Two-lilies

“Hundreds of years ago, Grangor outlawed weapons that had blades on only one end. Not to be deterred, some of the city’s Phex-pleasing burghers invented the two-lilies, a weapon with blades on both ends. Grangor has long since rescinded this strange prohibition against spears and polearms, but the city guards still carry their two-lilies with pride. I wonder if modern Grangorans are as pleasing unto Phex as the people who invented the two-lilies?”
— Excerpt from the diary of a traveling Blessed One of Phex, 998 FB

The two-lilies is a rather quaint looking weapon that looks like a cross between a quarterstaff and a halberd. Fighters use it like a staff but its blades allow for thrusts like the infantry weapon. It is well-suited for defense and promotes a dexterous, almost dance-like fighting style. However, the two-lilies is not sturdy enough to deliver strong attacks.

This weapon is synonymous with the Horasian harbor town of Grangor, which first developed it, and the city guards have carried them for generations. Some warriors look down upon the guards for their weapons—until they see the two-lilies in action, that is. Two-lilies are rarely available outside of the Horasian Empire, and then only in towns with long established trading ties with Grangor. Rumors speak of Mhanadian and even dwarven versions of this weapon.

“Go into battle with this? You Horasians must be joking, by Swafnir!”

— Tjalva Garheltsdottir, Hetja of Prem

Technique	Damage	P+T	AT/PA	Reach	Weight	Length	Cost	Complexity
Polearms	d6+4	AGI/STR 15	0/+2	medium	2 stn 4 lbs	150 hf/cm 60 inches	200 S	complex (2 AP)

Weapon Advantage: When making more than one PA in the same CR (see Core Rules, page 232), reduce the penalty by 1. (The second PA receives a total penalty of -2, the third PA a total penalty of -5, and the third PA a total penalty of -8.)

Weapon Disadvantage: When using the maneuver Forceful Blow, subtract 1 from the DP.