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Name	axe
Appearance	axe
Damage vs. small	1d6
Damage vs. large	1d4
To-hit bonus	+0
Weapon skill	axe
Size	one-handed
Cost	8 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	60
Material	iron

An axe is a kind of melee weapon. Axes do an extra d4 damage against wood golems.^[1]

Axes are throwable, and quite useful on doors because it always succeeds on a normal door, but will not destroy a shop door. You can also apply an axe to a tree but it is not currently possible to apply them to corpses.

Barbarians start with an axe 50% of the time.^[2]

Axe skill Edit

Axes and battle-axes both use the axe skill. When applied, all types of axes can be used to chop down doors. Cleaver is the only artifact axe.

References Edit

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