in Elden Root npc name Gerinien, no sword on her character model before she attacks so the sword might be a summoned spell itself.
We have no plans on implementing spears, but we have talked off and on about cool ways to do the one hand magic/one hand weapon thing. That's not on our roadmap anywhere, but we have been brainstorming.
There are so many cool things we could do! Seriously, we love these ideas too, but it all comes down to a matter of time and priorities.

🤔 I think in 2 years it will be. They are giving us hints all over elsweyr of it
Matt Firor's comment on Reddit:
We have no plans on implementing spears, but we have talked off and on about cool ways to do the one hand magic/one hand weapon thing. That's not on our roadmap anywhere, but we have been brainstorming.