Named after the farming tool (French: "scythe") after which it was fashioned, a fauchard is a polearm which combines the fast slashing action of a sword or knife with the reach of a spear. Trainable to a series of continental European powers, their fairly average price and a decent attack which can deal out some splash damage makes them highly versatile, being capable of being deployed against a variety of enemy units — especially infantry in tight formation. However, you should not expect them to stand up to heavy cavarly on a flanking manoeuvre. Equally, despite their better attack, Fauchard Infantry are much slower than swordsmen, so they are only effective against other infantry in large numbers. Nevertheless, if mixed in with other units, these units could provide an advantage; given