Thanks! I knew I had to be missing something.
We just wrapped up the special, so I should have more time going forward. I'll be traveling again this coming weekend, though.
"Use the hand? How would we do that?" Jarrek looks down at the thing as he thinks it over.
Before parting from Umlo and Ingrahild, Haftor learned from them some family lore concerning their illustrious ancestor, Nargrym Steelhand, the Giantslayer. As is customary, he was laid to rest with his gear and other belongings--including the enchanted steel hand that earned him the name. The hand, stories say, gave him the ability to use giants' weapons himself.
So we know in-character that the Steel Hand lets you use giant-sized weapons. And we have now seen this in action with Lokmorr (Medium) using a Large longspear. We will probably need to identify the Steel Hand with Detect Magic and Spellcraft to get the full properties. It may or may not take away the oversized weapon attack roll penalty, but it at least lets a Medium character use a Large two-handed weapon which is normally impossible (except for a few archetypes). It's entirely possible that we will face giants with particularly impressive weapons down the road and the Steel Hand would let you use them.
Kronug has no need for the Steel Hand because Gorum's Thorn is Medium-sized and he is very happy using that weapon.
Kronug's level-up:
Fighter 7
HP +2 Con = +10, new total 80
BAB +1
FCB: +1 CMD vs Trip/Grapple
Feat: Iron Will
Skills (3): Acrobatics (3 ranks)
Background Skills (2): Knowledge (Engineering) (2 ranks)
Armor Training 2
Let me know when I can intro my character. =)
Soon, and thanks for your patience. I think they'll be going to discuss their findings with Ingrahild and Umlo first.