Item: Dueling Spear
This spear has a spade-like blade at one end and a forked blade at the other, making it resemble a large arrow. It's well balanced for spinning and twisting maneuvers. The spade-like end can be used for slashing and stabbing, while the forked end is effective at wrenching a weapon from an enemy's grasp.
Trait Effects
Disarm: You can use this weapon to Disarm with the Athletics skill even if you don’t have a free hand. This uses the weapon’s reach (if different from your own) and adds the weapon’s item bonus to attack rolls (if any) as an item bonus to the Athletics check. If you critically fail a check to Disarm using the weapon, you can drop the weapon to take the effects of a failure instead of a critical failure. On a critical success, you still need a free hand if you want to take the item.
Finesse: You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls using this melee weapon. You still calculate damage using Strength.
Versatile: A versatile weapon can be used to deal a different type of damage than its listed type. This trait indicates the alternate damage type. For instance, a piercing weapon with versatile S can deal piercing or slashing damage. You choose the damage type each time you attack.
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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| Name | Level | Rarity | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancer's Spear | - | Common | 1d6 |
| Elven Branched Spear | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Filcher's Fork | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |
| Main-Gauche | - | Common | 1d4 |
| Wish Knife | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |
| Tiger Fork | 5 | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Spellguard Blade | 7 | Common | 1d4 |
| Grounding Spike | 10 | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Bladed Scarf | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Breaching Pike | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Claw Blade | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |
| Gill Hook | - | Uncommon | 1d10 |
| Injection Spear | - | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Lance | - | Common | 1d8 |
| Nunchaku | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Piranha Kiss | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Rapier | - | Common | 1d6 |
| Rope Dart | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |
| Sai | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |
| Scorpion Whip | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |