Giantkiller
) Giantkiller 
| |
|---|---|
| Base item | axe |
| Damage vs. small | 1d6 x2 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d4 x2 |
| To-hit bonus | +5 |
| Bonus versus | giants |
| Weapon skill | axe |
| Size | one-handed |
| Affiliation | |
| When carried |
(none) |
| When wielded |
(none) |
| When invoked |
(none) |
| Base price | 800 zm |
| Weight | 60 |
| Material | iron |
Giantkiller, a neutral axe, replaces the long sword Giantslayer in SLASH'EM. It does double damage against giants of all types (monsters represented by H, except for titans and ettins), and has a 15% chance per hit to cancel said monsters.
Strategy
This weapon is even more useless than its vanilla counterpart, since it has a much weaker base item. Giants are rarely dangerous enough to be a threat even in vanilla, and SLASH'EM does not introduce any new ones (save for the Largest Giant). Even if giants were a significant threat, this weapon is hardly more effective than a normal long sword against them - it's actually less effective at lower enchantments.
Sadly, the mechanics of artifact generation make this a very common artifact: it is the only artifact axe, and axes are quite common. It will often be found in weapon shops, making wishing and sacrificing for other artifact weapons more difficult.
