Wizards don't wear armor because they can't afford armor because of wizard college tuition.

@skaterjoe1669

4 жыл бұрын

and after graduating , they have to pay off their loans.

@Bentron88

4 жыл бұрын

And attempting to transmute iron to silver and then gold is a form of counterfeit so they have to be careful how they use their magic to pay off their loans.

@jjdraws6359

4 жыл бұрын

Bentron88 is that a Skyrim reference 😏

@Bentron88

4 жыл бұрын

Adrian Phil Noooooooo.... what would give you that idea?

@jjdraws6359

4 жыл бұрын

Bentron88 I guess I was wrong then............ FUS RO DA

Harry Potter doesn't use guns because British laws. But I wouldn't be surprised if Hagrid had a sawn off shotgun.

@CaptainWobbs

4 жыл бұрын

The Buckbeak execution scene would go very differently, I think.

@dukenukem2214

4 жыл бұрын

Harry got lucky, that voldemort respects british muggle laws as well.

@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668

4 жыл бұрын

@@dukenukem2214 Who would win, Voldemort or Voldemort with a gun

@P4T098

4 жыл бұрын

@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 a pommel to the face

@daffygoose784

4 жыл бұрын

Could u just IMAGINE Hagrid driving into battle on the flying motorbike with the sawn off shotgun all terminator style 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

My theory on Harry Potter is that magic occupies the section of the brain normally reserved for logic and common sense.

@glitchxero4687

5 жыл бұрын

"You're a wizard, Harry! Say goodbye to your dreams of being an engineer, the math portion of your brain is full of jumping, chocolate frogs!"

@Ryukuro

5 жыл бұрын

This makes so much sense.

@bumblingbureaucrat6110

4 жыл бұрын

What about Hermione?

@Ryukuro

4 жыл бұрын

@@bumblingbureaucrat6110 she got lucky?

@blacktigershearthstoneadve6905

4 жыл бұрын

@@bumblingbureaucrat6110 What about her? She has good memory, but no brain and common sense. Her head has a good database unit, but no CP to work on it.

On Gandalf not wearing armor: Gandalf the Grey wasn’t going to war, so he dressed for traveling, not fighting, just like everyone else in the fellowship except for Gimli and Frodo: “The Company took little gear of war, for their hope was in secrecy not in battle. [...] Aragorn had Andúril but no other weapon, and he went forth clad only in rusty green and brown as a Ranger of the wilderness. [...] Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings, for dwarves make light of burdens; [...] but Frodo took only Sting; and his mail-coat, as Bilbo wished, remained hidden.” When it’s odd for Gandalf not to be armored, for example, when going to face the armies of Saruman, Tolkien even points that out: “I thank you, Théoden King,' said Gandalf. Then suddenly he threw back his grey cloak, and cast aside his hat, and leaped to horseback. He wore no helm nor mail. His snowy hair flew free in the wind, his white robes shone dazzling in the sun.” But Gandalf the White doesn’t need armor because almost no one on middle earth is powerful enough to harm him: “Yes, you may still call me Gandalf,' he said, and the voice was the voice of their old friend and guide. 'Get up, my good Gimli! No blame to you, and no harm done to me. Indeed my friends, none of you have any weapon that could hurt me. [...] 'Dangerous!' cried Gandalf. 'And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord.”

@lukec2004

4 жыл бұрын

Even as Gandalf the gray there were almost no things that could hurt him, and those who could wouldn't be stopped by a simple piece of armor

@starburst98

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a balrog was one of the few things that could actually fight him while he was grey.

@ButterBoyism

3 жыл бұрын

Two corrections. Gandalf doesn't wear armour because he doesn't need to. He's literally the LOTR equivalent of a lesser god. He is eternal. Gandalf does not wear armour because he is not allowed to fight in the place of mortals, the only time this rule does not apply is if he's fighting other maiar spirits, such as the Balrog. This is why Gandalf does the speech about being a servant of the secret fire, he's telling the Balrog that it's no longer fighting a "mortal man" it's fighting its equal. If he broke these rules he'd end up like Sauron or Saruman, unable to return to the land of the gods and thus being stuck in the world of mortals as a lesser existance.

@incanusolorin2607

3 жыл бұрын

Wolfie Well, this is not entirely correct. Let me try to clarify: 1) “He doesn’t wear armor because he doesn’t need to”: Gandalf the White doesn’t need armor and Tolkien even bothers to tell us that, as I said in the original post. But Gandalf the Grey could still be wounded in combat. Indeed he was eternal, as you put it, but so were all the Elves. Being eternal means your spirit cannot leave Arda, but their body can still be destroyed. 2: “He doesn’t wear armor because he isn’t allowed to fight”: Indeed the Istari were prohibited to reveal their true power and rule over Middle-earth. But you are looking at the Legendarium as if it was an RPG. In Tolkien’s world there is no rule such as “mages can’t use swords”. The rules aren’t objective or unbreakable. Yes, the Valar forbid the Istari from fighting, but we actually see Gandalf fighting many times, for example against the Wargs in Eregion, the Orcs in the chamber of Mazarbul and the Nazgûl on Weathertop and outside Minas Tirith. He also was going to fight the Witch-king, but the madness of Denethor got in the way. He also revealed the strength that was on him when he carried Faramir out of the funeral pyre and used his “magic” to disarm Denethor on the same chapter and to scare Gollum so he would reveal the true story about the finding of the Ring. Finally, he rode as escort to some wains filled with wounded men, after Faramir’s last stand at the Causeway Forts. If the wains were attacked by orcs or even Haradrim, I don’t think he would just stand by and watch.

@ButterBoyism

3 жыл бұрын

@@incanusolorin2607 You do make some great points that I'd not considered. When I stated they weren't allowed to fight, I meant as in fight as a maiar. They weren't allowed to use force to reach a positive outcome, such as simply ruling as a god amongst men, getting their way through shows of overwhelming force or simply going ham and whiping out armies on their own - that sorta stuff. The fact that Gandalf does actually use magic on mortals is something I'd completely forgotten and it makes my point a hell of a lot less valid. In regard to armour, I may be wrong but the role of the Istari were something along the lines of being a wise and helping hand, softly guiding the right people towards their "destiny". If he had showed up in a youthful form, fully clad in magical armour and with a godly weapon then that kinda falls apart - the aesthetics do make the man, so to speak. I always thought that being an old scholarly looking man with no real armour to speak of served two purposes, it meant they could not carry mortals on their back in their mortal forms and it meant they were perceived as what they wanted to be perceived as - wise, scholarly and kind old mages whose words should be heeded.

My buddy and I had a drinking game where everytime you said interesting we would take a drink... We were not prepared for this intro

@dr.calibrations7984

6 жыл бұрын

William Murphy welp, i suppose if Shad didnt kill a man then he can at least be blamed for that smell in the corner.....

@Whiskey_and_Steel

6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of that How I Met Your Mother episode where they take shots every time Robin says "But umm."

@Rekhan4242

6 жыл бұрын

RIP

Why don't they use guns in Harry Potter? Because it's set in the UK.

@XaerQwickBlade

6 жыл бұрын

I believe it has something to do with a disdain and relative disinterest in muggle things in the setting. Wizards believe wands to be a far more lethal weapon then guns. Which Sirius Black actually takes advantage of when attempting an assassination. The book didn't devote much to it, but it certainly was considered one of the most frightening things about Sirius being on the loose. Really, I expect wizards in the setting would be taken aback by a lot of the modern conventional weapons, if any of them cared to learn.

@KossolaxtheForesworn

6 жыл бұрын

yeah Im pretty sure that national guard could have faced of voldemort and his gang and totally ass raped them.

@HorzaPanda

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure Hagrid could have gotten a shotgun licence >_>

@briansouthparkstudio1357

6 жыл бұрын

the thing about guns is they are useless ageist the arrow shield charm (even more unless then an arrow actually as the fast a item moves the more effective the shield as it uses the velocity of the projectile ageist it so slower heavier items where a bigger danger) of course the shield has to be link to a object or cast by the wizard to be of any use and in all likely hood if it not link to a object they have on then you can likely get a shot off before they can cast the shield

@XThexReaperX

6 жыл бұрын

Outside UK's gun laws/restrictions, the reason for the lack of guns is that they are easily more dangerous to the owner than the one their fighting. Guns are very easy to rendered useless, as a minor change in the gun(freeze, heat, shrink or enlarge the barrel, transfigure into a snake, hell splash it with water, etc.) and suddenly it is useless or highly dangerous to the person holding it. Also Sirius using a gun is a point of fanon, not canon, thus can't be used as a reference. Another major point against fanfiction that have Harry Potter!Gunmen theme is that a gun, no matter how much ammo it has, has both a breaking point and boiling point. What I mean by boiling point is simple: bullets are launched by micro-explosions within a confined space. Explosions, as they are more often than not, causes heat and recoil in the gun. This in turn causes the gun to heat up as the energy from the explosion is imparted into the metal around it. More often than not a gun doesn't have enough ammo in it to cause this to happen simply due to its size, but making it a bottomless clip infinite ammo gun changes that drastically. This leads to the second problem most don't think about: the breaking point. Guns require constant maintenance even when not in use, but especially when in use both in terms of replacement parts and cleaning. After all, a gun is simply a directed explosion with a piece of shrapnel in front of said explosion. Heat and the force behind said explosion will warp the barrel, the firing pin will wear down and break, the casings will jam. Doing the hand wave of making it indestructible(through runes especially, as those are structural weaknesses in the gun) would also render a gun useless, as parts are designed with the purpose of wearing down in mind. Like turning water into oxygen, you can't do that if the bonds between the Oxygen and Hydrogen atoms can't be broken apart. In the end, a mundane gun can't be retrofitted into a magical gun, you have to craft an entirely magical gun in order to make it worthwhile(which, I will note, is why most magical guns in anime look like revolvers or look like something sci-fi like the Caster gun from Outlaw Star). Then you have to look at how fast spell casters can be and what spells can defeat guns. For example in the final battle for Hogwarts(which I for one found incredibly one sided and hopelessly pitiful), Shacklebolt casts a spell at a rapidly approaching death eater than just busted through the window/walls, which in turn freezes everything coming from that direction as though frozen in time before blasting it back the way it came. This is the Impediment spell, that impedes motion/kinetic(not spells) energy. Dumbledore could have used this spell against Voldemort's glass shards attack, though that would have left the glass shards in play or allowed Voldemort to use other spells to set the glass in motion again. Grown(competent) wizards can cast most spells they know non-verbally and with very little time needed. I find one of the biggest offenders(story wise) in terms of Muggle/NoMaj superiority over Magicals/Mages is the story Voyage of the Starship Hedwig. Mainly because it isn't purely NoMaj versus Magi, but NoMaj enhanced by Muggleborn(who mysteriously don't participate on either side and never show up in story). He then proceeds to lay an utter smackdown on the Magicals even after they leave Earth behind.

