Axes

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The Axes skill governs your character's mastery of all axes. These weapons deal only moderate damage, but their cleaving attacks damage multiple adjacent monsters. It crosstrains with the Maces & Flails skill and the Polearms skill.

Aptitudes

At	Ba	Co	DE	Dg	Ds	Dj	Dr	Fe	Fo	Gr	Gh	Gn	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	MD	Mu	Na	Op	On	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp	VS
-2	1	0	-2	-1	-1	-2	0	N/A	0	-1	-1	8	0	-2	-2	2	2	-2	0	0	0	-2	1	-2	-1	-1

List of Axes

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob
Hand axe	7	+3	13	One	Small	None	No	Chopping	10
War axe	11	+0	15	One	Medium	None	No	Chopping	10
Broad axe	13	-2	16	One	Medium	None	No	Chopping	10
Battleaxe	15	-4	17	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	10
Executioner's axe	18	-6	18	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	2

History

• Prior to 0.14, hand axes qualified as throwing weapons.
• Prior to 0.12, axes had higher base damage but lacked the cleaving effect, rendering them almost identical to Long Blades.

See Also

• Table of species aptitudes
• Axe selection strategy