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    Fuma's Avatar
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    Fuma Oyabun
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noxifer View Post
    S'what I said =) "these look more like clubs" compared to the sword-ish form of the macuahuitl. Doesn't stop me from comparing the two with swords/two-handed swords in a similar manner, though.
    Not sure how you can compare the two though since one is meant for cutting and the blunt trauma. Only comparison I can really draw from the 2 is that they're both weapons, lol. But hey, compare away, lol.
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    C'alih Tia
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fuma View Post
    Not sure how you can compare the two though since one is meant for cutting and the blunt trauma.
    I know, it doesn't really make sense ^^ But the first impression of the pics in the OP just made me think of the profile of the macuahuitl, and... I guess it's just one of those "once seen, can't be unseen" things XD Plus the macuahuitl generally referred to among the people I know as 'spanking paddle', due to mayan/incan (whichever it is, I forget) words being tricky, doesn't really help either ^^;
    (Though... on that side, it doesn't quite make sense where -- lore-wise -- how and why the macuahuitls entered the gladiator/paladin tradition. Which Eorzean culture do they come from? Howcome they're included as GLD/PLD weapons? Why would someone decide to throw away their good steel sword for a wooden board with stone edges? If you ask me, I think some paladin at some point took the 'tank and spank' notion way too literally...)
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