Bardiche

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Bardiche

Name	Damage	Critical	Range	Qualities
Bardiche	3	2	Reach-1	Pierce-1; Vicious-3; Unwieldy; Slashing

Reach-1:

• A weapon with Range: Reach-1 adds +d to Melee Attacks made against targets with non-Reach weapons.

• A weapon with Range: Reach cannot be used to full effect when Engaged, instead it uses the profile for a Staff.

Pierce-1:

• This weapon ignores up to 1 point of Soak.

Vicious-3:

• This weapon adds +30 to any Critical Hits it inflicts.

Unwieldy:

• This weapon is less ideal for defending against attacks. Decrease the difficulty of any melee attacks targeting the equipped model by -d, to a minimum of dd.

Slashing:

• This weapon can spend an additional a when it scores a Critical Hit to score a Slashing Critical Hit instead.

Bardiche in Military Units

When equipped by a Military Unit a bardiche is one of many kinds of Polearm, adding the benefits of Reach (+d to Attacks against non-reach enemies; +d to Defence checks against non-reach enemies) to its Melee Attacks as well as adding +dd to Defence checks against Cavalry Charge attacks.