Contributor Information:
- Square Enix / Creative Business Studio 3 for the original Final Fantasy XIV assets;
- The FFXIV TexTools Discord for being patient with me trying to learn both Blender and TexTools to create the mods and mashups I'm currently using.
Author's Comments:
[UPDATED to 1.1A]
Hello there, XMA folks.
After consideration and someone suggesting I do so, I'm uploading this mod of mine. It was originally just for personal use, but it's general enough that I think people could find a use for it, too.
With regard to the mod itself, I made it because of two things:
1) There is a considerable lack of wooden training weapons in Final Fantasy XIVโif you don't count the Bokuto, but that's just for Samurai; and
2) I'm a HEMA nut that used to practice, and nobody spars or practices with a partner using live blades.
In terms of technicals:
There are four weapons in this modโall of which are swords.
They are as follows:
- Wooden Arming Sword (PLD, VPR Offhand, RDM)
- Wooden Bastard Sword (PLD, VPR Mainhand, SAM, RDM)
- Wooden Longsword (SAM, DRK)
- Wooden Greatsword (DRK)
The main items swapped are the Orthos/Enarethos weapons of the appropriate Jobs/Classes. Please note that this mod was created with the Glamourer plugin in mind. So, if you are a player who has not (or will not) be running Eureka Orthos, do consider just getting Glamourer and using these weapons from there.
As for the Wooden Bastard Sword (PLD, RDM & SAM) and Longsword (DRK), I've used the appropriate Yokai event-themed weapons for the Jobs/Classes. Because who uses those things unironically, anyway?
For their names:
- Whisker of the Brave Cat (PLD)
- Fang of the Fearless Cat (DRK)
- Katana of the King's Counsel (SAM)
- Rapier of the Serpent Lord (RDM)
As of the moment, I'm satisfied with these but I may consider making expansions that use the same Orthos and Yokai weapons as the basis. Weapons like curved swords (which are not katana), instead of the straight ones featured here. So, it's just a matter of disabling this mod and enabling those ones, et cetera.
In any case, I made this mod for HEMA enthusiasts like myself. May these swords help make your roleplay sessions and Gposes more immersive โ๐ก
NOTE: I understand that for some of the alternate weapons using the Yokai base, the alignment will not be perfect. It's possible that they will clip with the main hand, or may not even reach the offhand in certain jobs like Dark Knight and Samurai. That is simply the nature of the beast given how the idle stances are animated.
In which case, these alternatives are mostly useful in Gposing where weapon positions can be manipulated via Ktsis or Brio. But, I believe it's better to have them there than not.
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