Dirty Tricks with Rapier and Cape! #shorts #sword

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[Dominated]

"I'ma put some cape in your eye"

[spirit_tracks]

Then you end up critically failing and you mistake yourself for the enemy, effectively blinding yourself with your own cape instead

[isaacm]

Put sand in the cape for "extra blind damage".

[doole]

This was actually used in Spain by thugs and rogues ("sinverguenza"), its called "la vulgar destreza" unlike "verdadera destreza", that was used by nobles and educated swordsman. There were also tactics (called "tretas") like throwing your hat at the eyes, and wrapping your cape around the sword of the enemy.

[vadimblin]

Actually throwing the cape is how my first dnd character died...

[inkarozu]

I was once a wizard that was really into the rogue aesthetic. He would throw his cape at an enemy while casting "animate object" to turn all the tiny daggers lining the inside into 10 terrifying flying staby sticks. When possible they were also coated with wyvern poison.

[averagememeaddict]

“Roll a D20 to throw your cape at them”
sounds effective once you think about it

[hyperbolicparaboloid]

Even better, use the rapier to distract and then attack with the cape!

_Never let them know your next move._

[tomdolton]

A weapon of great nobility and speed and Skil love it.

[neverseemstoAsh]

rapier and cape deserves more attention, thank you for doing this service haha

[sharangcool]

Fun fact: form 2 Makashi in lightsaber combat in the lore is based of rapier style fencing, Count Dooku played by the late Sir Christopher Lee specialized in this form.

[podyon]

Ngl playing as a rogue who's considered an honorable gentlemen sounds like it would be fun

[galaxie]

Long ago, as a child, i was fighting some friends with plastic sword and i tried to ensnare one of them with my cape

Thought i missed him and then the cape spread around his face, blinding him in the process. He was covered by it up to the waist and took 4-5 secondes to remove it.

Made me realise that in a real battle i would have killed him fairly easily 💀

[peopio]

Thrusting from concealment is a great hobby

[matiascandia]

THIS IS HOW GAUCHOS FIGHT! in argentina during the times of colonies the gauchos would fight using long knifes (almost a short sword) and using his capes called "ponchos" to blind, hide their weapons or putting the cape on the floor, so enemys will charge at them, stepping on the cape and then they would pull it backwards and upwards to make them fall. this was hella risky so theres no that much evidence of the tecnic. this has also turn into the way of fighting in some argentinian jails, with knifes and t shirts
also you play dnd :D?

[justarandomguyfromtheinter]

The "thrust from concealment" part would also work for a bard

[fishcati]

Pathfinder 2e actually has rules for dueling capes! They grant AC and a bonus to the Feint action, which is basically any form of deception in combat.

[chadsmith]

Fun fact: there are several accounts of the rapier not used as a dueling weapon but as a murder weapon. Alcohol and difference of opinion were often involved.

[_roxy_]

Rapier doesn't sound like something a gentleman would use

[rmt]

Rapier and cape. Sounds like a great idea for a whole combat style in a game!