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[Shrugging Khan]

Well, I thought this might be a good idea:

A thread in which to discuss the minutiae of preferred weapons, their materials, properties, and uses.

So here goes.
I'll start right off with my current favourite.


The Halberd

With a penetration-on-area of 8.000 on 20.000, the Halberd seems to be the single best available weapon for the purpose of severing limbs, even surpassing the Greataxe and Scimitar. The decent stabbing attack gives it a nice bonus in versatility as well, and the presence of the shaft bashing option doesn't hurt either, although it is comparatively useless. Nonetheless, even though it requires multigrasp, I've grown very fond of my -Iron Halberd-. Four turns, and the enemy is made four limbs lesser. A stab to the head, and that's a deal done as well.

While the lack of a shield unfortunateöy makes a suit of armour required to protect against ranged attacks (and armour is a cowards clothing!) - unless one carries the shield along and drops it whenever the melee begins - the sheer hacking and chopping and severing and general dividing of the thing makes up for it, imo.


Silver Maul

I recently found this beauty. Is it actually the strongest blunt weapon one could hope to find, or simply an oversized gimmick?

[Naes Draw]

Out of silver? Is silver really that good for blunt impact?

[toupz]

The heavier the material the best for blunt i think

[Cannabust]

I haven't really used the silver maul, but I do love the Halberd, it's like an axe with the tip of the sword taped to it, and will decimate pretty much everything in my games (killed a dragon long ago with a steel halberd, highest kill I ever got)

also, if you invest in throwing, GET A PICK. Picks are outright deadly when thrown, and will smash apart faces or tear organs to shreds.

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[toupz]

I found a red steel pick lol i made sure to drop it ontop of a fortress tower on my handicapee hero and retire

[greywar]

Thrown greataxes, scimitars, two-handed swords, and well anything edged and choppy are also devastating.

Of note even Masterwork Sharp Obsidian stones really aren't significantly different than blunt river rocks. Now I just pick up and throw all edged weapons that I find.

[piecewise]

Halberds don't need to be multigrasp you know. I dual wield halberds and two handed swords all the time. But, then again, you could wield 10 swords and 15 shields using some wrestling exploits.

[Shrugging Khan]

I once thirtyfold-wielded shields just by exploiting the [r]emove command.

[piecewise]

Now all you need to do is wield 300 shields and 300 spears and then singlehandedly reenact Thermopylae

[Shrugging Khan]

Sure, as soon as I find someone who will million-wield spears, bows and shields against me 

[GrizzlyAdamz]

I think I might sig that.

Anywho, I don't think high contact area is a good thing, unless it perhaps adds to accuracy. My steel pick lops off limbs, spills guts and severs heads more consistently than any other weapon I've used, and it's got a penetration on area of 4.0 on .1, with a velocity multiplier of 2x. And then you can wield it one-handed without penalty, and it's about the size of a war hammer, (effects accuracy on small enemies?), and it's the only weapon I've successfully gotten a one-hit kill on a giant, (that was a bronze pick, mind you).

This <<+Steel Pick+>> w/ encrusted native platinum, rubies, and menacing spikes of black opal, is one for the record books.

-edit
oh, and yes, silver is the most powerful material for blunt weapons, and the weakest for edged:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=53571.0

[Jacob/Lee]

The best weapon of them all? The human/elf/dwarf body.

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[Shrugging Khan]

When you said

The human/elf/dwarf body

...I had to think of how I once smacked a wrestler to death with dual-wielded mutilated wrestler corpses.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

I'll  just leave this here.

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Doing some research !!Science!!, 10v10 dwarfs, 5 paces apart, with steel picks vs steel halberds and no skill, (can't give them skill for mining, so it wouldn't be fair). I allow 20 seconds irl after the battle for dwarves to bleed out.
[spoiler]Unarmored:
Trial 1: 3 Minerdwarfs surviving
Trial 2: 9 Minerdwarfs surviving
Trial 3: 4 Minerdwarfs surviving
Armored (Full bronze, no shields):
Trial 1: 9 Minerdwarfs surviving
Trial 2: 3 Minerdwarfs surviving
Trial 3: 4 Minerdwarfs surviving
Armored (Full steel, no shields):
Trial 1: 10 Minerdwarfs surviving, 1 Axedwarf surviving...(they refused to attack him, and he is missing.....eyes, ears, cheeks, a nose, both arms, most of his teeth, and everything else is bruised/fractured...dunno why they don't finish him off)(actually, I took control of the poor guy, and they were just wailing away at him w/o moving. He bled to death eventually.)
Trial 2: 9 Minerdwarfs surviving
Trial 3: 7 Minerdwarfs surviving

Exact armor given:
breastplate
helm
gauntlet
gauntlet
high boot
high boot
greaves
/vindicated

[/spoiler]

[Shrugging Khan]

Picks are dwarvy weapons. I play human.

FEAR MY SUPERIOR SIZE.