Or just get a ring or helmet of teleportation, then get teleport control. That's how I do it.

No problem! Gald to see more interest in Ivan's development.

After a bit of testing, other than contributing weight, what do secondary materials do? Could we make more effects on secondary materials?

Also, I always wanted a value that could make materials have high defense, but low durably like diamond or glass breastplates. Like a fragility modifier, just like how items have form modifier, which makes weapons and armor better without changing durably.

I don't think larger weapons would use less dexterity? Bladed weapons would be pretty high dexterity/skill to hit at the right angle to cut and halberds would require good balance and aim. Edit: actually, I think I'm thinking of skill instead. Disarming/fumbling due to low dex would be a welcomed addition to the game.



Handedness sounds intriguing, though it would be funny see a guy with a giant right arm and tiny left arm. I'm pretty sure you'd know what hand you're better at using quickly.

You should, I agree it can even be done even realistically if you are really strong, skilled, and dexterous. It's just that halberds just too good for dual-wielding as they are now, it might even be the weapon itself that's the problem.


Swords are bottom-heavy where hammer and maces are top-heavy. This makes swords feel much lighter and faster for their weight compared to top-heavy weapons, which feel heavier than their weight; It's basically a leaver work for you vs against you, this is why hammer and maces are so powerful. Because all that mass that's moving faster at the end where the hit "should" connect. Plus, swords have crossguards, unlike other weapons that tend not to have one.


I not a fan of the rocks paper scissors style, but I do agree that those are the prominent styles of play. High heath still seems to be an ineffective style of play.


Oh, thank goodness! That sounds like that could be enough to be balanced. Forgive my lack of knowledge of the code.


Where did point 5 go? ;p

True, the bonus would be small, shields are indeed the more practical choice, but the option for using a one-handed weapon by itself could prove to be an alluring experience. Not after everything I've heard, it seems that the main problem, even taking ambidexterity into account, that that dual-wielding doubles your attack output. It would in practice, mostly help with quicker easier parrying but weaker strength with the advantage that it can let you attack from two different openings in the opponent's guard.


The reason maces and shields are paired is due to that armored enemies are weak to crushing and war picks, and weapons like hammers, axes, maces, aren't the best for blocking. They need to rely on a shield or armor more so than swords. A sword and shield would be a good parry build, but it wouldn't be easy to beat an armored foe without a well-placed stab in-between their plating. Thus war picks, and maces were popularized during the late Medieval era when plate armor was commonplace. I believe War swords, also know as greatswords or even Zweihanders. These were popular because they had many of the advantages of spears. On top of that, these swords can be held in what's called the "Mordhau grip." Which turns the sword into a makeshift hammer, pick, or mace, depending on the design of the sword.

Swords are one of the best weapons at parrying in real life, and in Ivan, they're one of the worst. While maces are good at blocking, which isn't true in real life.



Ever hear of Shadiversity. He does a series called Fantasy Re-armed. He's really good at taking real-world weapons and giving fantasy races with superpowers the most suitable weapon's that their specific powers would benefit the most from. I feel that realism can be intertwined with superpowers, and it will be all-the-more interesting.


Probably still pretty easy, minus the range I would lose when trying to reach someone with it. You mostly likely one and half hand it, switching to using two hands when you need extra power or for finishing blow. As I said, one-handed weapons are still better designed to be used in one hand, much like two-handers are used for two hands. That's why I didn't give small blades a two-handed flag when making my mod, as I felt that having that feature was a rather moot point.

I remedied this problem by buffing their roundness because swords and dagger have cross guards to block with and are very well balanced compared to other weapons in history.

This, this is is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Dual-wielding weapons that wouldn't be possible to wield due to their size, not just their weight.


It's not that bad, I gave it a try, and I can easily wield a knife with both my hands. But I do agree that small weapons are generally suited for one hand because they're so small and light. But if you had a knife made of weighty material, you better use it in two hands.

I'm aware of this, but I think there needs to be more penalties for dual-wielding in-general than lower accuracy and arm strength to be balanced. Dual-wielding should be an alternate tactic, not the normal go-to.

What I was thinking was giving every weapon a dexterity penalty just like armor, where having bigger weapons has a higher penalty just like heavier armor. This penalty will help a lot, making oversized weapons for dual-wielding a lot worse and will buff hand-to-hand and kicking. You have a good idea too!