thierryu1

Please tell me how you pull a zweihander out from your back?

But you already hear/see it when you sheath it?

I just go on from info in books and back stories from TES.

http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php?topic=1641.0 "I imagine it would be carried over the shoulder as the laddie marched off to battle. No way you could draw it from a back scabbard, unless your arms are insanely long (as in, you're real tall, like that Viking looking guy in the pics last faire season) and strong. Drawing from the back is a haphazard gambit at best, the larger the sword, the higher the potential for grievous wounds to the back of the head and neck." Also, Claymores and Zweihanders had their scabbards just on their hips. They just didn't point out to the ground but it was pointing behind mid air. Sometimes with a Belt to have extra support for carrying it with your back muscles. Scottish warriors even had some that didn't use a scabbard at all and always walked with they claymore in their hand. It was not practical but those infantry soldiers weren't meant to make long distances. Only swords that can be used are short swords, tantos and gladius's. Even tho it's not practical it could be used. It's always better to wear your swords on your hip as you can sheath it and directly while sheathing it point it at the enemy. Where as you sheath it from your back you have to lift it and then pull it over your head and then point it at the enemy which in that time you already have lost your life in battle. You obviously have no actual idea about swords, or how to use them. You can easily have the sword on your back and unsheath it and sheath it again. When unsheathing the sheath is not strapped to your back but slinged to it, so when you pull forward the sheath rides up over your shoulder making it far easier to pull out. Sheathing it again is a bit unpractical but you just need to push the sheath up from below with your left hand and position it and let it glide in with your right. And as for having it on your back you can not have a Claymore attached to your hip due to the blade being too long, you would not be able to walk without it dragging into the ground :smile:

It's still powered by a enemie's soul, so you can't controll it. You can't control a soul, as it always has the mind and spirit of the enemy you've slain. I know it's not active while it's sheathed but that's the whole point, i don't see why it would. There should be a enchantment on the Scabbard aswell to counter the damage the blade does against you(If you didnt had a enchanted scabbard ofc).

It's impossible to sheath a weapon from your back (a long sword or even a short sword) your arms can't stretch out so far to unsheath the etire blade from your back to get it over your head and infront of you. The only way for it to work is to A. Go and and turn over to give your arms more area to move. Or B. Pull it and grab it half way with your other hand by the blade and pull it out even more( which is as you might guess not very nice, a sharp blade with maybe an enchanting on it is not nice to grab). Anyway, i never saw the logic in having weapons on your back in Skyrim as it's realistically not possible to use it effectively. Yea, gladius's and Daggers are feasable but it's better to just have it sheathed on your chest or next to your hip.

@ Halloween Do you mean the scabbard will hold the enchantment because it's one with the blade and therefore protecting the wielder, if so that's a logical idea. Maybe Scabbards should get the same enchantment as the weapon and make it look actually visible. And you're right it's not doable to have a 2h weapon always in your hands because you cant sheath it. I still find it a problem that the handle of a weapon is also enchanted, because if you look at a Warhammer, you can still see it glow all over the weapon instead of only the blade or the head. The Witcher franchise does this nicely by only enchating the blade and not enchanting the whole weapon. Because if i wear to hold a warhammer in this case, i would burn my hands. So yea, Scabbards would be nice to see enchated with the same spell as the sword(only to defend it from spreading over your body) and i think it's also a good idea to only enchant the blade/head of a weapon instead of the whole weapon. UNLESS it's a weapon that does healing on you everytime you hit someone(leech) than it would be good to have the whole weapon enchanted so the power reaches your hand and goes trough your body aswell.

Yea i see what you mean, but that would make the scabbard glowing hot. Meh, it's atleast a better option than that there is now.

I was thinking about this for a long time and decided that i should share it with you guys and see if you guys feel the same. Always when i play Skyrim or any other TES, i always thought it was strange that you could wear a (let's say 2h sword) on your back while having it enchanted with *example* FIRE. I don't know but i think that's not immersive. How can a weapon with magical flames on it that does damage to everyone, be on your bare back. Your skin would be scorched and your armor (lets say leather/hide) would melt/burn. Even if you'd sheath it, it would still make no sense. Anyway, maybe some of you modders out there can do something about this because i sure as hell don't know how to do that haha. Only do it if you feel like it of course. Thank you for your time. :smile:

It doesn't seem to work for me either. I know i'm late, but it says Adding masters from contributors 2/10 (10%) and it does't seem to load or move in the slightest. Anyone help?