I'll take a hammer over a sword.

I prefer blunt.

Well, in TES they basically replace standard morning stars with maces, calling them the same thing, so I can only assume he was talking exclusively about morning stars as flails. As for a flail, it's a morning star attached to a chain so you can 'flail' it around.

I use blades most of the time but axes are cool too, not really a fan of maces or hammers though. Calling them blunt weapons was kind of dumb. If your axe is blunt you're doing it wrong lol but hey there just called one-handed weapons now do no more blunt axes

Because I like the impact of a warhammer. It gives me the feeling of wielding one bad ass weapon that can easily slam you aside.

I didn't vote simply because I actually have no real bias against the three 'classic' types of weapons.

Personally I see no reason to seperate axes and maces into a seperate category because in Skyrim there is no 'blade' or 'blunt' skill. There are simply 1-handed and 2-handed skills.

The reason Bethesda gave for lumping axes and blunts together in Oblivion is that realistically they are used in a very similar manner (weighted end doing crushing/cutting damage) whereas blades realistically are used quite differently (the majority of real-life double-edged straigthblades were actually used as a piercing weapon rather than a slashing.)

IRL, in the few mock-fights that my group has been in (dulled blades and hollowed maces) I actually prefer a good mace and shield combo.
In-Game, I'll be going with a spell in my of-hand, and whatever weapon fits my fancy in my right as a backup.

its kinda hard to stab people with a mace.

I'm an axe man.


I like hammers a lot as well, but I don't like the way they look/are wielded in most games. They always have the character gripping the end of the haft, rather than a little closer to the head. That's fine while swinging but looks awful when at rest.
Ideally, i'd like a big mass of shield and a heavy-looking hammer. But I'll take an axe gladly.

I use Warhammers and Maces and axes the less common of most RPG games. Why? because I like Warhammer those are the weapons most used othe than lol swords. Also I like smashing skulls.

Also axes are a differnt weapon type than blunt for they are not a blunt weapon they are a bladed weapon. Axe is a term for a variety of weapon the axe can take the shape of. two handed one handed double head throwing axe etc etc. Mush like longswords short swords.

When I was a child I was never given toy axes...just toy swords.I liked the one handed axes in OB, but swords and daggers are more civilized.Kill a man with a thousand little cuts I say.Smashing faces in is for the plebs.

I prefer shortswords and daggers myself
Still my orc artificier will wield a warhammer
As for what to call axes I just call them axes, they certainly aren't blunt if kept in good condition

I'm mostly a greatsword guy. However, my Orc barbarian will crush plenty of skulls with his dual maces.

For all the intelligence RPG players claim to have, little was shown in this post

Axes are not bladed or blunt, they are a mix of both. The reason axes were invented was because light swords and even claymores were proven very ineffective against anything heavier than leather armament, but people still wanted a sharp edge that could cut through flesh. The axe brings in the effectiveness of bleeding your target with a blade and the crushing power of a third-rate lever that could bring forth much more force than a shortsword/longsword. In this sense, the axe was made with both elements of blunt and blade in mind. It wasn't some evil streamlining communist plot by Bethesda, and it wasn't because the "devs are lazy omg", its just sensible to add them to one category or the other, since there's little sense in creating an "axe" category when there are so few in the game. Besides, an axe resembles a blunt more than a blade - a bladed mace is essentially four (or more) small axe blades on the end of a handle.

Honestly, who needs axes, maces, swords, or morningstars when you have FISTS. I want to punch a dragon in the balls so badly.

Axes are my fave.

Most people don't realize this but the blunt end of an axe is just as deadly as the blade if not more so...

No, not really. The business end has greater lever action and hits harder, aside from being sharp. Would you rather be hit with a stick or an axe?

1st of all an Axe is not a blunt weapon , it has sharp blades....

2nd of all I think blades are more appealing because in real life any of us could get a blunt object , like a baseball bat or a big stick easily and go beat a punching bag or the air or something with it , so blades are more fascinating because its further out of the average persons reach , and seemingly more lethal of weapons

Aesthetically a claymore just looks cooler than a giant hammer too

Sharp is appealing

I voted for swords but I still like to use blunt weapons from time to time. Axes mostly but I like the way some of the maces look so I sometimes mess around with those as well.

I love blades because I love chopping people's head off.
I think people love doing that too because swords are so popular.
Not many people are open about their feelings though.

Your "aesthetically" portion of your post really gets to me. I personally believe a huge warhammer with scripting and engraving on the head of the hammer is much much more appealing then a sharp sword.

Who calls axes blunt weapons?

Bethesda did in Oblivion.

Weapons are classed as one-handed and two-handed now instead of blade and blunt.


Silly, he meant the back of the axe head. Think wood cutting axe not two sided battle axe.

The in-game reason provided in Oblivion as to why Blunt and Axe were combined is that they both use the same skillset. As in, there's no real finesse, you just bludgeon away. I do agree that they should have given it a better name, though.


And you know, that is an excellent idea.

I don't hate blunt weapons and although I nearly never use them (Iuse bow's and shortswords), I am glad they are in the game.

As for axe as a blunt weapon I agree it doesn't really suit the blunt class, but I suppose when Bethesda got rid rid of the Axe skill from Morrowind for Oblvion they had to lump it somewhere. It may also be to do with if they had made it a blade skill there would have been an imbalance between the amount of blunt weapons compares to blades. That's my theory anyway.