Item: Retribution Axe
The blade of this +1 greataxe bears a design of a human skull.
Whenever a creature damages you with an attack, the skull changes its appearance to look like the face of that creature. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your next damage roll against that creature before the end of your next turn.
Because the face reshapes each time you're damaged, you get the additional damage only if you attack the creature that damaged you most recently.
Trait Effects
Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
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 | Price | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kithrender | 16 | Rare | 10000 gp | 1d12 |
| Greataxe | - | Common | 2 gp | 1d12 |
| Blackaxe | 25 | Unique | - | 1d12 |
| Jorngarl's Harm | 20 | Unique | - | 1d12 |
| Ulfen Shieldbreaker | 6 | Uncommon | 250 gp | 1d8 |
| Man-Feller | 7 | Unique | 360 gp | 1d8 |
| Clear Cutter's Axe | 9 | Rare | 600 gp | 1d6 |
| 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 |
| Carver-cutter (True) | 18 | Uncommon | 24000 gp | 1d8 |
| Buzzsaw Axe (Major) | 20 | Common | 65000 gp | 1d8 |
| Adze | - | Common | 1 gp | 1d10 |
| Battle Axe | - | Common | 1 gp | 1d8 |
| Battle Saddle | - | Common | 6 gp | 1d8 |
| Hand Adze | - | Common | 5 sp | 1d4 |
| Hatchet | - | Common | 4 sp | 1d6 |