Droven greatsword - Revision history

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 [[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance&mdash;drow Madpeople that open their [[Madman#Box|quest box]] will regain their knowledge of the droven lance. A hero starting with a droven greatsword will always have it [[drug-coated]].
-Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wished]] for or found in [[bones]]. [[Fire Brand]] and [[Frost Brand]] can be generated or wished for in droven greatsword form if the hero is a drow hero, and drow heroes can reshape either artifact into a droven greatsword y dipping the artifact of the matching element into a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]] or [[fountain]] respectively&mdash;this reshaping requires the hero to either have a droven greatsword in their inventory or be at least Skilled in two-handed swords.
+Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wished]] for or found in [[bones]].
 Two droven greatswords are each placed randomly in the inner and outer ring areas on the lower filler levels of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.

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 A '''droven greatsword''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] weapon, making it [[two-handed]] for a [[Physical size|medium-sized]] [[hero]], and uses the [[two-handed sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] of [[Obsidian (material)|obsidian]], and appears as a "two-handed sword" with its material displayed when [[Identification|unidentified]].
-The droven greatsword is the [[base item]] for the [[artifact]] [[Anguirel]], and [[dNetHack artifacts#The Sceptre of Lolth|The Sceptre of Lolth]] is an artifact that can take the form of a droven greatsword. [[Fire Brand]] and [[Frost Brand]] can also be generated as droven greatswords for a [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]] hero.
+The droven greatsword is the [[base item]] for the [[artifact]] [[Anguirel]], and [[dNetHack artifacts#The Sceptre of Lolth|The Sceptre of Lolth]] is an artifact that can take the form of a droven greatsword.
 ==Generation==
-[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. Drow [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance&mdash;drow Madpeople that open their [[Madman#Box|quest box]] will regain their knowledge of the droven lance. All starting droven greatswords will be [[drug-coated]].
+[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance&mdash;drow Madpeople that open their [[Madman#Box|quest box]] will regain their knowledge of the droven lance. A hero starting with a droven greatsword will always have it [[drug-coated]].
-Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Fire Brand and Frost Brand can be wished for or reshaped into the form of a droven greatsword by a drow hero.
+Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wished]] for or found in [[bones]]. [[Fire Brand]] and [[Frost Brand]] can be generated or wished for in droven greatsword form if the hero is a drow hero, and drow heroes can reshape either artifact into a droven greatsword y dipping the artifact of the matching element into a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]] or [[fountain]] respectively&mdash;this reshaping requires the hero to either have a droven greatsword in their inventory or be at least Skilled in two-handed swords.
 Two droven greatswords are each placed randomly in the inner and outer ring areas on the lower filler levels of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.

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 Some [[Drow (monster attribute)|drow]] and other monsters can be [[generated with]] droven greatswords:
-* [[Hedrow blademaster]]s always generate with a +4 droven greatsword that has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of being [[drug-coated]], and will otherwise be [[envenomed]].
+* [[Hedrow blademaster]]s normally generate with a +4 droven greatsword that has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of being [[drug-coated]], and will otherwise be [[envenomed]].
 ** Hedrow blademasters that are generated as priests of a [[temple]] to [[Ghaunadaur]] will generate with an uncursed and erosion-proofed +5 droven greatsword that has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of being [[acid-coated]], and will otherwise be envenomed.
 ** Hedrow blademasters that are generated as priests of a temple to [[Vhaeraun]] will generate with an uncursed and erosion-proofed +5 droven greatsword that has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of being drug-coated, and will otherwise be envenomed.

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 ==Generation==
-[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. Drow [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance&mdash;drow Madpeople that open their [[Madman#Box|quest box]] will regain their knowledge of the droven lance.
+[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. Drow [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance&mdash;drow Madpeople that open their [[Madman#Box|quest box]] will regain their knowledge of the droven lance. All starting droven greatswords will be [[drug-coated]].
 Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Fire Brand and Frost Brand can be wished for or reshaped into the form of a droven greatsword by a drow hero.

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 Two droven greatswords are each placed randomly in the inner and outer ring areas on the lower filler levels of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.
-Drow Madpeople that start the game as male will find a [[silver]] [[acid-secreting]] droven greatsword among the belongings placed in their special quest box.
+Drow Madpeople that start the game as male will find a [[silver]] [[acid-secreting]] droven greatsword among the belongings placed in their special quest box on the [[Madman quest]].
 Droven greatswords can be generated in the [[magic item vault]]s within the [[Avatar of Lolth]]'s lair during level creation if the lair appears as the second Abyss level.

