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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7142738" data-attributes="member: 71699"><p>I was picturing sliding in under the polearm baseball style! A more realistic way to picture it could be coming in low with weapon angled and raised to deflect the polearm upward.</p><p></p><p>If you want to house rule that way, you could consider also limiting the effectiveness of polearms in close. At present only Lance suffers such a penalty, but historically swordsmen countered polearms by moving in under their reach. Or two-handed swordsmen countered them by chopping them. So add that too? It's a slippery slope, once you react to some one thing that offends you! Where do you draw the line? I feel like one risks cherry picking. The Polearm Master gets a clear and powerful mechanical advantage: it is logical that they suffer the mechanical disadvantages. If you alleviate the mechanical disadvantages, then could I contend that you are doing so not as a matter of "logic" but of offense against your personal fluff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 7142738, member: 71699"] I was picturing sliding in under the polearm baseball style! A more realistic way to picture it could be coming in low with weapon angled and raised to deflect the polearm upward. If you want to house rule that way, you could consider also limiting the effectiveness of polearms in close. At present only Lance suffers such a penalty, but historically swordsmen countered polearms by moving in under their reach. Or two-handed swordsmen countered them by chopping them. So add that too? It's a slippery slope, once you react to some one thing that offends you! Where do you draw the line? I feel like one risks cherry picking. The Polearm Master gets a clear and powerful mechanical advantage: it is logical that they suffer the mechanical disadvantages. If you alleviate the mechanical disadvantages, then could I contend that you are doing so not as a matter of "logic" but of offense against your personal fluff. [/QUOTE]
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