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CthuluIsSpy wrote: The true damage of Ragnorok will be to thousands of young women everyone, who would discover that Loki does not, in fact, look like Tom Hiddleston.
A fair number of men too
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TheCustomLime wrote: If I don't believe in Viking mythology, will it not happen to me?
It won't happen to any of us! It's a heap of crap! Last year it was meant to end because the Azteces said so! And we're still here..
Well somebody doesn't have a sense of humor. I hope that saves you when a frost giant crushes in your skull. You can righteously tell him he's a load of crap and not real while he's chomping on your bones.
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I mean I am not a crazy scholar or nothing, but I've never seen anything about a specific time or year when Ragnarok is set; so really this is probably just some guys trying to drum up interest and/or have some fun. Ragnarok will happen when it happens, no use trying to force the hand of fate. Really, quite different than those Mayan jerks - they took themselves way too seriously.
Just enjoy the fun and keep your axe sharp, because you never know when you'll need it.
Yeah, only the norns know when Ragnarök will happen and why bother the old hags with useless questions about fate & future? Just live your life and when it comes, it comes. Just make sure your sword is at hand and you have a nice shield maiden at your side.
On a related note, I found a perfect steed on which to ride to battle. Ok, it's just an irish wolfhound with a shoulder height of nearly 1m, who's back will break when I try to ride it, but it would be a cool sight for around 1min.
On a related note, I found a perfect steed on which to ride to battle. Ok, it's just an irish wolfhound with a shoulder height of nearly 1m, who's back will break when I try to ride it, but it would be a cool sight for around 1min.
Just get ten of them and built a chariot/sleigh. Or if budget is a concern, some rollerblades. All set.
Great...he's going to use a mop as a lance now.....just keep clear of my firing lane
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No use of firearms on Ragnarök! Think about the children! There may not be enough Frost Giants for all of us and how shall the little ones get their hands bloody if you shoot them all at range? Remember, only when you are near enough to feel the cold, you can be sure that its a Frost Giant, not just a generic Giant, and only the frosty ones count.
Ah well, compromises have to be made, so everybody can have some fun. So the Frost Giants for the adults and the Unrighteous Dead for the kids. Sounds fair, I'm going to acquire a MG42 to complement my sword. Feuer frei! I would say.
I also hereby call dibs on Fenrir, that wolfpelt will make a good addition to my bedroom.
bad move mate... while easy to aim, it takes far too long to load. If you must have a ranged weapon, a Longbow, or one of the Mongolian recurve bows is where you want to be.
bad move mate... while easy to aim, it takes far too long to load. If you must have a ranged weapon, a Longbow, or one of the Mongolian recurve bows is where you want to be.
Not only that, when you are dealing with giants - crossbows and bows in general aren't going to do enough tissue damage to be worth while. Imagine you were fighting someone and he was 18" tall and firing toothpicks at you with the fire rate a crossbow can maintain. Sound very threatening?
bad move mate... while easy to aim, it takes far too long to load. If you must have a ranged weapon, a Longbow, or one of the Mongolian recurve bows is where you want to be.
Not only that, when you are dealing with giants - crossbows and bows in general aren't going to do enough tissue damage to be worth while. Imagine you were fighting someone and he was 18" tall and firing toothpicks at you with the fire rate a crossbow can maintain. Sound very threatening?
Well, if I'm a good enough shot, I should be able to fire a ladder of arrows with which to climb the giant's body, thus allowing me to reach his head, and deliver the killing blow in the proper manner (It's all good, I've done it on some video games before )
You could always take an RPG-7. Go soviet or go die.
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On a related note, I found a perfect steed on which to ride to battle. Ok, it's just an irish wolfhound with a shoulder height of nearly 1m, who's back will break when I try to ride it, but it would be a cool sight for around 1min.
Just get ten of them and built a chariot/sleigh. Or if budget is a concern, some rollerblades. All set.
Are wolfhounds used at all for sledging?
Usually you want broad shoulders over tall height. Then again, you could probably still get good speed. Dogs are pound for pound by far the best hauling animals there is.
bad move mate... while easy to aim, it takes far too long to load. If you must have a ranged weapon, a Longbow, or one of the Mongolian recurve bows is where you want to be.