”A swordy wand” has to be my favourite weapon ever😂

@thepunishersequence291

4 жыл бұрын

Dragon age

@MinnaMe01

4 жыл бұрын

The Punisher Sequence I’m afraid I haven’t played it, is there anything specific I can google?😊

@thepunishersequence291

4 жыл бұрын

@@MinnaMe01 just google dragon age 2 staffs

@Scalesthelizardwizard3399

3 жыл бұрын

basically a magic lightsaber

@aka-47k

3 жыл бұрын

@I'm Batman i would go further and recommend only dragon age origins, since later versions were butchered by EA

Another reason I love Elder Scrolls so much - practically every magic user has either a weapon or armor piece of some kind, and there are even spells that allow the magic users to summon various weapons and armor from Oblivion. Also worth noting - in Elder Scrolls 4, magic users could wield a weapon and still cast magic with the hand their holding the weapon in, and in Elder Scrolls 3, if the weapon has a special enchantment on it, it can act as a makeshift wand or focus even.

@newgamer2

4 жыл бұрын

and you can make a heavy armored shield wizard. The one of my best skyrim builds.

@darthskarr8975

4 жыл бұрын

@Leo Cook Indeed. Why have either a Fireball or a Sword & Shield when you can have both?

@adoringfan1924

3 жыл бұрын

Elder scrolls 4 hmmmm

@jackccurbs

3 жыл бұрын

Darth Skarr I definitely am guilty of equipping a dagger and a Calm spell in Oblivion, then getting as many cuts in as I can before the spell wears off, and just keeping the enemy confused as long as I could XD

@ericamborsky3230

3 жыл бұрын

Even when playing as a melee build in Skyrim, I have found the fast healing spell to be immensely useful. If I fail to block or dodge and I have enough room to maneuver, I can disengage, swap to the fast healing spell and swap back to my shield/two-handed weapon. And I have also found wards to be very useful when storming a mage, far more useful than for a mage build. (Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise). All in all, Skyrim is really accommodating when it comes to mixing physical and magical builds.

*Harry goes to Voldemort in the forbidden forest at the battle of Hogwarts* Voldemort: AVADA KEDA- Harry: *Shoots Voldemort in the head*

@jeffhendricks7660

5 жыл бұрын

Bwix Harry Potter and the Second Amendment

@austina7989

5 жыл бұрын

How Harry Potter Should have Ended did that With Snape shooting Voldemort from behind, while Voldy and Harry did their laser duel at Hogwarts... it was golden! LOL

@zeroomega3781

5 жыл бұрын

@@jeffhendricks7660 More like Harry Potter and the Second *Armamment* am I right?

@silvertheelf

5 жыл бұрын

lol 😂

@silvertheelf

5 жыл бұрын

Austin Airmet, I saw it... you weren’t lying... lol

I truly hope that Shad will write a fantasy novel with all of these unique ideas. Can you guys imagine? Nomadic centaur clans that breed pet human to ride them. Mermaids that terrify sailors with their hooks. Orcs hordes with their long range bows. Giants with their giant sized slings hurling massive boulders at city gates, then reaping enemy soldiers with their scythes. And he wouldn't forget the dragons either. It would no doubt be a really epic story.

@Whatabuzzkiller

6 жыл бұрын

Ervin Ughy and bloody terrifying to live in o.o

@grayblackhelm6468

6 жыл бұрын

Ervin Ughy Just imagine the Humans that an survive- or thrive- in this world.

@TheNeilBlack

6 жыл бұрын

As a writer myself I've been paying close attention to these weapon analysis videos.

@CampCounselerSteve

6 жыл бұрын

And let's not forget the angels that swoop down like bloody eagles and kick you with sword feet, and drop flechettes and bombs...

@jedyzichterman358

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Shad HAS written a novel

Attack with wand! Swings wand. Wand breaks. No damage to enemy. Run!

@CaptainWobbs

4 жыл бұрын

Bring more wands next time.

@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainWobbs Foolish single wanded wizards

@kellynolen498

4 жыл бұрын

In practice dual want technique

@wontcreep

2 жыл бұрын

"craft of exile" minecraft modpack when not picking spellcaster in a nutshell, breaking wands on weak enemies to not damage the good weapons

@metaltornado3457

2 жыл бұрын

Should've brought a staff...

"If Gandalf can use a weapon then i think any wizard can" Except that Gandalf is not human, he is a Maiar, if compared to christianity, basicly an angel.

A wizard would use a teenager as a weapon, just ask Dumbledore.

@ginge641

6 жыл бұрын

Or midgets, they work too.

@Noone-rc9wf

6 жыл бұрын

Steel Xcaliber Hormone filled midgets going through emo fases shall end all the evil of this world!

@JakeCWolf

6 жыл бұрын

You never... toss... a dwarf! You hurl a dwarf! There's a difference!

@danielr.8044

6 жыл бұрын

Not always true. A favorite tactic a party of mine had was to cast bull's strength on the normal sized Barb or Fighter. The Frenzied Berzerker Dwarf was then Hurled(or bowled depending) into a pack or enemies.

@ImAwesome1277

6 жыл бұрын

Dumbledore 2017: Why use your own magical energy when you could exploit Child Labor!!!

I saw a kid wearing a shirt with your sword in battlements thing on it in highschool today, so as I passed him in the halls I tapped his shoulder and said, "I like your shirt, but what about dragons?" I think he laughed at that, but I walk really fast so he was already behind me

@sertaki

6 жыл бұрын

awesome :D

Ok but the idea of a battle mage being decked out in full body enchanted plate armor with a pole axe staff shooting fireballs is both badass and terrifying.

11:00 The magic of a wand or staff comes from the Druidic traditions where the life of a natural thing is the source of the power. Granted people are even less aware of this tradition today than they are of the variety and uses of medieval weapons, but they seem to sense it on an instinctual level. The further you shift the nature of a wand or staff from an icon of a *living* power the less magical the object is to the subconscious mind.

@jonahhopkins573

10 ай бұрын

I was just thinking of a way to make my wizards in dnd not make their staffs and wands into weapons. Their construction would be specified towards shapes that are most conductive to magical energy. Your thing is really cool too, though.

6:44 "That's not a real spell." 7:09 Harry and Voldemort are blasting each other with their wands, and Hermione shoots Tom Riddle with a pistol. "What kind of magic is this?" Voldemort asks as he touches the blood with his hand as he collapses. "This is muggle magic." Hermione says flatly.

@matthewwriter9539

4 жыл бұрын

Actually a rifle is much easier to use for a novist, and are better for long range.

@matthewwriter9539

3 жыл бұрын

@@gamecavalier3230 what can I say? I see them both a little differently.

@ashfaqalve1423

3 жыл бұрын

flat,

@Frog_Wizard801

3 жыл бұрын

That would be the most bad ass thing in cinema

@linkeragon7885

3 жыл бұрын

war wizards

The moonlight greatsword of course, it's got the best intelligence scaling

@Error-eb9gv

5 жыл бұрын

Bah the wooden ladle is the way to go. Let them know there doom is at hand.

@ratlinggull2223

5 жыл бұрын

Nah I love my moonlight butterfly horn

@JavaIsnom

5 жыл бұрын

That or the fucking chaos infused Dagger.

@Dark_Jargon

5 жыл бұрын

*sees comment related to souls, likes, sees persons user and pfp is related to sc, tries to like harder*

@raphaelvidmar3366

5 жыл бұрын

Guns, the don't need intelligence scaling.

I often think the image of Odin over the years became the stereotypical image of a mage, which would make sense given his fondness for magic, dark clothes, wide brimmed hats, and spears which were sometimes disguised as a staff.

A single wizard with a bag of flechettes could decimate an army by turning invisible and using telekinesis on a hundred arrowheads zipping through the air

great, now I imagine Dumbledore standing on a tower in Hogwarts with a minigun... thats absolutely epic

@CreeperKiller666

6 жыл бұрын

I have always wondered about that myself, in any real-world based modern setting with magic. Wizards with guns, would be better than Wizards without guns, unless there is some reason they can't use them. I am pretty sure that DC's John Constantine has used guns a few times before.

@pseudonym9599

6 жыл бұрын

Kaimar0 Would have made those movies better...

@Kaimar0

6 жыл бұрын

Well, guns are overpowered... they would be superior in every modern or futuristic scenario I can imagine. I guess, the main reason, why wizards don't use them, is, because it would be boring and completely destroying the setting. As soon as you got guns, you do not even need magic anymore, at least in combat. Guns have a far wider range, they cause more damage than most of the spells we see, and I do not believe, that you can really stop a bullet, since they put a lot of pressure on a single point. If magic follows the laws of physics at least a little bit, it would just break trough every shield that isn't powered by a very powerful source of energy... An american version of Harry Potter would have ended pretty fast, after James Potter shot Voldemort because he entered his house without permission. :P

@Celepito

6 жыл бұрын

Well, IIRC in the movies you can see wizards and witches deflecting spells left right and centre, I think with bullets that would be the same. So a gun would be not really more effctive, while being less adaptable, since a gun can only shoot, while a wand has more uses while having the kedavara as a highly effective killing tool, since it can only kill not injure, which is a possibility with a gun. So if bulletts are as easily deflected as spells, there would be no reason to use a gun except for multiple attacks maby.

@Kaimar0

6 жыл бұрын

If they are, but they are not. People often underestimate the speed of bullets. They can reach a speed of more than 1000m/s, which is almost three times faster than sound. A bullet fired from 100m away will hit you after only 0,1s. Even if you manage to react in that very short timeframe (and this only works if you see your enemy, as soon as you hear the gun, its to late), you won't be able to move your hands fast enough to deflect a bullet. Maybe by pure luck... but that is not a good chance to build a strategy on it. (go home, Genji, you are useless) And yes, Magic can be very powerfull... but you are faster pulling the trigger than a wizard is spelling a word. I do not know about the range of magic, but it won't be hundreds of meters, so this is another point for guns.

