Pike

Weapon Profile

Category: Martial
Damage: 1d10 piercing
Range: Melee · 0–5 ft
Grade: I · Standard
Rarity: Common
Tier: I · Pre-Industrial
Training: Martial Weapons
Cost: 5
Weight: 18 lb

Without training in martial weapons, you add no proficiency bonus to attacks with this and roll them at disadvantage. Proficiency

To make: 3 gm of materials and 1 day of work, at a workshop with the right tools. To repair: 1 gm and 1 day. Downtime

Properties

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weaponSomething you attack with. Held in a hand, and covered by a weapon proficiency.
heavyUnwieldy for a Small creature, which attacks with it at disadvantage.
reachAdds 5 feet to your reach when you attack with it.
two-handedBoth hands are needed to attack with it. You cannot hold anything else.

An eighteen-foot spear that only works if the people beside you are holding one too. The Halcyion Federation still drills pike blocks, mostly as an exercise in obedience.

Grades

The same object, worked to a better standard. The grade is the rung; the bonus is what the rung is worth at the table.

Equipment Line

The same kit across the tiers. Later rungs replace earlier ones.