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{{weapon
|name=Church-hammer
|smalldmg=2d8+2
|largedmg=2d8
|tohit=<nowiki>-2</nowiki>
|skill=hammer
|weight=170
|cost=100
|size=two-handed
|material=stone
|color=mineral color
|tile=
}}
{{weapon
|name=hunter's shortsword
|smalldmg=2d8+2
|largedmg=2d8
|tohit=<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
|skill=shortsword
|weight=30
|cost=20
|size=one-handed
|material=silver
|color=silver color
|tile=
}}
{{tool
|name=church brick
|tile=
|appearance=engraved brick
|cost=100
|weight=170
|color=mineral color
|material=stone
}}
A '''Church-hammer''' is a type of [[weapon]] seen in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a two-handed blunt weapon that uses the [[hammer]] [[skill]], and is usually made of [[Mineral|stone]]. At skilled and expert, it gains the hew, knock back and penetrate armor [[expert trait]]s.

When [[applied]], the church-hammer splits into two different items: the '''hunter's shortsword''' and the '''engraved brick'''. The hunter's shortsword is a type of one-handed slashing/piercing weapon that uses the [[shortsword]] skill and is usually made out of [[silver]]. At skilled and expert it gains the focus fire, create opening and quick expert traits.

The engraved brick is a [[tool]] that nonetheless appears alongside weapons in the inventory.

The church-hammer counts as [[self-righteous]] when in its untransformed state, dealing 2.5x holy/unholy damage against monsters vulnerable to those damage types. Neither of the other two items receive this property.

Changes made to the weapon in the church-hammer form do not apply to the hunter's shortsword, unless they are done through [[smithing]]. This does not extend to [[Object properties#dNetHack|object properties]], which will be applied to both weapons, so long as the sword is sheathed at the time. As an example, a read [[scroll of enchant weapon]] will only enchant the church-hammer—not the sheathed hunter's shortsword—but a church-hammer that is improved at a forge or has the [[The Black Mother|drooling]] object property applied to it also has that change applied to the sheathed hunter's shortsword.

==Generation==
Church-hammers make up {{frac|1000}} of randomly generated weapons.

The [[Undead hunter]] quest will have a church-hammer contained in a [[chest]] at the top left of the map in the [[quest home]] level.

==Strategy==
Church-hammers are prohibitively heavy weapons, even for roles with high [[Carrying capacity|carry caps]]. Undead hunters who receive church-hammers as their starting weapon will likely want to [[smithing|smith]] themselves a lighter version or ditch the church brick entirely and just use the hunter's shortsword instead. Although church bricks are categorized as tools, they cannot be [[User:Chris/dNethack/dNethack Items#Other|resized]] and only have their weight slightly reduced when made out of mithril (166 [[aum]] vs. 200 aum). A more effective solution is to ask a [[treesinger]] to make a copy of the weapon, however since those can't be [[reverse genocide]]d, this option will only really be a guaranteed if the [[Mordor Ruins Quest|mordor]] variant of the [[Chaos Quest (dNetHack)|Chaos Quest]] was generated, which can be verified at the [[Oracle (monster)#dNetHack|Oracle]].

As a weapon, the church hammer is most useful against holy/unholy hating monsters, but carries a very disadvantageous to-hit penalty in the early game. Before reaching level 7, where they will also gain speed, Undead hunters who start with this weapon will likely want to use the hunter's shortsword instead of the hammer to save on healing and to when dealing with blunt resistant monsters. Their starting [[smithing hammer]] (+0 to-hit) can be used to train their hammer skill in the meanwhile.

==Messages==
{{message|You draw the sword from the stone.|The hunter's shortsword is now wielded, and a church brick was added to inventory.}}
{{message|You sheath the sword in the stone.|The hunter's shortsword was sheathed in the brick, becoming the church-hammer}}
{{message|You can't sheath the sword in the stone while wearing a shield.}}
{{message|You are carrying too much junk to successfully draw your sword.|Cannot split the item into two due to the pack being full.}}

==Origin==

The [https://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Kirkhammer Kirk Hammer] is a weapon featured in the 2015 game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodborne Bloodborne].

[[Category: dNetHack weapons]]
[[Category: notdNetHack weapons]]
[[Category: notnotdNetHack weapons]]

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Klepto: added missing hyphen.

Klepto: created page. needs an expanded origins section.