Scythe

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Name	scythe
Appearance	scythe
Damage vs. small	1d8+1d4
Damage vs. large	1d10+1d4
To-hit bonus	+0
Weapon skill	polearms
Size	one-handed
Base price	5 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	60
Material	iron

A scythe is a type of two-handed weapon that appears in dNetHack, SpliceHack and Hack'EM.

Generation

Scythes do not generate randomly.

In SpliceHack and Hack'EM, redcaps and Death always get a scythe. In these variants, The End is also the only artifact scythe.

In Hack'EM, peasants have 20% chance to generate with a scythe.

Strategy

In SpliceHack or Hack'EM, the scythe can be used in melee and applied like a polearm with equal effectiveness. Arguably the most useful non-artifact weapon in those variants.

History

The scythe first appears in dNetHack. SpliceHack created a grain scythe that appears to be influenced by the dNetHack scythe, but it was later renamed to just scythe.

The grain scythe was ported from SpliceHack to SLASHTHEM.

Hack'EM later ported the latter scythe from SpliceHack.

Variants

SLASHTHEM

Grain scythes get +6 to-hit and +20 damage vs straw golems.

In SLASHTHEM, the grain scythe only does d8 vs small monsters.

dNetHack

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Name	scythe
Appearance	scythe
Damage vs. small	2d4
Damage vs. large	2d4
To-hit bonus	-2
Weapon skill	harvest
Size	one-handed
Base price	6 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	75
Material	iron

Vs plants, scythes get +6 to hit and double damage.