#polearm

[wearemercs]

'we ssee warm bodiess moving in the treess ahead, we could be walking into an ambussh' by Johnny B Good

[armouredelf]

[tobuzzu]

New years dragon ahhhh

[toacody]

Shadow Toa

Another face turns heel.

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Creator: DerpSpawn

[catshavenolord]

Won’t Someone Think of the d100 Polearms?

Won’t Someone Think of the d100 Polearms? is a free toolkit for crafting unique polearms for use in tabletop roleplaying games. It is system neutral, and it will be up to you to assign stats that make sense for the polearms in your system of choice.

In this toolkit you will find three tables to roll on to create a polearm:

1. A table of 100 blade designs based on historical polearms!

2. A table of 100 special qualities (Angry, Wise, Invisible, Cabbage)!

3. A table of 100 (mostly) decorative shafts!

Now, go forth and fill your games with a bounty of the most useful yet most underappreciated type of weapon ever to grace the pages of our hobby!

[cultofthewyrm]

by Xu Zhang

[we-are-knight]

" Paladin " by Carlo Arellano.

[scionofurza411]

One thing I find interesting in the Nine Houses is the weaponry. All of it real, Renaissance-era stuff. But you only see one polearm, G1deon's spear, which he uses as an offhand(at least when in the Mithraeum, he probably only uses his rapier as a sidearm when doing solo missions). Harrow knows what it is, so it isn't a foreign concept, but the weapon of a soldier in the Cohort appears to be a zweihander, a large, two-handed sword, referred to as a longsword in the Houses, which was a weapon meant for frontline soldiers to deal with enemy pikemen, not for formation fighting. Cavaliers use rapiers with an offhand of choice, yet rapiers never saw battlefield use IRL, and if defending the necro is the purpose, wouldn't you want a shield, especially with many enemies the Houses face using firearms? Also, the Houses don't have any firearms, even the ones that were used at a similar time to other weapons they used, but are fully aware of their existence. They also have small shields like bucklers and targes, so it probably isn't a case of not knowing what shields are.

[fallen-honor]

You know what? Fuck this i'm starting a medeval army to overthrow the government of France. Everyone get proficient with a weapon type. JOIN MY ARMY. WE ARE LGBTQIA+ FRIENDLY AND HAVE SNACKS!!!!!!

(FOR LEGAL REASONS I AM NOT GOING TO OVERTHROW FRANCE I AM JOKING)

[taffywabbit]

Commission for EmeraldAlkaline, featuring hers and Nocal_Lobody's fursonas as SLARPG-inspired adventurers!

Preparing for quests can get pretty expensive, so it's fairly common for newbies to rely on makeshift weapons and secondhand armor when they're still getting started. There are a variety of traits required to call yourself a hero, but "owning fancy enchanted gear" thankfully isn't one of them!

[malottie]

after hinting in a conversation where polearms came up that i had a personnal ranking and obtaining no response, i've come to tumblr. tumblr has my back.

weapon side of tumblr; here we go

#5! : the Naginata

a very cool and classy weapon, however it looses point for being a 1-edged blade. not even 2 edges? not the best thrusting power either. slashing isn't great against armor, and though it can kill in a hit against bare skin, maybe even gambisons, it struggles against the most basic of chainmail. pierce and blunt superiority

contenders for 5th place were also the guan dao, the chinese version with sharp bits on the opposite edge, which should net it more offensive points but they make the weapon look less neat, and they barely add any functionnality

we also have the warscythe, inward-curving and lower-class cousin of these bad boys - a simple grass scythe with the blade turned for increased range, balance, slashing power and ease of use. while the wide availabilty and humble origins are great, i simply am not a fan of the design. notable though, for an improvised weapon, a farming tool, it works well, and is deadlier than it might look

#4! : the Partisan

a fairly straightforward polearm, barely upgraded from the base that is the spear/pike, with upward hooks on the sides to catch and deflect swords. perticularly good in defense, and just a neat shape

#3! : the Guisarme

often called Billhook because it's basically a billhook stuck on a spear, the guisarme is of this category of polearms i love called "more is better". to hit someone with that and not hurt them, you'd have to really try to. spikes everywhere isn't the cleverest design, but it's effective. the backwards-curving hook would have been used to dismount cavaliers off of horseback, although i like it best for the prospect of hooking on and pulling other weapons while clashing to try and disarm your opponent. notably though, said backwards hook makes for the perfect spot to be hooked and pulled on

#2! : the Halberd

yes, the classic, THE polearm, our beloved halberd. also a partisan of "more is better" (of which the Partisan is not) with its "axehead" and big spike, the halberd is more interesting than what its popularity might posit: as seen above, 'Halberd' describes a wider range of weapons than most terms. with or without a backspike, from a normal thrusting head spike to some of the longest ever seen on a weapon, from an almost Foulge aka a warcleaver, to basically a battleaxe on a stick, the halberd is an ol' reliable and has what you need, whatever it is. probably

#Honorable mentions!

i already mentionned the guan dao and warscythe, who didn't make it into the top 5, but how could i forget the most basic of polearms, forefather of our forefathers and original pokey stick;

apparently, whether it is named spear, lance or pike depends on its size and use. spear are for footsoldiers and can even be thrown like javelins in some circumstances, seeing how they're the lightest. lances are for horseback, while pikes, the longest, are used in tight formations to form a barrage of spikes, like against cavalry

finally, the closest thing to our top 1: the Lucerne hammer

used mainly for its hammerhead, the Lucerne is, for this reason and because of its less fancy, less french name, always in the shadow of my favorite polearm:

the Bec de Corbin

from the old french for "crow's beak", our beautiful corvid inspired weapon is used primarly with its sidespike, our namesake beak. an armor destroyer and danger from all sides, the bec de corbin can pierce and crush, with a thrust as deadly as its swipe. hack away at your foes in perfect serenity with the knowledge that a concussion and three broken bones is about the most unscathed you can get out of a confrontation with a bec de corbin. smash their helmet in with blunt force or pierce their chestplate with this XL warpick, the choice is yours. however, be mindfull of this heavy duty weapon, as its weight and force can be used against you, even moreso than with other polearms, with the thrusting spike the only part that remains deadly at close range

and that concludes this! please don't come for me. i am simply a weapons enthusiast and do not deserve to die for any mistakes, omissions or personnal opinions you don't agree with present in this post. please

[wearemercs]

Ms. Secretary (1,2) by m_riidi

[hi-note]

bun. with a stick that…. isnt his??

and what a curious entity he’s stumbled upon.

[cutecuttlefish]

The sword of the day is the glaive.

This polearm consisted of a single-edged slashing blade on the end of a staff, like a European equivalent of the Japanese naginata. Unlike the naginata, the glaive blade was generally affixed to the shaft by means of a socket, similar to a spear, rather than the naginata’s sword-like tang. It is likely, though, that it saw less use than more thrust-focused polearms, which are far easier to use with many other soldiers in formation; it is difficult to get a good swing in when the person you’re standing right next to is trying to do the same thing.

*(The 1983 science fantasy movie Krull had a five-bladed throwing weapon they decided to call a “glaive” for some reason. I don’t know why they did this. Glaives are not throwing weapons.)

[toacody]

Theo the Brutalizer

Just an avid collector.

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[discopaws]

decided to paint something of my old sona Theo, who I hadn't drawn in a long while! he's got a big axe now apparently