Claidhmore

A claidhmore is an especially massive variant of the two-handed sword. Its enormous bulk provides natural critical weighting to the weapon, making the claidhmore the weapon of choice of many warriors.

Other Names

There are no other acceptable nouns for this specific weapon.

Game Mechanics

Claidhmores are on the high end of the damaging weapons in the Two-Handed Weapons skill. In addition, they provide a decent amount of critical damage to those who are on the receiving end of the weapon.

Weapon	AG	Cloth	Leather				Scale				Chain				Plate				RT	Min RT	Damage Type	STR/DU
	AsG	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Claidhmore, new-style	DF	.625	.475				.500				.350				.225				8	4	Slash/Crush	75/200
	AvD	31	35	34	33	32	34	32	30	28	38	34	30	26	37	31	25	19
Claidhmore, old-style	DF	.625	.500				.500				.350				.275				8	4	Slash/Crush	75/200
	AvD	41	45	44	43	42	44	42	40	38	48	44	40	36	47	41	35	29

The main differences between old-style and new-style claidhmores are that old-style has a -10 AS (thus a laen claidhmore would be 3x - 2x = 1x or +5 AS) and a +10 AvD (versus new-style.) These factors essentially even out. Additionally new-style claidhmores lends a higher DS to many stances, but has a lower damage factor against plate armors.

Inspecting a new-style claidhmore:

After a careful inspection you determine that a dark claidhmore requires skill in twohanded weapons to use effectively.

Inspecting an old-style claidhmore:

After a careful inspection you determine that a laen claidhmore requires skill in twohanded weapons to use effectively. It appears to be a modified twohanded sword.

Related Articles

• Two-Handed Weapons - This skill is required to wield a claidhmore.
• Legendary Claidhmores

External link

• Ulaahn's Claidhmore Emporium