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 A guisarme, sometimes called a gisarme, giserne or bisarme, is a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between the 11th and 15th centuries, and is likely Germanic in origin - like many medieval polearms, the exact early form of the weapon is hard to define from literary references, and the identification of surviving weapons can be speculative. Many photos that supposedly feature guisarmes are actually [[fauchard]]-forks with sharp spear points added to the back of the fauchard blade.
-Two main modern schools of thought exist regarding guisarmes and their construction and use. One school of thought posits that the guisarme was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles like most polearms, with the guisarme being a combination of a pruning hook and a spear shaft; early guisarmes designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, while later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade - eventually weapon makers incorporated the hook in a variety of different polearms, making "guisarme" into a catch-all for any weapon that included a hook on the blade, as exemplified by the terms "[[bill-guisarme]]", "voulge-guisarme" and "glaive-guisarme". The other school of thought is rooted in the interpretation of the guisarme existing as a "crescent shaped double socketed axe" on a long shaft, based on the use of the term "giserne" and axe interchangeably for the same weapon in the poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''.
+Two main modern schools of thought exist regarding guisarmes and their construction and use. One school of thought posits that the guisarme was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles like most polearms, with the guisarme being a combination of a pruning hook and a spear shaft; early guisarmes designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, while later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade - eventually weapon makers incorporated the hook in a variety of different polearms, making "guisarme" into a catch-all for any weapon that included a hook on the blade, as exemplified by the terms "[[bill-guisarme]]", "voulge-guisarme" and "glaive-guisarme". The other school of thought is rooted in the interpretation of the guisarme existing as a "crescent shaped double socketed axe" on a long shaft, based on the terms "giserne" and axe being used interchangeably for the same weapon in the poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''.
 ==Variants==

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-A guisarme, sometimes called a gisarme, giserne or bisarme, is a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between the 11th and 15th centuries, and is likely Germanic in origin - like many medieval polearms, the exact early form of the weapon is hard to define from literary references, and the identification of surviving weapons can be speculative.
+A guisarme, sometimes called a gisarme, giserne or bisarme, is a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between the 11th and 15th centuries, and is likely Germanic in origin - like many medieval polearms, the exact early form of the weapon is hard to define from literary references, and the identification of surviving weapons can be speculative. Many photos that supposedly feature guisarmes are actually [[fauchard]]-forks with sharp spear points added to the back of the fauchard blade.
 Two main modern schools of thought exist regarding guisarmes and their construction and use. One school of thought posits that the guisarme was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles like most polearms, with the guisarme being a combination of a pruning hook and a spear shaft; early guisarmes designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, while later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade - eventually weapon makers incorporated the hook in a variety of different polearms, making "guisarme" into a catch-all for any weapon that included a hook on the blade, as exemplified by the terms "[[bill-guisarme]]", "voulge-guisarme" and "glaive-guisarme". The other school of thought is rooted in the interpretation of the guisarme existing as a "crescent shaped double socketed axe" on a long shaft, based on the use of the term "giserne" and axe interchangeably for the same weapon in the poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''.

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	Two main modern schools of thought exist regarding guisarmes and their construction and use. One school of thought posits that the guisarme was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles like most polearms, with the guisarme being a combination of a pruning hook and a spear shaft; early guisarmes designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, while later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade - eventually weapon makers incorporated the hook in a variety of different polearms, making "guisarme" into a catch-all for any weapon that included a hook on the blade, as exemplified by the terms "[[bill-guisarme]]", "voulge-guisarme" and "glaive-guisarme". The other school of thought is rooted in the interpretation of the guisarme existing as a "crescent shaped double socketed axe" on a long shaft, based on the use of the term "giserne" and axe interchangeably for the same weapon in the poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''.		Two main modern schools of thought exist regarding guisarmes and their construction and use. One school of thought posits that the guisarme was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles like most polearms, with the guisarme being a combination of a pruning hook and a spear shaft; early guisarmes designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, while later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade - eventually weapon makers incorporated the hook in a variety of different polearms, making "guisarme" into a catch-all for any weapon that included a hook on the blade, as exemplified by the terms "[[bill-guisarme]]", "voulge-guisarme" and "glaive-guisarme". The other school of thought is rooted in the interpretation of the guisarme existing as a "crescent shaped double socketed axe" on a long shaft, based on the use of the term "giserne" and axe interchangeably for the same weapon in the poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''.
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		+	==Variants==
		+	===xNetHack===
		+	[[xNetHack]] removes the guisarme and many other polearms.
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		+	===EvilHack===
		+	In [[EvilHack]], a guisarme can be created at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)\|forge]] by combining a [[grappling hook]] and a [[spear]]; a guisarme can be combined with a spear to create a bill-guisarme. This also applies to [[Hack'EM]].

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==

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		+	\|tile=[[image:guisarme.png]]
		+	\|appearance=pruning hook
		+	\|smalldmg=2d4
		+	\|largedmg=d8
		+	\|tohit=<nowiki>+0</nowiki>
		+	\|skill=polearm
		+	\|size=two-handed
		+	\|cost=5
		+	\|weight=80
		+	\|material=iron
		+	}}
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		+	A '''guisarme''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[two-handed]] [[polearm]] that is made of [[iron]], and appears as a '''pruning hook''' when [[Identification\|unidentified]].
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		+	==Generation==
		+	In addition to random generation, general [[shop]]s and antique weapons outlets can sell guisarmes.
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		+	[[Watchmen]] and [[soldier]]s may [[Monster starting inventory\|be generated with]] a guisarme.{{refsrc\|src/makemon.c\|194\|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
		+
		+	==Strategy==
		+	The guisarme has high average damage against [[small]] monsters among polearms and is relatively light, but it has low average damage against large monsters, being slightly less effective versus them than the still-lighter [[ranseur]].
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		+	==History==
		+	The guisarme is introduced with all other polearms in [[NetHack 1.3d]].
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		+	==Origin==
		+	{{wikipedia}}
		+	[[Image:Guisarmes.png\|thumb\|right]]
		+	A guisarme, sometimes called a gisarme, giserne or bisarme, is a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between the 11th and 15th centuries, and is likely Germanic in origin - like many medieval polearms, the exact early form of the weapon is hard to define from literary references, and the identification of surviving weapons can be speculative.
		+
		+	Two main modern schools of thought exist regarding guisarmes and their construction and use. One school of thought posits that the guisarme was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles like most polearms, with the guisarme being a combination of a pruning hook and a spear shaft; early guisarmes designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, while later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade - eventually weapon makers incorporated the hook in a variety of different polearms, making "guisarme" into a catch-all for any weapon that included a hook on the blade, as exemplified by the terms "[[bill-guisarme]]", "voulge-guisarme" and "glaive-guisarme". The other school of thought is rooted in the interpretation of the guisarme existing as a "crescent shaped double socketed axe" on a long shaft, based on the use of the term "giserne" and axe interchangeably for the same weapon in the poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''.
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		+	==Encyclopedia entry==
		+	{{encyclopedia-redirect\|polearm}}
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		+	==References==
		+	<references/>
		+	{{nethack-367}}
		+	[[Category:Weapons]]