending on how close the votes are and then throw a second poll up until we do have a majority winner.

My suggestions would be:

Claymore
Bastard Sword
Main Gauche

That's what I'm trying to do, and failing obviously.

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