DarkTemplar4ever wrote:
From the looks of how easily a duras flamma cuts through things, I don't even think adamantium would stand up to it, so it'd probably go through dragonscale like a hot knife through butter.
In the Star Wars extended universe there was some kind of stuff that would make a lightsabre "short circuit." it was essentially useless as armor against any other form of weapon because it was kinda like asbestos, fibers of some kind of crystal. I'm betting that the elves have some kind of similar defense against the Durus Flamma blades. Only humans would create a weapon that cannot be defended against. (nuclear bombs anyone...)
The blades are damn sharp and damn dangerous, but i'm thinking that they may be a bit fragile for long term real battle use.
Normal swords, at least in this world, would often be completely destroyed in the course of one battle. That's why a knight would have to replace his weapons after every fight. Even if they were not totally wrecked the amount of damage taken by a sword in a fight would render it effectively useless as its cutting edge would often be chipped to hell.
If the Durus Flamma is a thin blade it would chip even more easily if banged off another Durus Flamma blade. in essense, they would be a sort of useless weapon against themselves, block one time and destroy your enemy's weapon, but also destroys yours. that could explain why the Ensignerium use double bladed durus flamma staff thingies. even if one blade is destroyed, they'll have another..
Now if a Durus Flamma blade is made of pure "magic" or "Chi" or some kind of mystical energy crap then destroying it would be essentially impossible without first destroying the source of that energy.
On a minor side note since someone was comparing lightsabers to Flamma blades. lightsabers are not edged weapons as the flamma blades appear to be. They are instead totally round/cylindrical projections of energy, they have no edges but can cut almost anything. I remember reading something about how the Jedi liked the idea of a weapon that had no edge because it made them feel more in tune with the force... I also remember reading that the lightsaber emmits no heat under normal operating conditions and that if a saber was emmiting heat it was probably about to explode.