An adze was a common axe-like woodworking tool found in Faerûn.[1]
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The adze resembled an axe with its head turned sideways, somewhat like a mattock or hoe. It could be made with a stone head if necessary, but would be made from a durable metal if at all possible.[1]
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Adzes were basic tools commonly made by blacksmiths and bought up by carpenters, shipwrights, and anyone else who worked wood.[2]
Usage[]
An adze was an important part of any toolkit for basic woodworking, alongside a chisel, hatchet, saw, hammer, nails, a plane, a square, and a ruler.[3][1]
An adze could also be used as a clumsy weapon in an emergency, similar to a hand axe,[4] with shorter-handled varieties used specifically for war.[1]
The wood shape spell used a miniature carpenter's adze as a material component.[5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Richard Baker, Skip Williams (1995). Player's Option: Combat & Tactics. (TSR, Inc), pp. 117–119, 129. ISBN 0-7869-0096-2.
- ↑ Richard Baker (1992). Rock of Bral. (TSR, Inc), p. 69. ISBN 1-56076-345-0.
- ↑ Jeremy Crawford, Mike Mearls (November 2017). Xanathar's Guide to Everything. Edited by Kim Mohan, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7869-6612-7.
- ↑ Stephen Inniss (May 1985). “Sticks, stones, and bones”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #97 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 10, 12.
- ↑ Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985). Oriental Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 84. ISBN 0-8803-8099-3.