Otterscrubber
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It even says it offers great attack and defensive capabilities, but it does not have the defensive trait. It is stout, but I'm not entirely sure the advantages on that?
Why are double axes not defensive?
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Otterscrubber
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I know they updated them to drop their damage, but did they drop the defensive off of double axes? I dont have my book in front of me our I'd look it up. That seems kinda wasteful, and a double axe really isn't worth the feat in that case.
Possibly because the whole idea of a double axe is just silly?
Setting aside the fact that a weapon designed to maximize the force on the cutting edge through using a lever effect suddenly works (less than) half as well if you grip it by the middle......
I think that the double axe had sufficient benefits (higher damage die than most double weapons, usable as both two weapons and a two-handed weapon) that the defensive trait may have been viewed as unnecessary. In addition, very few higher-damage weapons are also Defensive in general, which may be a genre convention that WOTC wanted to promote (the heavy hitter is reckless, the finesse guy is careful).
Also, just looking at a double axe: what would make it more defensive than a regular axe? It's not like it has a smaller, more maneuverable parrying head, or a quick, jabbing point to push back an opponent. It's an axe, with an axe!
If it had been Defensive, too, I think it would have been way too attractive as a weapon choice (even to my own dwarf fighter, despite my aversion to weapons which I cannot imagine how you would wield....how do I describe my attacks if I can't figure out how anyone could possibly attack with this thing?).
Setting aside the fact that a weapon designed to maximize the force on the cutting edge through using a lever effect suddenly works (less than) half as well if you grip it by the middle......
I think that the double axe had sufficient benefits (higher damage die than most double weapons, usable as both two weapons and a two-handed weapon) that the defensive trait may have been viewed as unnecessary. In addition, very few higher-damage weapons are also Defensive in general, which may be a genre convention that WOTC wanted to promote (the heavy hitter is reckless, the finesse guy is careful).
Also, just looking at a double axe: what would make it more defensive than a regular axe? It's not like it has a smaller, more maneuverable parrying head, or a quick, jabbing point to push back an opponent. It's an axe, with an axe!
If it had been Defensive, too, I think it would have been way too attractive as a weapon choice (even to my own dwarf fighter, despite my aversion to weapons which I cannot imagine how you would wield....how do I describe my attacks if I can't figure out how anyone could possibly attack with this thing?).
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