Editing Chain Weapon (section)

===Excoriator Chainaxe===
[[image:E-ChainAxe.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Excoriator Chainaxe]]
The Excoriator Chainaxe is one of a group of weapons called the '''Caedere Weapons''' and used exclusively by the [[World Eaters]] [[Rampager]]s. Caedere Weapons is less of a distinct family of weapons and more of a name denoting their gladiatorial origins from [[Nuceria]]<sup>TM</sup>. Akin to how only the province of Champagne is allowed to call their sparkling wine Champagne and no one else, only with more [[RIP AND TEAR]] of course.

This Chainaxe is a heavy, two-handed Chainaxe that should be more appropriately called a ''Chain Glaive'' than a Chainaxe. They are hefty looking weapons that are meant to combine the superior reach of a spear/halberd with the bone-shattering rending power of a Chainaxe. The Excoriator Chainaxe, therefore, fills a niche for an armour-piercing, long-range, melee chain weapon.

Crunchwise, unfortunately, the fluff doesn't really match the crunch. At S+2 AP3 with ''Two-Handed, Shred, Unwieldy'' and ''Murderous Strike (5+).'' The Strength bump and Murderous Strike now makes it more dangerous than either a lightning claw or power maul, but Unwieldy still means that you're swinging this at I1, well after anyone else. ''Shred/Murderous Strike'' is nice, but most models with multiple wounds have 2+ saves, whereas this is the only Caedere weapon without some way of getting to AP2. Think carefully.