Axe

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An axe, sometimes spelled ax, is a weapon and tool typically comprised of a metal bladed head on the end of a wooden handle.[1][2] An axe designed for combat, with a lighter reinforced shaft and sharper blade, is often referred to as a battle axe.[2] Axes are distinguished in use by the greater swinging momentum they deliver due to their top-heavy design.[3]

A basic battle axe can cost between 1 to 10 gold pieces.[2][4]

Variants

See also: Category:Axes

Axe-like weapons and tools with a pointed head instead of a blade are known as picks or pickaxes.

An axe's head and handle might take many different shapes and forms, be made of a variety of materials, have one or multiple blades of varying shapes and configuration, and range from sizes small enough to throw or large enough to be a polearm.[1][4][5] While most axe heads are made of iron or steel, some are known to have been made of stone, bronze,[6] and adamantine.[7]

Axe hafts are typically wooden but might be reinforced with or made of metal, as well as more exotic materials such as whipwood.[8]

  • An axe musket adds an axe blade to the end of a musket barrel, allowing it to be wielded as either.[9]
  • Bardiches are polearms with a large crescent axe blade attached at two points of the haft, increasing its durability.[10]
  • A boarding axe includes a spiked end allowing it to be used as a climbing aid.[11][12][13]
  • A greataxe is up to four feet long, requires two hands to wield, and often feature two blades and a "beard", or hook at the bottom meant to further increase its chopping force.[14][15]
  • A handaxe is a foot-long, one-handed axe weighted toward its head, and might also be called a war hatchet.[16]
  • Halberds have an axe-like head at the top of its spear body.[15]
  • A hatchet is a small, throwable axe.[14]
  • A hooked axe features a hook at the end of its blade for tripping or disarming opponents.[16]
  • A mambele, also called a hunga munga or danisco, is a throwable axe with a backward-curving blade that tears even more from a victim when it is extracted after striking.[17]
  • Throwing axes are specifically weighted and balanced for being thrown overhand, at the expense of being as effective in melee. They might also be called franciscas and tomahawks.[18]
  • A tongi resembles a battle axe with the blades cut down to pairs of pointed spikes.[19]

Unique axes

The half-orc Wrathack wields an orc double axe.

On Golarion

Axes are often favored by dwarves, who favor dwarven waraxes with a large, decorated head and thick handle that can be wielded with one or two hands.[2][3] A dwarven urgrosh has a spear point on the bottom of its half, and either head can be used.[3] Dwarven axe-gauntlets feature an axe blade over a locked gauntlet for extreme close quarters, and were engineered during the running battles in the Quest for Sky.[26] A maulaxe is a dwarven weapon with a hammer on one side of the head and an axe blade on the opposite side.[27]

Orcs also wield a specialized axe known as a necksplitter, which has a single jagged blade and beard designed for chopping through bone joints.[28] An orc double axe takes such design priorities to an extreme by putting a double-headed blade on each end of a heavy, clumsy pole; it must be wielded from the center like a quarterstaff.[29] Butchering axes are heavy, unbalanced axes designed by smiths in the Hold of Belkzen,[11] and one was wielded by the Linnorm King Alvard that was particularly devastating against dragons.[30]

The Hellknight Order of the Coil favors the greataxe,[31] and the Order of the Glyph favors the battle axe.[32]

Pahmet dwarves craft ornate axes, with one side of the head bearing a hammer and the other a golden blade adorned with dwarven runes and Osiriani symbols.[33]

A swinging axe trap menaces a group of adventurers.

As traps

Axes are sometimes used in traps, particularly ones that swing weapons.[34]

In religion

Axes of various types are the favored weapon of several deities, including Andak,[35] Angradd,[36] Bes,[37] Dammerich,[38] Haagenti,[39] Lahkgya,[40] Likha,[41] Narakaas,[42] Narriseminek,[43] Sekhmet,[44] Treerazer,[36] Unity,[45] and Verex.[46]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Axe, Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Logan Bonner et al. (2019). Pathfinder Core Rulebook, p. 284. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-168-9
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 27. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 18. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  5. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 24. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  6. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 53. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  7. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 150. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  8. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 52. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  9. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 43. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  10. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 23. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Jenny Jarzabski et al. (2017). Adventurer's Armory 2, p. 8. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-941-7
  12. ↑ Amber E. Scott. (2012). Pirates of the Inner Sea, p. 19. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-405-4
  13. ↑ Rob McCreary. (2012). Skull & Shackles Player's Guide, p. 6. Paizo Publishing, LLC.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Logan Bonner et al. (2019). Pathfinder Core Rulebook, p. 285. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-168-9
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 28. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 29. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  17. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 121. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0
  18. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 39. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  19. ↑ Paris Crenshaw, Ron Lundeen, and David Schwartz. (2015). Melee Tactics Toolbox, p. 19. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-732-1
  20. ↑ F. Wesley Schneider. (2012). Artifacts & Legends, p. 12. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-458-0
  21. ↑ Ron Lundeen. (2013). Lost Relics of the Crusades. Sword of Valor, p. 66. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-568-6
  22. ↑ Monica Marlowe. (2016). Down the Blighted Path, p. 3. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-815-1
  23. ↑ Monica Marlowe. (2016). Down the Blighted Path, p. 47. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-815-1
  24. ↑ Tim Hitchcock. (2009). House of the Beast. House of the Beast, p. 35–36. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-160-2
  25. ↑ Brian Cortijo. (2010). Vorpal Sword. Classic Treasures Revisited, p. 57. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-220-3
  26. ↑ Saif Ansari et al. (2018). Heroes from the Fringe, p. 8. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-053-8
  27. ↑ Jonathan H. Keith, et al. (2010). Adventurer's Armory, p. 3. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-222-7
  28. ↑ Logan Bonner et al. (2019). Pathfinder Core Rulebook, p. 286. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-168-9
  29. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2012). Ultimate Equipment, p. 34. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-390-3
  30. ↑ Nathan King. (2017). The Jarlsblood Witch Saga, p. 15f. Paizo Inc.
  31. ↑ F. Wesley Schneider. (2016). Path of the Hellknight, p. 52. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-843-4
  32. ↑ F. Wesley Schneider. (2016). Path of the Hellknight, p. 53. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-843-4
  33. ↑ Saif Ansari et al. (2018). Heroes from the Fringe, p. inside front cover. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-053-8
  34. ↑ Jason Bulmahn et al. (2009). Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook (1E), p. 420. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-150-3
  35. ↑ John Compton, Adam Daigle, Amanda Hamon Kunz, et al. (2017). Book of the Damned, p. 110. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-970-7; battle axe.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 126. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; greataxe.
  37. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 124. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; mambele.
  38. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 128. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; greataxe.
  39. ↑ James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 16. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0
  40. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 132. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; battle axe.
  41. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 132. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; hatchet.
  42. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 130. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; greataxe.
  43. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 130. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; hatchet.
  44. ↑ Paizo staff. (2020). Gods & Magic, p. 124. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-202-0; battle axe.
  45. ↑ Crystal Frasier. (2015). NPC Gallery. The Divinity Drive, p. 58. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-724-6; battle axe.
  46. ↑ Sean K Reynolds et al. (2014). Inner Sea Gods, p. 187. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-597-6; battle axe.

External links

  • Axe on Wikipedia
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