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Tequima t1_j43z545 wrote

"Oh the toe bone's connected to the foot bones" she stomped down hard with the spike of her heel, crushing her captor's pinky toe, forcing him to let go as he squealed and hopped around in pain.

"The foot bone's connected to the talus bone" as she swept down and flipped the second man by his ankle onto his backside.

"The talus bone's connected to the Tibia bone" as she picked up the axe he'd dropped and swung it clean through his lower leg, just below the knee.

Rising in pitch, she sang out "The patella's connected to the Femur bone" as she slipped out of her heels and aimed a round-house kick at the first man's knee, shattering it.

"The femur's connected to the, pelvic bone" as she reversed the axe, whirled around and caught the third man, who, hearing the screams, had entered the door, striking his hip.

"The pelvis's connected to the spinal cord" as reversing the direction, her next blow severed his spine.

"The spine is connected to the clavicle" as she chopped at the shoulder of the first man who was grabbing at her leg from his position on the floor.

"The clavicle's connected to the cervical vertebrae" she sang almost hysterically as she removed his head from his shoulders "The neck bone's not connected to the Cranium, now hear the Word of the Lord".

With that, being finally out of combat, she cast a mass resurrection spell on the rest of the party.

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Tequima t1_j442jcn wrote

Then the dwarf turned around and said "Hang on a minit! I thought priests couldn't use axes?"

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AussieBirb t1_j44g5b9 wrote

I suppose it depends on the rules - I would think they could pick one up and swing it around but would not get any proficiency bonuses compared to say a warrior class.

There is another angle to consider while I think about it - axes are not technically sharp weapons (sits somewhere between a blunt and sharp weapon when you think about it) so technically might not be against a healers / priests weapon code of 'no sharp weapons' but also would likely offer no magical benefit compared to a staff of some sort.

So might be technically possible but balanced out by being significantly less efficient and/or having restrictive conditions about when it can be done so (say only as a last survivor situation like in the story) - I'm guessing you meant in a table top RPG environment like dungeons and dragons, right ?

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Tequima t1_j48cmqz wrote

More my favourite game, World of Warcraft, where, technically you can't even equip an axe as a priest, hence the "afterthought" post.

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sycolution t1_j44tbth wrote

Technically an improvised rapid surgical tool.

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gruengle t1_j45otx4 wrote

Nah.
They're just usually not proficient in their usage. Operating word being usually.
Everybody can swing an axe, but you need training to swing an axe good.

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xa3D t1_j44vn8c wrote

all attacks had disadvantage lol

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