Long Spear = Awl Pike?
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the Jester
Legend
The awl pike is in some issue of Dragon or other... it's a cool weapon, with a 15' reach.
TheYeti1775
Adventurer
Thurbane said:
I forget the battle off the top of my head, but it was on the History Channel a few months ago on how the phlanax fighting with the long spears fell out of favor. Head on they were nigh undefeatable, but a quick flanking manuveur left them vulnerable to attack, as they could not wheel around easily.
Yeti
Storminator
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Darklone said:
Wouldn't that mean you are holding the very end of the spear? Seems like you'd have a hard time applying any force at the point.
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BLACKDIRGE
Adventurer
TheYeti1775 said:
The Macedonian phalanx under Philip II was considered at the time to be invulnerable from the front. Philip's phalangites used the sarissa, a spear that was anywhere from 15-20 feet in length. The weapon was long enough that their were five rows of pikes in front of the first rank of men.
Those phalnaxes must have worked pretty well, seeing that Philip's son conquered most of the known world with them.
BD
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