Tsuruhashi

The humble tsuruhashi is one of many tools repurposed as a weapon by the Crab. Based on the common miner’s pickax, this ax features a forged-steel head mounted to a solid wooden haft. Roughly the length of a katana, the tsuruhashi’s head features two striking ends—a flat blade and a sharp point. While it is commonly used in construction and demolition, many Crab ashigaru and even some clan samurai use the tsuruhashi in battle to deadly effect. The blade head can pry apart armor, while the pointed head easily pierces it, and both cause grievous wounds thanks to the leverage provided by the long handle.

When you perform an Attack action check with this weapon, you may spend as follows:

: If you succeed but your target reduces the damage of this Attack action to 0, their armor gains the Damaged quality and they suffer the Bleeding condition.