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Fantasy martial art that incorporates magic the way Krav Maga incorporates guns

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I am admittedly not a KM expert but like

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My understanding is that the gimmick of KM is making your blocks and strikes into one motion

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So you don’t block and then counter you do each with one hand

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So I’m picturing a spellcaster who has like a sword in one hand and casts shitty quick spells with the other

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A firebolt you cast with a quarter second of concentration won’t go more than two feet before falling apart

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But if you’re doing it mid parry you don’t NEED to go any further than that because the guy is already right there

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and this is why bladesingers are awesome


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They attack you and suddenly they’re on fire

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: yea there’s a number of arcane melee fighters that kinda hit this idea

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I’ve just always liked the idea of a melee fighter who dabbles with magic, but I always thought of them as two separate tools in their repertoire that fit different tactical situations

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You fight a guy with your sword, then if an archer or something shows up you bust out your magic to take them out from a distance

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But the idea of actually specifically training to incorporate the magic into your mundane fighting skills is a new and exciting idea to me