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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1803357" data-attributes="member: 1288">Okay, ignoring all the options presented here, and going just by what's in WotC books, I'd recommend you consider the following for building a spear-fighter...1) If your stats are high enough to allow for both, try to make sure you've got a good Dex as well as Strength (though your Strength is, of course, still primary). This gives you the advantage of a higher Initiative, allowing you to set the spear against charges more frequently. Also, it makes you better at thrown weapons, which means you might actually be able to take advantage of the fact that a spear is an effective thrown weapon.2) Consider taking an Exotic Weapon Proficiency in the greatspear, from Complete Warrior. It's still a spear, but it does 2d6 damage, which means you're at least doing respectable damage, on par with a greatsword. Yeah, it costs you a feat--and frankly, I'm not sure it should, since it's no better than any number of martial weapons. But if you're a fighter, you've got plenty of feats, right?Of course, the greatspear is a reach weapon, and that may not be what you want. Still, it's there...I'm afraid I'm not sure what else to suggest, other than the obvious &quot;fighter feats&quot; (Weapon Focus, Power Attack, etc.) Maybe, if you're using a greatspear or a longspear, consider the Spring Attack feat chain.There just really isn't a lot out there for spear-wielders.Hmm... I think I see another Dragon article in my future... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 1803357, member: 1288"] Okay, ignoring all the options presented here, and going [i]just[/i] by what's in WotC books, I'd recommend you consider the following for building a spear-fighter... 1) If your stats are high enough to allow for both, try to make sure you've got a good Dex as well as Strength (though your Strength is, of course, still primary). This gives you the advantage of a higher Initiative, allowing you to set the spear against charges more frequently. Also, it makes you better at thrown weapons, which means you might actually be able to take advantage of the fact that a spear is an effective thrown weapon. 2) Consider taking an Exotic Weapon Proficiency in the greatspear, from Complete Warrior. It's still a spear, but it does 2d6 damage, which means you're at least doing respectable damage, on par with a greatsword. Yeah, it costs you a feat--and frankly, I'm not sure it should, since it's no better than any number of martial weapons. But if you're a fighter, you've got plenty of feats, right? Of course, the greatspear is a reach weapon, and that may not be what you want. Still, it's there... I'm afraid I'm not sure what else to suggest, other than the obvious "fighter feats" (Weapon Focus, Power Attack, etc.) Maybe, if you're using a greatspear or a longspear, consider the Spring Attack feat chain. There just really isn't a lot out there for spear-wielders. Hmm... I think I see another Dragon article in my future... :D [/QUOTE]

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