War Ax
The war ax is a giant, two-handed version of the battle-ax. Most war axes are double-headed, featuring iron or steel crescent blades heavy enough to bisect a horse’s skull with one swing. They didn’t see a lot of practical battlefield use — they were too heavy, ultimately — but some barbarian tribes counted them among their most vicious and effective weapons. Characters wielding war axes find them so deadly, in fact, that attacks made with these weapons may apply the 9 again rule to the roll.
Before the mechanical efficiency of the guillotine, the war ax doubled as the decapitating weapon of many executioners, and there are tales of stained axes that refuse to come clean, with faces faintly visible in the blood. Whether they’re the faces of the executioners themselves, or their victims, isn’t apparent.
Before the mechanical efficiency of the guillotine, the war ax doubled as the decapitating weapon of many executioners, and there are tales of stained axes that refuse to come clean, with faces faintly visible in the blood. Whether they’re the faces of the executioners themselves, or their victims, isn’t apparent.
Item type
Weapon, Melee
Size: 4/N
Durability: 3
Cost: •••