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		vacri on Jan 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Inside the world of longsword fighting What is the difference between 'cutting' and 'slashing' as you refer to them? It seems they would be the same to me.

svachalek on Jan 27, 2015 [–]

Based on the description of effects I believe "cutting" would be a sliding motion meant to leave a long, shallow cut while "slashing" would be more of a chopping motion with the blade side.

Sander_Marechal on Jan 27, 2015 | [–]

Yes, that's exactly what I meant.

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