Item: Hatchet
This small axe can be used in close combat or thrown.
Trait Effects
Agile: The multiple attack penalty you take with this weapon on the second attack on your turn is –4 instead of –5, and –8 instead of –10 on the third and subsequent attacks in the turn.
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.
Thrown: You can throw this weapon as a ranged attack; it is a ranged weapon when thrown. You add your Strength modifier to damage as you would for a melee weapon. When this trait appears on a melee weapon, it also includes the range increment. Ranged weapons with this trait use the range increment in the weapon’s Range entry.
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 | Price | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Cutter's Axe | 9 | Rare | 600 gp | 1d6 |
| Hand Adze | - | Common | 5 sp | 1d4 |
| Adze | - | Common | 1 gp | 1d10 |
| Battle Axe | - | Common | 1 gp | 1d8 |
| Battle Saddle | - | Common | 6 gp | 1d8 |
| Boarding Axe | - | Uncommon | 1 gp | 1d6 |
| Greataxe | - | Common | 2 gp | 1d12 |
| Panabas | - | Common | 1 gp | 1d6 |
| Retribution Axe | 3 | Common | 60 gp | 1d12 |
| Ulfen Shieldbreaker | 6 | Uncommon | 250 gp | 1d8 |
| Man-Feller | 7 | Unique | 360 gp | 1d8 |
| Buzzsaw Axe | 11 | Common | 1400 gp | 1d8 |
| Carver-cutter | 11 | Common | 1400 gp | 1d8 |
| Lumber Lord's Axe | 11 | Uncommon | 900 gp | 1d8 |
| Carver-cutter (Greater) | 13 | Common | 3000 gp | 1d8 |
| Buzzsaw Axe (Greater) | 15 | Common | 6250 gp | 1d8 |
| Carver-cutter (Major) | 15 | Uncommon | 5500 gp | 1d8 |
| Kithrender | 16 | Rare | 10000 gp | 1d12 |
| Carver-cutter (True) | 18 | Uncommon | 24000 gp | 1d8 |
| Buzzsaw Axe (Major) | 20 | Common | 65000 gp | 1d8 |