Dragonbane

)   Dragonbane
Base item	broadsword
Damage vs. small	2d4 x2
Damage vs. large	1d6+1 x2
To-hit bonus	+1d5
Bonus versus	dragons
Weapon skill	broadsword
Size	one-handed
Affiliation	unaligned
When carried	(none)
When wielded	reflection
When invoked	(none)
Base price	500 zm
Weight	70
Material	iron

Dragonbane is an artifact weapon that does double damage against dragons and grants reflection when wielded. Like most artifacts that target a specific class of monster, the damage bonus from Dragonbane doesn't affect most monsters, making it one of the less useful artifacts. However, dragons can be a fairly valuable and dangerous target, so it might be useful if you want to make dragon scale mail earlier than normal, or fight Ixoth or the Chromatic Dragon. Additionally, getting Dragonbane from sacrificing will unrestrict broadsword skill, which can allow you to wield Stormbringer effectively if you found it in a bones pile. And of course, the reflection is useful if you do not yet have another source of it. Later in the game, you can use the reflection as a substitute for a shield of reflection, and two-weapon Dragonbane with another weapon for extra damage; this is also useful if you want to cast spells without the penalty of a shield.

Variants

UnNetHack and SporkHack

)   Dragonbane
Base item	dwarvish spear
Damage vs. small	1d8 +1d4
Damage vs. large	1d8 +1d4
To-hit bonus	+1d5
Bonus versus	(any)
Weapon skill	dwarvish spear
Size	one-handed
Affiliation	unaligned
When carried	(none)
When wielded	Fire resistance Cold resistance Shock resistance Poison resistance Disintegration resistance Sleep resistance Acid resistance
When invoked	(none)
Base price	500 zm
Weight	30
Material	iron

In SporkHack and UnNetHack Dragonbane is instead a dwarvish spear that confers fire, cold, acid, sleep, disintegration and shock resistance while wielded, and has a 50% chance of instantly slaying dragons (reduced to 20% in UnNetHack). It also gets +d5 to hit and +d4 damage against all enemies. (If you are polymorphed into a dragon, a monster wielding Dragonbane can instantly kill you!)

FIQHack

)   Dragonbane
Base item	lance
Damage vs. small	1d8 +1d20
Damage vs. large	1d8 +1d20
To-hit bonus	+1d5
Bonus versus	dragons
Weapon skill	lance
Size	one-handed
Affiliation	unaligned
When carried	(none)
When wielded	Reflection
When invoked	(none)
Base price	500 zm
Weight	180
Material	iron

In FIQHack, Dragonbane is an artifact lance that confers reflection. Because it is an artifact, it will never break when jousting.

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