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   |material=obsidian
 }}
-A '''droven greatsword''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] weapon, making it [[two-handed]] for a medium-sized [[hero]], and uses the [[two-handed sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] of [[Obsidian (material)|obsidian]], and appears as a "two-handed sword" with its material displayed when [[Identification|unidentified]].
+A '''droven greatsword''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] weapon, making it [[two-handed]] for a [[Physical size|medium-sized]] [[hero]], and uses the [[two-handed sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] of [[Obsidian (material)|obsidian]], and appears as a "two-handed sword" with its material displayed when [[Identification|unidentified]].
 The droven greatsword is the [[base item]] for the [[artifact]] [[Anguirel]], and [[dNetHack artifacts#The Sceptre of Lolth|The Sceptre of Lolth]] is an artifact that can take the form of a droven greatsword. [[Fire Brand]] and [[Frost Brand]] can also be generated as droven greatswords for a [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]] hero.

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 A '''droven greatsword''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] weapon, making it [[two-handed]] for a medium-sized [[hero]], and uses the [[two-handed sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] of [[Obsidian (material)|obsidian]], and appears as a "two-handed sword" with its material displayed when [[Identification|unidentified]].
-[[dNetHack artifacts#The Sceptre of Lolth|The Sceptre of Lolth]] is an [[artifact]] that can take the form of a droven greatsword.
+The droven greatsword is the [[base item]] for the [[artifact]] [[Anguirel]], and [[dNetHack artifacts#The Sceptre of Lolth|The Sceptre of Lolth]] is an artifact that can take the form of a droven greatsword. [[Fire Brand]] and [[Frost Brand]] can also be generated as droven greatswords for a [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]] hero.
 ==Generation==
-[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance.
+[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. Drow [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance&mdash;drow Madpeople that open their [[Madman#Box|quest box]] will regain their knowledge of the droven lance.
-Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]].
+Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Fire Brand and Frost Brand can be wished for or reshaped into the form of a droven greatsword by a drow hero.
 Two droven greatswords are each placed randomly in the inner and outer ring areas on the lower filler levels of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.
 Several [[Drow (monster attribute)|drow]] monsters can be [[generated with]] droven greatswords:
 * [[Hedrow blademaster]]s always generate with a +4 droven greatsword that has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of being [[drug-coated]], and will otherwise be [[envenomed]].
 * [[Y-cultist fighter]]s and other drow that do not have a defined starting inventory have an effective {{frac|12}} chance of generating with a droven greatsword.
 * [[Y-cultist patron]]s always generate with a +4 droven greatsword that has a {{frac|4}} chance of being [[filth-encrusted]], a {{frac|2}} chance of being drug-coated, and a {{frac|4}} chance of being envenomed.
 * [[Dokkalfar eternal matriarch]]s generated in the [[Anachrononaut quest]] are created with an unholy, [[wrathful]] and [[Faded (object property)|faded]] +9 [[shadowsteel]] droven greatsword.
-* [[Deminymph]]s that are randomly generated outside of the Drow Healer quest or the Lost Cities have an effective {{frac|320}} chance of being given a madperson kit with a droven greatsword that has an enchantment of +2 to +4, a {{frac|100}} chance of being [[mercurial]], and a separate {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an [[artifact]].
+* [[Deminymph]]s that are given "mad drow priestess" kits will have a roughly {{frac|2}} chance of generating with a droven greatsword that has an [[enchantment]] ranging from +2 to +4, a {{frac|100}} chance of being [[mercurial]], and a separate {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an [[artifact]].
 ==Description==
-A droven greatsword deals slashing damage, dealing 1d18 damage to small monsters and 1d30 damage to large monsters, and has a +2 [[to-hit]] bonus. A hero that wields a droven greatsword with Expert skill in two-handed swords gains the "graze", "fell" and "cleave" [[expert trait]]s.
+A droven greatsword inflicts slashing damage, dealing 1d18 damage to small monsters and 1d30 damage to large monsters, and has a +2 [[to-hit]] bonus. A hero that wields a droven greatsword at Skilled or better in two-handed swords gains the "graze", "fell" and "cleave" [[expert trait]]s.
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   |color=black
   |name=droven greatsword
-  |appearance=two-handed sword
+  |appearance=<obsidian> two-handed sword
   |smalldmg=1d18
   |largedmg=1d30
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   |material=obsidian
 }}
-A '''droven greatsword''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge]] weapon that is [[two-handed]] for a medium-sized hero, and uses the [[two-handed sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] of [[obsidian]], and appears as a "two-handed sword" with its material displayed when [[Identification|unidentified]].
+A '''droven greatsword''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] weapon, making it [[two-handed]] for a medium-sized [[hero]], and uses the [[two-handed sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] of [[Obsidian (material)|obsidian]], and appears as a "two-handed sword" with its material displayed when [[Identification|unidentified]].
 [[dNetHack artifacts#The Sceptre of Lolth|The Sceptre of Lolth]] is an [[artifact]] that can take the form of a droven greatsword.
 ==Generation==
-[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow [[hero]]es that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance.
+[[Hedrow Priest]]s start the game with a blessed +1 droven greatsword. [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] [[Kensei]] start the game with a blessed and [[erosion]]-proofed +1 droven greatsword. Other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of the droven greatsword's appearance.
 Droven greatswords are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]].