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Originally Posted by xane
A defending polearm gets the first strike advantage and +1d damage.
A stationary defending polearm gets first strike, +1d damage and +2 DX.
An attacking polearm gets first strike advantage.
An attacking polearm who moved 3 hexes straight gets first strike and +1d damage.
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Now this is a better way to look at it. xane reminds us, the rules for attacking with a polearm and defending with a polearm don't have to be, and aren't, the same.
I'm reversing the conclusion I just espoused in my previous post.
The defending polearm user gets the +1d damage bonus against the attacker regardless of how much or little the attacker moved, as long as that move qualified as a charge attack. And that can be as little as 1 hex. The intention must have been to make the polearm-as-defense really, really strong. And history supports that.
Well good, now I can sleep tonight! :)