I mean, it’s obviously the flanged mace. It’s the only one that purely serves its purpose as a weapon and not simply a meat tenderizer or hammer.
Maces were great for abusing the peasants and hammering on knights.
War hammers were god damned crimes. Because the focused blunt end of the hammer can REALLY cause some serious damage. But also? The back is a pick. So you don’t even need to dent the armor and cause bruising. You just pierce a brain on the backhand.
Which is why the lucerne hammer (bec de corbin above) was the best anti-armor weapon out there. A polearm that can fuck you up three different ways.
I’m not someone who’s actually studied medieval combat, but as I understand it while a war hammer was a better weapon than a mace it was also more complicated to use. You’ve actually got to aim and align your strikes, while a mace is just “swing the pointy bits at the guy you want dead.”
If you want any degree of force in your swing you are already “aiming and aligning” anything. Its the difference between wailing and actually throwing a punch. A schoolkid throwing a swing might bloody a nose but is probably going to hurt them as much as their target. Someone who knows how to properly make a fist and put their body into it? You don’t need much strength to fuck someone up.
So, theoretically, you could still do a decent amount of damage on an unarmored civilian using something like a morningstar. But that is almost entirely the spikes.
If you wanted any hope of causing meaningful damage to an armored opponent or even an unarmored combatant with their adrenaline pumping? You needed to know how to swing your weapon whether it was a mace, a hammer, or a sword. And as long as you hold the weapon correctly, you get hitting them with the fun bit “for free”.
I never tried tenderizing meat with a flail before, but it really works! 10/10. I recommend it
Idk, I kinda like the candle stick/coat rack
Roundhouse kick for the win
Quarterstaff. Long things hit hard.
flanged mace 100% but I am also not disinterested in bec de corbin
Re: Bac de Corbin, what’s the minimum percentage of bluntness to count as a blunt weapon?
at least the hammer side qualifies
All of the bottom ones except the quarterstaff are more piercing weapons with extra weight
The Bec de Corbin is nice for when you aren’t sure if you’re feeling buldgeony or stabby. It’s like the chicken and waffles of the blunt weapon world.
Goedendag!
Good day to you too
was about to complain this wasn’t an option. thanks for doing the lord’s work
Aka ‘pointy stick’
It hardly matters, just as long as it’s rusty and pointy…
How you gonna do the Shillelagh this dirty?
Quarterstaff, personally. It can double as a walking stick.
Staffs are deceptively heavy.
I love flails.
But I would also take a Bec De Corbin Dallas, Multipass.
Flail. Specifically the Witch-King’s ludicrously large one.
morningstar, with flail as a close second :3
I’m very confident that I would injure myself with a flail.
Mine’s whatever Hawkgirl uses.
Double-sided tape?
Morningstar with magic disruption
They may stop asking you, but nobody here got old enough to stop raving about their favorite when prompted.
Ravens Beak ofc (bec de corbin)
