From: "Dave Seagraves" <dseagraves@austin.rr.com> Subject: (TFT) Re: Charging and HTH Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:36:07 -0500 John Paul writes . . . >Hey, what about giving a halberd a "sweeping blow" ability? Mmmm . . . I hadn't considered using pole weapons to do a sweep, let alone a halberd not being included in the list of weapons that can perform a sweep. (Amazing what you can learn with a detailed reading of the rules.) This sounds fine to me. Doesn't a halberd have bits on the end which cut along with those which stab? Pfc. Dave Seagraves dseagraves@austin.rr.com 1 (512) 835-7527 Scout-Sniper (19D), 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, TMHS
According to my Palladium's "Compendium of Weapons, Armor & Castles" (great visual reference for non-powder weapons), a halberd is: length = 2.2 meters Mass = 2.8 kg Chop or thrust, 2 handed.
It looks somewhat like a long handled axe with a spear at the end.Problem with a sweeping blow on this weapon is that you either continue in a full arc and spin again or you drop your weapon immediately because momentum makes it unready.
Hail Melee, John Paul _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ===== Post to the entire list by writing to tft@brainiac.com. Unsubscribe by mailing to majordomo@brainiac.com with the message body "unsubscribe tft"