Item: Butchering Axe
Invented by Belkzen's zealous Steel-Eaters, the butchering axe has an oversized head and a long, thick haft counterbalanced with steel or stone. The weapon's sweeping strokes inflict immense damage, particularly against groups of foes, and can push dangerous opponents away to a safe distance. All of these qualities are particularly useful against the lumbering zombie hordes of the Whispering Tyrant. Correspondingly, butchering axes are often wielded by orc and half-orc Crimson Reclaimers of Lastwall.
Trait Effects
Orc: A creature with this trait is a member of the orc ancestry. These green-skinned people tend to have darkvision. An ability with this trait can be used or selected only by orcs. An item with this trait is created and used by orcs.
Shove: You can use this weapon to Shove with the Athletics skill even if you don’t have a free hand. This uses the weapon’s reach (if different from your own) and adds the weapon’s item bonus to attack rolls as an item bonus to the Athletics check. If you critically fail a check to Shove using the weapon, you can drop the weapon to take the effects of a failure instead of a critical failure.
Sweep: This weapon makes wide swinging attacks. When you attack with this weapon, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your attack roll if you already attempted to attack a different target this turn using this weapon.
Critical Specialisation Effects
Certain effects can grant you benefits when you make a Strike with certain weapons and get a critical success. This is called a critical specialisation effect. The exact effect depends on which weapon group your weapon belongs to, as listed below. You can always decide not to add the critical specialisation effect of your weapon.
Axe: Choose one creature adjacent to the initial target and within reach. If its AC is lower than your attack roll result for the critical hit, you deal damage to that creature equal to the result of the weapon damage die you rolled (including extra dice for its striking rune, if any). This damage isn't doubled, and no bonuses or other additional dice apply.
Related Items
| Name | Level | Rarity | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orc Necksplitter | - | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Dwarven War Axe | - | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Axe of the Dwarven Lords | 26 | Unique | 1d8 |
| Bladed Hoop | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Bladesweeper | - | Uncommon | 1d10 |
| Broadspear | - | Common | 1d10 |
| Chain Sword | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Gnome Flickmace | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Maul-spade | - | Uncommon | 1d10 |
| Spirit Thresher | - | Uncommon | 1d12 |
| Three-Section Naginata | - | Uncommon | 1d8 |
| Zulfikar | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Barricade Buster | 1 | Uncommon | 1d10 |
| Adze | - | Common | 1d10 |
| Aklys | - | Uncommon | 1d6 |
| Battle Axe | - | Common | 1d8 |
| Battle Saddle | - | Common | 1d8 |
| Bladed Diabolo | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |
| Butterfly Sword | - | Uncommon | 1d4 |
| Capturing Spetum | - | Uncommon | 1d10 |