Grapple Pole

A grapple pole is a 20-foot long wooden staff with a curved metal hook and spike at one end.

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

• It is used for a number of purposes on board ship, from helping to pull a net full of fish aboard to serving as a lifeline to a crewman cast overboard. Its primary purpose, however, is to grapple an enemy ship and aid in boarding. By slipping the hook of a grapple pole over the gunwale of an enemy ship, a sailor can aid in bringing the two vessels close enough to allow boarding attempts.
• In a pinch, a grapple pole can also serve as a makeshift pike, though it still counts as an exotic weapon.

Grapple Pole: Large Exotic Weapon; 15 gp; Dmg (S) 1d4, Dmg (M) 1d6; Critical x2; Range -; 8 lb.; Piercing