"Swordy wandy thing" aka... A Swand, a sword that has a wand duct tape to the grip.

@glanni

6 жыл бұрын

lastdracon haha your profile picture in combination with your comment 👌

@choombi6721

6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@undergravitydownforce714

6 жыл бұрын

Actually in some theories/idea's on how magic worked that's a thing. example: wizard who harvested lightning would channel it through a spear/staff type weapon.

@ginge641

6 жыл бұрын

Like a medieval fantasy bayonet.

@wyattguilliams2621

5 жыл бұрын

Sword staff?

Why didn't Harry Potter use guns? He's in Britain, are you kidding? They're lucky if they're even allowed knives or milkshakes.

@stereotypicalswede9132

3 жыл бұрын

Mr dudly has a shotgun...

@getthegoons

3 жыл бұрын

@@stereotypicalswede9132 the movie left out the scene where the Bobby stepped out of the water like the terminator and asked if he had a loicense for that m8?

@ianrodabaugh4674

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine harry in the middle of a battle just yelling "Accio handgun." That would end the series in like 4 books

@tankythemagnorite9855

3 жыл бұрын

Is that supposed to be mocking Britain? because if it is I took that personally.

@filmandfirearms

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianrodabaugh4674 I never thought I'd find myself asking what sort of gun Harry Potter would have. Probably just a Glock, or M&P. He seems like the type of person who would use something that bland. Not saying those are bad guns, they're great if care about nothing but functionality and you don't want to pay an obscene price for an H&K or Walther, but they are pretty boring

I would put a spear tip on the end of a magic staff. Then I can flip it around and use it as a spear

@Frog_Wizard801

3 жыл бұрын

But the tip would go dull, cool concept tho

@bengoodwin2141

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frog_Wizard801 fair but if you have magic you can probably preventing it from dulling somehow

@srobeck77

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frog_Wizard801 if the tip went dull, doesnt that just mean it saved your life about a dozen times or so to lose that edge in the first place? (Seems obvious now, ya? Now drum roll.....you go re-sharpen it for more glory kills)

@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489

3 жыл бұрын

@@bengoodwin2141 Just keep the spear tip and the crystal or whatever casts the magic on the same side and keep it facing up.

@mayonnaise2396

2 жыл бұрын

You just described the banishment catalyst from dark souls.

Interesting

@Sheogorath2077

6 жыл бұрын

Inaset but what about dragons

@Adam-bs5kl

6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting....

@Dwarfurious

6 жыл бұрын

ugh i fucking knew if i scrolled down this would be the top comment, low hanging fruit buddy !

@ShadowNash122

6 жыл бұрын

indeed

@amieljustiniani450

6 жыл бұрын

Interestingly low-hanging fruit...

Man those shirts sure are... interesting.

@MultiMistick99

6 жыл бұрын

but... WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS?!?!

@alexandersokolnik1596

6 жыл бұрын

MultiMistick99 More importantly... *MACHICOLATIONS*

@minersebas6072

6 жыл бұрын

All these comments are so interesting.

@ChemOrbProductions

6 жыл бұрын

Aidan Mcdonald very interesting

@nicholaspeterman9111

6 жыл бұрын

Aidan Mcdonald The most interesting shirts in the world. Stay clothed, my friends.

Iron is usually seen as a material that counters magic. And i was always thinking that the wand or staff needs to be made of a "living" material, so that the magic can flow better. A 2handed staff could be seen as a way for the caster to connect to the earth and the sky. And don't underestimate the quarterstaff!!!

@noobsaibot8780

4 жыл бұрын

Mostly gold and carbon (wood, crystals etc) are good at providing magic.

@augustovasconcellos7173

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, I kinda understand. Iron undermining magic dates back to the old pagan traditions that said that iron and other manmade materials were the one weakness of feys and also maybe druids. Still doesn't excuse warrior mages not wearing armor, though. Leather armor, people!

@datkhornedog899

4 жыл бұрын

@@augustovasconcellos7173 Here's my kit as an Inquisitor during the Renaissance: - Leather Greatcoat - Capotain - Cuirass - Gambeson - Leather Glove (Left) - Pauldron (Right) - Rapier - Flintlock Pistol - Pickaxe - Hidden Blade (Right) - Rune Tome - Crucifix Amulet (Cursed) P.S: Not a Left-Hander

@MonkeyJedi99

4 жыл бұрын

Heavy brass, copper or bronze caps on the ends of the staff. Brutality and practicality.

@dsheshin

4 жыл бұрын

A spear tip doesn't have to be metal in fact. It can be as good as just mabe of bone

Ah, how to get away with carrying a poleaxe anywhere (in period)! Carry 10 of them! Just make sure to complain and grumble about your job as a porter.

@srobeck77

3 жыл бұрын

There was almost never any restrictions on carrying weapons (or weapon types) in medival times. There was a handful of cities that banned them who had a large soldier presence in the city, but even swords would have included in that ban. Shad actually covers this very topic in great depth in 1 stream.

@nowayjosedaniel

11 ай бұрын

​​@@srobeck77 It's also legal for people to openly carry Assault Rifles and body armor in the USA. It still terrifies everyone who sees them and causes the authorities to interact or watch their every move, with their weapons at the ready. Try to go to a restaurant with full body armor and an assault rifle, while every single customer leaves in fear (rightfully) or complains to the manager. It isn't unrestricted to carry around weapons of war. Even if it isnt illegal.

@srobeck77

11 ай бұрын

@@nowayjosedaniel id be more terrorified of your ignorance and thinking youd be safer in unarmed countries like China and Russia without anyway to fight back at ruthless governmemts

The Staff IS a weapon. You forgot to consider the sheer focus required to cast magic, it could be comparable to performing mental algebra or calculus, or at the very minimum its going to take as much concentration as using a sword and board, and thats if the wizard stands still. What was the easiest weapon to use that requires the least concentration and skill? The club obviously, you just swing it no edge alignment or aim or nothing. How do you get the most strength out of someone with less upper body strength? Leverage, so spears and pole arms. BUT also the quarterstaff! while not as particularly lethal or good in rank-in-file battlefield, the quarterstaff is balanced and is more maneuverable than a pole arm, the force behind it is still enough to break bone and beat up baddies. Also reach So a mages staff (which is usually a big stick with a weight at the end) is not only a magical apparatus, but as a quarterstaff-club for self defense. Any random two handed swing is enough knock a sword or break an arm or rib or stagger an opponent while taking very little focus on the mages part. It doesn't have to be deadly because they have magic. Even a simple magic bolt, arrow or bullet can kill easy in melee range. so while others need to focus on defending themselves while killing their opponent first at the same time, the mage just has to defend themselves until they unleash magic. Also works as a walking stick and mages could be expected to carry staves, so it can be carried casually like swords, or perhaps even more so. Also i have seen sword wands used. Usually light dueling swords as it needs maneuverability, was used without a shield or anything, and needed to be everyday carry-able.

@milanstevic8424

5 жыл бұрын

you've seen many great things. where do you live if I might ask?

@WadcaWymiaru

5 жыл бұрын

Gandalf was using staff to crush orcs skulls...know from being thick-heads and head-buts...

@Pawc4

5 жыл бұрын

Gotta agree... In this MMO I play every now and then, Wizards mostly use a quarterstaff. Wizards tend to be able to spec more into crowd control and the CC leads to enemies becoming vulnerable, in which there's a quarterstaff that will give enemies negative levels when you hit them while they're vulnerable or when you crit. Not sure if it's still viable, but it sure as hell use to be fun to keep wacking enemies until they die from negative levels.

@sillypuppy5940

5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps learn to use the staff as a quarterstaff? It's a big stick, bash someone with it.

@Tengila

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Whenever I play a game where the mage classes wield these massive staves yet somehow doesn't have any sort of close-range combat abilities, I feel like screaming. You have a giant stick in your hands. _Use it._

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@hayleybartek8643

6 жыл бұрын

I'm dying.

@aironquetulio3270

6 жыл бұрын

but can you unscrew the pommel to end him rightly?

@darcraven01

6 жыл бұрын

@ahmataevo *hogwarts army pocket wand

@Axel230

6 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't have read this in public xD You sir deserve to be higher up

@Keyce0013

6 жыл бұрын

You made a word error in paragraph 4, line 2. You should have put murder hobos instead of wandering hobos. This was great otherwise, and made me laugh. xD

As a massive consumer of fan fictions, I've seen at least a dozen theories on why the harry potter universe doesn't use firearms. These range from it being a social stigma,(one of the more sensible theories) or wizards not noticing that firearms have advanced past muskets(despite fighting WWII/Grindiwalds war), to protection spells rendering fire power worthless(despite a decent shot being able to kill them before they got out the first word of an incantation, let alone snipers shooting from a mile away). My favorite is that Voldemort, a muggle raised half blood who knows of modern firearms, follows a system of, if I remember correctly, "second strike escalation", in which he doesn't use a technology until it has been used against him. Thus if anyone used modern firearms against his forces, he would equip them with firearms, if gas was used against him, he would then use gas, and etcetera. Thus firearms were avoided so as to not escalate things further, the logical problem with this is that after his "death", criminal elements would likely begin using firearms, and so law enforcement would have to as well.

Hey, when I was playing D&D I had magic staff combined with war hammer. One end was casting magic, the other had hammer head. And I was dressed to look like a regular soldier so when I was walking with my hammer on shoulder I was basically able to cast a spell against anybody in front of me all the time without him even knowing. But you gave idea of mage bayonet. Next time I will fix a blade on my staff.

@zachnerdydude6605

4 жыл бұрын

Gunstaff > swordstaff > hammerstaff > unmodded staff

@simonspacek3670

4 жыл бұрын

@Leo Cook You just need to weed up DM and let him think about "it would be cool if..."

@simonspacek3670

4 жыл бұрын

@Leo Cook And it was about ten years ago, so I do not remember that much anymore. Also I wasn't able to use the hammer much, it was basically one hit thing. And my magic abilities were shit without the staff. So I had to sacrifice lots from both just to have this. I guess I was better player when I wasn't trying to invite stupid crap and just used (or misused) what we already had.

