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<blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 1800258" data-attributes="member: 1956">Under current ruling, spear is more favored by clerics as now it is a simple weapon. And it works very well for them. They are usually in second rank. And two-handed weapon is more suitable for a spell caster as you don't need to lose a shield or store a weapon to cast a spell with somatic component.And, though a simple weapon, long spear has some advantages over other martial reach weapons. There is no martial weapons which has both reach and bonus damage multiplier against charging enemies. So maybe good to make a somewhat &quot;defensive&quot; fighters.Regarding &quot;real&quot; effectiveness and such,Historically speaking, in feudal warring era Japan, not Katana nor Naginata, but long spear (Yari) was considered to be the main weapon of war. Katana (or Tachi) was just side arm. This was because spears were more effective, not just because they were cheap. At that era, many high-ranked samurais disdain sword arts, because that is not something useful in war.Even in duels, long spears were at least as effective as katana, or might be better. The only problem was that a man cannot bring long spear to everywhere. So, the swords art had become popular after the warring era.So IHMO, other than portability, spear is never inferior as a weapon against swords.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shin Okada, post: 1800258, member: 1956"] Under current ruling, spear is more favored by clerics as now it is a simple weapon. And it works very well for them. They are usually in second rank. And two-handed weapon is more suitable for a spell caster as you don't need to lose a shield or store a weapon to cast a spell with somatic component. And, though a simple weapon, long spear has some advantages over other martial reach weapons. There is no martial weapons which has both reach and bonus damage multiplier against charging enemies. So maybe good to make a somewhat "defensive" fighters. Regarding "real" effectiveness and such, Historically speaking, in feudal warring era Japan, not Katana nor Naginata, but long spear (Yari) was considered to be the main weapon of war. Katana (or Tachi) was just side arm. This was because spears were more effective, not just because they were cheap. At that era, many high-ranked samurais disdain sword arts, because that is not something useful in war. Even in duels, long spears were at least as effective as katana, or might be better. The only problem was that a man cannot bring long spear to everywhere. So, the swords art had become popular after the warring era. So IHMO, other than portability, spear is never inferior as a weapon against swords. [/QUOTE]

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