Disclaimer: Lack of knowledge regarding your character or specific fantasy intricacy, be it lore, weapon ballistics, whatever the hell wootz is made out of, 'unique' armors (AF gear, primal gear); is ok, and anybody who thinks it's cool to be a shit and point it out is not a good time. Enjoy your damn RP and have some leniency toward your partner, they may not know as much as you, and that's okay.
Anyways, I recommend the magical power of google.
"Synonyms for strike"
Google's got that shit covered.
"Common medieval armor material"
Got it yo.
"Cockney slang. Old English insults."
Shit's got it's own website.
Have that tab ready to alt-tab to any time whenever you need something known and quick. Being a human thesaurus helps when it comes to adjectives.
Now from an anecdotal perspective:
When it comes to RPing combat, which I adore, I use maneuvers I picked up from other games! They're usually general terms, like a belly-to-belly suplex or short hook, rabbit punch even. If it's generally accepted to be popular, spouting shit like Zandatsu or Double Dempsey Roll may garner a laugh or two. Hell, using in-game attacks helps a TON, you know exactly what it looks like, has a name familiar to pretty much anybody in game, and with that be able to describe the motion in your emote.
Imo, the key is just to be able to describe in a short sentence whatever the hell you're doing, basic anatomy and knowledge regarding motions are a nice thing to have.Â
Describing weapons? Stare at that shit, memorize it's animations if it has any, think of a color other than 'purple' for you carnage blade RPer's. There's nothing wrong with personalizing it if it's subtle. I for one use Wootz daggers when I RP, I don't call them an ancient Allagan design, but I do play on the fact it's forked, gold, and has wicked glowy shit on it. So I link that up with my Ironworks gauntlets as if they worked in tandem, where I like to believe that the Ironworks gear are mechanized and have augmenting properties to them hell, they're even called Augmented Ironworks, though it refers to the item itself and not the wielder.
Mailbreaker, a weapon I never used before, I know it spins, likely made of tampered steel and brass parts. Grip is likely leather, blade stands at maybe 4'10'' from the hilt on a Hyur. Factor in that moving parts = fragility in prolonged use and you have yourself a solid weapon to RP with, knowing it's weaknesses and strengths.Â
Yeah that's my two cents.
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