Commissioned by Odin and forged by Thor, the Axe of Aegir was created to be a symbol of Aegir's power, and by extension, Odin's. However, Aegir's loyalty to Thor meant that when Thor tired of Odin's abuse and left Asgard to seek a new realm, Aegir joined him, though while Thor has grown and changed in Duterrum, Aegir is still as warlike as ever, which is evinced by the plethora of raider lords and viking kings that have owned the axe since, claiming its famed title as the Champions of Aegir.
The weapon has rarely ever truly been defeated, but only a handful of its owners have ever survived long enough to die of old age, and not a single one of those who did die of old age did so while still in the possession of the Axe. As a result, while the Axe of Aegir may be its official name, to scholars of its history, it is known as the Axe of Bloody Endings.
Magic Weapon
The Axe of Aegir is a magic weapon that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The axe also functions as a belt of storm giant strength, a dwarven thrower, and a sword of sharpness, though the dice-based perks are scaled with the size of the weapon.
Shapeshifting Weapon
The Axe of Aegir is capable of changing its shape to suit its user's whims. As an action, an attuned user can cause the Axe to take on a new shape, and its associated properties, including damage dice types. The axe can take the shape of either a [weapon]handaxe[/weapon], [weapon]battleaxe[/weapons], [weapon]greataxe[/weapon], or [weapon]halberd[/weapon].
Magical Properties
The axe has the following magical properties:
- While attuned to the artifact, you can’t be charmed or frightened.
- While attuned to the artifact, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.
- While attuned to the artifact, you regain 1d6 hit points at the start of your turn if you have at least 1 hit point.
- While attuned to the artifact, you must eat and drink six times the normal amount each day.
Conjure Water Elemental
If you are holding the axe, you can use your action to cast the conjure elemental spell from it, summoning an water elemental. You can’t use this property again until the next dawn.
Travel the Seas
You can use an action to touch the axe to the sea and cast the teleport spell from the axe. If your intended destination is touching a water source connected to the sea, there is no chance of a mishap or arriving somewhere unexpected. You can't use this property again until the next dawn.
Rage of Aegir
Once per day, an attuned user can Rage. While raging, you gain the following benefits.
- You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
- When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you can use the max damage roll on each hit.
- You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
This state lasts for 1 hour, regardless of damage taken or not. A non-barbarian character that utilizes this feature gains one level of exhaustion following its use.
Destroying the Axe
As a weapon of forged of Asgard, only the hammer that forged it may destroy it, and only if used by someone with a strength score above 20 or an equivalent stat capable of being used for strength checks, such as the artificer's ability to use intelligence instead of strength for checks.
Proficiency with a Greataxe allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Cleave. If you hit a creature with a melee attack roll using this weapon, you can make a melee attack roll with the weapon against a second creature within 5 feet of the first that is also within your reach. On a hit, the second creature takes the weapon’s damage, but don’t add your ability modifier to that damage unless that modifier is negative. You can make this extra attack only once per turn.
Notes: Bonus: Magic, Set: Strength Score, Damage: Additional, Resistance: Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks, Damage, Buff, Debuff, Combat, Heavy, Two-Handed, Cleave
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