Hand axe
Hits harder than a sword, but is shorter and slower.
| Worn | Main hand, or at the belt as a sidearm |
| Weight | 2 kg, whatever its tier |
| Sold by | The weaponsmith |
| Price | crude 1 silver 8 copper, poor 6 silver, common 12 silver, fine 36 silver, masterwork 1 gold 20 silver |
| Damage | 1.2 |
| Reach | 0.15 m less than a sword |
| Wind-up | 0.1 s slower |
Its cuts and overheads cleave: padding and leather stop only half of what they would of a sword’s cut. A thrust with it is a blunt push, 0.4 of a blow. A crude weapon hits 0.6 times as hard as a common one, a poor one 0.75, a fine one 1.25 and a masterwork 1.4.
Made from
Section titled “Made from”A common piece takes 2 kg of iron, 1 kg of timber. A crude one takes 0.6 of that, a poor one three quarters, a fine one half again and a masterwork twice. Traders buy what they lack from the town’s market, so a town with no iron soon has none to sell.