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David the Arrow Bard
Archer. Poler. Nerd. (Sometimes all at once) Mostly reposting my tiktoks so you don't need to go theremore content on Patreon!He/him, veggieLinktr.ee/Blumineck
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What happens if you shoot your enemy’s bow while it’s under tension?
Because you all have a half-decent attention span here, you get the full version!
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Yeah… I’ll take a shield, thanks!
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Go watch me learn to not fall!
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More weird pole footwear
The flip flops took me by surprise!
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Can anyone pole or do you have to have a certain body type or flexibility? Basically is it learned or do you have to be born with a certain level of flexibility?
I hope you don’t mind me answering this one publicly, but I think it will be helpful for others too!
To say that ANYONE can pole is an oversimplification, because there are of course many extenuating circumstances and conditions that limit mobility or increase injury risk to the extent that it may not be possible or practical for some people.
HOWEVER,
It is certainly not the case that you require some innate abilities to do pole in order to start. Of all the gymnastic/dance styles I’ve encountered, it is the one that people are most likely to start as adults with no previous background, and that’s AWESOME!
I was 20 when I started, which is relatively young, but I had no dance background and couldn’t touch my toes, never mind venture near a split. As an instructor, I’ve taught men, women, trans, and non-binary folks, people who were tall, short, fat, thin, muscular, clumsy, agile, ex-dancers, gymnasts, archers, gamers, accountants, climbers, and many more, and all of them can be great polers (or mediocre polers who have a great time, which is at least as important!)
What you’ve done before and the skills you possess going in will determine your starting point, but as long as you’re having fun and keep going, it won’t determine your end point!
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But they were all of them deceived…
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These are my preferences, but your mileage may vary, depending on your personal dance style!
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Some of you have been coming for me in the tags about prone vs supine, so I want to pick up on that.
This video is about a condition in D&D called ‘prone’. The term refers to a character who has dropped or been pushed or otherwise forced out of a standing position, and details a set of penalties and effects that are applied to characters with this condition.
There is no corresponding ‘supine’ condition. And that’s not because characters in D&D are incapable of lying on their backs, or that lying on your back carries no penalties (unless you as a DM find that reasonable and decide to rule that way for the sake of pedantry). It’s because D&D uses recognisable terms as rule names, which frequently do not line up 100% to the real world terminology.
Other examples include:
-‘poison’ damage encompassing a range of toxins, the majority of which should be venoms rather than poisons
-‘armour’ class also factoring in things that aren’t armour
-‘Intelligence’ being the name for the relevant ability when a wizard accidentally fireballs the whole party
Sometimes, terms just don’t match up, and that’s ok, because the alternative is a rules set that’s even more needlessly complex
Any excuse to get the pole out 🙄
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If you’re precious about your bows, I’d look away now!
A new series on the physics of archery is now on Patreon!
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Any excuse to get the pole out 🙄
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(Addendum to this: full cover will still protect you even if they have the sharpshooter feat, so if you can get your whole body behind something, you’re still good)
My new YouTube video: A DM’s Guide to Ranged Combat is now live! Please go give it a watch!
If you’re a DM looking for a way to challenge your overspecced crossbow player, or just generally make mixed-range combat more interesting and enjoyable, it’s full of helpful tips and visualisations. Plus, supporting these long videos really helps keep my channel alive and funds more future content!
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My new YouTube video: A DM’s Guide to Ranged Combat is now live! Please go give it a watch!
If you’re a DM looking for a way to challenge your overspecced crossbow player, or just generally make mixed-range combat more interesting and enjoyable, it’s full of helpful tips and visualisations. Plus, supporting these long videos really helps keep my channel alive and funds more future content!
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#archer#archery#nerd#fantasy#dnd#dungeons and dragons#ps sorry for the clickbaity cover image on the vid- sadly these things are kind of necessary these days#Youtube
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How to make an archery target using recycled materials!
I’m still on the injury recovery bandwagon, but GOOD NEWS: there’s a massive stock of archery references available on my Patreon so you don’t have to miss out on watching me do cool stuff!
Edit: I found the spelling error, thanks everyone for being snarky about it 😉
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Huge respect to all the disabled archers out there- this is HARD!
Please check out Patreon to support these videos- I have art references in the shop!
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MORE IMAGE PACKS NOW ON PATREON
Do you want to see how muscle engagement varies when using bows of different weights? Or draw an archer running, seated, crouching or leaping? More image packs from my collaboration with @null-entity are now up on Patreon!
P.S. give @null-entity a follow for more excellent image references
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This also goes for those “revolutionary bow designs” that are only ever shown piercing an empty drinks can from 3 feet away!
Have fun, enjoy this stuff, but be realistic about it! (Especially when the trick shooter in question is actively telling you something isn’t very effective!)
That said, warbow pole archery is clearly a historically useful technique! 😉
As always, please support these videos if you can!
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The link is live now! Here’s the full video:
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Bows vs Guns: when does it make sense for modern/ sci-fi characters to use guns?
This is just one example! For a longer breakdown (with some bonus history!), check out my YouTube channel.
And don’t forget there are art reference packs now up on Patreon!
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