A Dwarven innovation in weapon design brought about due to improvements in dwarven armorcraft making increasingly deflective plate. The throwing hammer acts much the same as a throwing axe, but has much more weight, and lacks a discernable edge for the recipient's armor to deflect. There are many variations, but they all follow a basic form; a large, evenly balanced bludgeoning head accounting for most of the weight (usually a sphere or cube) and a stirrup extending from the base of the handle or flexible tether, used to spin the mass prior to hurling the weapon. Some fancy designs include a spiked top or a tail fluke. Because the stirrup (and handle if one is present) are only intended as a means of handling the mass prior to hurling it, they are typically very light, and rarely sturdy enough to handle the forces of melee strikes. When used in melee, a throwing hammer counts as an improvised weapon functioning the same as a light hammer. Making a melee attack with a throwing hammer will cause the handle/tether to snap if the attack deals more than 4 damage.
Proficiency with a Light Hammer allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Nick. When you make the extra attack of the Light property, you can make it as part of the Attack action instead of as a Bonus Action. You can make this extra attack only once per turn.
Notes: Ranged Weapon Attack: Bludgeoning, Damage: Bludgeoning, Damage, Combat, Light, Thrown, Nick
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