Board Thread:Lore/@comment-25954624-20150404151445/@comment-25931200-20150505195715

Thorin Stonehelm wrote: If you hit a shield with a hammer the person holding the shield is likely going to have a broken arm from the force of the impact

Warhammers were not as big as they show them in movies, http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/threads/the-war-hammer.11885/

they were not muh larger then the ones we use today for utility purposess. The thing with those humongous warhammers you see in movies and games is they are really hard to wield properly, almost impossible, they need a lot of strenghth to wield and that means you will be telegraphing your moves to everybody around you, anyone with half a brain will just step aside as you swing your massive piece of steel and since it is so heavy you will be unable to stop your swing or change direction, leaving you wide open to counter attack, worse yet you will tire out soon, after a few swings you will not be able to even lift your hammer. Hammers were generally used to deliver a lot of force on a very speciffic area like head or shoulder, not to crush your enemy into a pulp.