Dire Mace?

[Shin Okada]

IIRC there was a double weapon called Dire Mace in Neverwinter Nights computer RPG. PHB has Dire Flail and Complete Warrior has Double Hammer. But does any WotC 3.5e book actually have Dire Mace?

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

The Dire Mace was a more easily animated version of the Dire Flail, IIRC, with no statistical differences.

 

[Tetsubo]

A Dire Mace would also be considerably less SILLY than a Dire Flail as well...

Q: What's the fastest way to hit yourself in the back of the head?

A: Use a Dire Flail...

 

[Shin Okada]

So Dire Mace is NWN only?

A Dire Mace would also be considerably less SILLY than a Dire Flail as well...

Yeah, that is the main reason why I have interested in Dire Mace. It seems less silly and "believable" comparing to other D&D-made double weapons.

Though half of my soul really loves craziness of Gyrspike.

 

[Tetsubo]

Here's a Dire Mace that converts into one VERY large Flail...

 

[Findlefarb]

Though half of my soul really loves craziness of Gyrspike.

I love the Gyrspike.

In my opinion, the Gyrspike is precisely the sort of double weapon that even begins to make sense. Double weapons should have different abilities in the heads, not the same one. My favorite double weapon in the PHB is the urgrosh, just because you've got more utility than an axe or a spear could give you alone. The hooked hammer is good, too, for the same reasons. Double axe, double sword, dire flail? Boring.

Then again, I think that the weapons as demonstrated are silly. The urgrosh shouldn't be wielded as an axe with a spear at the end, but as a spear with an axe at the end. Same thing with the gyrspike. It's not a sword with a flail on the bottom, but a flail with a sword on the bottom.

Of course, this is assuming that any of these "weapons" can actually be wielded in a non-silly manner.

 

[Wilphe]

"So, it's a six feet long straight shaft and you can hit people with both ends?"
"Yep"
"And the guy who sold it you said it was called a Dire Mace? Is that right?"
"Yeah"
"And you to have to spend a feat to use it yes?"
"Yeah"
"Dude, that's a quarter staff."

 

[comrade raoul]

There's a non-double dire mace in the Complete Warrior. 1d12 medium (I think 1d10 small), x2 crit, one-handed weapon. You take a -1 AC penalty on any round you swing it.

 

[Mortarion]

I believe that is called a War mace

 

[Scharlata]

I believe that is called a War mace

... that does 1d12 damage as an exotic weapon, and the wielder suffers a -1 penalty to AC [for "balancing" reasons, I believe].

Enjoy!