Giant PC's Weapons

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Originally Posted by Phaelen Bleux

And of course, the player wants a Greatsword. So, it will need to be 2.5x heavier that a human-sized greatsword. Therefore, does damage increase only because it is wielded by a 25 ST warrior, or because the average human is getting clobbered with 2.5x more steel, or both?

Both ST and more steel increase the kinetic energy of weapons; a longsword does more damage than a knife in GURPS largely because of the increased moment of inertia. GLAIVE suggests (http://www.gamesdiner.com/glaive3e) a straight-up damage add that's logarithmic in the weight of the weapon, so a x2.5 weight of steel would be worth about +2 to damage in addition to the effects of higher ST.

-Max