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<blockquote data-quote="Acmite" data-source="post: 454922" data-attributes="member: 183">All the weapons you listed above usually have a wooden shaft.&nbsp; This allows the wielder to slide his/her hand up along the shaft in oder to compensate for the balance point when bringing the weapon back to a guard position.&nbsp; While the balance point is stationary, the wielder's hands are not required to stay near the pommel, or below a crossguard.You generally don't slide your hand up along a sword blade.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I've played in many campaigns since SaF was released and I've yet to see anyone express even the most remote interest in using a mercurial weapon.&nbsp; Since it's never been a topic of discussion, I'm not sure why.Personally, they just don't interest me.&nbsp; I'd rather focus on a &quot;mundane&quot; weapon nobody seems to use in order to make my fighter-type more unique.&nbsp; No one in any of my groups had used a Warhammer yet in 3E, so my Paladin in my weekly game now uses that as his signature weapon (Paladin of Tyr in pseudo-Realms/Homebrew).OT:&nbsp; Does anyone know why Tyr's favoured weapon is a longsword and not a Warhammer?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Acmite, post: 454922, member: 183"] All the weapons you listed above usually have a wooden shaft. This allows the wielder to slide his/her hand up along the shaft in oder to compensate for the balance point when bringing the weapon back to a guard position. While the balance point is stationary, the wielder's hands are not required to stay near the pommel, or below a crossguard. You generally don't slide your hand up along a sword blade. :D I've played in many campaigns since SaF was released and I've yet to see anyone express even the most remote interest in using a mercurial weapon. Since it's never been a topic of discussion, I'm not sure why. Personally, they just don't interest me. I'd rather focus on a "mundane" weapon nobody seems to use in order to make my fighter-type more unique. No one in any of my groups had used a Warhammer yet in 3E, so my Paladin in my weekly game now uses that as his signature weapon (Paladin of Tyr in pseudo-Realms/Homebrew). OT: Does anyone know why Tyr's favoured weapon is a longsword and not a Warhammer? [/QUOTE]

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