Primary Material: Wood and Steel
The halberd was the first medieval polearm to achieve notoriety and was one of the most effective hand-to-hand weapons ever created. Pioneered by the Swiss, it became one of the most popular weapons in Europe and a key infantry weapon of nearly every European army from the 14th-17th Centuries. This heretofore unique weapon was essentially a big meat-cleaver mounted on a pole, with a pointy tip and a back-spike.
The early form was really what came to be called a volgue (see Volgue). Gradually the shape of the blade changed to become smaller, pointier and somewhat more axe-like. The back-spike evolved into a kind of armor-piercing can opener and the tip of the blade itself evolved into a reinforced armor-piercing point like a spike. While most halberds made around Europe were iron, Swiss halberds had tempered steel blades, one of very few polearms to ever be made that way (tempered steel halberds have +1 AP).
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| Weapon |
Size |
Reach |
Speed
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Defense |
Base Damage |
All |
Primary |
AP Bonus |
Grapple Bonus |
Hardness |
HP |
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VL |
7 |
0 |
3 |
2 - 12 |
CP |
CP |
3 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
