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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gpetruc" data-source="post: 250864" data-attributes="member: 2255">A horse has a face of 5 ft x 10ft (1 square x 2 squares) and the rider sits on the back square. This is what it's stated in the books.Among the normal weapons in the PHB none of the polearms have a reach greater than 10ftThat is: only the front rank of the pikemen can attack the charging rider (and only on a prepeared action. the AoO is only against the horse) and the second rank can attack only the horse.I was considering to add longer pikes, with the same stats of the longspear (damage 1d8, crit x3) but with 15ft and 20ft reach (still usable only at their maximum reach and not against nearer enemies, probably) in order to have pikemen formations be more effective.I'm also considering to use the feat from NetBook of Feats that removes the cover penality when fighting in close ranks with polearmsWould this break any balance in the rules? Are there any rules stated somewhere (maybe in Sword and Fist, that I don't have) that say anyting about this ?</blockquote>