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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 2691385" data-attributes="member: 10778">The description of the Maul is copied from earlier editions without change. As the Mattock of the Titans changed into a Gargantuan weapon usable by Huge creatures or larger is 40 pounds lighter and 2 feet longer; the Maul should have also changed. No size category is mentioned for the maul; but it is 8 feet long and weighs 160 pounds. Even a 26 Str should have a problem swinging it four times a round unless his body mass more than quintupled the weapon's weight. A 20 lb. sledgehammer is tough enough to swing fast and it weighs only 1/8th or so of the wielder. A normal greatclub weights 8 lbs. and requires 2 hands to use. This one weighs 20 times that.IMC I have ruled that the Maul of the Titans is a Gargantuan weapon. Titans (Huge) can use it two-handedly with their oversized weaponry ability. It is a two-handed weapon for gargantuan creatures and one-handed for colossal creatures. Colossal creatures suffer a -2 off-sized weaponry penalty. As a Gargantuan weapon, it deals 4d8+3/x2 damage against creatures and 12d8+9 damage against objects. This puts the Mattock and Maul out of player reach and back into the hands of Titans and Gargantuan Giants where they belong. It also stops players from making their own path at normal speed through dungeon walls, town walls, ship keels, treasure vaults, etc.CiaoDave</blockquote>