Youngdeathknight opened this issue on Sep 02, 2013 ยท 13 posts
svdl posted Wed, 11 September 2013 at 3:13 PM
Another thing, a well balanced 4-5 pound sword is fairly easy to wield. I did that in real life with a 5 pound hand-and-a-half.
The trick is, you grasp a large sword with a long hilt close to the crossguards, not in the middle of the hilt. That would be murder on your wrist. Quite a few fantasy images depict the wielder holding the blade close to the center or the end of the hilt - that doesn't work!
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter