What NOT To Do In A Fight / Wednesday, Period III / Week 2

[atreideslioness]

Today class met in the Danger Shop, which was set up like a church with high vaulted ceilings and crossbeams, shadows in the eves.

"Greetings, class," Ghanima said. "Today, we're going to discuss how over-reliance on a particular type of weapon can be hazardous to your health. Familiarity breeds contempt, as they say, and if you become too biased towards a particular form of combat, you open yourself for for more weaknesses than is sensible."

"For instance..." Ghanima moved in a blur of motion, appearing to teleport to the other side of the room, a curved knife in her hand. "In a fight, my natural tendency is to use my knives and the Weirding Way. If my opponent knows this, they can prepare accordingly. Better body armor, perhaps, or some method of warping probability to throw off my ability to use the Way. I also do not use firearms, as they are useless in my universe, and so they know not to be concerned about that method of long-range attack."

That didn't mean they could rest easy, but it was one less thing to be worried about.

"So should I be sparring with, for instance, my brother, it would be prudent to change up my tactics. Spears, perhaps, instead of knives. Swords. Poison darts." Ghanima dimpled in amusement. "Leto does so enjoy surprises, you see, and so I try to indulge him."

"Now, I'd like us to talk about your strengths and weaknesses in this regard. What is your default weapon, if you have one. What could you stand to work on?"

[OOC: OCD ready.]

Comments

Re: Discussion

[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka picked her words carefully. "There are challenges to the weapons I was trained with." And not just the ones you figured out while fighting a war, but also ones like talking around what that weapon was because you didn't want one of your classmates to know you could use it.

Re: Discussion

[atreideslioness]

"There are challenges to all weapons," Ghanima pointed out. "But if someone knew your favored method of self-defense, and had taken steps to compensate and place the odds in their favor, as it were, what would be the last thing they would expect you to do or use? What preconceived weakness could you exploit?"

Re: Discussion

[snipsnspecks]

"Well, people tend to assume that we could only use that weapon, so I guess that being able to improvise with what's available would help there," Ahsoka said, like she hadn't once killed a guy with a tent pole.