Ice Ax
The ice ax isn’t really an ax at all, but a pick used in mountain climbing. The pick on top and spike on the bottom are used to anchor oneself, gain balance and stability and dig carabiner holes.
Like fire axes, ice axes are balanced enough that they doesn’t suffer the normal –1 penalty associated with improvised weapons, even though they weren’t designed to cause harm to the human body. Also, the pick and spike of an ice ax can both be used to pierce armor (Armor Piercing 1).
Leon Trotsky, Marxist thinker and one of the scions of communism, was murdered in Mexico with an ice ax.
Like fire axes, ice axes are balanced enough that they doesn’t suffer the normal –1 penalty associated with improvised weapons, even though they weren’t designed to cause harm to the human body. Also, the pick and spike of an ice ax can both be used to pierce armor (Armor Piercing 1).
Leon Trotsky, Marxist thinker and one of the scions of communism, was murdered in Mexico with an ice ax.
Item type
Weapon, Melee
Size: 2/J
Durability: 1
Cost: •
Notes: Armor Piercing 1