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July 19, 2015, 08:28:57 AM Last Edit: July 19, 2015, 08:35:08 AM by Shipyard Locked
Just for easy kicks, let's find out what the true iconic weapon of martial villainy is!

It's multiple choice.

Obviously the weapons will be decorated with screaming skulls and bat-wing motifs.

One Horse Town

#1
July 19, 2015, 08:38:21 AM
Dunno why, but i always think that someone wielding a fiendish looking staff is one of the coolest images, so i voted other!

Staff.

jadrax

#2
July 19, 2015, 08:38:43 AM
Petrified Cockatrice's Head on a long chain.

cranebump

#3
July 19, 2015, 09:01:14 AM
A sandwich, likely a Dagwood. He's quite self-assured (and always hungry), and he can easily grab the ivory-handled chunk of iron with the blood-stained serrated edge if he needs it.
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Planet Algol

#4
July 19, 2015, 09:17:01 AM
Riding crop.
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Warboss Squee

#5
July 19, 2015, 09:17:39 AM
I voted sword. Mainly because I really like swords, and the idea of a BBEG wielding a vampiric blade that continues to drain blood from the wounds it causes even from a short distance is evil.

Axiomatic

#6
July 19, 2015, 09:48:31 AM
There's something about the morningstar that screams "I am a brutal, vicious thug without the slightest shred of mercy".
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Gunslinger

#8
July 19, 2015, 10:11:29 AM
Literally the first thing that came to mind was a condom.  Truly petrifying.
 

Exploderwizard

#9
July 19, 2015, 10:23:15 AM
A trussed up gnome, who is someone the PC's recognize. Gnomes do full damage on the first three hits, after that they are broken and only score half damage.
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AsenRG

#10
July 19, 2015, 10:32:20 AM Last Edit: July 19, 2015, 10:36:41 AM by AsenRG
In true classical manner, he's wielding a hostage. Doesn't need to be a sentient being. An important message would do just fine.
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Shipyard Locked

#11
July 19, 2015, 10:35:26 AM Last Edit: July 19, 2015, 10:37:40 AM by Shipyard Locked
Quote from: Axiomatic;842874There's something about the morningstar that screams "I am a brutal, vicious thug without the slightest shred of mercy".

My vote too. One of the things I like about them is how they can combine the decorative flair of a scepter with the brutal qualities you've mentioned.

Consider this guy's weapon (4e DMG)...



Or these little images from Diablo III:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/earthshatter
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/nutcracker

JamesV

#12
July 19, 2015, 10:57:21 AM
A real villains' hands are empty, but they wield a ton of goons with a variety of weapons.
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#13
July 19, 2015, 11:23:14 AM
Since you specified "warlord" I went with an axe, although Morningstar is a good choice as well, but tend to me to denote less of a "warlord" than "pack leader". An orcish or hobgoblin weapon maybe.

I considered swords briefly but there are, to me, either the weapons of the evil horde or the evil Overlord.... either nicked and blunted from hundreds of strikes or gleaming and fine-edged, a weapon of rank.
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Arkansan

#14
July 19, 2015, 12:44:22 PM
I went with bizarre alien bio weapon cause these days I'm feeling science fantasy more than just straight fantasy.
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