The Red Notch

Every third stroke cuts a notch. The notches are always paid.

Mode

Oath

Used with

Twinaxe, Axe

Stamina

none

Cooldown

none

Price

150 gold

Needs first

nothing

What it does

Sworn at a lit fire into an oath slot. Your basic blows cut gashes: with an axe every 3rd landed blow on the same foe, with a twinaxe every 4th (it swings 53 % faster), counted per foe and reset after 3 s without a blow on it. Technique hits never count toward it (they cut their own). At 3.3 twin blows a second that is 0.83 gashes a second: a full 5 in 6 s, then kept full, bleeding 0.4x the weapon's mean roll a second on top of a 3.3x/s flurry (+12 %). The gash rules are the Way's signature (way_axe.md).

Edge: Deep Notch

Gashes cut by the Red Notch last 8 s instead of 6 (+33 %).