Shortspear

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Shortspear

Name	Damage	Critical	Range	Qualities
Shortspear	2/3	3	Engaged	Defensive-0/1; Set Defence; Piercing

Defensive-0/1:

• This weapon adds +0/d to the difficulty of any Melee Attacks that target the bearer.

Set Defence:

• When a charging enemy ends their Charge Move within the range of one or more fighters with Set Defence not engaged with any other enemies, one of those fighters makes a Melee Attack targeting that enemy. This attack gains +d for each other unengaged fighter with Set Defence within range of that enemy at any point during their Charge Move.

Piercing:

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

Shortspears in Military Units

When equipped by a Military Unit a shortspear 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.