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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{artifact weapon<br />
|color=metal color<br />
|name=Dirge<br />
|base=short sword<br />
|smalldmg=1d6 '''x2'''<br />
|largedmg=1d8 '''x2'''<br />
|tohit='''+5'''<br />
|bonusversus=monsters without [[poison resistance]]<br />
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[chaotic]]</li><li>[[Knight/SlashTHEM|Knight]]</li><li>[[intelligent artifact]]s</li></ul><br />
|whenwielded=<ul><li>[[poison resistance]]</li></ul><br />
|cost=4000<br />
|weight=30<br />
|material=iron<br />
}}<br />
{{for|the artifact in other variants|Dirge}}<br />
'''Dirge''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is [[chaotic]]-aligned and [[Intelligent artifact|intelligent]], and its [[base item]] is a [[short sword]].<br />
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==Generation==<br />
A short sword randomly generated on the ground, in a [[shop]] or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into Dirge if no artifact short swords have been generated.<br />
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Dirge is the first guaranteed [[sacrifice gift]] for a chaotic [[Knight/SlashTHEM|Knight]], and any other chaotic hero may receive Dirge via [[sacrifice]] after their first gift.<br />
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==Description==<br />
While wielded, Dirge grants [[poison resistance]] and has +5 to-hit and double damage bonuses against monsters without poison resistance: it also deals poison damage, which has a {{frac|10}} chance of being fatal and otherwise deals +1d6 damage against a non-resistant monster.<br />
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