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I am looking at picking up a banner of ancient kings which says it must be mounted on a spears or pole at least 8 feet long. I am looking for better reach weapons that a long spear but there isn't any lengths on most of them. Any ideas on how I could do it? this is for PFS so I have to be able to do it raw.
Any polearm with reach is at least 8 feet long.
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10' pole and Catch-Off Guard?
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Presumably in game.
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It can reach the middle of a square between 5 and 10 feet away, plus six inches to pierce the vital organs of the guy standing there. That would be 8 feet exactly.@mplindustries
Is there anywhere in the rules that says that? My PFS GM says they aren't that long.
The exception to that is the Glaive which states that it is only 7 feet in the PRD.
Please also note, everyone is not standing in the middle of their squares the whole combat. Otherwise your average longsword @ 3.5 feet would not reach from the middle of one square to the middle of the next over (not even counting daggers).
For the most part though, I see no reason to not allow it to be attached to almost any reach weapon (whip would not work), as most are close enough to the 8' requirement that it either matches, or could be claimed to have been made for the character with out breaking the rules of the weapon. After all, not all longswords are the exact same length.
My only concern is how easy it is to wield a weapon with a 4'x6', 5 lb piece of canvas attached to it. This seems to be that it would get in the way a lot and cause more problems in combat than not.
Just for reference, these people are holding up a 4' x 6' banner:
http://www.esigns.com/vinyl-banners/4x6/
Please also note, everyone is not standing in the middle of their squares the whole combat. Otherwise your average longsword @ 3.5 feet would not reach from the middle of one square to the middle of the next over (not even counting daggers).
You're forgetting the length of the character's arms.
But that's besides the point--the 8 feet thing should just be for flavor. Any polearm should do.
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Please also note, everyone is not standing in the middle of their squares the whole combat. Otherwise your average longsword @ 3.5 feet would not reach from the middle of one square to the middle of the next over (not even counting daggers).You're forgetting the length of the character's arms.
But that's besides the point--the 8 feet thing should just be for flavor. Any polearm should do.
I agree, I just don't like it when people base weapon length off of an imaginary grid size.. :)
As I said, I would be more concerned about trying to fight with it attached to the weapon. (something the magic item never takes into account since it appears to assume that it is being held as a banner and not wielded as a weapon).
