Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28776596-20160913152557/@comment-25936766-20161006234055

PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote: I think I know how to make this work. Jaune uses Pyrrha's shield in one hand, his sword in the other, and wears his own shield in sheath form on his sword arm.

It looks light enough, being a sheath and quite thin, so perhaps, due to its light weight, activating its shield form to provide two shields whilst also being able to slash and stab with his sword would work.

And when all is said and done, he can put the sheath back on his waist. Maybe the mounting of it on his arm could be done by moving the sheath to his back, then pulling it with the sword out and attaching it to his arm whilst pulling out the sword in one clean motion. That's just stupid. It's, for starters, 100% unnecesary and due to the length and utter lack of flexibility-by-design, makes things more cumbersome.

Second of all, it adds unnecesary weight. The sheath is not light. It's a shield as well (which is why it's also not really flexible). Being thin is completely irrelevant. Jaune himself even says that it just makes it easier to carry around, it's still just as heavy as in shield form.

Third of all, Jaune's shield is completely flat, which makes it more cumbersome to use as improvised armor. He also would need something to hold the sheald in his arm and still be capable of unfolding into it's shield form.

Fourth of all, putting it on his waist, then moving it all the way to the back, then attaching it to his arm, that's too long to be practical in a fight. And there's no way he could do the things you say he could do in "1 clean motion". Especially since how would he even move the sheath from his waist to his back, to a position where he could pull out the sword?