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    |tile=[[Image:Dwarvish roundshield.png]]
    |base=dwarvish roundshield
-   |affiliation=<ul><li>[[Dwarf (starting race)|Dwarf]]</li><li>[[Forge (dungeon feature)|forged artifacts]]</li></ul>
+   |affiliation=<ul><li>[[unaligned]]</li><li>[[Dwarf (starting race)|Dwarf]]</li><li>[[Forge (dungeon feature)|forged artifacts]]</li></ul>
    |used=worn
    |whencarried=none

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    |tile=[[Image:Dwarvish roundshield.png]]
    |base=dwarvish roundshield
-   |affiliation=<ul><li>[[Dwarf (starting race)|Dwarf]]</li></ul>
+   |affiliation=<ul><li>[[Dwarf (starting race)|Dwarf]]</li><li>[[Forge (dungeon feature)|forged artifacts]]</li></ul>
    |used=worn
    |whencarried=none

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-'''Ashmar''' is a piece of [[artifact]] armor that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is a [[dwarvish roundshield]] made of [[mithril]].
+'''Ashmar''' is an [[artifact]] [[armor]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is a [[dwarvish roundshield]] made of [[mithril]].
 ==Generation==
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 ==Description==
-When worn, in addition to the [[AC]] conferred by its base item (including bonus AC for [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]]), Ashmar confers [[half physical damage]], hungerless [[regeneration]], [[acid resistance]], extrinsic [[protection]] (which adds +MC1, up to MC3), sets the player's [[constitution]] to 25, and [[Steadfast|prevents the wearer from being knocked backwards]] - additionally, if Ashmar deflects an attack, it has a {{frac|4}} chance of knocking the attacker back.
+While worn, in addition to the [[AC]] conferred by its base item (including bonus AC for [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]]), Ashmar confers [[half physical damage]], hungerless [[regeneration]], [[acid resistance]], and extrinsic [[protection]] (which adds +MC1, up to MC3) - it also sets the player's [[constitution]] to 25, [[Steadfast|prevents the wearer from being knocked backwards]], and has a {{frac|4}} chance of knocking monsters back upon deflecting their attack.
-Ashmar can be forged together with [[The Sword of Annihilation]] to create the [[Armor of Retribution]].
+Ashmar can be combined with [[The Sword of Annihilation]] at a forge to create the [[Armor of Retribution]].
 ==Strategy==
-Since its ingredients are relatively useless on their own, forging Ashmar comes at little to no cost; any significant benefit either Trollsbane or Ogresmasher grants is also granted by Ashmar.
+Forging Ashmar comes at little to no cost, as its component artifacts are widely considered subpar or useless on their own, and any significant benefits they grant are also granted by Ashmar.
-Acid resistance is a major boon in EvilHack's lategame, where many monsters will be able to cast the highly-damaging Acid Blast spell. This, combined with the half physical damage and other defense favoring attributes makes Ashmar an extremely powerful option for tanky, high-health characters, or a way to even the playing field for a frailer character.
+Acid resistance is a major boon in EvilHack's lategame, where many monsters will be able to cast the highly-damaging [[Acid blast (monster spell)|acid blast]] [[monster spell]] - combined with the half physical damage and other defensive attributes, this makes Ashmar an extremely powerful option for tanky, high-health characters and a way to even the playing field for a more frail character. The main drawback of using Ashmar is the same as all shields, i.e. giving up [[twoweaponing]] artifacts or other weapons and losing out on higher damage ceilings, though the [[Shield (skill)|shield]] skill can both further raise a characters defenses and even grant an additional bashing attack of its own at Skilled or better. The best weapons to pair with Ashmar are ones with very high damage potential against multiple monster types (e.g. [[Hammer of the Gods]]) or a high instakill chance (e.g. the [[Sword of Annihilation]]).
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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    |used=worn
    |whencarried=none
-   |whenused=<ul><li>[[acid resistance]]</li><li>extrinsic [[protection]] (+1 to MC up to MC3)</li><li>hungerless [[regeneration]]</li><li>stes [[constitution]] to 25</li><li>[[half physical damage]]</li><li>[[steadfast]]</li><li>chance of knockback</li></ul>
+   |whenused=<ul><li>[[acid resistance]]</li><li>extrinsic [[protection]] (+1 to MC up to MC3)</li><li>hungerless [[regeneration]]</li><li>sets [[constitution]] to 25</li><li>[[half physical damage]]</li><li>[[steadfast]]</li><li>chance of knockback</li></ul>
    |wheninvoked=none
    |cost=20000

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 Acid resistance is a major boon in EvilHack's lategame, where many monsters will be able to cast the highly-damaging Acid Blast spell. This, combined with the half physical damage and other defense favoring attributes makes Ashmar an extremely powerful option for tanky, high-health characters, or a way to even the playing field for a frailer character.
-The main drawback of using Ashmar is obvious, and the same as all shields. That being, you forfeit any chance at twoweaponing, and lose out on quite a bit of potential damage, especially with EvilHack allowing twoweaponing of artifacts. The easiest way to combat this is to use a weapon either with very high damage potential against multiple types of enemies, such as the [[Hammer of the Gods]], or high instakill chance, such as the [[Sword of Annihilation]].
+The main drawback of using Ashmar is the same as all shields. That being, you forfeit any chance at twoweaponing, and lose out on quite a bit of potential damage, especially with EvilHack allowing twoweaponing of artifacts. The easiest way to combat this is to use a weapon either with very high damage potential against multiple types of enemies, such as the [[Hammer of the Gods]], or high instakill chance, such as the [[Sword of Annihilation]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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	Ashmar can be forged together with [[The Sword of Annihilation]] to create the [[Armor of Retribution]].		Ashmar can be forged together with [[The Sword of Annihilation]] to create the [[Armor of Retribution]].
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		+	==Strategy==
		+	Since its ingredients are relatively useless on their own, forging Ashmar comes at little to no cost; any significant benefit either Trollsbane or Ogresmasher grants is also granted by Ashmar.
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		+	Acid resistance is a major boon in EvilHack's lategame, where many monsters will be able to cast the highly-damaging Acid Blast spell. This, combined with the half physical damage and other defense favoring attributes makes Ashmar an extremely powerful option for tanky, high-health characters, or a way to even the playing field for a frailer character.
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		+	The main drawback of using Ashmar is obvious, and the same as all shields. That being, you forfeit any chance at twoweaponing, and lose out on quite a bit of potential damage, especially with EvilHack allowing twoweaponing of artifacts. The easiest way to combat this is to use a weapon either with very high damage potential against multiple types of enemies, such as the [[Hammer of the Gods]], or high instakill chance, such as the [[Sword of Annihilation]].

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==

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    |cost=20000
    |weight=37
 }}

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 When worn, in addition to the [[AC]] conferred by its base item (including bonus AC for [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], Ashmar confers [[half physical damage]], hungerless [[regeneration]], [[acid resistance]], extrinsic [[protection]] (which adds +MC1, up to MC3), sets the player's [[constitution]] to 25, and [[Steadfast|prevents the wearer from being knocked backwards]] - additionally, if Ashmar deflects an attack, it has a {{frac|4}} chance of knocking the attacker back.
-Ashmar can be forged together with [[The Sword of Annihiliation]] to create the [[Armor of Retribution]].
+Ashmar can be forged together with [[The Sword of Annihilation]] to create the [[Armor of Retribution]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==