#all the ancestors I know about were either shipbuilders or farmers

[the-punforgiven]

I will say, playing the Bladesong playtest has really changed the way I think about and design swords for my ocs, not just in a narrative way, like how much you can express about a character through the weapon they wield through factors like how nicely it's maintained, it's size, the way the guard works, how fancy/plain it is, how easily it could be concealed, ect.

It's also forced me to think about them on a more technical level, asking questions like "Why the fuck is this thing so badly balanced? I've done everything right!" To which what I am assuming is the spirit of a long-lost ancestor appears in my brain and goes "You forgot to add the distal taper again."