Greatsword

The massive, two-handed greatsword is five feet in length, with a huge four-foot blade. Its sheer weight allows its wielder to crush what the blade doesn't penetrate, and a sharpened edge allows the weapon to cut very effectively indeed. Historically, greatswords were favored by Scottish clansmen (called claymores). In popular fiction, greatswords are usually used by very strong warriors.
==Variants==
A later improvement on the basic greatsword was the German zweihänder, which was an even longer 6-foot sword and could weigh 6-7 lbs. The zweihänder had an unsharpened and unbeveled blade near the hilt (the ricasso, which was sometimes covered with leather for added protection), which allowed a wielder to "choke up" on the weapon, allowing it to act as a makeshift polearm. This versatility enables the zweihänder to function with both the slashing and piercing descriptors. The zweihänder is also large enough to count as being medium (+0) in size.
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