Tag: Weapons Mastery

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Partisan Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates A partisan is a type of polearm that was used in Europe in the 16th, 17th, and 18th century. It consisted of a spearhead mounted on a long shaft, usually wooden, with protrusions on the sides […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Spontoon Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European polearm that came into being alongside the pike. 5E Stats – One Handed or Versatile Martial Weapon, Costs […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Pike Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear formerly used extensively by infantry. Pikes were used regularly in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages to the early 18th century, and were wielded […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Poleaxe Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates The pollaxe (also poleaxe, pole-axe, pole axe, polax, and Hache (French meaning axe)) is a European polearm that was widely used by medieval infantry. 5E Stats – Two Handed Martial Weapon, Costs 20 gp and has […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Bill Source: D&D BECMI Rules Cyclopedia (0e-rb-rc) Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates The bill is a polearm weapon used by infantry in medieval Europe. The bill is similar in size, function and appearance to the halberd, differing mainly in the hooked blade […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Ranseur Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates A ranseur, also called roncone, was a pole weapon similar to the partisan used in Europe up to the 15th century. It was still seen in court as a ceremonial weapon through the 17th century. Often […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Guisarme Source: D&D BECMI Rules Cyclopedia (0e-rb-rc) Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates A guisarme (sometimes gisarme, giserne or bisarme) is a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between 1000 and 1400. Its origin is likely Germanic, from the Old High German getīsarn, […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Spetum A spetum is a pole weapon that was used in Europe during the 13th century. It consists of a pole, some 6–8 feet long, on which is mounted a spear head with two projections at its base. Many variations of this design flourished over time; some[who?] […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Glaive Source: D&D BECMI Rules Cyclopedia (0e-rb-rc) Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates A glaive (or glave) is a European polearm, consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole. It is similar to the Japanese naginata, the Chinese guandao and […]

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara Weapons Mastery – Voulge Weapons Mastery Weapon Qualities Weapon Options Design Details Content Updates A voulge (occasionally called a pole cleaver; also spelled vouge) is a type of polearm that existed alongside the similar glaive in medieval Europe. Superficially, a voulge might strongly resemble a glaive, but there are some […]