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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FreeTheSlaves" data-source="post: 5618881" data-attributes="member: 9952">Erm, going by that rationale we'd have a very short list of weapons, for example all swords can boil down into the one weapon? The bottom line is that currently there is no incentive to wield a lance (spear) over any other form of weapon when charging from horseback.I'm not interested in historical accuracy. What I am interested in is the cinematic use of the lance as in the above films. Those are not spears and you couldn't really wield them to full effect unmounted. The answer lies somewhere in the mounted combat/charge/over-run rules, with the spear as the base weapon, with reach, that can be used 1 handed under special circumstances. The 3E addition of multiplied damage goes against current design and really, doesn't capture the nature of the weapon anyway IMO.To be honest, I'm not a fan of serving up answers at the expense of feats. Too often that limited resource is used to patch a hole instead of its proper use.Just to be clear, I'm not interested in a power play, rather a straightforward reason to use the lance for the charge & then switch to melee weapon. Anyhoo, Dragon or Houserules is where this discussion needs to go.</blockquote>