Item: Cavalry Commander's Lance
This +1 striking lance bears a pennant that displays a standard, heraldry, or other symbols desired by its original creator. When mounted and wielding a cavalry commander's lance, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Diplomacy checks when interacting with anyone loyal to the nation or cause represented by your pennant's imagery.
Activate—Ride Them Down! 1 (auditory, concentrate, linguistic)
Frequency once per day
Requirements Your last action was to Strike and inflict damage on a target with the cavalry commander's lance
Effect You shout a command to all mounted allies within 60 feet, granting them a +1 circumstance bonus on the next attack roll they make against the target you just damaged before the start of your next turn.
Trait Effects
Deadly: On a critical hit, the weapon adds a weapon damage die of the listed size. Roll this after doubling the weapon’s damage. This increases to two dice if the weapon has a _greater striking rune_ and three dice if the weapon has a _major striking rune_. For instance, a rapier with a _greater striking rune_ deals 2d8 extra piercing damage on a critical hit. An ability that changes the size of the weapon’s normal damage dice doesn’t change the size of its deadly die.
Jousting: The weapon is suited for mounted combat with a harness or similar means. When mounted, if you moved at least 10 feet on the action before your attack, add a circumstance bonus to damage for that attack equal to the number of damage dice for the weapon. In addition, while mounted, you can wield the weapon in one hand, changing the damage die to the listed value. As a part of your action to Mount a creature, you can switch your grip on a jousting weapon to one-handed. After that, changing your grip takes the same actions described on page 268. If you dismount while wielding a jousting weapon onehanded, you can switch to using two hands as part of that action if you have a hand free at that point. If not, you’ll still be holding the weapon in one hand, but not wielding it.
Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
Reach: This weapon can be used to attack enemies up to 10 feet away instead of only adjacent enemies. For creatures with reach, the weapon increases their reach by 5 feet.
Critical Specialisation Effects
Certain effects can grant you benefits when you make a Strike with certain weapons and get a critical success. This is called a critical specialisation effect. The exact effect depends on which weapon group your weapon belongs to, as listed below. You can always decide not to add the critical specialisation effect of your weapon.
Spear: The weapon pierces the target, weakening its attacks. The target is clumsy 1 until the start of your next turn.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Lance of Sun's Radiance | 11 | Rare | 1d8 |
| Alicorn Lance | 5 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Lance | - | Common | 1d8 |
| Knight Captain's Lance | 13 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Radiant Lance | 15 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Blast Lance | 4 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Blast Lance (Greater) | 8 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Elven Branched Spear | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| War Lance | - | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Lifebloom | 6 | Unique | 1d8 |
| Tiger Fork | 5 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Fighter's Fork | 3 | Common | 1d8 |
| Grounding Spike | 10 | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Rat-Catcher Trident | 11 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Breaching Pike | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Dancer's Spear | - | Common | 1d6 |
| Gill Hook | - | Uncommon | 1d10 |
| Gravedigger's Call | 12 | Common | 1d8 |
| Injection Spear | - | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Glaive of the Artist | 14 | Uncommon | 1d8 |