This article is about the tool and weapon type. For the month, see Hammer (month).
A hammer was an implement ranging in size from tiny jewelery hammers to massive warhammers. Certain races preferred to wield hammers, especially dwarves who made extensive use of these tools in mining their great caverns. The light hammer might be thrown at a target and was thus considered a ranged weapon as well as a melee weapon.[4]
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One cannot escape amazement when considering all the problems that can be righted by a whack from a good hammer.
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Description[]
Hammers whose use was intended as tools included sledgehammers, peg- and tone-setting mallets, spike and chisel hammers, hammers with claws for nail removal, and smithing hammers.[1][3]
Smithing hammers, in particular, consisted of solid and heavy flat-nosed steel heads with triangular tails to allow for detailed work, attached to a long duskwood handle that provided effective thermal isolation.[1]
Several varieties of hammers were available for purchase through Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue.[1]
Types of Hammers[]
Hammers generally intended for use as weapons included:
- Gnome hooked hammer
- Light hammer
- Lucerne hammer
- Maul
- Throwing hammer
- Warhammer
Hammers designed for practical use as tools included:
Appendix[]
Gallery[]
A typical throwing hammer.
A masterwork throwing hammer.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), pp. 56, 59. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 128. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 149–151. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
- ↑ Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 116, 118. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.