@saivinayakdaya4648

3 жыл бұрын

So a knife taped to the wand end of your hammerstaff?

9:10 "Why not weaponize the items the wizards are already holding in their hands?" I played a game years ago called Silver (by Infogrames, I think), and the first magic item that you get in the game is an Ice Wand... which is actually just a short sword that can shoot ice bolts and sometimes freeze an enemy solid. I always wondered why wizards didn't just make wands out of swords...

Your a wizard harry. Nah hag I'm a thug I'm bringing my Glock or I ain't going. You a g harry...

@iamedbytes

6 жыл бұрын

Wayne Paul : A full auto 10 mm Glock.

@mlm_academyofficial2041

6 жыл бұрын

iamedbytes Brakeium wristium

"make the magic staff/ wand as a weapon" Viren: * laughs in The Dragon Prince *

@Saturnus_Ouranos

3 жыл бұрын

Also: Blue Flame from Dark Souls 2 (a sword that is also a sorcery catalyst); or the Tinder pole from Dark souls 3 (a pole arm and a sorcery catalyst)

11:05 YES PLEASE! sword wands is a really cool idea. However some magical systems that require wands also require precise movements of them (as is the case in Harry Potter) having your wand also be a sword would prolong casting time as its a bit more cumbersome to complete the movements.

In Medieval times Iron was believed to be like kryptonite to a plethora of mystical creatures. Including but not limited to. Goblins, Elves, and Vampires. Medieval people would often hang a iron horseshoe over their doorways to keep malevolent magical creatures away from their homes. The reason Wizards don't wear armor is because the iron in the steel would prevent them from using magic altogether. This actually makes Wizards and muggle warriors working together make a LOT more sense. The armored knight can shield his party members from magic with his armor and the Mages can help the armored warriors take down powerful threats from mid rage to far distances.

@Photoloss

6 жыл бұрын

Except bronze swords were a thing and while nowhere near as good as hardened steel they could still kill unarmoured foes with ease.

@johnande98

6 жыл бұрын

That's how it works in the game Legend Quest. It means wizards can use leather armor without problems or they can use magical substances, like using a shield made of glass enchanted to be as strong as steel. It's really cool forcing the spell casters to think about how they want to get around the iron/steel restrictions. (Other metals mess with magic too, but not as much as iron.)

@Whatabuzzkiller

6 жыл бұрын

Photoloss yeah I was about to throw in bronze... it's just more expensive...

@CreeperKiller666

6 жыл бұрын

That is only true in a few very specific cultures and time periods. Even if we accept it as universally true for fantasy, (which would be rather dumb, IMO) there are still other materials like Bronze from which armor, weapons, and shields can be made.

@jimdotbeep

6 жыл бұрын

we're obviously talking about European inspired fantasy. It would be ridiculous for the rules of magic to only apply to specific countries in a work of fantasy fiction. Gandolf's powers were not region specific. Harry Potter magic did stop working once you left Europe.

Excalibur was a little like this. Personally I'd like to see a wizard carrying a spiky ball flail thingy that could also be useful for slinging his spells at opponents.

@cloudvii166

6 жыл бұрын

Everything Medieval the mace part could be the focus for spells

@Stormeris

6 жыл бұрын

A spike ball flail that is also on fire!

@Khornedevotee

6 жыл бұрын

Or just spiked or spikey flail. A morning star is a type of mace.

@definitivamenteno-malo7919

6 жыл бұрын

"Supressing magiiiiiiiiiic!!!!!" *casts random spells like a hippo crapping out*

@Cartoonicus

6 жыл бұрын

Pathfinders has a cleric needing to have their special seal to use spells so it's allways a god idea to just put your seal on your main weapon.

can you see through Gandalf's robe? I always assumed he wore mithril!

@Pedro_Colicigno

4 жыл бұрын

Getting REALLY late to this topic, but if i remember correctly, gandalf does get some fancy armor from the dwarves in lonely mountain. But as it is stated by himself in movie/book 2 of tlotr, no mortal weapons can really damage him anymore. Before that, well, he is a entity more powerful than men, elves, dwarves, orcs and similar by nature.

@incanusolorin2607

4 жыл бұрын

Like Pedro said, Gandalf the White can’t be harmed by anyone in ME, except for Sauron, so he has no need for armor. But Gandalf the Grey didn’t wear any armor either, especially a mithril shirt. Mithril is reaaaaly rare and Gandalf isn’t wealthy, many characters even say he looks like a beggar/wanderer.

@user-hb7hg3gw7j

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, he just has Mithrandir under his robe.

Merlin from F/GO preferred to use Excalibur instead of his staff, he says that 'it's difficult to fast-cast a spell without making a mistake'

Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files was one of the wizards who figured out that a high caliber revolver works darn well with a wizards staff, and so many things in the magic world can be solved by shooting it with a very large bullet. As for weaponizing wands/staves, I would think they wouldn't do it for the same reason soldiers since WW2 didn't leave their bayonets on all the time: the wand probably requires rapid and precise movements, extra metal just slows the thing down making it less useful and less accurate at the primary function of the thing. If armor can mess things up, imagine how bad extra metal on the precision pointing tool will screw up the balance and momentum. In addition for staffs often times the staff tip was the bit where the high power magic came off. Putting a metal piece would be like an old school plug bayonet permanently affixed. Which brings me to the final conclusion that the thing a staff needs is a bayonet lug, sure the bayonet is going to screw up your aim, which is why you fix the bayonet when you are out of spell ammo or know you are going to go into melee. Hell for the modern wizard, if the spell needs precision aiming, build a god damn Picatinny rail into the grip. That lightning bolt is bound to be more accurate with a reflex sight and laser dot. Or if you got freedom from arms restrictions, you can add the spell of the M203 grenade launcher to your staff. The ability to cast 40×46mm fragmentation grenade might be worth some degraded spell performance

@jessezeller-davis7699

6 жыл бұрын

So build a gun with magic? i like that thinking.

@samwilliams6820

6 жыл бұрын

I honestly laughed out loud at the idea of a motherfucking picatinny rail on a wand. Tacticool wands. Jesus Christ.

Wizards should ride centaurs. It makes 100% sense.

@iamedbytes

6 жыл бұрын

King of Uruk Gilgamesh : I am quite sure that the centaurs would object. They are not beasts of burden.

@haiselwho

6 жыл бұрын

I like your name :)

@MIKENTULINI

6 жыл бұрын

In facts, the centaur would use the wizard as a magic shield/weapon

@ImAwesome1277

6 жыл бұрын

iamedbytes Yeah the Centaur mount enterprise has never been the same ever since the Centaurs took affirmative action and been pickiting on the main roads.

@nicoleperry7415

6 жыл бұрын

If wizards could somehow make an alliance with centaurs that is profitable on both sides I think that could work.

I think Dragonlance (D&D and Fantasy) had a good take on it. Wizards originally in the setting could carry staves (for use in magic more then combat) but no other weapons because of tradition and mind sets of wizards are to dedicate themselves to the art not weapons (fighter wizards do exist and are looked down on in the setting and again they are looked down on because they split their time between mastering weapons and casting spells instead of dedicating themselves to magic). Also in universe the wizards were explicitly eventually allowed to carry a dagger as well. Reason? A wizard got captured because he ran out of spells and had nothing to defend himself with. I think it made sense because it was more cultural and tradition then "no they just can't do it." Even better they add a practical knightly order that goes "eff the tradition we're going with practical shit" and put their mages in full plate with swords.

@ArdanArianis

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you. Any weapon requires training, which consumes time. For a wizard, that time must be only be consumed in arcane studies. It's not just a matter of narrow-mindedness, it's just that magic (in settings like Dragonlance, at least) is too damn hard.

@jy3n2

3 жыл бұрын

There was a kids' series I read that had something similar. Wizards were under various social restrictions because "people fear magic enough already, if we went armed or held noble titles they'd start thinking about witch hunts".

@jm6456

Жыл бұрын

A wizard? You mean one of the greatest and most renown wizards to ever live, friend of Huma Dragonsbane the wounder (is that a word?) Of Takhisis Lol, now that bit is done... They were allowed small weapons such as daggers because if Magius had had one he would have been able to escape from his capture.

My d&d wizard once just smacked somebody with the stick. So what stops a wizard from using his staff as a bo staff

@victormillen8393

4 жыл бұрын

*NOTHING* Affix a jarring crystal to the top and bash in their skull! Sharpen the butt of you staff and skewer your enemies! Sharpen your wand and stake it into their sockets! Unlesh your inner warrior!

@arbiterprime2145

4 жыл бұрын

and this is how Harry Dresden came into being

@Qaianna

4 жыл бұрын

Low base attack bonus and lack of feat support. Plus, D&D tends to hate staves, at least the editions I've played up to (3.5/Pathfinder).

@lockwoan01

3 жыл бұрын

@@Qaianna Well, in 5e, it's 1d8+ strength mod, or 1d10 if using it with two hands. So, if you used certain races who could dump dexterity - such as the turtle/tortoise-like tortle, which has a flat natural AC of 17 - you could come up with an Oogway look-alike that can bash heads and blast away with fireball. Also, in a pinch, acts like Emergency Tank when the Paladin, Barbarian, strength-based Fighter, or Heavy Armor Proficient Cleric, is low on health, and the Druid is out of Wild Shapes.

As an avid Harry Potter fan I can tell for sure that the witch/wizard society in general dislikes depending on muggle inventions for things that can be done with magic. It's a pride thing. There are some muggle fanatics (like Mr Weasley obviously) but these people are generally considered outliers. A last thing to mention is that the books do talk about muggle inventions not working properly in Hogwarts specifically, this does seem to be referring to electrical devices more so than anything mechanical. Conclusion, You are right, in times of war there would really be no reason for witches/wizards in the Harry Potter universe not to use guns as sidearms. Pride does not really hold up in times of war like that.

@CinemadeSous-sol

5 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, I had arguments with the GF on this...I mean imagine Ron Weasley magically stealing a .50 Cal Sniper and shooting Belatrix in the face while hidden 1 km away in the mountain. Magic wouldn't even matter as she would have re-decorated the room before she was even aware that something had happened. Or you know instead of finding a way to get the Elder Wand via trickery, just shot the owner with a .500 magnum using hollow point rounds at point blank range while murmuring in his ears, "The muggles send their regards".

