Historical Artifacts

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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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'Swordbreaker' for catching and binding enemy weapons, Qing China, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How would that even work? It's just a metal rod.

[–] EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago

The shape and texture of the "blade" is made to chip the tips and edges of incoming swords. Think of it as an extra-long parrying dagger that damages weapon durability.