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Weapon Type	Cost	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	Save As
Lance (light horse)	6 gp	5	d6	d6	Lance (light horse): Hsaio, shuo.	10'	1'	7	-3	-3	-2	-2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Wood, thin <-1?>

Weapon Type	Cost	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	Save As
Lance (medium horse)	6 gp	10	d6+1	2d6	-	12'	1'	6	-1	0	0	+1	+1	+1	+1	0	0	0	0	Wood, thin

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Approximate Weight in Pounds

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Notes

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Space Required

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Lance (heavy horse)

6 gp

15

2d4+1

3d6

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14'

1'

8

+4

+4

+3

+3

+2

+2

+2

+1

+1

0

0

Wood, thin <+1?>

A lance is a long spear carried by a mounted man.
Norman lances were about 12' in length,
but later in the Middle Ages the weapon grew to an average length of about 14' --
thus effectively giving the horseman about 10' of reach beyond the horses's head when charging.


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Just as with the spear and pike,
many different heads were attached to the lance shaft to meet the requirements of varying opponents armor.
<in theory, random tables for weapon vs. AC could be made for spear, lance, and pike>
<perhaps, the weaponsmith proficiency would allow one to view these, on screen>
Austrian knights and men-at-arms used these weapons to considerable effects against the Swiss, <theory: country colours could be coloured in, as per the flags>
when the Austrians dismounted and fought a Swiss force which did not have the high %percentage% of pikes which was common to Swiss armies in later years
(cf. Battle of Sempach, 1386).

For this reason,
the lance should be mentioned in a description of pole arms.
Generally it was a horseman's weapon and not a true footman's weapon. <+1 to hit on horseback, -1 to hit on foot?>

<make links to mounted combat>

 
 
 
 
 

Weapons

Pole Arms : The Spear Family

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Unearthed Arcana

Player's Handbook