bludgeoning weapons with reach

[00durrin]

are there any bludgeoning weapons that have reach?

 

[kreynolds]

I'm sure there's one in Arms & Armor from Bastions, but I don't have it with me right now.

 

[Locpik]

Yes.... It is the Lucerne Hammer In the "Arms & Eqip."

Around page 8 or 9

 

[00durrin]

what are the stats? i don't have that book

 

[Hypersmurf]

are there any bludgeoning weapons that have reach?

An Ogre is a bludgeoning weapon with Reach

-Hyp.

 

[dcollins]

Yes.... It is the Lucerne Hammer In the "Arms & Eqip."

Oh, boy... I hope this is at the least a dual piercing/bludgeoning weapon, because in reality the lucerne hammer was a type of spiked pole arm. (Picture on Unearthed Arcana p. 127.)

One of the most common misunderstandings of AD&D 1st Ed. was the presumption that the lucerne hammer was a kind of hammer, when it's really not.

 

[Marimmar]

Oh, boy... I hope this is at the least a dual piercing/bludgeoning weapon, because in reality the lucerne hammer was a type of spiked pole arm. (Picture on Unearthed Arcana p. 127.)

One of the most common misunderstandings of AD&D 1st Ed. was the presumption that the lucerne hammer was a kind of hammer, when it's really not.

The Lucern Hammer had a hammer head, but don't confuse it with the Bec-de-Corbin which switched the hammer head with a curved spike.

~Marimmar

 

[Plane Sailing]

are there any bludgeoning weapons that have reach?

How about a spiked chain sans spikes?

 

[Murrdox]

Historically, reach weapons are slashing and piercing weapons to be held against a charge of enemies.

Bludgeoning weapons would be too heavy to weild effectively at the end of a pole.

The lucern hammer's "Hammer" is really just a heavy weight so you can "drop" the peircing end down onto someone on horseback or such. The heavy weight on the end means you don't have to "swing" it at all. You just let it fall, and the weight of the hammer is enough to puncture armor and such.

While you COULD just "drop" a heavy bludgeoning weapon like that, it's just not as lethal as when the weight is driving a spike through someone.

But FORGET realism. We want reach bludgeoning weapons. This is D&D, afterall.

 

[kreynolds]

Re: Re: bludgeoning weapons with reach

An Ogre is a bludgeoning weapon with Reach

An ogre swung by a frost giant is too.