Gnome Battle Ladder

Cost: 20 gp
Weight: 8 lbs.
Damage: 1d4/1d4 (small), 1d6/1d6 (medium)
Critical: x2
Range: —
Type: Bashing
Category: Two-Handed Melee Weapons
Proficiency: Exotic
Weapon Groups Double
Special: Double, Trip, See Text

Gnomes use these narrow, reinforced, 4-foot ladders as weapons. Fighting with a battle ladder is like fighting with a quarterstaff, except that the spaces in the ladder can be used to entangle limbs, granting the ladder the trip weapon feature.