A hammer, for the breaking of body parts left up to the imagination.
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An alligator.
Alternately, huge two-handers like earthbreakers for the sheer crunch factor.
Also, exotic and seemingly unpredictable weapons that would seem to be as much a danger to their weilder if they weren't properly trained with them. Meteor hammer for example.
Honestly, any weapon will do. It's all in the fine details and how the person carrying them carries himself.
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Scythe, no matter what level he is, threatening someone with X 4 crit weapon always makes them think twice
Great Axe.
You could just think headsman.
It might be considered a slashing weapon because it has a blade, but the crushing blows it can deliver are outstanding. A blow caught by a shield still can shatter the bones of the arm behind it.
Blunderbus.
"THIS IS MY BOOM STICK!"
A pickaxe. It'll scrape and puncture, and I've been playing a lot of Terraria/Minecraft. Bad way to go.
A spoon? 'Cause it'll hurt more.
A handaxe. Not particularly powerful, but a slightly rusty one of those things with blood dripping from it would be SCARY.
a sledge hammer with a massive barbed spike on the other side of the head. you can either smash them to pieces or impale them. and it makes a really nasty noise as you rip it from their living flesh.
two-handers
"It's a trap. Get an Axe!"
i gotta go with the fullblade. if youre weilding that with no penalties youre gonna get my vote whether i like it or not.
Scyte. Critical x4 and favored weapon of Death? Scary.
Next is Greataxe.
IMO, a big blunt weapon like a hammer or a mace.
Ouch. Just ouch.
A Morningstar. Simply brutal. Double-Axe, dwarven war-axe or bastard-sword, because you have to know how to use it.
Polearm. This means the warrior is probably very skilled and relatively intelligent. To get to him you need to pass through his threatened area, and then you better hope he does not have additional techniques up his sleeve.
Let's not forget polearms are two-handers.
A Morningstar.
Oh, yeah, this reminded me of the most scary one: the dire flail.
Dire Flails make me giggle.
Silliest weapon of all time.
Most double weapons make me scratch my head, but that one strains the laws of physics.
The Maulaxe or Earthbreaker would give me pause, but seriously any weapon on the list would intimidate my lazy, pampered rear end. Even the Dire Flail, maybe, if it were in a gnoll's hands. Because a gnoll would scare the crap out of me in real life.
Scythe for the potential auto death crit or a reach weapon for annoyance or twin kukri's at higher level knowing your about to get condition criticaled to death (whats that, you got a full attack off and now i'm stunned, blinded, exhausted and bleeding from three places... cheers).
...or twin kukri's at higher level knowing your about to get condition criticaled to death (whats that, you got a full attack off and now i'm stunned, blinded, exhausted and bleeding from three places... cheers).
I found a "demotavational poster" that says "Gurkhas: because a big guy with a little knife and a frown isn't as scary as a little guy with with a big knife and a smile..."
And a pic if a man in a Napalise millitary uniform with a BIG smile holding a kukei.(I just wish i knew how to linkify...)
For me it's less the weapon, more the 'look'. And that look is Crude.
Not a elegantly crafted and perfectly balanced greatsword. Think less of that and more... 3 bits of metal that look like they've been bolted together, but with jagged edges and spikes, some of which look more like "Can't be bothered flattening that bit" than deliberate and so forth. Imagine an axe with a blade so imperfect and poorly made that your honestly not sure if it's going to cut you or impale you.
But half way through wondering that you also realize the point is moot, because either way, it's going to really REALLY hurt.
A beautifully crafted dwarven axe with runes etched up and down it's blade and a haft wrapped in direshark skin speaks of a level of culture and that the person wielding it has enough of a society where they can dedicate days to that sort of ornamentation and getting it right. Someone like that is obviously rational and can possibly be bargained with.
On the other hand, a primitive with a blood caked.... gods... what do I call that? Axe? Sword? CUTTY THING? To me screams more "You can have your fancy bashy stick with the squiggles. Don't care. Still gunna gut ya, you ponce."
Owww.
My Spleen.
Thats it... I quit.
For me? ESPECIALLY the last one. So I guess that TECHNICALLY makes my answer a long sword... maybe a short sword.
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My Lamashtan Demon/Strength Cleric says:
The Falchion hands down and chained to the vambrace with a locked gauntlet and always naked. Rusty, disease-ridden, notched, well-loved, poisoned, you name it.
Must agree that it's the wielder that's half the battle. Female cleric with minimal breast plate, raven feather cloak, and that black steel jackal mask that adds to the "I'm Crazy And I Know It" alongside all the battle scars on mid-to-high Charisma.
It's not the crit multiplier that I look at. More like how often does the weapon threaten. When your half-orc threatens with a keen falchion every other combat round, you sit up and take notice like a puppy facing a Scooby Snack. A human Lamashtan female just makes it look and feel sexier IMHO.
Echthros
a dead body...
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Two handers reek of over compensation. Might be enough to get the local populace to leave you alone but amongst adventurers less can be more.
It's the guy that brings a dagger to a sword fight and dosen't look the least bit concerned. You know what you're getting out of big weapon guy but this one, what's his plan? He's either "touched" or he's going to kill you all. He's the one that worries me.
Torger
Also, those familiar with Blade of the immortal may agree that Shira's weapon is one of the most terrifying. No, not the katana with a saw-like blase, I mean the ulna and radio left exposed, sharpened to form two spikes.
In general, I agree that "crude" weapons look scarier than well-kept weapons.
A pitchfork, but only when wielded by about 40 villagers.
a dead body...
A live one is very intimidating. An person willing to let themselves be used as a weapon even more so.
When the bad guy rips off your own arm and then wields THAT as a weapon against you.
... and beats you to death with the wet end...(Thank you Druss for that one)
I´d like to point out, that if you think about it, a well-worn, oiled, sharpened blade of a professional is the most scary. A sword, a tool only for killing.
On the gut level, i´d add pieces or stains of the last victim.
After reading the original question again, i´d also mention that quantity does sent a message. A warrior, like i see him, would carry an assortment of weapons.
Prestidigitation. It can make things dirty, like an open wound. Welcome to possibly-fatal-infection city.
Heavy flail.
Barbarian with body bludgeon wielding a dwarf wielding a greataxe.
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The dwarf should be a paladin. That way, with Aura of Justice, the Barbarian gets smite on every attack and so does the dwarf! Yay Teamwork!
Trebuchet.
Dagger, small improvised, or unarmed. Less is always more.
Nobody's posted the teacup scene from Riddick? For shame.
I'm a little sad to see someone already said it, but I'll reiterate. A tea cup.
A smile....because he doesnt need a weapon.
A spoon? 'Cause it'll hurt more.
Some murders take seconds.
Some murders take minutes.
Some murders... take hours.
Now, this murder... takes yeeeaaarrrs.
It began as a nuisance.
It became... a mmmmenace.
Now, Shadrayl of the Mountain is running for his life.
Sorry, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon is an awesome video that everyone needs to see.
EVERY WEAPON. If you see a guy carrying every weapon that ever existed, you know he means business.