@ALee-if6ld

5 жыл бұрын

You don't know a lot about firearms, do you?

@matthewmuir8884

4 жыл бұрын

The thing is though; they are in Britain. Them not having guns makes a lot of sense.

@clawraven9108

3 жыл бұрын

Not just at Hogwarts, any place with a high level of magic.

@Brou15O

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmuir8884 i hear guns were restricted in the early 2000's and i think HP takes place in the 90's

I think weapon/armor restrictions in games, are less about visual aesthetics. And more about mechanical balance. Why would I play a fighter, when a wizard can wear armor and wield swords just as well, and also have magic? The magic user easely becomes a "mary-sue" type of character, making any other archetype obsolete if they are not roped in by restrictions. But I do agree that "because reasons" is not an adequate enough explanation on why those restrictions exist in the setting. One reason I've seen crop up is the theme where wizards are considered the "nerds" of the setting. Often having to spend much of their lives studying the magical arts. And as a result are often depicted as old or otherwise physically underdeveloped. Warriors are on the other hand the "jocks" that excel in physical endeavors, but lack the mental faculties to manipulate space, time and pixiefarts to any useful degree.

@Beremor

6 жыл бұрын

Many of those fantasy universes give the physical fighters superhuman abilities as well, though. So if you're talking about mechanical balance, why would you want to limit some characters' choice of equipment without adequate reason? This sort of balancing is just patchwerk design. If you feel that magic abilities are too strong, there are many levers that a good designer can use to keep them in check. You can make magic more situational, so sorcerers aren't always the go-to answer for everything. You can give magic severe drawbacks, making the choice of using it much more difficult and having it backfire regularly, or hard. Or you can quite plainly make magic weaker, or the superhuman abilities of physical fighters stronger, until they balance out. Or you simply roll with it and say that, in this fantasy, magic pretty much just is the best thing available, and anyone who doesn't use it is quite simply weaker than those who do. Those are all valid options, all leading to interesting stories and/or gameplay. Much more interesting, I find, than simply saying: "Magic users physically can't wear heavy armor because the creators of this realm said that it's unfair." If you want to have a setting where mages are allowed to wear heavy armor, but they don't (want to), then you have several options, too. You can go the D&D route of saying that heavy armor restricts the spellcaster's movements (or flow of magic), giving each spell a considerable chance to fail. You can say that a mage can enchant their gear to the kind of toughness that physical fighters wear, making it unnecessary for them to wear more than everyday clothing. You can even say that magic comes from a divine or otherwise sentient source that doesn't lend itself to anyone who's not wearing the traditional garbs. As a side note, last I checked magic and heavy armor was pretty much the best possible combination to use for both Skyrim and Dark Souls.

@andersdahl7610

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly, like I said, just slapping a restriction on there without logic isn't a very good way of doing it. And if the mundane characters really arent mundane, because they have physical superpowers...Then the restriction makes no mechanical sense either. But take multiclassing for example. It's the "jack of all trades, master of none" kind of deal. Supposedly for balance reasons, they have more options, but they are not experts in either field. But if they are just plain "master of all trades" with no drawbacks, why would anyone ever choose to focus on just one thing, and loose out on options? And for sure, you could say that magic+armor is better than anything in this game. I would not prefere that setting, but that doesnt mean it's wrong and bad. Just not for me. I tend to like games where the different classes have defined roles, and the mage usually falls into the "glass cannon" category there. If we simply hand wave the armor restriction away in such a system, then what remains is a cannon. And noone wants to bring a sword to a cannon fight.

@Sanguine_Entertainment

6 жыл бұрын

Fighters typically have "superhuman abilities" - yes, but they generally cannot do things that humans cannot do. They do things that humans do - to a superhuman degree. Mages/Sorcerors get to do things that are completely impossible for humans to do. The reasoning typically given for no heavy armor for mages is that metal armor inhibits the movement of mages needed to properly cast and aim spells - as well as metals having adverse effects on the formation of those spells. They generally can't hold a weapon while casting spells because it requires them to move their hands in specific ways - basically like naruto hand signs - but D&D nondescript version. lol. Generally speaking - most of the other things you mentioned are also done. Magic damage scaled down from what it "could" be - fighter abilities scaled up to superhuman degrees, etc. Magic in Skyrim for example is very under-powered compared to other forms of damage. Now granted - no matter what you go with - some form of "magic" will generally be involved in your equipment, or using shouts - but as far as damage goes in skyrim there is not a single way to increase your spell damage in the base game - but you can scale the damage of melee and archery up to absurd degrees if you really want to - enchanted equipment and the like. There is no enchantment or skill to boost a spells damage or DPS in any way though - just reduce cost and give other various effects like what melee and archery have anyways. both melee and archery both have spells and skills to directly increase damage dealt. My archer 1 shots everything before it can even move - my mage cannot accomplish this, no matter what is done, it can't one shot much.

@andersdahl7610

6 жыл бұрын

I have limited experience with games from the last decade such as Skyrim, mostly because my PC is an old POS. But to me that seems to indicate a setting where the magic user is not really an adventuring class of character, but much more a working class like a farmer or blacksmith. Producing the magical equipment that adventurers use. I could be wrong of course, seeing as I havent played it. Regardless, the "mechanical balance" is seen again, only in the reverse. Why would one choose to play a wizard if magic is fairly useless compared to other options such as archery? (Logically speaking, of course fun and challange of being the underdog are valid resons if one wants that) And what would be the point of restricting armour for wizards in that setting, other than making them an even weaker choice? One can imagine a whole bunch of reasons why armor and magic does not cooperate. Magnetism, finger dancing, or otherwise. But first the creator of the setting had to decide that magic doesnt work in armor in the first place, and why was that? Probably because the creator wanted warriors to master warrioring, and wizards not so much. The details such as "magic abilities comes with metal allergies" can be worked out later, just as long as they arent forgotten or brushed aside.

@CharChar2121

6 жыл бұрын

Anders Dahl definitely. It's all about mechanics.

"if Gandalf can use a weapon any wizard can" That is kind of false, because Gandalf isn't just an old guy with a stick He is an Ainur (an angel like being) so his physical capabilities are beyond that of humans and this allows him to use weapons to a much better degree than just an old guy Magic also comes naturally to him, so he is capable of fighting melee while also using magic effectively, while other wizards usually have to concentrate on the spells so that they can't use a sword at the same time

@srobeck77

3 жыл бұрын

So Gandalf "forgot" how to ever use offensive magic throughout at 6 movies and instead opted to become a melee warrior the entire time because he embued his body with strength instead? Ya that's just stupid. Making fireball would have been far more obvious to do. (Nothing in the books or movie suggested he was a magically infused warrior btw). In reality, the director Peter Jackson disliked the notion of using magic so much so that prefered to go down the ridiculous plot that Gandalf is a front line melee warrior and was actually very weak at magic (unless you count that time he used his staff to temporarily blind a dragon like a spotlight).

@lukec2004

3 жыл бұрын

@@srobeck77 Nothing in the books suggest he was a magically infused warrior? Where did you read the books lmao. Gandalf was sent to guide the peoples of middle earth and was forbidden of solving their problems himself. Even the movies see him throw lightning bolts when fighting the balrog

@srobeck77

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukec2004 your logic still doesnt make any sense as Gandy "solved problems" by killing dozens of orcs with his swords as a melee knight. So you think Gandy found a "loophole" by not fireballing them instead? I dont buy it....

@lukec2004

3 жыл бұрын

​@@srobeck77 Gandalf was still allowed to kill orcs, but he wasn't supposed to make a huge difference. He used the sword in the movie because it kept his magic vague while not making him look useless.

@srobeck77

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukec2004 ok but thats still an incorrection "loophole". By decimating rows of Orcs with his sword, Gandy was slaying as much as top tier warriors, so a "huge difference" was in fact, made by him. Not to mention, the "selective times" Gandy did use magic to kill or stun dragons. Plus, the "You shalt not pass moment" when Gandy used magic to get past the demon that would have wiped everyone out. That alone destroys this "loophole" theory that he only did small acts.

I think a big reason mages don’t wear armor is because they really don’t need it. Just like bowmen don’t need full plate armor: they fight at long range. Mages and wizards presumably fight at med-long range so they wouldn’t need heavy cumbersome armor like a warrior would. Having all that armor would be heavy, restrictive and uncomfortable. Using spells probably requires concentration, so they’d want to be as comfortable and light as possible. Robes are extremely comfortable and light. they also typically aren’t allowed to use many weapons because of balance in games, but realistically it’d be because they wouldn’t be trained to use them. Magic takes a lot of training and studying, so they wouldn’t have much time to also train and master using other weapons passed a basic level. they probably wouldn’t be that physically strong because magic doesn’t require strength, so their weapon choice would be limited and their impact damage would be lower.

@yeen.7209

3 жыл бұрын

against somebody proficient in magic as well, armor would be useless. you're not dealing with human forces places on hard weapons against your body, no. you're dealing with the utter forces of the universe, you're having literal meteors flung at you.

@hi-i-am-atan

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeen.7209 adding to this, it's usually a _lot_ easier to apply magical enchantments to cloth than metal, meaning that a cloak or robe often _is_ the best protection against enemy magic granted, this sorta means the best way to kit yourself out as a wizard would be a cloak that wards against magic over light armor that's _effective against arrows,_ because, yeah, all the anti-magic defenses in the world still have a gaping hole in them if magic's not the only form of ranged combat out there

"He's the most interesting man in the world" "I don't always critique fantasy castles, but when I do, I prefer MATCHICOLATIONS!!!!!!!"

any wizard worth their wand can conjour a mini gun. 'nuff said.

@jackalsniper4232

6 жыл бұрын

*Conjuroration increased to ∞*

@angeldude101

3 жыл бұрын

I may know a gal. Because a sorceress conjuring a minigun is absolutely something I've actually seen.

@alvianekka80

2 жыл бұрын

*revs up a minigun* "Parry this, you filthy casual!"

Great video, bit late to the party but making my way through the videos. Just a few things i have noticed... In Harry Potter, Hagrid could cast magic via his umbrella thus making people believe Dumbledore repaired Hagrid's wand and either hid it or built it into the umbrella for discreet reasons (Hagrid was expelled and forbidden to use magic) so building a wand into weapons seems plausible. In D&D 5th, wands and staffs act as a spell casting focus but there are some classes such as the College of Sword Bards, who can use their sword to act as a spell casting focus. But if the spell requires the wave of a wand then waving a sword might be both awkward but deadly... Another thing could be, is that many magic folk might have blind faith in their spells and cling to their staffs so neglect physical and martial training, but doesn't mean they can't.