Not only that, when you are dealing with giants - crossbows and bows in general aren't going to do enough tissue damage to be worth while. Imagine you were fighting someone and he was 18" tall and firing toothpicks at you with the fire rate a crossbow can maintain. Sound very threatening?
Dude, if that toothpick got the penetration and speed of a quarrel, then yes, it sounds absolutely terrifying.
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[...] for conflict is the great teacher, and pain, the perfect educator.
Not as far as I know but they were bred to pull people of horses and eat them. I'm sure that could come in handy during Ragnarock.
The secret to dealing with ice giants is to fight them in the middle of a desert, slush giants are much less impressive.
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RegalPhantom wrote: If your fluff doesn't fit, change your fluff until it does
The prefect example of someone missing the point.
Do not underestimate the Squats. They survived for millenia cut off from the Imperium and assailed on all sides. Their determination and resilience is an example to us all.
-Leman Russ, Meditations on Imperial Command book XVI (AKA the RT era White Dwarf Commpendium).
Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
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Wait, really? That is so utterly badass. And surprising too, since the wolfhounds I've seen have been some of the most well behaved animals ever.
Yeah but this was in Ye Olde Days so their aggression has been bred out of them (or has it........).
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RegalPhantom wrote: If your fluff doesn't fit, change your fluff until it does
The prefect example of someone missing the point.
Do not underestimate the Squats. They survived for millenia cut off from the Imperium and assailed on all sides. Their determination and resilience is an example to us all.
-Leman Russ, Meditations on Imperial Command book XVI (AKA the RT era White Dwarf Commpendium).
Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
Warzone Plog
Well, if I'm a good enough shot, I should be able to fire a ladder of arrows with which to climb the giant's body, thus allowing me to reach his head, and deliver the killing blow in the proper manner (It's all good, I've done it on some video games before )
Not as far as I know but they were bred to pull people of horses and eat them. I'm sure that could come in handy during Ragnarock.
The secret to dealing with ice giants is to fight them in the middle of a desert, slush giants are much less impressive.
Sadly we won't get to choose our terrain - it's the fields of Vigrid. On the plus side though - we will also be fighting Surtur and the spawn of Muspelheim who would probably be stronger in a desert.
Not as far as I know but they were bred to pull people of horses and eat them.
Wait, really? That is so utterly badass. And surprising too, since the wolfhounds I've seen have been some of the most well behaved animals ever.
Modern wolfhound
Englishman Captain George Augustus Graham is responsible with a few other breeders for reaffirming the dogs' existence. In 1879 he wrote: "It has been ascertained beyond all question that there are few specimens of the breed still left in Ireland and England to be considered Irish wolfhounds, though falling short of the requisite dimensions. This blood is now in my possession." Captain Graham devoted his life to ensuring the survival of the Irish wolfhound. Owing to the small numbers of surviving specimens outcrossing was used in the breeding programme. It is believed that Borzoi, Great Dane, Scottish Deerhound and English Mastiff dogs all played their part in Graham's creation of the dog we currently know. The famous English Mastiff Garnier's Lion was bred to the Deerhound Lufra, and their offspring Marquis enters Wolfhound pedigrees through his granddaughter Young Donagh. Graham included "a single outcross of Tibetan Wolf Dog".[28] This was long assumed to have been a Tibetan Mastiff. However, a photograph of "Wolf" shows a bearded, long-coated dog - what would now be called a "Tibetan Kyi Apso" or "dokhyi apso". In 1885 Captain Graham with other breeders founded the Irish Wolfhound Club, and the Breed Standard of Points to establish and agree the ideal to which breeders should aspire.
So yeah, not the originals, but still pretty awesome.
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hotsauceman1 wrote: And What if I aim for the eyes of said giant...and the throat.
Then you get stepped on while reloading?
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hotsauceman1 wrote: I mean the other type of tank the one with the heavy armor and shield.
Ah, these guys. Well, I'm free to hire.
Rogue LFG.
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Cute, is that was americans consider guns? Sounds like an airsoft to me. Well thank you for showing me an Alternative, but i keep my Donnerstock. I learned to hate her, i learned to love her, 12kg of Finest german engineering
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