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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sledge" data-source="post: 2883884" data-attributes="member: 9324">big dummy there are numerous weapons that are over 7 pounds and balanced for combat.  They aren't fancy looking things.  They are simple.  Since you tell me to go to a website, but dismiss its comments, then I do wonder what inside information you have.  I concede a 12 pound sword would be unwieldy, but I do wonder why you insist that a weapon that is described as well balanced and easy to swing must have been for show.  Why assume the the weapons in d&d, which were formally called 2 handed swords, are not the same weapons as the 2 handed swords from history?The approximately 8 pound swords were from the later periods and would not appear very commonly in most of the medieval era.  They did range in weight from 6 pounds to 8 pounds.  That is a range.  Picking the highest number on a range ensures that the weapon is within encumbrance.Strangely since the term Spathology is a reference to sword forms studied by ARMA and ARMA is only 14 years old, where did you study sword forms in ARMA before there was ARMA?As requested I checked what ARMA forums said about sword weights.  Low and behold, "One handed swords, which come in many varieties, might weight from 2 pounds to 4 pounds, depending."Right there we have the assertion by other ARMA Spathologists that 2 to 4 pounds for a 1 handed sword is the norm.  The fact that 8 pound swords are not in vogue for ARMA is not a reflection of their historical presence.</blockquote>

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