Sledgehammer rules?

[smurf]

Is there a book for using a sledgehammer as a weapon?

It is an unbalanced weapon but I wondered what the min ST would be to wield it?

[ericthered]

High tech page 25 refers to the rules on mauls, plus a skill penalty.

After the End: WasteLanders has a weapon stat block that contains them on page 31.

[Purple Haze]

Having spent a lot of time swinging a sledgehammer, the only useful way to weaponize a sledgehammer is to put your hand tight to the head and use it as a baton with a heavy pommel.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Purple Haze

Having spent a lot of time swinging a sledgehammer, the only useful way to weaponize a sledgehammer is to put your hand tight to the head and use it as a baton with a heavy pommel.

Untrue.

"Halfswording" it (gripping high on the haft with one hand and low with the other) gives decent control (maybe call it a defensive grip?). But it's tiring trying to swing it this way.

But if you've got a stunned foe, doing a full wind up swing would be tremendous.

[adm]

It's a maul.

[mr beer]

I might try gripping it two-handed near the middle and front of the shaft and making rapid jabs with it. I think the effect might be similar to a somewhat predictable but very hard punch.

[FF_Ninja]

Jabs to the face and jawline with the top of the hammer. Also, long, broad swings to the knees and lower legs to cripple or trip up a target.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by FF_Ninja

Jabs to the face and jawline with the top of the hammer. Also, long, broad swings to the knees and lower legs to cripple or trip up a target.

Or the hip. I mean seriously, a solid hit from a swung sledgehammer will destroy your hip. Shoulders. Skull. Heck any bone structure on a human body.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

... I cannot fathom defending within a second of swinging it, so AOA.

It's just a Maul. It already covers all that (Unbalanced and Requires Ready after attacking).

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

I mean I couldn't dodge anything either =) or resist a feint or judo throw.

That's not anything specific to a sledgehammer. In any case, realistic sledgehammers seem to have an extremely wide range of weights (2-20 lb heads...), but the maul (at 12 lb) is in the range of heavy sledgehammers.