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|author_name=Sulacu
|date_created=October 13, 2016
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[[File:Bident.jpg|thumb|500px|right|The head of a bident spear.]]
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|weight=6
|type=Piercing
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Often wielded by wranglers and the law enforcement of certain kingdoms, the bident is essentially a two-pronged spear. The basic bident consists of a wooden staff on which is mounted a hardened steel head with two slightly diverging blades. The edges of a bident's blades are often fashioned in a wavy pattern for the purpose of better grabbing onto the opponent's weapon.

A bident allows both shockingly lethal thrusts and safe disarming methods, making it a weapon favored by many guardsmen for a great variety of situations.

A bident functions like a [[SRD:Spear|spear]], and like a spear it can be thrown and set against a [[SRD:Charge|charge]]. A bident also confers a +2 bonus to [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] checks and [[SRD:Disarm|disarm]] rolls.

A bident can be wielded as such as a martial weapon, but in order to maximize the weapon's effects it must be wielded as an exotic weapon. A wielder with [[SRD:Exotic Weapon Proficiency|Exotic Weapon Proficiency]] in the bident gains the following [[Weapon Arts (3.5e Other)|weapon arts]]:

*'''{{Anchor|Drill Pierce}}:''' You make a single attack as a [[SRD:Full-Round Action|full-round action]] that focuses all the momentum you gather in the tips of the bident. As part of the action, you may move up to your land speed in a straight line; in fact, you ''must'' move a minimum of 10 feet to perform this attack. If the attack is successful, you impale the target (as per the [[Impale (3.5e Feat)|feat]]). The initial attack deals +2d6 points of extra damage for every iterative attack granted by your [[SRD:Base Attack Bonus|base attack bonus]] (+2d6 at BAB +6, +4d6 at BAB +11, and +6d6 at BAB +16). 

*'''Intercepting Fangs:''' Stance&mdash;Your attacks deal no [[SRD:Strength|Strength]] based damage. Against a single foe that you designate upon entering the stance, you gain your [[SRD:Strength|Strength]] bonus as a shield bonus to [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]]. Once per [[SRD:Round|round]], if the designated foe makes an attack action while occupying a square you threaten, you may make an immediate opposed attack roll (adding your bonuses to [[SRD:Disarm|disarm]] rolls). If your opposed attack roll beats the foe's attack roll, the attack is interrupted and you may instantly attempt a [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] using your bident. 

:Entering the stance requires a [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]]. Moving more than 10 feet in one [[SRD:Round|round]] will drop the stance.

*'''Capturing Fangs:''' Bidents are known for how efficiently its twin prongs capture and pin the enemy's weapons. If you start your turn [[SRD:Grapple|grappling]] an opponent, you may immediately [[SRD:Pinned|pin]] the opponent. To escape this pin, the opponent must either beat you with an opposed [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] check or simply discard the pinned weapon, the latter of which the opponent may do at any time. Enemies that wield [[SRD:Light Weapon|light]] or no weapons cannot be pinned in this way. You cannot use this ability while using [[#Drill Pierce|drill pierce]].
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Author	Sulacu +
Class	Thrown + and Melee +
Cost	50 gp +
Critical	×3 +
Damage	1d8 +
Damage Type	Piercing +
Hardness	5 +
Hit Points	10 +
Identifier	3.5e Equipment +
Proficiency	Martial +
Range	20 +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Two-Handed +
Title	Bident +
Weight	6 +