It's going to be a hot one today with temperatures knocking on 100 degrees here in NYC. So, its a perfect day to look at polearms ;)
Ah yes, polearms. Often misunderstood and truthfully, rarely used in game, polearms get a special treatment in the AD&D 1e Unearthed Arcana. Why?Link to Episode #46: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/episodes/Episode-46---Poking-Around-the-ADD-1e-UA---Polearms-e1o2l3
Link to the blog post on Spontaneous Gaming
Gary was obsessed with *%&#@ polearms, lol! I was using a 16' tree trimmer this morning, and the thing wobbled and was unwieldy in the extreme. I can't name one heroic fantasy character who used one! In the section's defense, I'd guess that was the #1 request in 1e days from players - 'what's the difference between all these frickin' polearms?!' I know we talked about it (before buying longswords).
ReplyDeletewe used them ten foot poles, only able to bash open potentially trapped treasure boxes, trip traps while keeping 10+ foot distance, etc.
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