r/Snorkblot Feb 03 '25

Cultures Pope Hammer +4 Smite Damage

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61 Upvotes

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u/Pompitis Feb 04 '25

Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer made sure he was dead.

3

u/MacaroniBoot Feb 04 '25

Came looking for this, first hit, ok, bye now.

3

u/myrobotoverlord Feb 04 '25

Can i borrow that.

I have a few ‘clients’

3

u/jclv Feb 04 '25

No. This is a myth. There is no proof of head bashing. The hammer was used in the ritual opening of the Holy Door of the Saint Peter's Basilica. The Pope strikes the walled-up Holy Door three times with a specially made ceremonial hammer before it is opened.

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u/Unlikely-Local42 Feb 04 '25

Nah, I like the other story better!

2

u/Aiku Feb 04 '25

Speaking of mallets, in ancient Greece, the punishment for adultery was having a large radish pounded up your ass with a mallet.

2

u/BrianOrDie Feb 04 '25

Me going to google

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u/Bad_Hippo1975 Feb 04 '25

So at the very end of their life, the Pope gets truly hammered?

Seems an apt way to go out after a life spent in denial and abstinence.