For extra comedy, the Cute Bruiser may be given a head-chopper bigger than the rest of her body. If the Big Guy of a Five-Man Band isn't using a hammer or his bare fists, he'll generally use a gigantic axe as a weapon. Franks used them extensively (lending their name to the francisca), and nowadays axes are associated with dwarves, Orcs, Vikings (and other members of proud warrior races), barbarians, woodcutters, firefighters, and psychopaths (giving Ax Crazy its name and meaning). While military weapons were often illegal for peasants to own, axes are tools, and avoid the prohibition. Historically, due to being somewhat easier to manufacture, their general familiarity to the peasant population and mobility (real-life combat axes were small and rarely weighed more than one kilo), they used to be the close combat Weapon of Choice of the common foot soldiers, as opposed to the officers and nobility, who wore swords (which were generally too expensive for commoners). In certain media, they may even return to the user's hand like a boomerang, though they have the tendency to stick in enemies if they score a hit. Smaller axes, such as the tomahawk or the francisca, can be used as throwing weapons. An axe's wide, cleaving head is effective against armor, making it a slower and more powerful weapon than a sword, though not quite as massive as a hammer. Bug: 5812 See this forum post for details.Useful for chopping wood and heads alike, axes are often pressed into service as weapons. can't wield ignores height and broadness modifiers, so dwarves cannot equip great axes. two-handed checks are performed correctly, but can wield vs. When fighting a larger opponent, however, such as an ogre, the increased penetration and contact area can give a slight edge over the battle axe when able to be wielded with one hand. Regardless of the size of the user, or the material of the axe or armour (if any), great axes will lose most fair duels against battle axes.įor creatures that can use great axes with one hand, the disadvantage is small, but for most creatures the disadvantage is immense, as losing use of either will heavily penalize them. Great axes appear to be simply worse than battle axes when fighting Dwarf or Human sized enemies, after much searching in arena testing for a single situation where they're better. Unfortunately, due to a bug, great axes cannot currently be equipped by any dwarves. With height and broadness modifiers, some dwarves should be able to use a great axe, and a select few might manage to do so one-handed. As foreign weapons, dwarves cannot forge great axes, limiting supply to whatever low- quality specimens can be traded from human caravans, or scavenged from invaders.ĭue to the size of great axes, most dwarves are unable to equip them. Great axes use and train the Axedwarf skill. A great axe's blade has a 50% larger contact area and 33% greater penetration, for even more limb-severing fun. Great axes are more than 50% larger than standard battle axes, though their attacks remain the same. Tholtig poses with a great axe (by burningpet)Ī great axe is an edged weapon that is essentially a larger battle axe.
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