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A hammer greatly increases striking power

A club is useful if you're not necessarily looking for additional striking power and just want something that can hit a wider area.

And usually giants rely on clubs less because they're effective weapons and more because they're something simple to make. And a lot of things will be effective regardless if you're a giant. However, 9 ft tall isn't gigantic so you'd want something more effective than a club, especially if you're fighting armored opponents

Lokarin posted...

A hammer does not actually add more leverage to your strikes or anything, it's just that you can greatly lighten the weapon/tool by putting the relevant mass all in one place. - but since STRENGTH isn't the limiting factor here, why use a hammer when you can use a club?

Where the weight is distributed on a weapon impacts its ability to be swung effectively, ease of use, and striking power. It's not simply about "lightening the weapon." And keep in mind that weapon weight increases fatigue so even if it's a weapon a person can use with ease at first, their ability to continue to use that weapon effectively can go down over time. And giants, etc, are typically nowhere near as strong as you might assume.

A weapon is a force multiplier and the better a weapon is weighted, the more effectively it can use somebody's strength.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Personally, if I was a giant with tons of strength, I'd probably just go the D&D route and throw giant boulders at people and crush them at a distance.

Yeah, I'm not sure why people don't just go with the obvious. Throwing or rolling a boulder is going to do more damage to a greater number of opponents while reducing damage to oneself.

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