Ninjas v. Pirates!

DannyBoy wrote:Chuck Norris is above conflict! He doesn't count!

ok fine... hmmm... Sunny could take them all down! ^.^

"5'2" and built like a football!" ^.^

Only pirates are blessed by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

SANTA! SHALL! BE! VICTORIOUS! AGAINST! ALL!

anubicdarque wrote:Only pirates are blessed by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

You bring up an amazing point...

But what about Pirate Ninjas?

Drako wrote:But what about Pirate Ninjas?

An impossibility that would tear the fabric of time and space itself.
Come on now, lets get serious.

Chuck Norris... don't me started. Washed-up karate actor. *pop* yay. My enthusiasm... it bounds. Can't you tell?

We seem to be straying from the point. You see, I don't think any of you are actually considering the merits of one vs the other. It's just a popularity contest at this point. Besides which, ninjas are soooo much cooler than pirates anyways.

Kudos to Liz for talking about this thread on the comic!

i dunno, ninjas may be cooler, but pirates have more fun. I mean, really, all ninjas get to do is kill folk, meditate, and train to kill folk. Pirates get to drink rum and gamble and plunder booty. (of both varieties ) I'll take that over ninja-ing any day.

as far as a duel, they both (stereotypically) fight dirty, so it would probably come down to who had the best tricks.

historicly ninjas are farmers with simple farm equipment.
historicly pirates are a band of people who take what they want at gun point

pirates have more experence and better weapons.
ninjas have stealth but are by no means invisible.
i'd have to give it to the pirates

canadianbacon wrote:Historically, ninjas are farmers with simple farm equipment.
Historically, pirates are a band of people who take what they want at gun point.

Now, that's bias. Yes, there were quaint farmer ninja, but at the same time there were the kick-ass ninjas we've come to know and love. (Not the ones that do ridiculous jutsu, go away Naruto fans)

I could also say that most pirates didn't make a whole bunch of money, were mutinous traitorous bastards, often raped and pillaged, and were generally unsuccessful excepting a few noteworthy characters. But I don't.

So let's just compare the good ninjas with the good pirates, mkay?

Historically pirates were actually highly democratic in there decisions of who to attack and when. There have even been discoveries of weight scales on pirate ship wrecks which where used to evenly distribute the plunder.

And I believe that the rape and pillaging stories were exaggerated a bit because pirates typically preferred to high jack ships with the minimum amount of bloodshed...on both sides. Normal everyday people tend to not want to get involved when they believe that the person they are about to go against is bat shit crazy.

You known psychological warfare and what not.

Eh, i kinda have to go Wizard here. Pirates, robots and soccer moms would likely be blasted to bits at a thousand paces. The Ninja could probably sneak up on him in the meantime, but honestly, if you were a wizard going to an all-out brawl like this, d'you know what you'd write on the back of your robe?

Guess what.

I prepared explosive runes today

Hest wrote:Eh, i kinda have to go Wizard here. Pirates, robots and soccer moms would likely be blasted to bits at a thousand paces. The Ninja could probably sneak up on him in the meantime, but honestly, if you were a wizard going to an all-out brawl like this, d'you know what you'd write on the back of your robe?

Guess what.

I prepared explosive runes today

Explosive runes is an area effect spell, which would kill the Wizard quicker and messier than the humble ninja or pirate. It's the magickal equivalent to strapping a grenade to your own spine!!!!

Pirates, when was the last time you saw a ninja with wenches ?

When was the last time you saw a ninja?
Holy crap, I forgot this thread existed.

Behold the power of Thread Necromancy!!!!
Friday, when I walked past the Taijutsu (the correct name for Ninjutsu) class when I was going to my Silat class.

I think a ninja could win.
Although a pirate could also win, a pirate would have to be quick enough to catch a ninja off guard.

Pirates have cannons, and the cutlass have a better coolnes bonus than a katana

Personally, a katana is much cooler.

But I can't decide who could win in a fight?

Lord Grey II wrote:When was the last time you saw a ninja?

My glasses arnt for show, I paid for 'extras'

A cutlass would win a fight between itself and a Katana, a Katana is a weapon made for sharpness, it's a surprisingly fragile blade, a Cutlass being heaver would at least deflect said Katana, also the swordsmanship styles are diffrent, Katana's being used in long fluid strikes, Pirates having lttle formal training in swordsmanship.
Also a pirate is just as likly to hiltpunch you or while your blades are locked, to give you a swift kick to the happy sacks, then while your gasping like a fish, he sticks you.

As for personal preferances in swords, I'm found of the bastard sword (both in real life and rpg's) Though in my larp days, I was a holy terror with a large foam axe

Jimbo wrote:Pirates have cannons, and the cutlass have a better coolnes bonus than a katana

Ninjas wouldn't use a Katana, the Katana was the sword used by the Japanese Nobility, the Samurai. If anyone not of noble birth (Ronin were usually disgraced nobles) was caught by one, they got executed for it.
The Ninja sword of choice was the Ninjato, which was traditionally made of inferior metals so it could easily disposed of and re-forged later. It wasn't designed to take a hit from any other sword (or axe, hammer, mace, or tetsubo). Though most ninja would probably have used the smaller and more concealable Tanto.

Not really pertinent to the discussion but still cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEpf_yD2PNo

I have a hard time imagining the whole pirate/ninja thing coming down to a sword fight. Ninjas are more strategy-inclined to allow it to come down to that, I think.

All depends on the ninja I just realized, what about the kind that like to fight from a distance than up close?

Theres also the thing of, Ninja's tend to work alone or in pairs,
Pirates come at thier target en mass.

FOOOLS! the vikings win for they are combo of the two.