Weapon Type	Approximate Weight in Pounds	Size S or M	Size L	Notes	Length	Space Required	Speed Factor	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Guisarme	8	2d4	d8	includes Bill/Bill Hook	6+	2'	8	-3	-3	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	0	0	-1	-1

Medieval peasants discovered that their pruning hooks made reasonably effective pole arms.
The provocation which necessitated such development was undoubtedly considerable, but the upshot was likely to have been as unsatisfactory as having no weapons.
<pruning hook stats in D97?, or, does pruning hook actually = guisarme?>
Pole arms of this sort, called guisarmes, were soon modified into highly efficient combination weapons.
This class includes most couteaux de breche, although some are identified as such are glaive-guisarmes. <i>

The guisarme was furnished with a sharp cutting edge along its convexD side, <D>
probably from reverse spike to hook. The spike, of course,
could be used to penetrate armor when the weapon was swung, and
the curved hook provided an ample means of pulling horsemen to the ground.
Deficiencies in this form of pole arm are apparent -- no spear
point for thrusting and only one projection for penetrating.
The guisarme was soon combined with other forms of peasant weapons
to make a second generation of highly effective, all-purpose pole arms.

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Weapons

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Pole Arms

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Unearthed Arcana

Unfortunately, his definition of "guisarme," is incorrect.
It is a hooked pole-arm