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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3088473" data-attributes="member: 19675">I've been cooking since I was 8 years old- I GUARANTEE you that the grip I have on my Hinkels now is FAR superior to the one I had 30 years ago.Their dimensions probably would differ- Germans favored the flamberge design for a long time- and its possible that the swordsmen would suffer difficulties with the varied designs.However, you're still talking about 2 weapons that, in D&D terms, would be identical AND made to the scale of their wielders.A better comparison would occur if someone could post the dimensions of a German zweihander and then calculate the changes (to its various physical dimensions, mass, blade cross section, etc.) if it were shrunk in all dimensions down to the size of a longsword...then compared THAT to a typical German longsword.But I don't do that kind of math.Re: Storyteller's response to H-Smurf's post: I'm with H-Smurf.  The key isn't what its impact its expected to withstand (more a measure of armor than a weapon, anyway), its what kind of energy the wielder will be expected to exert while wielding it for a given amount of time.  A smaller wielder will demand a less-massive weapon.  He will have different leverege.A greatsword isn't just a longer longsword- its proportions and features are different.  A typical 2hander will have a longer hilt, as well as a MUCH larger ricasso...possibly even quillions above the ricasso-which longswords generally lack.  Its blade will probably have a thicker cross-section- many were made with a single-diamond cross-section.</blockquote>

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