@Scalesthelizardwizard3399

3 жыл бұрын

My DM lets wizards use their staff as a bow staff and their wand as a club

@getthegoons

3 жыл бұрын

Also in 5e, wizards have infinite access to low power spells. If you can always shoot a firebolt at someone, you don't need a real weapon outside of fringe cases.

If I needed some sort of excuse for urban wizards not to use guns it could be that they could be easily countered by a simple passive spell that prevents the ignition of a gunpowder.

@spiritvdc5109

4 жыл бұрын

a fire suppression aura would actually be super OP in a world with magic and firearms O.o

@ahel4523

4 жыл бұрын

Their wizards. You don't think they would prepare for that with an enchantment of some kind that makes it impossible for magic to effect it's firing. Sure your reliant upon the source of ammunition but it is effectively your most reliable weapon. I'd also say modern wizards would also carry a sword and an insane amount of ammunition in a magical bag along with some enchanted combat armour for when they need that extra layer of protection. Also an invisibility cloak and a dagger for the ultimate ninja, wizard, gunslinger, swordsman combination.

@spiritvdc5109

4 жыл бұрын

@@ahel4523 let's be honest, the only reason that combination isn't used is for story balance purposes xDD magic is OP

@ahel4523

4 жыл бұрын

@@spiritvdc5109 That's the point. If every wizard is OP as they are in most wizarding stories why not accentuate upon the OP do it's logical when Mcguffin the Brave comes in with the same load out++ and the ultimate armour spell (plot armour) our hero becomes so majorly OP that it's only a matter of time before all enemies bow down to them.

@dartheinhorn1152

4 жыл бұрын

Like in fire force there was a wizard that could control his bullets by burning the gun powder to make the bullets go where he wanted and hit with a certain force. He could also control other people’s bullets

That Gandalf with a halberd looks amaz... i mean interesting.

@CreeperKiller666

6 жыл бұрын

As far as "weaponize magical objects," the closest thing I have seen is the Bloodskal Blade in Skyrim. It can be used to shoot magic, or used as a normal sword.

@Railstarfish

6 жыл бұрын

I love the mental image of Gandalf saying "you wouldn't part an old man from his walking stick" while attempting to carry a goddamn halberd into the throne room.

@PyroGobbo

6 жыл бұрын

I had this idea since forever but since I can't make 3d models.

@predwin1998

6 жыл бұрын

In dragon age 2 and Inquisition mages also have short blades on one end (usually the oposite end of the magical focus) of their staves. In Inquisition they don't see any actual use, but if a mage in DA2 was fighting in melee, he would use a different animation set where he primarily fights with the blade.

The armor restrictions on wizards in dnd has less to do with appearance than class balance. The wizard is balanced to be a long range crowd control glass cannon. They also have non-linear power growth, such that wizards are the weakest class at low levels, and the strongest at high levels. Making wizards a tank class increases their low level survivability, which makes the class just a bit broken overall. They'd be like clerics, but better.

@user-pf8hs7nv6z

6 жыл бұрын

>glass cannon You mean, immortal being that's covered by 20 layers of stone skin and the absolute immunity spell? They're not very weak at low levels compared to other classes, they still can send a magic missle to you, which can one-shot low level characters if you're lucky for a roll, when other classes can suck dick with their unbelievably high THAC0. Clerics anyway have more (overpowered, let's be honest) buffs and they can kill magic immune enemies in hand to hand combat. Wizard anyway cannot do anything in melee due to his hit rolls, unless he summons a BBOD.

@Reddotzebra

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was about to say that as well. The main reason wizards don't need armour is that in DnD they start out with the choice of learning the aptly named "mage armour" spell, which gives them comparable armour class to what warriors would likely start with, in addition to it being magic armour and therefore able to block things that normal warriors can't, and having the force descriptor which means it can block ghost attacks and even certain spells! On top of that they learn the shield spell which does what it says on the tin, AND automatically blocks the most prevalent level 1 spell with no saving throw needed.

@Reddotzebra

5 жыл бұрын

I will agree that Druid is the most overpowered class in the game though. But this stems from the strange niche that their class design seemed to have been tried to push them into. Druids are the generic toolkit character that you can fit into any party and still have them do well, it's just that for some reason they do most if not all of these roles as well or even better than the characters dedicated to specializing in them! And in the cases they do not, they still win out thanks to their ability to do all the other things. "I can cast spells, I can fight in melee combat, I have useful skills, I have a pet and if all else fails I can turn into a bird and fly away!"

@Chromodar

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, wizards only seek to gain power through decades of study, through dark rituals, through dealing with demonic forces, through blood sacrifice, through mind affecting spells, and possibly through political maneuvering.. But NEVER through wearing armor, THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR! Seriously, imagine if you told the most power hungry wizard in your fantasy world that the only reason he's not wearing armor is because it's more fair for others that way. Imagine his reaction. I guess what I'm trying to say is, you need an in-game reason. "Balance" is a terrible world building tool.

@WadcaWymiaru

5 жыл бұрын

Wizards in armor are too slow to eventually avoid the foes.

Gandalfs staff with a retractable spear tip would be dope...bang the end of the staff on the ground, blade pops through the top, how to retract it though...

@Reztiips

3 жыл бұрын

Magic, OBVIOUSLY. If you can't use magic and you came across this weapon, clearly you're more in need of a spear anyway.

@rhett5058

3 жыл бұрын

Using it as a walking stick would be annoying

This was actually really helpful for the book I’m working on, considering how the magic system works.

You know what else is made out of a length of wood you point at things as a part of a weapon? A crossbow stock. Combine it with a wand(or tape it to the bottom if the wand needs to be a specific shape) and you suddenly have a decide that shoots both bolts and fireballs.

@ragnkja

6 жыл бұрын

Asehujiko I see no reason why you couldn't make a crossbow stock out of wand-quality wood and fit a wand core inside it. Do you think the handle of Godric Gryffindor's sword was of a similar construction?

@joelsasmad

6 жыл бұрын

Nillie Huh, I never thought of that.

@christophersavignon4191

6 жыл бұрын

Magical crossbows usually are augmentated to create energy bolts, to steady the weapon, to reduce weight, or to ease reloading. However, when it comes to magical arms, the bow part is foregone completely and the shot just fired magically instead. But they rarely use projectiles, as those are even more limited by ammo capacity than magical shots. Think about it: Why carry a metric ton of heavy bolts if you can get the same by stocking a belt or pouch full of magical crystals that slot into your boomstick? If you can create what basically amounts to a magical sniper/assault rifle combo, you wouldn't settle for an unwieldy, slow-firing crossbow with strong feedback and bending parts.

@Yal_Rathol

6 жыл бұрын

the only issue there is the wand end would specifically have to be right at the front or poking out slightly, otherwise a spell being cast puts the non-magic parts of the weapon at risk. otherwise, i see no issue with that.

@Draxynnic

6 жыл бұрын

I think I've seen this in a D&D supplement - a crossbow with sockets for holding wands as well. Which would work well for D&D wands, which are pretty much a point-and-invoke affair. Might be too cumbersome for systems where rapid movement of the wand is needed to cast a spell, though. I certainly was thinking that a crossbow would probably be an appropriate weapon for the typical wizard or sorcerer. Keeps you away from the fighting, doesn't require as much physical strength to be effective as bows or melee weapons, and pointing and shooting a crossbow probably isn't that much different to pointing and shooting a magical beam or projectile (except that the bolt is probably more subject to outside factors like wind and gravity).

Well, generally one of the big rules is that iron is the antithesis of magic, so wizards can't use armor or weapons that use iron because it disrupts their magic. I feel like bronze weapons and armor would work. Though for my money, the best defense is bound weapons and armor. Basically gear made from magic that cut and protect like iron but weighs nothing.

@mezz09smezzanine

4 жыл бұрын

Extra detail: This comes from iron being said to disrupt a witches magic in certain cultures. Other cultures took silver for the metal to do so. This may have to do with silver's antibacterial properties being misunderstood

@spiritvdc5109

4 жыл бұрын

@@mezz09smezzanine Also silver represents purity in most cultures, and thus is used by holy agents as a weapon against evil, such as using silver bullets against werewolves and such

@datkhornedog899

4 жыл бұрын

@@spiritvdc5109 Apparently, it works like a charm against Werecreatures, especially the Lycans.

@quanahriddle3065

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was wood that protected against magic. Granted that's a runescape thing. Other than that, anything enchanted might work.

@saivinayakdaya4648

3 жыл бұрын

What about titanium armour?

I don’t have an explanation for weapons, but how I’d explain the lack of armour is that ambient magic (i.e the magic you absorb to replenish your reserves quicker) flows like air, and the denser the material you’re surrounded in is, the more it disrupts this flow. This means that you’ll have exactly the same output in full plate as in robes, but your recovery will be severely crippled. In video game terms this’ll manifest itself as a reduction in MP regen, just as an example.

@Gormathius

5 жыл бұрын

Sidenote, I’d totally get a halberd-staff. Halberds are my favourite medieval weapon, though I usually go with swords for aesthetic reasons. Kinda hard to get a halberd to work with a ninja-necromancer, you know?

Thanks for the ideas; even if this episode is almost half a decade old, this got the creative juices flowing and would try some in my story (an ongoing book project). Also, I've seen some anime where the magic user has a floating tome beside them (like in your graphic insert at 1:58, but free floating, not hand held), which frees both hands. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts!

The norse god Odin has many names some of those are "the wandering wizard" or "the gray wizard" He is the inventor of magic and the creator of the runes which are magical so you could say he is the original gandalf.. He carries with him the magical spear Gungnir and he uses it not only as a spear but also a magical staff from where he directs his magic :)

@joelsasmad

6 жыл бұрын

ᚹᛚᚻᚪᛋᛏᚪᛚᛅᚪᛘ Gandalf was directly inspired by gandalf.

@samueljackson3512

6 жыл бұрын

Joel Sasmad uuh

@samueljackson3512

6 жыл бұрын

Why are both your names fucked up.

