Meanings
plural greathammers
- fantasyA gigantic (combat) hammer; a particularly large or powerful hammer.
Just to the left of these is the final Rhogar Statue we can destroy with the Tor Greathammer for the final piece of the Armour Set (Chest - Last Traitor).
2015, GamerGuides.com, Lords of the Fallen - Strategy Guide, Gamer Guides, →ISBN4 more examples
A knife may inflict 5 points on a hit, but a Greathammer would inflict 25 points of Damage, shatter bone, and severely dent a suit of armour. This reflects the differences in size, weight and design of various weapons.
1993, David B. Pilurs, Sun and Storm: The Enchiridion, →ISBN, page 60[…]some gigantic man spinning a polearm or greathammer—struck her sister a solid blow in the chest, knocking the woman to the floor. The hammer danced, and the woman holding it rushed to capitalize on the heavy strike she had just landed.
2011, Christopher Rowe, Sandstorm: A Forgotten Realms Novel, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBNWhite Hair Ancestor looked carefully, only to see that in Qin Feng's hand, a pitch black octagonal greathammer had already appeared. "Hello..." "Then ..." Qin Feng bellowed, and threw the Sky-splitting Hammer over to the other party.
2019, Deng XiaWuYu, Supreme Emperor: Volume 8, Funstory, →ISBNTi'erra went to the middle of the tavern and placed the head of her greathammer on the floor, with the haft in the air. When it was set this way, at the top of the greathammer was a leather loop, […]
2021, Nicholas Stanosheck, Vhaidra & the DRAGON of Temple Mount, Notion Press, →ISBN
Origin
From great + hammer. Probably modeled on greatsword, greathelm, etc.
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