What is a Glaive used for?

The Glaive is a traditional pole-arm weapon that is essentially a sword blade on a long handle. These powerful weapons have been used the world about for ancient and medieval warfare. The Glaive or Fauchard is a European term for these weapons.

What is the difference between halberd and Glaive?

As noted in previous post there is no mechanical differences between the two weapons in D&D 5e. In real life the Glaive is a blade attached to a pole while the halberd has three different aspect to the place that can be used. A blade for chopping, a point for stabbing, and a hook for pulling.

Is a Poleaxe a good weapon?

Poleaxes are good at handling individual opponents who aren’t mounted. So long as those criteria are met, the enemy can be in any type of armor and armed with any type of hand weapon and the poleaxe will still do great.

What weapon replaced the halberd?

spontoons
The halberd was one of the polearms sometimes carried by lower-ranking officers in European infantry units in the 16th through 18th centuries. In the British army, sergeants continued to carry halberds until 1793, when they were replaced by spontoons.

What is the difference between a halberd and a Poleaxe?

The first is that the halberd usually has a larger, longer axe cutting edge than the poleaxe. Poleaxes were generally shorter than halberds – while pole weapons, they were rarely taller than the wielder and in fact were designed to be carried “across the body” and both ends used – like a pugil (or fighting stick).

Is a glaive a Poleaxe?

A glaive (or glave) is a European polearm, consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole. It is similar to the Japanese naginata, the Chinese guandao, the Korean woldo, and the Russian sovnya.

What is the difference between a Poleaxe and a halberd?

What’s the difference between a poleaxe and a halberd?

What makes a glaive a glaive?