I noticed that several Indian martial arts had already been mentioned during playtesting, but was curious if Shard also features exotic weaponry inspired by the beautiful and unusual weapons used in arts such as Gatka?
Everyone knows about the Katar punching dagger, for example:
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But what about the Pata gauntlet sword?
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The Madu?
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The Anklys elephant goad?
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The Bagh Nakh?
[Blocked Image: http://nitsuga.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/baghnakh-indian.jpg]
The Fakir's Crutch?
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The Fakir's Horns?
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The Chakram of the Sikhs?
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The flexible razor-edged urumi of Kalaripayattu?
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The Zaghnal dagger axe?
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Everyone knows about the Katar punching dagger, for example:
[Blocked Image: http://therionarms.com/armor/katars.jpg]
But what about the Pata gauntlet sword?
[Blocked Image: http://therionarms.com/armor/swords4.jpg]
The Madu?
[Blocked Image: http://therionarms.com/armor/shields.jpg]
The Anklys elephant goad?
[Blocked Image: http://therionarms.com/armor/polearm1.jpg]
The Bagh Nakh?
[Blocked Image: http://nitsuga.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/baghnakh-indian.jpg]
The Fakir's Crutch?
[Blocked Image: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7976/ph01pr.jpg]
The Fakir's Horns?
[Blocked Image: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2919/fakirhorns5lk.jpg]
The Chakram of the Sikhs?
[Blocked Image: http://www.flight-toys.com/rings/art/chackrumall.gif]
The flexible razor-edged urumi of Kalaripayattu?
[Blocked Image: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/phyreblade_blog/Weapons/Urumi/Kalari-Urumi.jpg]
The Zaghnal dagger axe?
[Blocked Image: http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5000/zaghnal2jx5.jpg]
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