Hunting Spear

“While the spear is primarily used against enemies on the battlefield, the hunting spear reveals its true worth while hunting for wild boar.”
-Olgarta Firunjev, runaway Bornish serf, 1039 FB

Hunting is nearly ubiquitous across Aventuria, and most hunters prefer using spears, but not all cultures have developed specialized hunting spears. Most use the same type of spear for both hunting and war.

Spears crafted especially for the hunt have short lugs called wings protruding from the sockets at the base of their long blades. Shafts use sturdy wood, but even then, these spears sometimes break during use.

Most spears for hunting animals—whether wild boar or steppe cattle—are approximately 6.5’ long and primarily designed for thrusting. Hunters are sometimes severely injured when they misjudge the right time to release a weapon protruding from an animal’s side. Such accidents are especially common when hunting wild boar and steppe cattle, as injured animals usually turn against their attackers.

“My people fight with this weapon. There might be better choices for battle, but nothing keeps an enemy away like a spear.”

— Layariel Treetopglint, elven wyldrunner

Technique	Damage	P+T	AT/PA	Reach	Weight	Length	Cost	Complexity
Polearms	d6+5	AGI/STR 15	0/–1	long	1.75 stn 4 lbs	200 hf/cm 80 inches	80 S	simple

Weapon Advantage: A target attempting to escape the maneuver Nail Down receives a -1 penalty on the Feat of Strength check (see Aventuria Compendium, page 152). The hunting spear inflicts +1 DP against animals of size categories medium and large.

Weapon Disadvantage: Roll 1D6 after successfully employing Nail Down against an animal. On a result of 5-6, the spear breaks unless the wielder makes a successful Feat of Strength check.