tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post3292870454233364867..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pole Arm QuizJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15706977968792266512011-04-14T13:40:38.556-04:002011-04-14T13:40:38.556-04:0018 of 22. Disagree with awl pike, forget to chang...18 of 22. Disagree with awl pike, forget to change another, and I always get two confused with each other.<br /><br />I'm so dorky.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355748369891591756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37785320728294361662011-04-09T19:43:28.550-04:002011-04-09T19:43:28.550-04:0015 (factoring in WOTC's screwup on the awl-pik...15 (factoring in WOTC's screwup on the awl-pike). LOL, it's frightening to think that "back in the day" I could probably have named them all without the multiple choice.JBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915780514486101083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37625503925498661252011-04-04T11:27:48.172-04:002011-04-04T11:27:48.172-04:00Only 14 out of 22 for me. I need to do some resea...Only 14 out of 22 for me. I need to do some research.By The Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16799389743529116360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1037252661582965062011-04-03T20:50:43.889-04:002011-04-03T20:50:43.889-04:00Gahhh! Only a 12? But I don't want to study Un...Gahhh! Only a 12? But I don't want to study Unearthed Arcana!!!! :Ptoddroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668825555921002430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30086647173351247522011-04-03T19:56:46.325-04:002011-04-03T19:56:46.325-04:0011/22. Of course, having French as a first languag...11/22. Of course, having French as a first language helped a bit.Matthieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440477954344374147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75841031691029042742011-04-03T09:51:45.012-04:002011-04-03T09:51:45.012-04:00I met Gary at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcest...I met Gary at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester MA back in, oh, 2004? He had been invited by the curator of medieval weaponry there to give a talk about how historical weapons related to their D&D counterparts. Imagine spending a rainy Saturday with Gary in a gothic castle full of weapons and armor and you'll get the picture. Anyhow, I remember him saying that he had included the polearm nomenclature in D&D just to add spice to the game, and didn't give a whit about modeling their various characteristics.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871235554044658552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72547648797527479702011-04-03T03:45:27.825-04:002011-04-03T03:45:27.825-04:00...I mention that the collection was Gygaxian beca......I mention that the collection was Gygaxian because usually (Venice Doge's palace, British Museum, Met) they don't go for the library of varieties approach: apparently lots of museum curators are happy to just call then polearms. I've still yet to identify a Bohemian Earspoon in the field.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75296761461674801132011-04-03T03:41:49.282-04:002011-04-03T03:41:49.282-04:00apparently I don't know my lochaber axe from m...apparently I don't know my lochaber axe from my poleaxe: 15. I was in Haut Keonigsberg castle a couple of months ago with my son and they had a Gygaxian polearm collection - one of the few I've ever seen - and my son asked me why there were so many different kinds, when they were really all just snarly bits of metal on the end of a broom handle. And on that question UA was no help at all. (yes, I know some are for dismounting riders and others are for particular infantry formations and others are badges of office, but really in D&D's abstract combat system, who cares?)richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72911789866211094392011-04-03T02:03:37.895-04:002011-04-03T02:03:37.895-04:00Oh, and I second-guessed myself on the pike/awl-pi...Oh, and I second-guessed myself on the pike/awl-pike, too, which would have made it 20.Gordon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907319916602597979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30762071038481883282011-04-03T01:59:42.435-04:002011-04-03T01:59:42.435-04:0016 out of 22, but I would have had 19 if I hadn...16 out of 22, but I would have had 19 if I hadn't second-guessed myself on halberd, pole axe, and ranseur.Gordon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907319916602597979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13056726995486718642011-04-03T00:30:26.218-04:002011-04-03T00:30:26.218-04:0015 right. Never owned UA (or looked at that I rem...15 right. Never owned UA (or looked at that I remember)<br /><br />Highest score you can get without cheating (according to the website)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594635292910791200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50101620591223458292011-04-02T23:50:27.439-04:002011-04-02T23:50:27.439-04:00Polearms?
