Shotels would make a fantastic weapon for spellswords and/or battlemages in a fantasy setting. You know how you got that traditional mage staff design where it has a shepherd crook style hook at the end with some sort of gem in it? The shotel's shape would allow you to do a very similar aesthetic, where you can have an orb of energy or arcane sigil manifest in the hook of the blade while invoking and channeling a spell. I think it'd look really cool, and also make your spellswords stand out since shotels are criminally underappreciated














