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Fighter Class Specialization: Nithian Spearman

by Håvard

According to HWR2 Spearmen are similar to Fighters except:

• Gains +1 to hit & damage using spears and javelins in melee and thrown
• Gains +1 to hit when throwing weapons lighter than 30cn
• Suffers -1 to hit & damage with weapons heavier than 30cn

Proposed revisoned version:

• When armed with a heavy shield in one hand, spears and javelins do damage equal to one damage type higher (ie 1d6 becomes 1d8, 2d4 becomes 1d10).
• Can only wear Nithian cultural armor and partial armor.

Personally I think the whole idea of weapons heavier or ligher than 30cn is too annyoing. Also, I dont think the benefit is all that powerful. The text in HWR talks a lot about wielding shields so I worked that into their restriction. I also like how this turns them into more of a fighting style almost similar to how later editions of RuneQuest work...