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Message: <blockquote data-quote="noobiegameplayer" data-source="post: 5188326" data-attributes="member: 90406">The bottom of a spear is nearly always on the ground when not in combat, you are normally standing about 1/2 way up the spear. To set a spear against a charge you take a step back and drop the spear butt, it's about 1/2 an action point (if that). We've also played that a natural 20 on setting a spear means the charger is impaled on the spear. And that if you miss your atk when setting, you don't get an AoO, as the charger is 1/2 way down your spear, and you have effectively got a stick <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=":)" /> We like to "add" some martial science to our combats. If you do get a natural 20, and the charger continues down your spear, they take automatic damage from the spear, you can't miss if it's in them <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=":)" /> From then on, they're at -(dependant on size) to hit, and the spearman has the choice of automatic damage to the impaled creature, with a - on AC as the creature is within 5' of them and they can't defend because they're holding onto a spear with a big angry creature / person / monster hitting at them. Or they can let go of the spear and draw another weapon, and the creature is still at a - to hit unless they pull the spear out (and take an automatic hit).</blockquote>

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