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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7714929" data-attributes="member: 6704184">I know and understand those objections, I just don't care if strength is important for most characters, and have no problem with Dex being more valuable. This. Also...Again, I don't understand the value of any of these suggestions, when I've obviously already found the solution that works for me and my group. What you think of when you think of a spear master isn't really the point, is it? Real life polearms vary quite a bit in weight, because not all were made for dealing with cavalry. Dueling glaives are a real thing, lighter fighting spears and glaives were fairly common dueling weapons in Viking Age Scandinavia, for instance. Some were no heavier than the lighter two handed swords, 5-6 pounds. Naginata also existed, and could be heavy enough to deal with cavalry, or light enough to duel with. Vastly more important; they exist in the kind of fiction that inspires DnD, and mine has the mechanics of a whip that has been made two handed+reach and moved up one damage die as a result. It's simple, doesn't invalidate any other weapons or the Soear Mastery feat, and accomplishes the goal of having a dueling polearm in the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 7714929, member: 6704184"] I know and understand those objections, I just don't care if strength is important for most characters, and have no problem with Dex being more valuable. This. Also... Again, I don't understand the value of any of these suggestions, when I've obviously already found the solution that works for me and my group. What you think of when you think of a spear master isn't really the point, is it? Real life polearms vary quite a bit in weight, because not all were made for dealing with cavalry. Dueling glaives are a real thing, lighter fighting spears and glaives were fairly common dueling weapons in Viking Age Scandinavia, for instance. Some were no heavier than the lighter two handed swords, 5-6 pounds. Naginata also existed, and could be heavy enough to deal with cavalry, or light enough to duel with. [B]Vastly[/B] more important; they exist in the kind of fiction that inspires DnD, and mine has the mechanics of a whip that has been made two handed+reach and moved up one damage die as a result. It's simple, doesn't invalidate any other weapons or the Soear Mastery feat, and accomplishes the goal of having a dueling polearm in the game. [/QUOTE]

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