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How viable a weapon would a hammer be for a samurai?
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How viable a weapon would a hammer be for a samurai?
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>>47873226
Same as the giant, studded club they used.

Can it kill my enemies? Yes? Then we're good.
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>>47873226

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōtsuchi

I suspect it's not a common weapon by any means, and you might get some weird looks by the traditionalists, but they existed.
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Big stronk hammer>tiny metal toothpick
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>>47873226
>How viable a weapon would a hammer be
If it looked like what it was in the picture? Then not very, at least historically speaking.

Remember, war-hammers developed in response to the wider proliferation of metal armors (particularly plate) during and after the hundred years war in Europe. The hammer or pick-like head was useful to either deform the armor (and concuss the wearer beneath), or penetrate deep enough through steel plate to cause injury.

This isn't really an issue for cultures where you have low-quality ore and thus don't have a lot of metal armor about, like in most Eastern-derived settings.

That being said, it's fiction. Do whatever you want.
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>>47873326
He looks like Thor from Marvel. Is it a reference or is there actually a Thor animu?
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I don't know about hammers but clubs, absolutely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanab%C5%8D
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>>47873400
Pretty sure that's just supposed to be King Dedede
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>>47873400
It's some Japanese anime, with marvel characters as pokemon.
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>>47873400
Marvel Avengers Disk Wars.
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>>47873606
I wish I had Tony Stark as my spirit animal.
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