@TheChadPad

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds a bit....suggestive ;)

@Tracer_Krieg

6 жыл бұрын

Well, Tolkien was a solid historian and did translate Beowulf into a English (a version of it, at least), so he would be very intimate with Norse Lore and Mythology.

Going from some hazy memory. The reason gandalf uses his shield/magic against a balrog and not in other things is because of what he is. He's not allowed to intervene too heavily in mortal affairs. He could crush an entire orc army in one spell but Éru doesn't allow it, he would have stripped him of his powers otherwise. However against a creature as powerful as a balrog he's allowed to amp it up a bit because they were direct generals to morgoth himself. It still wasn't his full potential tho. Basically the mortals needed to prove themselves and not have cheats, but if the enemy cheated then valar would police that.

@WadcaWymiaru

5 жыл бұрын

Funny fact: Balrog was Gandalf...friend :) The both sang in that same choir XDD

@pathwanderer1183

5 жыл бұрын

@@WadcaWymiaru yeah but the balrogs , sauron and morgoth didnt want to sing to Eru's sheet music so they were expelled from the choir. Then they started to make their version of angry gangster rap and became public enemy number one :P

@WadcaWymiaru

5 жыл бұрын

I have this book. Nothing like that.

@baddweather6362

5 жыл бұрын

@@WadcaWymiaru The Ainur "sang in the choir" that created reality while Gandalf, all of the other wizards, the first Elves, and the Balrogs are Maiar. They are essentially demi-gods as they were allowed to help form middle-earth

@WadcaWymiaru

5 жыл бұрын

I believed ainurs created the time (or plot) when sang. However when they descend on the world, they become Valars and Maiars. (from power and love/friend i believe)

Well, in case of Gandalf specifically, his Glamdring was a legendary elven orcslayer weapon with magic capabilities. (which is not that well depicted in the movies) Before he found it in "The Hobbit" in a trollcave, he actually had no sidearm at all, just his staff. I suppose it's just an extra for Gandalf because it's just damn practical to have as a backup and then it turned into a standart wheneven he got into a fight. Gandalf did most probably not think the concept of human weaponry entirely through, and he just used what fate has given to him. A relatively plausible argument why wizards don't use armor or any weaponized attachment on their staffs is that simple steel usually has a very significant negative effect upon conducting magic. Which is also shown in many books or games, for example in The Elder Scrolls. If you wear armor in Skyrim, it will reduce the effectiveness of all your spells by a percentage, depending on how heavy the armor is. Also, wizards are often travelers, who need to go on some kind of a long journey or an adventure of some sorts, and wearing heavy armory except for maybe a chainmail beneath the robe, would be pretty impractical. In the case of Gandalf, once again, wielding a shield instead of Glamdring would probably not serve him much since he is a powerful caster of defensive magic and i highly doubt that a shield can do anything that Gandalf's shield spells can't. For him specifically, a sword is kind of the most optimal sidearm he can get. You could also argue that a shield would probably have bad effects on his magic in a way since he usually does some kind of gesture when he casts a spell. But aside of all of these Gandalf-specifics, you do have a point there, Shad.

Shad have you read the inheritance cycle? Would love to hear your take on the way magic and weapons are used in that story.

"See that man over there, the one with the long white beard, the long robes and the pointy hat. Yes, the one that looks like a wizard, that is probably just a walking stick in his hand." "Yeah, totally just an innocent walking stick, let's not try to take it away from him though, if we do he will turn us into frogs." Trying to make a wizardstaff look less like a powerful weapon would probably work better if you have a shave, ditch the pointy hat and wear normal clothes.

@zak7181

6 жыл бұрын

For a D&D setting it all depends on how common the class is. In a typical (high-magic) setting, a staff isn't fooling anyone. Whereas in LotR most people had never seen a wizard.

@LarsaXL

6 жыл бұрын

True, but "a defenceless old man" in the company of three very formidable and strange looking warriors ought to stand out regardless. Any group containing Gimly and Legolas would stand out in a human society. Especially since it is common knowledge that dwarves and elfs hate each other. And Gandalf even seems to be in charge. Imagine yourself if you saw a group of people walking trough your local mall and three of them were Mike Tyson, Bruce lee and Peter Dinklage, all of them carrying assault rifles. Wouldn't you think that was suspicious and be a bit wary of the fourth person in that group, especially if he was their leader?

One of your pictures was of Harry Dresden, and he would get along with you on this point so well. His trench coat is enchanted to be better than plate armor (never mind the robes his peers are rocking), he carries a hand gun with him everywhere, is not afraid to punch a dude in the face if need be, and his specialty use "Earth Magic" cane is the sheath of a fencing *Sword Cane*.

@jdgraham3267

6 жыл бұрын

Not to mention his blasting rod and shield bracelet

@Yal_Rathol

6 жыл бұрын

well, he's not the only one to do this stuff there. his teacher dropped a decommissioned satellite on a guy. from orbit.

@jamesalgeo9104

6 жыл бұрын

what series is this from?

@Starcat5

6 жыл бұрын

"The Dresden Files" by Jim Butcher

@stillenacht8518

6 жыл бұрын

Yal Rathol To be fair though, the fucker REALLY deserved it.

I recall having a great deal of fun playing a traditional wizard with robes and spells in Skyrim, but carrying a shield.

Harry Dresden. You even used his picture. Guns, armor, a blasting wand that doubles as a club. Dresden, man! He gets it.

I was laughing because I am writing, I do use wands and staffs, were you have Formal, and Military variants. Also my roommate is laughing at the harry potter quote because he said "I brought a 9mm and a 308 to hogwarts... I no longer have to go to defense against the dark arts."

@gearandalthefirst7027

6 жыл бұрын

9mm... 308... not the Luger P08 9mm though?

@ragnkja

6 жыл бұрын

Nigel Black May I remind you that the _Harry Potter_ series is set in the UK? On the other hand, I wouldn't be too surprised if someone tried it at Ilvermorny, the main wizarding school in North America.

@Norseman2077

6 жыл бұрын

I know it is set in the U.K. I am from Northern Ireland, I happen to be in america at the moment with my roommate that is american.

My favourite role playing game (Midgard, the oldest German Pen&Paper RPG) explains it quite well, why wizards cannot use metal armour in its particular setting. 1. The typical arcane magic and the life force magic of the druids rely heavily on chaotic energies flowing in and out of the sorcerer. Metal is a heavily structured material that inhibits the flow of magic. Also, a breastplate alone is also not that bad, even though it makes some problems. Helmets and gloves are far worse. Also, religious reasons prohibit the use of forged metal for druids. 2. There are three types of spells: Thought, Word and Gesture. To perform a spell of the gesture type, you need two free hands. An exception can be made if you have a so called thaumagral, a certain magical item made only for you that can alter specific spells you imbue it with. 3. There is magic that is unaffected by armour: miracles. Priests and paladins can wear armour and still use their magic, because it does not flow directly out of their body but comes from their deities. They of course have other restrictions like the code they live by and they can lose their magic completely if they manage to severely piss off their god. The one exception here are the shamans. These can actually cast miracles as well (they just do not have deities, but nature spirits instead) but a metal armour would feel to them like being cut off from nature. So, they cannot use it for psychological reasons.

@dudejo

4 жыл бұрын

it's kind of ironic that metal interferes with magic, considering steel is a highly conductive material in general.

@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668

4 жыл бұрын

So Mental, Verbal, and Somatic are how they cast spells?

@lillyanneserrelio2187

4 жыл бұрын

@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 in his game yes. I noticed Harry potter realm requires all 3 for MOST spells: A specific gesture with hand and wand + speaking a certain string of words + thought/ focus. As an example, The Patronus (Harry summons a Stag to ward off the Dementors) requires the strongest mental thought/ focus.

Some of the staves in Dragon Age have a blade on one end, I think it even gets used if enemies are too close.

Thank you for addressing the Harry Potter setting. I always understood that the reason they don't use guns is just shear arrogance. Muggleborns would be a lot more likely to use a gun. Magical guns could be absolutely devastating though. Infinite ammunition, crazy muzzle velocities, etc...

@ALee-if6ld

5 жыл бұрын

The show takes place in the UK, where you can get in trouble for having a knife on your person or even posting Facebook memes. You really think they're going to get a gun?

My favorite mage staff id ever seen was this one staff in dragon age 2 that was pretty much a spear. It was pretty much like shad was describing, except the "magic end" and the "blade end" were on opposite ends. It made the fighting look really cool tho. Basically slash, magic ball, slash, magic ball, slash. To me it also brought into light the prospect of a sort of a "magic martial arts" I wonder what shads opinion is on the practicality of the "blade end" and "magic end" being on the same end vs. them being on opposite ends of the pole arm/staff.

@himanshuwilhelm5534

6 жыл бұрын

Because Gandalf uses the staff as a walking stick, and touching the ground wouldn't be good for the magic end or the spear point.

@Chromatus384

6 жыл бұрын

You could always have blade end sheathed outside of battle. Historically people used walking sticks with concealed blade inside them, you could do something similar to that on mage staff. And if it's supposed to serve as battlefield class weapon, you can just sheath it without concealing it, and just have wooden sheath on the blade, maybe with some metal added at the end to increase lifespan of said sheath. It would be more difficult on axe/hammer-heads than spearhead, but well... you don't usually carry halberd with you on day to day basis, and taking away walking stick functionality from mage staff for the battle isn't that big of a deal. Another option would be to add metal spikes on the staff, and make it into long spiked club, it could retain it's walking stick properties, and it wouldn't add that much weight to it, also avoiding intruding into main part of the stuff with metal parts, which could render mage staff useless in some fantasy settings.

@thecashier930

6 жыл бұрын

There's a really old game called Dungeon Siege. I've been playing it recently and it's quite cool in that regard. You start with basic quarterstaffs and once you advance, the staffs have a more and more weaponlike look. Somewhere in midgame you get some really special and important staff for the story and it's more or less a Trident. I really like that.

@FlatlandsSurvivor

6 жыл бұрын

It may matter for a given magical system that the "magic end" of the staff is exposed and can be pointed at your opponent, but a bayonet style blade could still be attached.

@tzimiscelord8483

6 жыл бұрын

Cheap Thought staff of parlathan if I remember correctly.

Swordwand pommels for that magical rightous ending

@Biouke

6 жыл бұрын

Enchanted pommels that magically comes back \o/ At high speed D: To end you rightly too T_T Killer pommels gone wild flying around everywhere, end of civilisation. Only DRAGONS remain, before anyone asks.

