Sword of Justice
| ) Sword of Justice (No tile) | |
|---|---|
| Base item | long sword |
| Damage vs. small | 1d8 +12 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d12 +12 |
| To-hit bonus | +5 |
| Bonus versus |
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| Weapon skill | long sword |
| Size | one-handed |
| Affiliation | |
| When carried |
(none) |
| When wielded |
(none) |
| When invoked |
(none) |
| Base price | 1500 zm |
| Weight | 40 |
| Material | iron |
The Sword of Justice is a lawful artifact long sword in SLASH'EM, SpliceHack and SlashTHEM. It has +5 to hit and +12 to damage to all cross-aligned monsters. It is the guaranteed first sacrifice gift for Yeomen.
Strategy
In terms of damage, the Sword of Justice is roughly on par with The Sceptre of Might as it exists in vanilla NetHack, and is far better than the artifact as it exists in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. It is particularly useful since very few lawful monsters are always generated as hostile, meaning that most monsters the hero kills will be subject to the Sword of Justice's extra damage, especially if they maintain a good alignment record. Like most non-quest artifacts, however, it's certainly not worth an artifact wish, especially since lawful heroes can just dip for Excalibur anyway.
SpliceHack
In SpliceHack, the Sword of Justice is a broadsword and not affiliated with any role. Additionally, the flat damage and to-hit bonuses are converted to dice rolls.
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