New Submissions
Full Item Description
The Ghorish Maw is used by the Ogre Tribes which live in the Ghor Mountains, named after a legendary Ogre Chieftain who once resided there. Known for his love of eating, these are the weapons he armed his warriors with.
The Maw is effectively a combination of a pair of scissors and a beartrap (the ones with teeth.) The wielder holds it by the handle, with his arms crossed. Bringing his hands together slams the weapon shut, opening the distance between his hands opens the weapon again. While open. the weapon is large and solid enough to make an unwieldy shield. When slammed shut, the weapon does a small amount of damage. However, as the weapon does almost 100% of its damage via the slam of the weapon, it ignores supple armor, and has a decent chance of breaking armor which isn’t supple.
November 17, 2005, 20:04
November 18, 2005, 8:51
It seems to unwieldy and difficult to use, easily defended against, and a bit complicated to produce for all the moving parts.
In effect once a warrior picks this weapon up they are committed to using it. Both hands are now occupied and can not be used for anything else.
Like I said, scare factor 101 wins the prize, but actual functionality. I can't see it.
November 18, 2005, 15:39
And who is making these for the Ogres? Given the description, this weapon is huge, unwieldy, and beyond the ability of someone pre 18th century to make.
November 19, 2005, 11:06
November 29, 2005, 15:02
Plus, ogres are often not known for their wits.
October 30, 2010, 4:32
Well, make these things magically animated instead by spirits of ogrish hunger - mauls with metal maws on them that not only crush but bite chunks out of your armor, clothes, you.
October 30, 2010, 13:43
October 30, 2010, 15:59
It sounds like a gladiator weapon for the arena.
October 30, 2010, 19:02
I tend to agree that it doesn't seem very useful to me. And while I agree with Axlerowes that all kinds of weapons got tried, the ones that didn't work well got dropped quickly, either because the fighters went to something different, or they all got killed. I agree with Cheka Man that it would have some scare value, I can imagine a few ogre champions with these, backed up by lots with more normal weapons. And it wouldn't be too complicated to be made by a fantasy race.
April 9, 2013, 12:24