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(I speculate about Thunderfist, and also note that it is the subject of one Dudley's dungeon strip from 2005.)
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'''Thunderfist''' was an artifact [[lucern hammer]] (pronged polearm) with similar properties to the modern [[Mjollnir]]. It existed only in versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1 and 3.0.2.
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'''Thunderfist''' was an artifact [[lucern hammer]] (pronged polearm) that appeared in ''[[NetHack]]'', with similar properties to the modern [[Mjollnir]]. It existed only in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], [[3.0.1]] and [[3.0.2]].
  
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[[NetHack 3.0.0]] was the first version to implement unique artifacts (so no more multiple [[Snickersnee]]s), and featured several new artifacts, among them the lucern hammers named Thunderfist and [[Ogresmasher]]. It seems that the [[DevTeam]] forgot that a "lucern hammer" is a polearm, not to be swung as a mallet, but to be thrust at a distant enemy; it was perhaps an error to choose "lucern hammer" as the base type for both weapons. In [[NetHack 3.0.3]], the DevTeam added a new weapon type, the [[war hammer]], switched Thunderfist and Ogresmasher to the new type, and renamed Thunderfist to Mjollnir.
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NetHack 3.0.0 was the first version to implement unique artifacts and featured several new artifacts - among them the lucern hammers named Thunderfist and [[Ogresmasher]]. The [[DevTeam]] may have erroneously chosen the lucern hammer as their [[base item]]s, unaware that it was a polearm. In [[NetHack 3.0.3]], the DevTeam added a new weapon type, the [[war hammer]], switched the base items of both artifacts to it, and renamed Thunderfist to Mjollnir.
  
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[[We]] are not sure of the origin of the name "Thunderfist", but it appears in multiple computer games of the fantasy genre; the name tends to have association with both [[dwarf|dwarves]] and fighting. [[Angband]] has an artifact, the [http://angband.oook.cz/artifacts.php?q=Thunderfist Two-Handed Flail 'Thunderfist'].
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==Origin==
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The origin of the name "Thunderfist" is uncertain, but it appears in multiple computer games of the fantasy genre; the name tends to have association with both dwarves and fighting. ''[[Angband]]'' has an artifact called the [http://angband.oook.cz/artifacts.php?q=Thunderfist Two-Handed Flail 'Thunderfist'].
  
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== Dudley's dungeon ==
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==Dudley's dungeon==
 
In ''[[Dudley's dungeon]]'', Thunderfist is the subject of [[L (person)|L]]'s strip for [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050916 16 September 2005]. The strip tries to explain why Mjollnir is a lucern hammer, as if the change in 3.0.3 never happened.
 
In ''[[Dudley's dungeon]]'', Thunderfist is the subject of [[L (person)|L]]'s strip for [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050916 16 September 2005]. The strip tries to explain why Mjollnir is a lucern hammer, as if the change in 3.0.3 never happened.
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The webcomic inserts us into the old Norse tale of the two dwarves Eitri and Brokk, who have forged "a mighty hammer" to give to the [[god]] Thor. But now, Eitri and Brokk are "specialists in polearms".
 
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"Several millenia later", [[Dudley]] finds a lucerne hammer named Mjollnir. How can a polearm be the weapon described in the [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/pre05.htm Skáldskaparmal]?
 
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: ''"Then he (Brokk) gave the hammer (Mjollnir) to Thor, and said that Thor might smite as hard as he desired, whatsoever might be before him, and the hammer would not fail; and if he threw it at anything, it would never miss, and never fly so far as not to return to his hand; and if be desired, he might keep it in his sark, it was so small; but indeed it was a flaw in the hammer that the fore-haft was somewhat short."''
 
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Did Thor, desiring an unbreakable hammer, believe that the best choice would be to swing a polearm for the pounding, not to thrust a polearm for the poking? Did Thor, wanting the thrown weapon to arc and return, design it so that he would have to catch the sharp end of a Pole? Did Thor, intending a small and compact design, choose to include a stick long enough to reach a [[monster]] being two [[square]]s away? If you recall the familiar image of Thor and his hammer, and substitute his hammer with a lucern hammer, then Mjollnir the polearm seems impractical to Mjollnir's legendary capabilities.
 
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Dudley, learning that Mjollnir is not a hammer but a polearm, would only respond in surprise: "What was Thor ''thinking!?''"
 
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 10 March 2024

Thunderfist was an artifact lucern hammer (pronged polearm) that appeared in NetHack, with similar properties to the modern Mjollnir. It existed only in NetHack 3.0.0, 3.0.1 and 3.0.2.

NetHack 3.0.0 was the first version to implement unique artifacts and featured several new artifacts - among them the lucern hammers named Thunderfist and Ogresmasher. The DevTeam may have erroneously chosen the lucern hammer as their base items, unaware that it was a polearm. In NetHack 3.0.3, the DevTeam added a new weapon type, the war hammer, switched the base items of both artifacts to it, and renamed Thunderfist to Mjollnir.

Origin

The origin of the name "Thunderfist" is uncertain, but it appears in multiple computer games of the fantasy genre; the name tends to have association with both dwarves and fighting. Angband has an artifact called the Two-Handed Flail 'Thunderfist'.

Dudley's dungeon

In Dudley's dungeon, Thunderfist is the subject of L's strip for 16 September 2005. The strip tries to explain why Mjollnir is a lucern hammer, as if the change in 3.0.3 never happened.

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