Dagger
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Name | dagger |
Appearance | dagger |
Damage vs. small | 1d4 |
Damage vs. large | 1d3 |
To-hit bonus | +2 |
Weapon skill | dagger |
Size | one-handed |
Base price | 4 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
Weight | 10 |
Material | iron |
Daggers are one of the most popular range weapons, being cheap, plentiful, and more durable than arrows, crossbow bolts, and darts.
Stacks of 6d6 daggers comprise 3.0% of randomly-generated weapons in the dungeon.
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Types of dagger
The ordinary dagger (appearance: "dagger") is the most common type, but there are others.
Orcish dagger
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Name | orcish dagger |
Appearance | crude dagger |
Damage vs. small | 1d3 |
Damage vs. large | 1d3 |
To-hit bonus | +2 |
Weapon skill | dagger |
Size | one-handed |
Base price | 4 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
Weight | 10 |
Material | iron |
This dagger can be found on orcs (and in your starting inventory, if you're an orc). Its appearance as "crude dagger" is accurate (only d3 damage against small monsters instead of d4).
Being made of iron, it's susceptible to corrosion and rusting from acidic/rust monsters and water, like an ordinary dagger.
Stacks of 6d6 orcish daggers comprise 1.2% of random weapon generation in the dungeon.
Elven dagger
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Name | elven dagger |
Appearance | runed dagger |
Damage vs. small | 1d5 |
Damage vs. large | 1d3 |
To-hit bonus | +2 |
Weapon skill | dagger |
Size | one-handed |
Base price | 4 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
Weight | 10 |
Material | wood |
This dagger can be found on elves (and in your starting inventory, if you're an elf). It is superior to an ordinary dagger (d5 damage vs d4 against Small). It is also made of wood, and therefore immune to corrosion and rusting. It can, however, become burnt or rotted.
Naming an elven dagger "Sting" turns it into the artifact, Sting.
Stacks of 6d6 elven daggers comprise 1.0% of randomly-generated weapons in the dungeon.
Silver dagger
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Name | silver dagger |
Appearance | silver dagger |
Damage vs. small | 1d4+(1d20) |
Damage vs. large | 1d3+(1d20) |
To-hit bonus | +2 |
Weapon skill | dagger |
Size | one-handed |
Base price | 40 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
Weight | 12 |
Material | silver |
This special dagger is very rare, but can be obtained in quantities with patience. It is normally equivalent to an ordinary dagger, but does an extra d20 damage against silver-hating creatures (e.g. werewolves and demons). A stack of highly enchanted silver daggers is amongst the deadliest weapons in Gehennom.
Additionally, silver is immune to all forms of erosion.
Stacks of 6d6 silver daggers comprise 0.3% of randomly-generated weapons in the dungeon.
Dagger skill
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Max | Role |
Basic | |
Skilled | |
Expert |
The following weapons use the dagger skill:
- dagger
- elven dagger
- orcish dagger
- silver dagger
- athame
The following artifact weapons use the dagger skill:
Strategy
Daggers can be very useful in the early game, despite their weight and low base damage. A ranged volley denies monsters even the chance to hit you, or at least softens them up. Many classes can attain proficiency in dagger skill, and may wish to do so, under the right circumstances.
Encyclopedia entry
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]
See also
- Athame, a non-dagger which uses the dagger skill.
- Grimtooth, an artifact orcish dagger.
- Sting, an artifact elven dagger.
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