Saw some new ones last week in a Christ...Polearms?<br /><br />Saw some new ones last week in a Christie's Auction Catalog:<br /><br /><a href="http://christies.scene7.com/s7/brochure/flash_brochure.jsp?company=Christies&sku=1500_SaleCat&config=Christies/eCat_210x267_TOC&locale=en&wb=000000" rel="nofollow"> Christie's Chateau De Gourdon Auction</a><br /><br />Also, the castle the auction came from<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/images?q=chateau+de+gourdon&hl=en&prmd=ivnsm&source=lnms&tbs=isch:1&ei=jO2XTZ2_D4matwfQ95iVDA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1516&bih=778" rel="nofollow">Chateau De Gourdon</a>GameDaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106807777418881710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41201032456599426592011-04-02T23:05:02.625-04:002011-04-02T23:05:02.625-04:0017/22, and I too was tricked by the stupid "a...17/22, and I too was tricked by the stupid "awl pike" question. Inaccurate! So I'd call it 18, I guess.Korgothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683370654357044679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56937749553642625122011-04-02T22:49:29.066-04:002011-04-02T22:49:29.066-04:0015/22
Not bad for having not played since the mid...15/22<br /><br />Not bad for having not played since the mid-80s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48772933873521049422011-04-02T22:46:27.370-04:002011-04-02T22:46:27.370-04:009... Which is what I pretty much expected. I ignor...9... Which is what I pretty much expected. I ignored pole arm variations 27 years ago so didn't expect much retention.KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374233546533225028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52921310530377645452011-04-02T22:01:30.631-04:002011-04-02T22:01:30.631-04:00Being Wizards, I'm surprised there wasn't ...Being Wizards, I'm surprised there wasn't a couple "Dire" scrambles...<br />15/22Lee Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698873084592329937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50188045622710315222011-04-02T21:18:59.738-04:002011-04-02T21:18:59.738-04:00Zak S is right, the changes in magnification were ...Zak S is right, the changes in magnification were deceptive.<br /><br />Not that it matters - as soon as I saw that bewildering away of weapons with all roughly the same stats, I told my players "you can have a polearm." We never after that ever bothered distinguishing. So I wouldn't know a pole axe from a pile driver. <br /><br />I also found that whatever RPG you read had a different definition of all of these weapons (plus the morning star/mace/flail confusion was quite common). I couldn't understand why when in most games they all have the same outcome (except in Rolemaster, of course).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23707812066736351672011-04-02T21:01:46.567-04:002011-04-02T21:01:46.567-04:0014 correct. I'm a little hazy about guisarmes....14 correct. I'm a little hazy about guisarmes.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871235554044658552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14233290276578137092011-04-02T20:45:17.537-04:002011-04-02T20:45:17.537-04:0013!13!Bigharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232940345429292782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46547925132130315042011-04-02T20:38:10.270-04:002011-04-02T20:38:10.270-04:0018, and while tipsy. I'll take that as a win. ...18, and while tipsy. I'll take that as a win. Thanks for the link!Northyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295845911260555617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65956891656092923592011-04-02T20:35:49.756-04:002011-04-02T20:35:49.756-04:0021/21. I refuse to say that I got the one about th...21/21. I refuse to say that I got the one about the "awl pikes" wrong, b/c UA seems to imply that only the one on the end is an all pike while the entire group is labeled pikes, and that is what I was going on.2eDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562222394843621495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63300093871884779122011-04-02T20:09:50.308-04:002011-04-02T20:09:50.308-04:0018/22. Missed the Glaive-guisarme, the Glaive, the...18/22. Missed the Glaive-guisarme, the Glaive, the Guisarme, and for some stupid reason the Bill-hook. So, it's that Glaive and Guisarme stuff that gives me the most trouble.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78269404431760731342011-04-02T19:59:09.681-04:002011-04-02T19:59:09.681-04:00Dangnammit. 19/22. Mixed my partisans up with my...Dangnammit. 19/22. Mixed my partisans up with my spetum!Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55598916133836262922011-04-02T19:34:47.929-04:002011-04-02T19:34:47.929-04:0014/22 I'm a Swashbuckler! :-)14/22 I'm a Swashbuckler! :-)Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051575444218675705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82377338403456504142011-04-02T19:25:25.445-04:002011-04-02T19:25:25.445-04:0018/22. And I never even read the original UA.18/22. And I never even read the original UA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com