Spear

A spear was a simple two-handed melee weapon in the pole arm family.

Description
The straight shafts of spears could be constructed from any rigid material, but were typically made of wood. Their piercing tips could be formed by just sharpening the shaft to a point or by attaching a variety of spearheads made from metal (usually iron, bronze, or steel), stone (such as flint or obsidian), rock crystal, ivory, and even coral.

The length of a spear varied from or more, though typically their length was in a range of. Roughly the size of a quarterstaff, but slightly smaller in diameter.

Weaponology
Spears were one of the simplest and oldest weapons in existence. They were typically wielded with two hands, though shortspears could be wielded with just one. Spears were usually not intended to be thrown, but could be if necessary.

Varieties

 * Assegai: A type of spear that was designed for stabbing, rather than throwing. It typically had a shaft measuring and a sword-like blade that measured . This spearhead design was considered unusual by Faerûnian standards. One of these spears was held within the personal trophy room of Andura in The Serpent's Tooth.
 * Longspear: Spears that were longer than the length of an average spear, requiring two hands to wield effectively.
 * Shortspear: Spears that were shorter than the length of an average spear.

Notable spears

 * Assassin's spear
 * Spear of the Unicorn
 * Spear of the Wandering Legion
 * Windvane
 * Black kumade
 * Lit with danger
 * Talosian shortspear
 * Yklwa

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Fanged Crown
 * Video Games
 * Icewind Dale series • Baldur's Gate series