aglarang?

[bagori nd]

Though I definitely don't want to say anything that would go against Sil's lovely thematic coherence, I feel like a really light two-handed weapon would be an interesting mechanical option, and maybe Aglarang would fit nicely with Calris as an old-school Angband weapon. As a rough sketch, something like:

The Bastard Sword 'Aglarang' (+0, 3d4) [+2] 2.0 lb.
It grants you the abilities: Finesse, Rapid Attack. It does extra damage when wielded with both hands.

The target here is a mid-tier artefact, something that isn't necessarily the ideal weapon for any build but opens up some interesting possibilities. Evasion builds would be able to get satisfying results with Parry and Riposte; stronger characters get to play around with Rapid Attack, which normally wouldn't be on their radar. (Of course, this benefit would be mostly situational--you'd still probably want to turn off Rapid Attack whenever your enemies had any real armor.)

[debo]

Aren't mithril greatswords basically this? (Not quite 2lbs but I've seen some around 3.0)

[Infinitum]

A light twohander would be somewhat interesting (wasn't there talk about making Narsil something akin to this due to Elendil being the tallest man to walk middle earth etc)? The proposed blade is not very midtier though - it's a quadrouple-fine weapon with two very relevant combat abilities tied on top, and the extra crits somewhat offsets the lack of sharpness.

[taptap]

Aren't mithril greatswords basically this? (Not quite 2lbs but I've seen some around 3.0)

There is no artefact mithril greatsword afaik. (As mithril artefacts were added in 1.2 maybe there will be more in 1.3.)

[debo]

There is no artefact mithril greatsword afaik. (As mithril artefacts were added in 1.2 maybe there will be more in 1.3.)

I just meant the niche of what was being asked for (light twohander) is already filled by mithril greatswords (and battle axes in some cases), regardless of whether it's an artefact or not.