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<blockquote data-quote="hamishspence" data-source="post: 2899834" data-attributes="member: 41555"><p><strong>Studded leather and swords</strong></p><p></p><p>I think I also saw a reference on Dragon 323 that said the Mongols (Ghengis Khan era) wore studded leather.</p><p></p><p>On swords: if my memory is right the greatsword in D&D is 6 Lb. I went through the net and Claymores (old twohander, NOT basket hilted one-hander) seem to range between 5 and 7 Lb. Pretty good bracketing. And the claymore is supposed to be unusually light and fast (say the websites)</p><p></p><p>Dinosaurs: Faerun has them: Chult, + some areas of Heartlands. Eberron has a more integrated dino-halfling culture. Not sure about Greyhawk.</p><p></p><p>My idea of a mercurial weapon was: Ordinary sword with so called blood-channel on either side. Extend channel into hollow hilt. Layer of metal over channel to protect it. Voila: sword which has normal durability + shifting weight. Most attacks would either be edge to edge or flat to flat. So chance of plating being broken isn't to high. And since under the plating is a normal sword, even loss of mercury won't mean broken sword. Hollow hilt means shift of weight to blade would be noticable.</p><p></p><p>Whether it would be practical is another thing, but it does demonstrate you can have the channel without wreaking the weapon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hamishspence, post: 2899834, member: 41555"] [b]Studded leather and swords[/b] I think I also saw a reference on Dragon 323 that said the Mongols (Ghengis Khan era) wore studded leather. On swords: if my memory is right the greatsword in D&D is 6 Lb. I went through the net and Claymores (old twohander, NOT basket hilted one-hander) seem to range between 5 and 7 Lb. Pretty good bracketing. And the claymore is supposed to be unusually light and fast (say the websites) Dinosaurs: Faerun has them: Chult, + some areas of Heartlands. Eberron has a more integrated dino-halfling culture. Not sure about Greyhawk. My idea of a mercurial weapon was: Ordinary sword with so called blood-channel on either side. Extend channel into hollow hilt. Layer of metal over channel to protect it. Voila: sword which has normal durability + shifting weight. Most attacks would either be edge to edge or flat to flat. So chance of plating being broken isn't to high. And since under the plating is a normal sword, even loss of mercury won't mean broken sword. Hollow hilt means shift of weight to blade would be noticable. Whether it would be practical is another thing, but it does demonstrate you can have the channel without wreaking the weapon. [/QUOTE]
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