Publication History
Long associated with the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, the axe made its first appearance in the small saddle-stapled supplement booklet Eldritch Wizardry, which was written for the first published edition of D&D. It was later presented in a number of publications belonging to the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) edition of that game. An adventure module Axe of the Dwarvish Lords involving the Axe and written by long-time Dungeons & Dragons designer Skip Williams was published under the TSR imprint in 1999, after Wizards of the Coast had purchased TSR, Inc., and revived the long-dormant Greyhawk campaign setting.
The Axe of the Dwarvish Lords is also one of the few magical artifacts described in the new 4th Edition of the Dungeons and Dragons rules. As with previous editions it appears in the pages of the Dungeon Master's Guide.
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