Twohanded Edged skill

General Information

Historically, two-handed swords and axes are an unusual varient of the more popular, smaller edged weapons. Requiring great strength and stamina, two-handed edged weapons were the preferred weapons of many Germanic and Indo-European groups such as the Celts. Within Dragonrealms (also known a 2HE), two-handed edged weapons represent weapons like bastard swords, greatswords, and boarding axes.

Two-handed edge is a fantastic melee weapon category and currently the most popular melee skill, offering immense attack power with few penalties given the right weapon. Before the release of arm-worn shields, two-handed edge had the additional penalty of incompatibility with shield skill, making heavy edge the melee class of choice. Since the release of arm-worn shields, however, the largest detriment to 2HE (by far) has disappeared completely, making it the skill of choice for most melee fighters.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages

• Incredible attack power
• Lightest of all the heavy weapon classes (2HE, 2HB, Halberd, Pike).
• Does slice damage. Powerful slice maneuvers like SLICE and CHOP lack the defensive penalties of piercing maneuvers like LUNGE.

Disadvantages

• More roundime on some maneuvers than lighter edged weapons
• Difficult for new players (who cannot afford expensive forged weapons) to learn.

Guild-Specific Abilities

• Barbarians can WHIRLWHIND with any melee weapon. Requirements: 350 in weapon skill, 30 agility and 30 reflex.
• Barbarians and Paladins can parry ranged weapons inside the range of the weapon they are holding.

Recommended Weapons

• a scorched greatsword (for new players, dropped by fire sprites)
• a 30-stone forged bastard sword
• a 36-stone forged bastard sword
• a 52-stone forged greatsword