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Message: <blockquote data-quote="borc killer" data-source="post: 3309369" data-attributes="member: 14151">I love how much pissing and moaning that one sentences caused <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />For the record I would like to note that I only implied that it resembled a traditional spear which is a 4-6 foot wooden weapon with a sharp bit on the end normally made of metal or stone, not that they were interchangeable.  Just like everything else in D&D the lance is only based on one snap shot of the past.  Lances have been around for… well I don’t think anyone really knows for sure, but I would bet that right after someone figured out how to ride a horse they pick up a long sharp pointy stick and was pocking people with it.  Because of that you will always have questions on just what type of item we are talking about.I envision the weapon as a 5-6 foot ashen poll with a sharp steel bit at the end.  And I see it being used by a moderately armored knight holding a shield and reins in his offhand and the lance in his other… but resting ether on his special military saddle or in a crock on the shield which is basically how it was used in the mid to late medieval times.  By the time the middle to late renaissance rolled around and people were jousting for ‘fun’ knights were decked out on crazy plate armor and did not even using shields for the most part.  At least that is how my crazy Planescape infested brain recalls it.</blockquote>

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