@audiophilekeys

6 жыл бұрын

A sacred hand grenade, for use against the foulest of beasts. And the number of the counting shall be three.

@jamesmccann531

6 жыл бұрын

audiophilekeys Thou shall not say 2, except in precedence of 3.

I don't recall it, but apparently I've watched this video before, as it has a thumbs up already applied... however, I'd give it another one, simply for the "Very Interesting" shirt advert. love it!

For 5e, in Xanathar's Guide to Everything, there's Tenser's Transformation. 6th level spell for Wizards, for ten minutes, the wizard gets 50 temporary hp, which you loose at the end of the spell, advantage with all martial and simple weapons, extra 2d12 force damage with weapon attacks, proficiency with all armor, shields, simple and martial weapons, proficiency in strength and constitution saving throws, get Extra attack, but the cost is that you can't use any spells while under this spell, and you need to make a DC15 Constitution save or suffer a level of exhaustion, and must be, at the very least, a Level 11 Wizards. In short, you're a Temporary Fighter.

Now I have an image in my head of Dumbledore holding an AK.

@iamedbytes

6 жыл бұрын

Tusalak The Sandwich King : Rpg, now that is a propah weapon.

In many systems it is the metal itself that interrupts the magic. Many say that Iron or Steel interrupts the flow of magic and can nullify the spells. So armor or swords would keep the spell from forming. Not all magic systems have this restriction, but it is very common. One great example of a magic user that still has a sword and armor is The Wheel Of Time. Rand al'Thor uses a sword to a great degree, but he is the most badass magic user in that series. It depends if the system has metal or material restrictions on the flow of magic.

@LarsaXL

6 жыл бұрын

Bronze makes decent weapons if you can't use steel.

@Chromatus384

6 жыл бұрын

And often silver is considered good for magic flow, so maybe silver weapons? Not as good as steel, but better than nothing in a pinch.

@LarsaXL

6 жыл бұрын

I think silver is to soft to make anything much bigger than a knife, but as you say, much better than nothing. Or you could have a blunt silver weapon like a mace or warhammer with a wooden handle.

@darkiee69

6 жыл бұрын

Well... Seeing that the staffs was given to the five magicians by the Valars who sent them to middle earth in the year 1000 of the first age I guess the Valars didn't foresee that the magicians would have use for a staff weapon several thousand years later.

@jensbrandt7207

6 жыл бұрын

Well there are a great number of non metallic materials that can be used for weapons. Some tropical timber can be as hard as iron if the carpenter knows what he is doing. Or stonemaces which where common in the pacific area. But the best weapon in case of metal restrictions is a blade made of magically reinforced obsidian. Obsidianblades are by far sharper than Steel ones, their only flaw is that they splinter fast.

Never did I think I would consider how I might attach a bayonet to a wand.

Invent more weapons! You're really good at it. Swordwand is my new favorite thing but could we see more real world weapon inventions?

In the Inheritance Cycle, people who do magic are drained of energy. The more magic they use or the more complicated spells they use, the faster they become tired. In the books, one could "store" energy in gemstones and access it during battle when they were low on energy to continue using magic or just to participate in traditional combat. If one attempted a spell beyond their capabilities, it could kill them. So essentially, you have to build up an endurance to use magic.

@matthewmuir8884

5 жыл бұрын

Sort of. Casting a spell in Eragon drains the same amount of energy as actually performing that feat yourself. You're right about everything else.

@zeldaknight101

5 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmuir8884 so what's the in universe explanation for even bothering to learn magic?

@matthewmuir8884

5 жыл бұрын

@zeldaknight101 well, for one thing, it saves time. You can levitate an entire pile of debris to the side almost instantly for the same amount of energy it would take to move each piece one-by-one. It also means you can replenish your water supply by bringing ground water to the surface for comparatively small effort (as you're not having to dig all the way down to the groundwater). Both of these are examples from the books, and they just scratch the surface. As the original commenter said, you can also store energy in gemstones to act as a buffer.

@zeldaknight101

5 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmuir8884 looks like. I got some reading to do. Thanks

@Moribax85

5 жыл бұрын

in the Shannara books druids work almost the same: using magic takes a toll on their life energy, and after a while they're forced into a sort of magical hybernation that lasts years if not decades to replenish

I was literally just checking to see if he'd made another one of these videos about half an hour ago. Thanks Shad.

My thoughts on modification of wands and staves have a lot to do with how often magic is defined as a circuit, and how easily that circuit can be interrupted by materials and devices not specifically built to channel them. That said, unless it's fragile, a staff is powerful on its own. A hard enough strike will break the bones of just about anything you could harm with other weapons.

On the Harry Potter segment, if you re-watch the first movie or read the first book Hermione explains that to use a spell you have to keep eye contact or mental concentration. In a lot of your magical settings using magic is very mentally and sometimes physically taxing.

That opening shirt ad had me rolling on the floor, fucking solid marketing.

That's how you do an intro, Shad! :D

About guns in Harry Potter. It's mentioned in the books, that when there's a lot of magic around it messes up with all the technology and all technical staff break very often. That's why they don't use not only guns, but phones, engines, and their radio works on the magical waves, not electromagnetic. So any wizard can use a gun, but there's a big chance that the gun will just explode itsellf in his hand. Well, I'd stay with just a wand if I were a wizard. This concept is often used in fantasy/sci-fi settings. Moreover, it's physicly pseudoaccurate. If you explain magic through quantum uncertainty, then yes, it would mess up with all the technologies. In Dreamfall Chapters the big part of the plot is based on this concept.

Sword wand is a nice idea, as long as the physical damage is mainly done to the sword and kept to a minimal to the wand If the wand breaks typically the magic breaks as well

According to Harry Potter lore: The question of why a wizard would need a sword, though often asked, is easily answered. In the days before the International Statute of Secrecy, when wizards mingled freely with Muggles, they would use swords to defend themselves just as often as wands. Indeed, it was considered unsporting to use a wand against a Muggle sword (which is not to say it was never done). Many gifted wizards were also accomplished duellists in the conventional sense, Gryffindor among them." So basically, I guess they don't carry guns because modern british people don't. Sill doesn't explain why the bad guys don't though.

@ragnkja

6 жыл бұрын

Owlman145 The answer to your last question is that the bad guys are bigots who think everything Muggle-made is inferior.

@TanitAkavirius

6 жыл бұрын

"the bad guys" Murican "muh constitooshun" detected.

@rossta888

6 жыл бұрын

if it was set here in the states they would use guns.. no way around it. .. have you ever seen the parody where harry gets sent to the states instead of growing up in england.. its the first thing he does. buys a desert eagle and says this is much better :D

@gunmunz

6 жыл бұрын

NERRRRRRRRRD :P

@Leo.23232

6 жыл бұрын

Rossta 888 What's it called?

I'm still waiting on that *"A PROPAH CAHSSLE"* t-shirt mate.

@matteussilvestre8583

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds interesting.

@user-js8jh6qq4l

6 жыл бұрын

*WITH A PROPAH GATEHOUSE*

@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522

6 жыл бұрын

With phropah *MACHICULATIONS*

@user-js8jh6qq4l

6 жыл бұрын

*MACHICULATIOOOOOOOOONS* !!11!

5:25 - yes he does; in extended edition of "Return of the king" he tanked a fireball from Saruman and he wasn't even phased by it

Too late to comment early, but I love this content so much. Helps build a bit more nuance into a fantasy game project (still keeping oversized swords, though). However, for magic, as it is often associated more as an exercise of the mind (unless the caster's capability for magic is tied also to their body's stamina... another interesting thought), I don't see many options as sidearms for wizards. As for the Harry Potter part, I think Cracked After Hours did a pretty funny skit with precisely that point... "We can fire nukes... from iPhones".

@Santisima_Trinidad

4 жыл бұрын

A oversized sword would actually work better in a magical system, because you can enchant it to make it far lighter and thus more wieldy, and possibly get something that would allow you to store it easily, instead of having a massive sword strapped to your back getting in the way of everything.

You design the absolute best T shirts

So wizard with a staff with a spear on top, chain mail or gambeson underneath his robes, and a dagger or sword in case they run out of magic. I have some ideas for my Skyrim character.

@BlueBD

6 жыл бұрын

Trey Shipman well you got those witchhunter/battlemages. They wear wizard robes with heavy steel gauntlets and boots and often carry axes

Imagine Harry pulling out a Deagle while in duell with Draco and yeeting him across the room.

I remembered the mages of dragon age II. they have some really weaponized staffs

I love the music in the background!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who wonders why the wizards in Harry Potter don't use guns. Thank you Shad for justifying those thoughts.

@MrDmitriRavenoff

6 жыл бұрын

Mithrawnudo I've had the same thought. A .357 would likely screw up a wizard pretty good.

@mithrawnudo2152

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking something with larger magazine capacity, since it's conceivable that some sort of magic barrier might have to be overcome. Of course if it's an ambush and you're expecting to catch the wizard off guard, a .357 would lay them out instantly. Of course if you're going to be assaulting a group of wizards, I'd like a military grade weaponry. I mean, if Hogwarts had some Browning .30 or .50 cal emplacements and the occasional 40mm grenade launcher they could have probably fought off the Death Eaters no problem.

@genericfighter

6 жыл бұрын

I have thought this for years. The battle for Hogwarts would have been a lot shorter if a guy with a rifle posted up somewhere and gave Voldemort a new hole in the head. One of the groups I'm in on Facebook had a discussion about this yesterday, actually. One guy posted a pic of Harry using a spell called automat kaleshnikova.

@mithrawnudo2152

6 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'd like to see that movie. This is why I'm a big fan of the Dresden Files book series. He's a modern day wizard of immense power, and rapidly approaching the level of immortality, but still keeps a .38 special on him because sometimes shooting a demon in the face surprises them long enough for you to save the day.

@dr.calibrations7984

6 жыл бұрын

Mithrawnudo even if [REASONS] make conventional weaponry useless, why cant they channel magic into the bullets? Bullets fly faster than the spells.

What I like is the explanation that all the things a mage uses is magically conducive, bar a shield that repels magic, so it isn’t always that armour is detrimental but the enchanted robe makes their magic more potent.

Did anyone else’s device explode when Shad said his defensive incantment?