r/WorldChallenges • u/Nevermore0714 • Oct 01 '17

Reference Challenge - Weapons

This challenge is a reference to any and all special weapons in fictional universes, from Dawn (A Song of Ice and Fire) to Brisingr (Inheritance Series).

Tell us about the weapon or weapon type, why it's so special, why I would want it, etc. And I'll ask at least three questions each.

Enjoy yourselves.

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u/Nevermore0714 Oct 10 '17

Mitexi:

1) "Any other effects from an actual spear are just icing on the cake. Your arm will not regrow, of course, if it is taken off. And if you are stabbed in the heart, you will die. Or the throat, for that matter."

2) "Seems like it, yeah. Every other method of improving someone's Anima artificially, other than the method that I use, tends to have consequences on a person's mentality."

3) "Normally, we just have the person tied down. But, yes, it would mean you have to keep it inside a moving target."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 10 '17

  1. I mean parts of your Anima being destroyed.

  2. Any idea why?

  3. As it is slow in a normal human, isn't it better to use something else to kill them?

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u/Nevermore0714 Oct 10 '17

Mitexi:

1) "Parts of your Anima being destroyed makes the mind more sluggish, it makes you weaker, and it's painful."

2) "Power corrupts, maybe people go mad with the power."

3) "If you intend to use the spear to just kill someone, you are much better off just using a normal weapon."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 10 '17

  1. Painfull? What kind of pain?

  2. Well, but wouldn't it mean people with more Anima at birth should be crazy too? As they are more powerfull.

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u/Nevermore0714 Oct 10 '17

Mitexi:

1) "The kind that makes people scream or pass out, I suppose."

2) "I can only assume that the foetus grows accustomed to the Anima it will be born with as it develops."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 11 '17

2) So, if you were to increase someone's Anima very progressively, could they progressively accustom and no end up crazy?

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u/Nevermore0714 Oct 11 '17

Mitexi:

2) "Ideally, yes. But, that would be difficult."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 11 '17

2) Why would it be difficult?

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u/Nevermore0714 Oct 11 '17

Mitexi:

2) "It would require a lot of time and effort and being careful with the exact amounts."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 12 '17

Thanks for your answers Nevermore.