Shattered Kingdoms

I'm actually ok with Polearms being the only weapons with reach. However such a change to weaponry would require a revamp to how offensive spells go for classes that have to turn to magic for reach and a change to bows/crossbows for scouts.

Agreed.

I think they'd be a great weapon without the reaching capability.

A few points of accuracy wouldn't be missed either. It doesn't need to be super inaccurate or anything...maybe khopesh-level.

Accuracy and speed >damage

What the CRAP is wrong with you people???

Cure light, STR mods, flanged maces or staves, bless/frenzy, undead, and if you're not lighty, halflings. That's all you need to get to jman EASY on any priest, and by easy I mean 10 hours or below including investment RP and min-maxing to get crap for charisma.

Anyone who uses a polemace to level is going to take two or three times as long to gain experience as compared to someone with a front row mace or staff. Have any of you actually TRIED putting on armor and fighting front row with a mace up until journeyman? It's crap easy even in cloth, especially if you get some helpful guy to put humming enchantments on your weapon.

Just don't join a faith until jman when you get flamestrike, then you can wear light armor that will make you invincible to most NPCs you can train on to get to jman on. Polemaces are a waste of time.