Machete

The Quintessential Barbarian

The Quintessential Barbarian cover

Author	Robert Schwalb
Series	Quintessential Series
Publisher	Mongoose Publishing
Publish date	2003
Pages	128
ISBN	1-903980-92-5
OGL Section 15	qbbn

The material below is considered Open Game Content

Machete: A single-edged blade designed to clear away underbrush through heavy growth. Usable as a weapon, it is a poor substitute for a longsword. If used as a clearing tool through heavy terrain, such as jungle or dense forest, the speed for travel improves by one and a half times. So, if the party travels through trackless jungle, they typically move at ¼ speed. However, by using this weapon, their speed improves to ½ speed. The only drawback is it is impossible to conceal one’s movement in this fashion and thereby doubles all chances for wandering encounters and confers a +10 circumstance bonus to Survival checks to Track the party.