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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7891230" data-attributes="member: 6895991">Here's another unrealistic system …  Sorry for  the snark.Most so called heavy weapons do weigh far less than you might believe and many so called light weapons are heavier than you think.e.g. a great sword is 5 to 7 poundsa long sword (bastard sword/hand and half) is about 3 pounds and lo and beholda rapier also is about that weight and has equal bladelength.The different edge geometries of those two lead to similar volumes of metal, plus the rapiers basket weighs more than a typical crossbar of a longsword.A battle axe is far lighter than an axe made to chop wood even if they have roughly the same shape, because a battle axe has a far thinner blade.A chainshirt is about 40 pounds a plate armor about 50. so your 3/2/1  relation is nowhere near anything realistic.</blockquote>