Fantasy Blacksmithing

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just saw this, and agree with the commentator:

 

[niklinna]

This will come in handy for the Stonetop game I'm about to start playing in, my boyfriend is the town blacksmith.

 

[Ryujin]

That's gotta hurt.

 

[Umbran]

That's gotta hurt.

"Let me apply force with half the lever arm everyone else uses. That'll won't be exhausting and muscle-wrenching at all!"

 

[Ryujin]

"Let me apply force with half the lever arm everyone else uses. That'll won't be exhausting and muscle-wrenching at all!"

I was thinking the same. There's a reason why the axe head is at the end of a long stick.

 

[niklinna]

I was thinking the same. There's a reason why the axe head is at the end of a long stick.

So we just do a version that's 5x as big but still strapped to your arm. if Final Fantasy 14 can do impossibly yuge weapons....

 

[Umbran]

So we just do a version that's 5x as big but still strapped to your arm. if Final Fantasy 14 can do impossibly yuge weapons....

Swinging that from the shoulder and elbow, without the finesse of the wrist, doesn't sound great.

 

[niklinna]

Swinging that from the shoulder and elbow, without the finesse of the wrist, doesn't sound great.

It's FANTASY. Gonna make it a reach weapon that can trip too, and do slashing or piercing or bludgeoning damage depending on how you use it. Maybe an integrated rifle in the haft. Or a grenade launcher! Drink bitter tears, Pathfinder 2e Inventors!

 

[Ryujin]

Swinging that from the shoulder and elbow, without the finesse of the wrist, doesn't sound great.

Works for the Indian Patah, but that's a very different use case.View attachment 280658

 

[niklinna]

Works for the Indian Patah, but that's a very different use case.View attachment 280658View attachment 280659

Pata (sword) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Mughals developed a variation with matchlock pistols adjoining the handle.

Hah! Suck on the lollipop of defeat, Pathfinder 2e Inventors! (Yes I know it also says "citation needed" and I don't care. FANTASY.)