Voluge of the Vicious Gibberer

[Crimhthan The Great]

Voluge of the Vicious Gibberer, what is it, where did it come from, what does it do, what does it look like, and any other details you can think of.

[Mighty Darci]

OK, what is a voluge?
Voluge

A voulge (occasionally called a pole cleaver) is a type of polearm that existed alongside the similar glaive in medieval Europe. Superficially, a voulge might strongly resemble a glaive, but there are some notable differences in construction. First, the attachment of the voulge blade to the shaft was usually done by binding the lower two thirds of the blade to the side of the pole; the glaive would often have a socket built into the blade itself and was mounted on top of the pole. In addition, while both had curved blades, that of the voulge was broad and meant for hacking, while that of the glaive was narrow and meant more for cutting. A voulge thus looks something like a squashed bardiche, or just a meat cleaver attached to a long pole.

In early designs it consisted solely of a cutting edge, but in time voulges often had a 'pointed-top' blade for stabbing. Hooks were also incorporated onto the back of the blade, in which case they are referred to as "voulge-guisarmes".

The voulge was commonly used by the French. The Hundred Years War provided many opportunities to prove its utility. It is commonly believed that this was the base design used in the creation of the bayonet, also credited to the French.

What is a gibberer?  

One who gibbers along an unceasing tangent without mercy.

Her minions, the vylaens and gibberers and frostclaws, they were real enough, but rare — so rare that they seemed things lost from an ancient time when we found them roaming our lands.

(Vylaens = the leaders of gibberkin. Frostclaws some type of large feline that communicates by telepathy with its allies)

Hmm, will need to think on this.

[Crimhthan The Great]

Mighty Darci's was great, does anyone else want to give it a shot?

[Mighty Darci]

May 15, 2018 11:07:09 GMT -5 Crimhthan The Great said:

Mighty Darci 's was great, does anyone else want to give it a shot?

What was great? I didn't do anything yet, but thank you for reminding me about these threads.

[mao]

This pole arm makes a horrible shrieking sound and causes 4 HD or less monsters can't attack until it is swung at. Works for 2 turns twice a day

[The Perilous Dreamer]

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