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I have a dwarf character who just got a Hammer of Thunderbolts. Is there a way for a medium-sized character to wield the artifact with one hand? He's a Magus (Spellsword Archetype), and I'd love to be able to continue to use the athame if possible!
That whole large weapon for it the warhammer is what's stifling me on this. How do medium players wield it without size penalties?
Jeraa |
I have a dwarf character who just got a Hammer of Thunderbolts. Is there a way for a medium-sized character to wield the artifact with one hand? He's a Magus (Spellsword Archetype), and I'd love to be able to continue to use the athame if possible!
That whole large weapon for it the warhammer is what's stifling me on this. How do medium players wield it without size penalties?
A barbarian with the titan mauler archetype can reduce (or remove) the penalty, but would still require 2 hands to wield it. They do get another ability to wield a 2 handed weapon in 1 hand with a penalty, but that only works on weapons that are appropriately sized for the barbarian (so Medium weapons for a dwarf).
I don't think there is anything else at all. Other than finding a way to make your dwarf a Large creature.
SmiloDan RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 |
Why did dwarves craft a Large-sized weapon? This has always seemed bizarre to me, unless the weapon also grants dwarves (and possibly all Medium-sized wielders) the ability to use it without penalty. It IS a special magical weapon, so if I was the GM, I would just let characters use it without penalty. But YMMV. :-)
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Heck, it's an artifact! It should allow Mediums to wield, even if that isn't RAW.
kestral287 |
Why did dwarves craft a Large-sized weapon? This has always seemed bizarre to me, unless the weapon also grants dwarves (and possibly all Medium-sized wielders) the ability to use it without penalty. It IS a special magical weapon, so if I was the GM, I would just let characters use it without penalty. But YMMV. :-)
EDIT:
Heck, it's an artifact! It should allow Mediums to wield, even if that isn't RAW.
Presumably they made it for somebody else? It's pretty evidently based on Thor's Hammer, after all.
Sub-Creator |
Effortless Lace?
I just looked at this magic item . . . unfortunately, according to the rules, it won't allow me to wield it one-handed, but instead wield it two-handed without size penalty. I was disappointed.
Plus, it appears effortless lace only works on slashing and piercing weapons, not bludgeoning. Something else I find absurd, personally.
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Jeraa |
Wait, they still have Gauntlets of Ogre Power in PF?
I believe he was referring to the pre-Pathfinder versions of the hammer, which required you to be wearing both gauntlets of ogre power and a belt of giant strength (because Thor required both his gauntlets and belt to wield Mjolnir).
Sandslice |
You use a Gauntlet of Ogre Power and a Girdle of Storm Giant Strength, obviously :).
But, in all seriousness, in every version of the game before Pathfinder, this is exactly what you did.
You also had to be 6' tall or taller, or else you couldn't even attempt it. My first DM had a PC that was a half-elf and was just tall enough to ride. Then he challenged me to DM a scenario for his level.
It included a red dragon that countered their Antimagic Shell with a Rod of Cancellation, and a gnome illusionist that managed to kill the character in question --- by successfully polymorphing him into a female half-elf so that he wouldn't be tall enough to use the Hammer. He passed the system shock, got quite angry, and dispelled himself... but failed THAT system shock, and died instantly. :)
Oh, Second Edition, the memories.
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