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Giant Swords
Thanks to anime, mainly, many fantasy worlds feature enormous swords. These aren¡Çt merely the oversized twohanded swords occasionally used by real-world executioners or created as display pieces for shrines and museums. No, giant swords have massive blades – longer than the user is tall, often as wide as a slim wielder – mated to two-handed grips long and narrow enough to allow control with human-sized hands. Wielding such a weapon demands extraordinary skill and strength, and proclaims the owner to be a hero.

The ¡Èskill¡É aspect is reflected in the fact that all such weapons have a built-in penalty for unwieldiness. The resulting skill decrease does affect Parry. This can be ¡Èbought off¡É with the Giant Sword perk (below).

The ¡Èstrength¡É element is a consequence of weight: Huge blades weigh a lot and have high minimum ST! This also has ramifications for skill, as Giant Sword cannot buy off the ‑1 to skill per level of missing ST (p. B270). Moreover, if the user¡Çs ST is less than 2/3 of that required, the weapon becomes unready after each attack. If it¡Çs less than 1/3 of that needed, attempts to use it (to attack, feint, parry, etc.) fail automatically and call for a DX roll to avoid falling over. At the GM¡Çs option, this last rule could apply to any swung melee weapon that has reach 2+ and requires more than three times the user¡Çs ST.

Example: A titanic sword requires ST 30. Between ST 29 and ST 20, a fighter could use it at ‑1 to ‑10 (on top of the basic ‑2 for size). At ST 19 or less, it would not only be used at ‑11 or worse, but also become unready after each attack. At ST 9 or less, any use would fail and mean a DX roll to avoid falling over.

See the Giant Sword Table (p. 9) for stats. The merely gigantic sword is almost 10¡Ç long from pommel to point, and at least 3-4 inches wide; the titanic sword is around 12¡Ç long all told, and 7-8 inches wide; and the godlike sword is about 15¡Ç overall, and 11-12 inches wide. Wide and double-wide swords are ¡Èjust¡É 6¡Ç or 7¡Ç long (greatsword-length), but well over 1¡Ç and 2¡Ç wide, respectively. None of these weapons is notably thicker than an ordinary blade – they taper to a keen edge, maintaining their integrity thanks to labor-intensive smithing (traditionally the secret of gods, demigods, or at least titans).

Gigantic, titanic, and godlike swords cannot be conveniently sheathed and therefore cannot be readied using Fast-Draw. They¡Çre customarily carried resting on one shoulder with hands on the grip, which counts as ready; if on a table or rack, carried by a flunky, on the ground, etc., see Readying Weapons and Other Gear (pp. B382-383). Wide and doublewide swords can be scabbarded on the back, allowing Fast-Draw (Two-Handed Sword) attempts at the sword¡Çs skill penalty for unwieldiness.

Enchanted Giant Swords
Giant swords are often magical, though their high weight makes certain enchantments extremely expensive – notably Hide Object, which in fantasy that features such weapons is a common way to stash them when not in use. See Enchanted Double-Ended Weapons (p. 6) for a list of other weight-sensitive enchantments.

Lighter Giant Swords
In some settings, giant swords aren¡Çt as heavy as they look. They¡Çre made from an incredible alloy – like the mythic orichalcum – that reduces weight to more manageable levels while somehow hitting no less hard, compensating for lack of mass with a faster swing, a keener edge, or the Power of Plot. And somehow, this doesn¡Çt make the sword any more fragile.
This is pure fantasy: add a ¡È^¡É to the weapon¡Çs TL.

• Cutting weight to 2/3 reduces the required ST to 80% of the listed amount (drop fractions in both cases). For instance, reducing a titanic sword from 44 lbs. to 29 lbs. also whittles ST down from 30 to 24. The alloys required add +9 CF.

• Cutting weight to 1/2 reduces ST to 70% of the listed requirement. Lightening that titanic sword to 22 lbs. chops ST to 21. +19 CF.

• Cutting weight to 1/3 reduces ST to 60% of normal. Taking that titanic sword to 14 lbs. slashes ST to 18. At the GM¡Çs option, this may be the same as making the weapon from orichalcum in worlds where that exists. +29 CF.

In all cases, treat the weapon as having its full weight when calculating HP and checking for breakage, but use reduced weight for all other purposes: encumbrance, enchantment costs, etc.
Lighter construction precludes applying modifiers for materials such as silver or meteoric iron.

The lightening process isn¡Çt effective for ordinary-sized weapons. An oversized blade is necessary to prevent loss of damage.

Giant Sword Table
All of these weapons have the problem of minimum reach: they cannot make thrusting attacks on nearby targets. The largest cannot even be usefully swung at foes closer than two yards away.
In all cases, these swords are intended for SM 0 users of fantastic ST. They can be scaled up normally for beings of SM +1 or larger!

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
TWO-HANDED SWORD (DX-5, Broadsword-4, or Force Sword-4)
3	Gigantic Sword or	sw+5 cut thr+5 imp	1-3 3	0 0	$3,000 –	16 –	18¢÷ 18¢÷	‑1 to skill ‑ 1 to skill
3	Titanic Sword or	sw+8 cut thr+8 imp	2-4 4	0 0	$8,400 –	44 –	30¢÷ 30¢÷	‑2 to skill ‑ 2 to skill
3	Godlike Sword or	sw+11 cut thr+11 imp	2-5 5	0 0	$16,500 –	86 –	42¢÷ 42¢÷	‑3 to skill ‑3 to skill
3	Wide Sword or	sw+8 cut thr+8 imp	1, 2 2	0 0	$8,400 –	44 –	30¢÷ 30¢÷	‑2 to skill ‑2 to skill
3	Double-Wide Sword or	sw+11 cut thr+11 imp	1, 2 2	0 0	$16,500 –	86 –	42¢÷ 42¢÷	‑3 to skill ‑3 to skill

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