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Umbire the Phantom: extend table, correct some base items that appear randomly

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extend table, correct some base items that appear randomly

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{{dNetHack artifact
|color=black
|glyph=)
|name=Fire Brand
|base=long sword
|appearance=ember-runed <base item>
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[unaligned]]</li></ul>
|generated=<ul><li>[[sacrifice gift]]</li><li>can randomly generate asmany base item types</li></ul>
|smalldmg=(1d8 [[explosive]] '''×2''') +6d6 [[Fire (element)|fire]]
|largedmg=(1d12 [[explosive]] '''×2''') +6d6 [[Fire (element)|fire]]
|dmgtype=slashing, piercing
|tohit=</nowiki>'''+1'''<nowiki>
|versus=targets without [[fire resistance]]
|skill=long sword
|properties=<ul><li>can be reshaped with a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]]</li><li>can be safely [[Scroll of enchant weapon|enchanted]] from +5</li><li>tripled damage against monsters [[vulnerable]] to fire</li><li>can be [[twoweapon]]ed with [[Frost Brand (dNetHack)|Frost Brand]] in either hand</li></ul>
|whenwielded=<ul><li>[[fire resistance]]</li></ul>
|cost=3000
|weight=30
|material=obsidian
}}
In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], '''[[Fire Brand]]''' is significantly changed from its behavior in ''[[NetHack]]''—it can appear as one of many available [[base item]] types, with the default being a [[long sword]], and it appears as an '''ember-runed''' variation of its base item when [[unidentified]].

[[Frost Brand (dNetHack)|Frost Brand]] is the ice-runed, [[cold]]-attuned counterpart of Fire Brand.

==Generation==
Fire Brand's available range of base items is partly determined by the [[race]], [[role]] and certain other qualities of the current [[hero]], as well as whether the artifact is being randomly generated, given by the hero's current [[deity]] as a [[sacrifice gift]], or else being [[wished]] for directly. Once either Fire Brand or Frost Brand has been generated, the other of the pair can only be generated as the matching object type.

For random generation, Fire Brand is actually less likely to appear than a normal artifact, due to the massive pool of available items. There is a base {{frac|120}} chance that a random item of a compatible base item type generated on the ground will be made into Fire Brand, with two further rolls applied if this chance is successful:

* The first roll is {{frac|X}} to skip turning the object into Fire Brand, where X is the value representing the base item's default size—0 for tiny, 4 for huge, 7 for gigantic, and so on, meaning that tiny items will always be skipped and larger items have a lesser chance of being skipped.
* If this skip does not occur, and the item is a valid base item for Fire Brand that is also an [[elven item]] or [[droven item]], then there is a further {{frac|4}} chance required for artifact generation to succeed—this is likely implemented due to the high amount of such items that are generated on the floors of certain quest levels, such as the [[Mordor Ruins quest]].

If Fire Brand is being given to the hero as a sacrifice gift, Fire Brand has a {{frac|3}} chance of being created as a long sword, and will otherwise be created as one of the following, with an equal probability of each: a [[saber]], a [[scimitar]], [[gauntlets]], a [[broadsword]], an [[axe]], a [[short sword]], or an [[athame]]. If none of these are valid, then it will roll for a base item type until it creates one that is appropriate for that hero or else fall back to a long sword after 100 attempts.

Fire Brand can also be reshaped into a different base item by dipping it into a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]], and can be formed into any compatible weapon that is type-identified, in the hero's inventory or uses a weapon [[skill]] that the hero is at Skilled level or better in; there are also base item choices that are only available to certain races and roles.

==Description==
Fire Brand has +1 [[to-hit]] and deals double fire damage: the damage of its base dice is dealt as explosion damage, making it much harder to resist. Fire Brand While Fire Brand is wielded or worn, it has {{frac|5|6}} of the normal movement cost to attack with (e.g. it uses 10 movement points vs. the 12 given to a standard hero), and it will not resist being used in [[two weapon combat]] with Frost Brand (or vice versa).
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 | [[diskos]]
-| No
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-| No
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 If Fire Brand is being given to the hero as a sacrifice gift, Fire Brand has a {{frac|3}} chance of being created as a long sword, and will otherwise be created as one of the following, with an equal probability of each: a [[saber]], a [[scimitar]], [[gauntlets]], a [[broadsword]], an [[axe]], a [[short sword]], or an [[athame]]. If none of these are valid, then it will roll for a base item type until it creates one that is appropriate for that hero or else fall back to a long sword after 100 attempts.
-Fire Brand can also be reshaped into a different base item by dipping it into a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]], and can be formed into any compatible weapon that is type-identified, in the hero's inventory or uses a weapon [[skill]] that the hero is at Skilled level or better in; there are also base item choices that are only available to certain races and roles.<!--https://github.com/Chris-plus-alphanumericgibberish/dNAO/blob/compat-3.24.0/include/obj.h#L612 list to come Soon™
+Fire Brand can also be reshaped into a different base item by [[dipping]] it into a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]], and can be formed into any compatible weapon that is type-identified, in the hero's inventory or uses a weapon [[skill]] that the hero is at Skilled level or better in; there are also base item choices that are only available to certain races and roles.<!--https://github.com/Chris-plus-alphanumericgibberish/dNAO/blob/compat-3.24.0/include/obj.h#L612 list to come Soon™
-The table below covers the breadth of what Fire Brand can be generated as depending on whether it is gifted, randomly generated or wished for:
+The table below (WIP) covers the breadth of what Fire Brand can be generated as depending on whether it is gifted, randomly generated or wished for:
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 ==Description==
-Fire Brand has +1 [[to-hit]] and deals double fire damage: the damage of its base dice is dealt as explosion damage, making it much harder to resist. Fire Brand While Fire Brand is wielded or worn, it has {{frac|5|6}} of the normal movement cost to attack with (e.g. it uses 10 movement points vs. the 12 given to a standard hero), and it will not resist being used in [[two weapon combat]] with Frost Brand (or vice versa).
+Fire Brand has +1 [[to-hit]] and deals double [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage: the damage of its base dice is dealt as +6d6 explosion damage, making it much harder to resist. Fire Brand While Fire Brand is wielded or worn, it has {{frac|5|6}} of the normal movement cost to attack with (e.g. it uses 10 movement points vs. the 12 given to a standard hero), and it will not resist being used in [[two weapon combat]] with Frost Brand (or vice versa).
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