V9: Weapon Segments

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Weapon Segments

A weapon segment is a portion of a melee weapon that normally begins at the handle (or the shield, for Madus) and ends at a striking or non-striking tip.

• Striking segments are any segment that ends with a Striking Tip.
• Non-Striking segments are any segment that ends with a Non-Striking Tip.
• Segments may branch or split, creating new segments from that point. These branching segments cannot be less padded than the point they branched out from. For example, if a segment branches out from a point with Strike-Legal padding then the entirety of that branched segment must have Strike-Legal padding.

Identifying weapons segments is most relevant when dealing with Madus, Multi-Ended Weapons, and Stab-Only weapons.
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