tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post6753563938707019110..comments2024-03-28T00:41:13.514-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: B/X Battle AxeJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-90347656909629385382016-04-28T14:02:44.167-07:002016-04-28T14:02:44.167-07:00@ Janich:
Ha! You're welcome. I certainly did...@ Janich:<br /><br />Ha! You're welcome. I certainly didn't take offense. And I'm always happy to read comments...even on old posts.<br /><br />I'm glad my writing entertains. Really.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-84157263877263401212016-04-28T13:41:04.336-07:002016-04-28T13:41:04.336-07:00Oh, just saw this when I visited my gmail. I rarel...Oh, just saw this when I visited my gmail. I rarely do.<br />I didn't make a good case as a reread the post, I think. I planned to make a new one, but didn't get to it. Maybe I will, after thinking about it again. I have other comments to write on old posts of yours that I haven't gotten around to do in over a year, JB :D I'm not much of a blog interactor, I'm afraid. I try to change that though :)<br />I didn't mean any disrespect by not replying. I have a long RSS list as I guess most do, but the Blackrazor and Blood Of Prokopius are the only ones directly bookmarked, so you are worth reading, to me ;)<br />Thanks for good contents, man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-10701157905558098692016-02-16T12:52:03.856-08:002016-02-16T12:52:03.856-08:00@ Janich:
Not sure why you removed your comments ...@ Janich:<br /><br />Not sure why you removed your comments (spelling errors aside). Still food for thought.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-29303825690229956442016-02-14T08:09:28.483-08:002016-02-14T08:09:28.483-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-23261686393447363102016-02-14T06:55:52.437-08:002016-02-14T06:55:52.437-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-66196508752680013052016-02-03T05:53:33.998-08:002016-02-03T05:53:33.998-08:00I have a lot more "experience" with wood...I have a lot more "experience" with wood-cutting axes than axes designed for combat, and I think they'd make for pretty terrible weapons...very heavy and unbalanced, whether you've got a wood haft (old school) or fiberglass. But that's because they're designed to stand up to serious, repetitive pounding...chopping wood! My father's old axe lasted him decades (granted, it didn't get much annual use), and my own "new" axe (purchased circa 2003), will probably outlive me in a condition quite close to how it was when purchased. <br /><br />That's not to say I don't agree that woodcutting axes were used by folks in times past, whether you're talking Norsemen or sword-less peasants. But I'd think they'd be a real bitch to use in combat, even for someone with phenomenal strength (as Vikings were professed to have). <br /><br />And even so, how much better would such an individual be with a true weapon (i.e. a tool designed for battle)? While the axe and Viking raider have a long history of association, the texts I've read indicate the spear was their most commonly used weapon (as it was for most, if not all, Germanic tribes) and they placed a premium value on sword acquisition.<br /><br />For house rules, I'd probably make a wood-cutting axe a good deal cheaper (one medieval price list I found lists a 15th century axe as 5 pence...i.e. pennies) and give it a penalty of -1 or -2 to hit, while otherwise keeping the same base stats as the battle axe.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-46654349268260585042016-02-02T21:20:27.911-08:002016-02-02T21:20:27.911-08:00I agree, JB. I wasn't thinking this way when I...I agree, JB. I wasn't thinking this way when I wrote my comment. I do look at this game with semi "fiction" eyes, so didn't consider it. If realism is imortant with the fighter then houserules need to be emplementet.<br /><br />The "viking" long axes was often the mens woodcutter tools, however, according to many of our own historians. So it depends in some on the "background setting".<br /><br />You do at least have more experience then I have, when weapons are concerned. I only chopped wood with a flint axe (so only a tool), and held a bronze sword (heavy) when I was around 10 years old :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-57640281614426150092016-02-02T17:34:55.477-08:002016-02-02T17:34:55.477-08:00@ Janich:
I'm not really a weapons expert, ei...@ Janich:<br /><br />I'm not really a weapons expert, either. However, my understanding is that most medieval weapons were cared for and NOT used for utility purposes...the wear and tear of battle was hard enough on blades and hilts and hafts. One would protect and care for these "tools of warfare" and use other utility tools for utility purposes. A knight would no more use an axe to chop wood than they'd use a warhammer to pound a stake or a sword to slice meat off a deer. I know that films and television may show things otherwise, but that's "dramatic license."<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-52459934052845582842016-02-02T13:35:51.061-08:002016-02-02T13:35:51.061-08:00I am not a weapon expert. This is just an armature...I am not a weapon expert. This is just an armatures thoughts.<br /><br />There are reasons to carry a battle axe other then the damage roll of combat, if the things I will mention do matter in your games, JB.<br />Hacking down doors are not so easy with a sword, nor a pole arm. A battle axe will help you. It will take some time, but it'll happen eventually - with the axe. And it won't break (become useless in battle) when doing so as often as a sword would.<br />If needing to cut down a suspension bridge I would think it to be less swings with an axe too sent the crossing foes to their death.<br />Smashing a padlock seems to be "easier" with the axe then with the sword, too.<br /><br />I can't think of any more at the moment, but utility makes the battle axe worth it.<br />And for striking last with no shield AC, it is a drawback. But in many battles it's not too much of an issue when you have 3+ levels of HP to make it possible to redraw if the battle turns ugly, is it? I'm not sure.<br /><br />I might house rule it too, but do see it have value as written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-39664380336310124922016-01-29T05:49:08.279-08:002016-01-29T05:49:08.279-08:00@ Fuzzy:
Do people who LIKE to use axes really ne...@ Fuzzy:<br /><br />Do people who LIKE to use axes really need an incentive? I never did.<br /><br />This is more about getting those OTHER folks to like (and use) axes.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-34487580065265369452016-01-29T05:45:27.091-08:002016-01-29T05:45:27.091-08:00@ Jonathan N.:
The problem in this approach (for ...@ Jonathan N.:<br /><br />The problem in this approach (for me) isn't the average, but the RANGE of damage. See today's post on the subject.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-5779280243997494752016-01-28T16:25:21.328-08:002016-01-28T16:25:21.328-08:00Thanks for the shout-out, JB! :D
You make some go...Thanks for the shout-out, JB! :D<br /><br />You make some good points here; since I have yet to have a dwarf PC, most of the martial types so far tend to use the various sizes of stabbing weapons, or else use maces. Some of these might provide an incentive for someone to make a character who likes to use axes.Fuzzy Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606454596061907461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-11590954869072303022016-01-28T13:59:00.497-08:002016-01-28T13:59:00.497-08:00Actually 1d6+2 is probably more fair. Same average...Actually 1d6+2 is probably more fair. Same average as 1d10.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01248905587983891548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-40656800218013870742016-01-28T13:57:37.628-08:002016-01-28T13:57:37.628-08:00Huh. I would have just made the battle axe do 1d4+...Huh. I would have just made the battle axe do 1d4+4 damage instead.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01248905587983891548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-64431851729892672882016-01-28T10:46:21.505-08:002016-01-28T10:46:21.505-08:00@ Bob:
Thanks, man...that's what I'm usua...@ Bob:<br /><br />Thanks, man...that's what I'm usually shooting for.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-35127073836090218932016-01-28T08:49:52.793-08:002016-01-28T08:49:52.793-08:00Excellent, JB. I love little variations like this ...Excellent, JB. I love little variations like this that add distinctiveness without becoming complex or dissonant.Bob Portnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563075580066984380noreply@blogger.com