Weapons that are more than twice as long as the character's height can't be used in combat at all, except bracing spears for a charge. Melee weapons that are more than three times the character's height are completely unusable by a single character, as are weapons longer than the character's raw, undivided Strength rating. Magical assistance may remove this limitation; so could two characters working together to brace an extremely long spear by combining their Strength scores.
Edit: Per a comment by Prince Herb, I've tweaked this and condensed weapon lengths to:
- 1-hand weapon <= Strength/3 OR character's height
- 2-hand weapon up to 4 x height OR 2 x raw Strength
- two-person pole arm > 4 x height OR 2 x raw Strength
This needs a bit of tweaking; as written, you can't use pikes properly.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I was thinking pikes were in the 10- to 12-foot range, but it looks like some pikes were longer. I could change it from 2x/3x to 4x/5x, but now I'm wondering if I can merge it into one category: weapons more than four times the character's height (or twice raw Strength) are completely unusable by a single character without assistance; even then, without special training, the weapon can only be braced for a charge.
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