Legacy of the Greataxe

[Jarazix]

God if there aren't a lot of greataxes in this adventure path. I always thought of the scimitar when I thought of sinbad and the like. It doesn't help that our moldspeaker was a greataxe user.

I've been changing everything away from axes in the final 4 adventures because I just can't take axes anymore.

Anyone else feel this way?

[Major__Tom]

Absolutely. In our group, the Half-Orc bard (str 13), is the great axe user - and he's lousy at it, obviously. I leave about half of the axes in, just to see how truly bad he can be, but change the rest to something practical for the rest of the group.

[Lara Cobb]

You do get the Rovagug tie in right?

[Sir_Wulf]

[historical trivia maven/on] Actually axes work well for a Persian-flavored game. Historically, they were given to leaders as a sign of authority and a reward for heroic deeds. Double-bitted axes are common in heraldic designs from that region.

[Jarazix]

Sir_Wulf wrote:

[historical trivia maven/on] Actually axes work well for a Persian-flavored game. Historically, they were given to leaders as a sign of authority and a reward for heroic deeds. Double-bitted axes are common in heraldic designs from that region.

I'll have to do more research...when I think of persians/turks/monguls I always think of horse archers. I think it was al quidam games and such that make the scimitar feels so iconic for me