How big would a sword have to be to count as weapon rating 4

[bitterpill]

So to get to weapons 4-5 you need a sword the size of a person which also happens to be sharp. I would max out melee base damage at 5 because anything above a car is silly even for someone with mythic strength. 

[DFJunkie]

So to get to weapons 4-5 you need a sword the size of a person which also happens to be sharp. I would max out melee base damage at 5 because anything above a car is silly even for someone with mythic strength. 

I'd say that's reasonable unless you're talking about things that are substantially larger than human sized.  For creatures with Hulking Size (which goes up to house size) swinging equally huge weapons I'd go up as far as seems appropriate.  If a giant smacks you with his 15' battle axe I'd say Weapon:6 is entirely appropriate. 

[Tedronai]

I'd say that's reasonable unless you're talking about things that are substantially larger than human sized.  For creatures with Hulking Size (which goes up to house size) swinging equally huge weapons I'd go up as far as seems appropriate.  If a giant smacks you with his 15' battle axe I'd say Weapon:6 is entirely appropriate. 

So long as the material it's constructed from is sufficient to maintain its form under the stress of such an impact (iron and steel aren't going to do the job).

[DFJunkie]

So long as the material it's constructed from is sufficient to maintain its form under the stress of such an impact (iron and steel aren't going to do the job).

Eh, we're talking about mystical creatures here.  If the giant is one of the fae I'd just assume that whatever inherent magic allows it to grow to such huge size without having its shins explode the first time it takes a running step allows it to forge a broad sword that can smash into crap without exploding into shrapnel.  

Materials science has no place in the Nevernever.

But if we're talking about a weapon made with human technology?  Absolutely. 

[Tedronai]

Of course, ectoplasm is not subject to natural laws.

[bitterpill]

Neither are items of power with the indestructible tag.

[Magus Black]

Warden Swords count as weapon 3, despite the fact that swords are Weapon 2; due their great craftsmanship. So it may depend on ‘what its made of’ and ‘who made it’, a person with Craft 5+ could make weapons that are +1 their normal rating…

…and by that logic a person with Legendary craftsmanship could make a sword that’s Weapon: 6 by default. 

[bitterpill]

If I really wanted to just add two to the weapons rating of a sword I would make it an item of power and give it a custom power like
[-1] Monofilament Blade: Add +2 to the weapons rating and ignore up to +2 armour.

[Tedronai]

If I really wanted to just add two to the weapons rating of a sword I would make it an item of power and give it a custom power like
[-1] Monofilament Blade: Add +2 to the weapons rating and ignore up to +2 armour.

That's after discount, right?

[bitterpill]

It is hard to get the power level right for powers because they seem to very a lot do you think a -1 for +2 damage, -1 for -2 armour is appropriate, if so the full blade would also have to ahve true strike to equal -1.