Long Axe martial art?

Lamont Cranston · 04-29-2022, 09:27 AM

For the Anglo Saxon Thegn/Thane, Viking Huscarl, and early Knight the main weapon was the long axe, as Low Tech said it was known variously as the Viking/Norwegian/English/etc axe. The Poleaxe was probably an evolution of this to deal with opponents wearing plate. Martial Arts provides for the Poleaxe style but not the earlier long axe, has any supplement suggested anything or has anyone homebrewed something or is the matter already settled on just using the Poleaxe style?

04-29-2022, 09:27 AM	#1
Lamont Cranston Join Date: Nov 2007	Long Axe martial art? For the Anglo Saxon Thegn/Thane, Viking Huscarl, and early Knight the main weapon was the long axe, as Low Tech said it was known variously as the Viking/Norwegian/English/etc axe. The Poleaxe was probably an evolution of this to deal with opponents wearing plate. Martial Arts provides for the Poleaxe style but not the earlier long axe, has any supplement suggested anything or has anyone homebrewed something or is the matter already settled on just using the Poleaxe style?