Concept for a Magic Melee DPS

[Shurrikhan]

This is assuming a magirapier is part of the kit in the first place, but I would once again direct you to the examples of DRG and PLD who do precisely that, slashing with javelins and thrusting with a pickaxe.

And? I obviously find both of those interactions problematic and would rather avoiding them outside of, say, a singular joke item each. That was exactly the point. I consider it important enough not to have ridiculously impractical or ill-suited animations that I'd gladly see the implementation of such a job delayed, even if I was quite looking forward to its gameplay.

I suppose that's more fair. Probably a limited number of joints -- far shorter than you'd expect for a request like a whip -- which just stretch or compress like an accordian, as needed by the animation?

I was thinking of a something even simpler than that -- literally a shaft of variable length, with the design varying from refining its ability to cut to its ability to pierce. Length, shear, and force.