[KarmaInferno]

Contact this guy if you simply MUST have a heavy oversized anime sword.

"I thought it'd be easier for a guy built like Conan the barbarian to swing around, but it turns out a 54 pound sword doesn't care HOW big your muscles are."


-k

[Mirikon]

The difference between a rapier and a claymore is the difference between precision and power. A rapier can slip between chinks in armor, or through an enemy's guard. Try to block a swing of a claymore with a shield, and you'll be lucky if your arm is merely broken. Both have different fighting styles, but both are very deadly in the hands of someone who knows how to use them. In the hands of an amateur, they're just as useful as a Predator in the hands of a street ganger holding his first gun.

[LionofPerth]

Yeah I wouldn't say any swords are heavy per se, but I did a lot of theatrical training with stage swords in my younger days and I can tell you that after swinging the blighters 7 hours a day for 4 days, you feel even a couple of pounds as like a ton.  And I'm not the biggest or fittest shall we say.

And the fencing weapons were the worst (for me anyway) because you spend half the day with your sword arm at least partially extended as you drill, or wait for the teacher to go round and check if everyone's lunge is correct.

Can't work out how to make the file size small enough to post a photo of mine, sorry.

Feel free to try a personal message or e-mail.

If there's anything to say, training helps you get used to the weapon is a good thing. Despite the light weight, swords do have a bit of weight to them, modern pieces especially. They don't have any sort of distal taper on a whole.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Sorry for the resurrection but I was wondering if the steel nodachi mentioned in the same entry should have the exact same stats as the claymore....?

My street samurai is a cyberpunk version of Baro Sukezane  from Blade of the Immortal and a nodachi is essential :p

[Imveros]

Sorry for the resurrection but I was wondering if the steel nodachi mentioned in the same entry should have the exact same stats as the claymore....?

My street samurai is a cyberpunk version of Baro Sukezane  from Blade of the Immortal and a nodachi is essential :p

they mention it in the same post, and they seem to be fairly similar weapons. I would ask the GM first, but i would allow it at my table

[Ravensong]

http://walter-nest.deviantart.com/art/Sword-Photoshoot-152792086

The dude looks like an elf, and he can handle the claymore just fine.

[Ravensong]

Sorry for the resurrection but I was wondering if the steel nodachi mentioned in the same entry should have the exact same stats as the claymore....?

My street samurai is a cyberpunk version of Baro Sukezane  from Blade of the Immortal and a nodachi is essential :p

Yes, as far as I know the two weapons have the same stats, just different styles and cultural references.

Awesome weapon. Considering it for my Drawf Merc. Will have to get it Dwarf size of course.

[Michael Chandra]

I made players roll to figure out where the scratches on the wall came from in a bug nest. They figured out it was from a big blade.

They had a Fire Spirit with them in that fight. He got oneshotted by the shirtless Mafia Soldati with a Claymore. Part of that was from just 1 hit on 14+14(rerolled) dice, but even without that the damage was quite big. ^_^

[Namikaze]

http://walter-nest.deviantart.com/art/Sword-Photoshoot-152792086

The dude looks like an elf, and he can handle the claymore just fine.

LOL I'm sure anyone can handle a foam claymore covered in paint just fine.