Since the original DnD White Box set in 1974 (page 13, Basic Equipment and Costs), the legendary Ten-Foot Pole has been a vital piece of adventuring gear. How can you use this innocuous yet mighty implement to overcome harrowing challenges and win the day? (https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/16k6ddx/how_have_you_used_the_tenfoot_pole/)
- Probe the floor for traps. Always. (or trip a trap from 10 feet away)
- In a pinch, chop it up for firewood (especially useful in cold climates).
- Poke a door from 10 feet away.
- Whack the smile off that witch/harpy as she tries to fly over you.
- Poke a treasure chest (mimic?) from 10 feet away.
- Keep hostile animals (wolves, lions, etc.) at bay, 10 feet away.
- Prop open the mouths of giant creatures as they are about to chomp you.
- Whack an ooze, over and over; your pole eventually dissolves away, but not until you've whacked the heck out of that ooze!
- Whack the heck out of a rust monster without destroying your metal weapons.
- Bridge a pit or chasm (up to 10 feet); lash together two 10 foot poles to bridge larger pits or chasms.
- Stick it out a 2nd story window in town and shinny down it.
- Lash a dagger to the end of it and make a pike to counter a horse charge.
- Lash a torch or lantern to the end of it and stick it down a dark hole to look around.
- Lash a mirror to it and use it to look around a corner from a distance.
- Use it [rogues] as a balance pole to help you walk across a tightrope.
- Whirl it around you like a pinwheel to knock swarms of bats/stirges out of the sky.
- Use it as a mast to make a sail when your ship sinks and you're floating on an endless sea on a raft made from broken ship timbers.
- Sharpen one end of it to form a long wooden stake and charge, yelling like a wild man, straight at that arrogant vampire and stab it straight through the heart! (longest wooden stake he ever saw, and the last wooden stake he will ever see!)
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