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'''Equipment quality''' is a variable that determines the condition and durability of [[weapon]]s, [[armor]] and [[barding]] in [[EvilHack]]. This can in turn affect their [[base price]], [[to-hit]], damage and/or [[AC]], among other qualities.

==Types of quality==
There are effectively four levels of equipment quality, which each have the following effects on equipment.

* '''Inferior''': An inferior weapon has -2 penalties to damage and to-hit, and has a small chance of falling apart upon landing a hit. An inferior piece of armor or barding has its AC value lowered by 2, and has a small chance of falling apart upon blocking an attack. Inferior weapons subjected to [[shattering blow]]s from other weapons have a much higher base chance of being destroyed before accounting for [[erosion]] between the two weapons.
* '''Standard''': This is not a formal level of equipment quality, but essentially covers all weapons, armor and barding that do not fall within any of the other three categories.
* '''Superior''': A superior weapon has a +1 damage bonus, and has a halved base chance of being broken by shattering blows. A superior piece of armor or barding gains a bonus point to its AC value.
* '''Exceptional''': An exceptional weapon has +1 to-hit and +2 damage bonuses, and cannot be destroyed by shattering blows. Exceptional pieces of armor and barding have a 2-point bonus to their AC value.

These object qualities can only appear randomly or be [[wish]]ed for on weapons, armor and barding that can be created by the [[hero]] at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]].

[[Knight/EvilHack|Knights]] and [[Samurai/EvilHack|Samurai]] have the innate ability to appraise equipment quality without the need for formal [[identification]].
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 * If either component object is inferior and none of the above conditions apply, the forged item will also be inferior regardless of the hammer's beatitude.
-Sacrifice gifts of "mundane" items given by the hero's [[deity]] will have a chance of being inferior, superior or exceptional, directly influenced by the hero's [[alignment abuse|alignment record abuse]] (or lack thereof).
+Sacrifice gifts of "mundane" items given by the hero's [[deity]] will have a chance of being inferior, superior or exceptional, directly influenced by the hero's [[Alignment abuse#EvilHack|alignment record abuse]] (or lack thereof).
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 ==Generation==
-These equipment qualities can only appear randomly or be [[wish]]ed for on weapons, armor and barding that can be created by the [[hero]] at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]]. Creating items at a forge in general takes the quality and [[enchantment]] of the ingredients into account for the resulting object's quality&mdash;additionally, using a blessed [[blacksmith hammer]] to create items has a chance of the results being 'superior' or 'exceptional', while using a cursed blacksmith hammer has a chance of the results being 'inferior'.
+Equipment qualities are only applied to weapons, armor and barding that can be created by the [[hero]] at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]], and these items can be randomly generated or [[wish]]ed for with a certain quality. Creating items at a forge in general takes the quality and [[enchantment]] of the ingredients into account for the resulting object's quality:
-Sacrifice gifts of "mundane" items given by the hero's [[deity]] will have a chance of being inferior, superior or exceptional&mdash;the player's [[alignment abuse|alignment record abuse]] has a direct bearing on this.
+* If using a blessed blacksmith hammer, there is a random chance that the forged item it creates will be superior or exceptional.
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 * '''Standard''': This is not a formal level of equipment quality, but essentially covers all weapons, armor and barding that do not fall within any of the other three categories and serves as a comparison point to those qualities.
 * '''Superior''': A superior weapon has a +1 damage bonus, and has a halved base chance of being broken by shattering blows. A superior piece of armor or barding gains a bonus point to its AC value. Superior items have twice the base price of their standard counterparts.
-* '''Exceptional''': An exceptional weapon has +1 to-hit and +2 damage bonuses, and cannot be destroyed by shattering blows. Exceptional pieces of armor and barding have a 2-point bonus to their AC value. Exceptional items have three items the base price of their standard counterparts.
+* '''Exceptional''': An exceptional weapon has +1 to-hit and +2 damage bonuses, and cannot be destroyed by shattering blows. Exceptional pieces of armor and barding have a 2-point bonus to their AC value. Exceptional items have three times the base price of their standard counterparts.
 [[Knight/EvilHack|Knights]] and [[Samurai/EvilHack|Samurai]] have the innate ability to appraise equipment quality without the need for formal [[identification]].

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 These equipment qualities can only appear randomly or be [[wish]]ed for on weapons, armor and barding that can be created by the [[hero]] at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]]. Creating items at a forge in general takes the quality and [[enchantment]] of the ingredients into account for the resulting object's quality&mdash;additionally, using a blessed [[blacksmith hammer]] to create items has a chance of the results being 'superior' or 'exceptional', while using a cursed blacksmith hammer has a chance of the results being 'inferior'.
-Sacrifice gifts of "mundane" items given by the hero's [[deity]] will have a chance of being inferior, superior or exceptional - the player's [[alignment]] abuse record has a direct bearing on this.
+Sacrifice gifts of "mundane" items given by the hero's [[deity]] will have a chance of being inferior, superior or exceptional&mdash;the player's [[alignment abuse|alignment record abuse]] has a direct bearing on this.
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 These equipment qualities can only appear randomly or be [[wish]]ed for on weapons, armor and barding that can be created by the [[hero]] at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]]. Creating items at a forge in general takes the quality and [[enchantment]] of the ingredients into account for the resulting object's quality&mdash;additionally, using a blessed [[blacksmith hammer]] to create items has a chance of the results being 'superior' or 'exceptional', while using a cursed blacksmith hammer has a chance of the results being 'inferior'.
-Sacrifice gifts of "mundane" items given by the hero's [[deity]] will have a chance of being superior or exceptional.
+Sacrifice gifts of "mundane" items given by the hero's [[deity]] will have a chance of being inferior, superior or exceptional - the player's [[alignment]] abuse record has a direct bearing on this.
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