This might not be the most exciting (or original!) mod, but I have taken time to balance it and make it as fun to play as possible.
So I present:
LEXY'S CLUB'N'SHIELD!
Uke and Tori have a metal club and a metal shield. Use them to attack and defend.
The final mod varied a bit from my initial goals, although obviously the club is a weapon and the shield is a....shield, playing it I actually found getting around using the shield and the sword was pretty fun too, especially attacking with the sword while setting yourself up for a kick.
As I said, I spent a lot of time fine-tuning things, friction, gravity, the power of certain joints and the size of Uke's shoes (this made a difference!)
As I said, this isn't the most original mod ever, but I find it really good fun never the less. The settings I enjoyed it with the most were:
Rounds: 205/15
Engage Dist: 150
Set the dismember/fracture to your liking, although I was playing with fracture off and Dismember thresh of 100.
I've seen it written here by one of the prominent modders that you can either have looks, or functionality - i've gone with the latter. Quite apart from the fact that the club is made from the hand and as such can only be a "stick" or a "sphere". It's thinner because I wanted it made from metal so you could bring it down with more force, but I had to balance that off with the force it'd generate as you swung it which could send uke or tori off-balance and just have them topple over (this is also why their shoes are bigger!)
So I could have it look more like a club, in so far as it being bigger, but it wouldn't play as well. And it still wouldn't look that much like a club.
Perhaps I should call it Lexy's Stick'n'Shield instead...