Longspear

The longspear (or long spear) is a range weapon, modified to grant its wielder greater melee reach at the cost of throwing the spear effectively. Generally, a long spear maintins the majority of a spear's characteristics. It is much longer though than an average spear, being ten to twelve feet long. Due to its length, the weapon requires two hands for it to be used properly.

As a weapon with greater reach, the long spear is used to intimidate, injure, and/or kill its victims at a distance without thrown the weapon at the target. As soon as the wielder is engaged in close combat, the long spear is often discarded for a more suitable weapon.

A long spear is fragile and most unreliable but simple and cheap to make. Wielders of this weapon may not have the means to built sturdier polearms or are in an environment that use this tool for hunting.

The long spear is often favored as a hunting tool for larger game compared to the more familiar usage of polearms in the D&D universe.