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Feb 12, 2013 -- 4:20PM, Sea-Envy wrote:

@LoaBonne I was trying to immagine what a light blade + axe would look like at work today.

 Ever seen The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro? A light blade + axe looks like this.  It's basically a 6-inch khopesh.

The 2-handed axe+spear I always pictured as one of those Conan-type double-bladed battleaxes with the big ol' overlong spike on the top.

Feb 12, 2013 -- 8:32PM, Mand12 wrote:

You think that's hard, try imagining a two-handed axe + spear that doesn't have Reach.

As in - the gouge?

Which is for all intents and purposes, a shovel, with both the leading edge and the sides of the spade sharpened, so you can thrust with it ala spear, or hack with it ala axe.

It is a foolish weapon, especially for it to have such awesome ingame stats.  Ever wondered why the weaponised shovel was so popular as a weapon in real history?  Oh - thats right, it wasnt, because it wasnt really that good if you had access to anything else - like a knife attached to a long handle or heaven forbid an actual axe or spear.

But in 4th ed, the shovel is the ultimate weapon.  Yay for the Shoveler!

Feb 19, 2013 -- 10:55AM, LordOfWeasels wrote:

Both of those are likely to just be "light blade", but hey, you pays your Superior Weapon Proficiency feat and you gets your weapon.

 Eh. In the movie, there's actually a line of dialogue from a sherriff's deputy to the effect that the wounds inflicted by the knife look like they were made with a hatchet, and the fighting style taught by Mr. Jones' character makes use of one or two tomahawk-like strikes, so if we're assigning mechanics to the narrative image axe + light blade isn't too farfetched...