Axeman

The Axeman is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 斧头兵 ("axe soldier"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.1, Ch.3, Ch.5, Ch.6 and Ch.8 and has 5 attack moves (physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.3 Exilium) it has 998 HP in journey 1 and 4704 HP in journey 4. It raises a guard stance.

Where it appears#

Each row is one area: level, HP, Physical attack and Physical defence of its placements there (a range when they differ). Reading guide: The Where it appears table.

Maze scaling#

In Deep into the Dark Mist the level comes from the maze floor, not from the placement (details).

Stats#

Reference placement: story 3, monster 3036 (Ch.3 Exilium, the area with the most placements); how to read the table: The Stats section.

Senses and rewards#

Attacks#

How to read this table (move names, attack values, Poise and Resilience damage, AI column): The Attacks table.

Moves without damage: Defence.

Reaction and utility moves: threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110).

Drops#

Rolls, groups and lists work as described in The Drops section.

Group Ch.3 #30006 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30098 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30096 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.1 #10020, Ch.6 #60096, Ch.5 #50096 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.1 #10018 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.1 #10015 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60005 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60098 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

2 further drop groups (rarer ones) are in build/wiki/data/enemies/drops_20021.json.

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 8 / 33 / 59 / 72 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 998 to 4704 (x4.7) and Physical attack from 270 to 1020 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Dark Mist levels. Its 6 placements in the Dark Mist scenes (stories 101-105) take their level from your hero, not from the table (Dark Mist enemies scale with your hero). The table level is 1-8 in journey 1 and 1 in journeys 2-4, so from journey 2 on the level is your Altar Level + 11.
• Easy AI. 2 of its 11 chapter placements use AI level 2 (Easy) instead of 1 (Normal); the effect is described in AI and senses.
• Per-placement bonuses. StoryMonsterProperty adds flat extras (see How enemy stats are built): Hp -229--200 in 7 placements; Toughness +50 in 2 placements.
• First-kill drop. 2 placements roll a different drop list the first time they are killed (see Enemies#Drops): quest 12206 (1 placement); quest 12207 (1 placement).

See How to read the enemy pages for what the sections mean and How enemy stats are built for the stat rules.

Sources#

• es_storymonster.lua: 83 rows with HeroId 20021 (stories 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 101, 103, 401, 402, 403, 404, 406, 408, 409 ...); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20021; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20021; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20021 (_id 1059-1079); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20021.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20021_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.