Glaive

Glaives were a type of reach weapon in the pole arm family.

Description
Glaives were pole arms that, in their basic form, were a large knife mounted upon a long pole. The blade was often augmented with a back spike, perpendicular to the blade or angled forward.

Use
Glaives were two-handed melee weapons with a reach. Because it was a pole arm, it couldn't be used to attack adjacent foes. They were most effective in large numbers in a phalanx, or when they could be set against a charging opponent. Even though the tip of the blade was sharp and the back spike could be swung to penetrate armor, the glaive was considered a slashing weapon.

Realmslore
Bearded devils were known to carry sawtooth glaives.

Varieties

 * Naginata and its shortened version the nagimaki were glaives unique to the land of Kara-Tur. They were typically used by footmen and horsemen respectively.

Notable glaives
The tiefling warrior Havilar carried a glaive she referred to as "Devil Slayer".