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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 9622931" data-attributes="member: 7026617">That, and honestly, OD&amp;D spears were inferior weapons which RQ ones (especially longspears) really weren't.&nbsp; Combine that with the fact a larger number of characters could use one effectively (pretty much all tribal types got trained in them) you just could easily end up being a simultaneously more practical and effective choice.I mean, let's say you were wandering around with a six character party and a couple of henchmen.&nbsp; The latter were going to primarily be human mules, because among OD&amp;D groups it wasn't even often assumed they'd level, nor be treated as FM for traits, so putting them on the line wasn't attractive if you wanted to keep them around for their hauling duties.&nbsp; By a bit in, that'd probably be two Fighters, two MU, a Cleric and a Thief.&nbsp; With either 2 or 3 abreast lines, who was going to be doing that second row of spears?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 9622931, member: 7026617"] That, and honestly, OD&D spears were inferior weapons which RQ ones (especially longspears) really weren't. Combine that with the fact a larger number of characters could use one effectively (pretty much all tribal types got trained in them) you just could easily end up being a simultaneously more practical and effective choice. I mean, let's say you were wandering around with a six character party and a couple of henchmen. The latter were going to primarily be human mules, because among OD&D groups it wasn't even often assumed they'd level, nor be treated as FM for traits, so putting them on the line wasn't attractive if you wanted to keep them around for their hauling duties. By a bit in, that'd probably be two Fighters, two MU, a Cleric and a Thief. With either 2 or 3 abreast lines, who was going to be doing that second row of spears? [/QUOTE]

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