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Description

Allows to learn some mace abilities.

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Acquired From


Book content

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...you know how our knights are, all too eager to dress head to toe in plate armor, so it comes as no surprise that the Nistrians are obsessed with maces. They treat it as a noble weapon just as we do with our swords.

You should have seen the local weapon markets! It's hard to imagine a variety like this anywhere else in the world. Some of the warhammers they sell are so peculiar, that I have troubles understanding how they are supposed to be used in combat.

Once, I witnessed a weapon smith demonstrating his wares to a customer. There was a straw dummy in the yard for this very purpose - and judging by its sorry state, the demonstrations were held rather often. The smith dressed the dummy up in a full set of armor, Aldorian one by the way, took a war hammer, and swung at it… by the Host, I'd never seen such a devastating strike before.

The weapon made a sizable dent in the plate, and the hammer head got stuck so deep in the mangled metal and straw, that the smith had to spend a considerable amount of effort pulling it free. I definitely wouldn't want to be at the place of that dummy...

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