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Author: kjnoren

Oct 17th 2013 at 3:32:00 PM

I'm not sure simply using a club as a weapon is trope-worthy, and I think the weapon tropes should try to give some meaning to why they are carried or used.

In this case, I think the key word is ''authority'' - the carrier of a baton is indicated to be an officer of law and order. That also gives the baton a connection with the various [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_mace ceremonial maces]], the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceptre sceptre]], and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_(symbol) marshal's baton]].

So I think a good name would be BatonOfAuthority or similar.

Literature:

* In Literature/TheIronDream, truncheons are the favourite melee weapon in Held. Feric Jaggar, their leader chosen by fate, wields the ''Steel Commander''.
--> "The shaft as a gleaming rod of some tarnishless metal fully four feet long and thick around as a man's forearm etched all around with rich red traceries of lightning strokes, a motif which made the huge shaft appear as if it had but recently been quenched in blood. The oversize headball was a life-sized steel fist, and a hero's fist at that."