Mirrorblade - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: etraits, clashing mirrorblades, weapon preference

2026-05-02T03:01:12Z

etraits, clashing mirrorblades, weapon preference

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ mention poisoning + dice bit

2026-05-02T02:42:17Z

‎Description: mention poisoning + dice bit

Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ and first version

2026-05-02T01:17:32Z

‎History: and first version

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ smiths

2026-05-02T01:15:07Z

‎Generation: smiths

Umbire the Phantom: oop

2026-05-02T01:14:03Z

oop

Umbire the Phantom: last details I can find, not a stub

2026-05-02T01:13:45Z

last details I can find, not a stub

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ thanks chris

2026-05-02T01:05:44Z

‎Strategy: thanks chris

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ sp

2026-05-02T00:49:41Z

‎Strategy: sp

Umbire the Phantom: template + artis

2026-05-02T00:49:26Z

template + artis

Umbire the Phantom: template

2026-05-02T00:43:04Z

template

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 ==Description==
-The mirrorblade deals piercing damage, with base damage of 1d6 against small monsters and 1d8 against large monsters (the inverse of the normal short sword item). A mirrorblade can be [[Poisoned weapon#dNetHack|poisoned]] by [[dipping]] it in an appropriate [[potion]].
+The mirrorblade deals piercing damage, with base damage of 1d6 against small monsters and 1d8 against large monsters (the inverse of the normal short sword item). A mirrorblade can be [[Poisoned weapon#dNetHack|poisoned]] by [[dipping]] it in an appropriate [[potion]]. A hero that wields a mirrorblade while they are at Skilled or better in short swords gains the "focus fire" and "create opening" [[expert trait]]s.
-If an attacker [[wielding]] a mirrorblade targets a [[hero]] or [[monster]], and the target is wielding a weapon whose ''full'' damage&ndash;including enchantment, material bonuses, and beatitude bonuses, but excluding [[strength]] and skill bonuses&ndash;is higher than the base damage of the mirrorblade, the mirrorblade will use that weapon's full weapon damage as its base damage when calculating damage for that round of attacks.
+If a [[hero]] or [[monster]] [[wielding]] a mirrorblade attacks, and the defender is wielding a weapon whose ''full'' damage&ndash;including enchantment, material bonuses, and beatitude bonuses, but excluding [[strength]] and skill bonuses&ndash;is higher than the base damage of the mirrorblade, the mirrorblade will use that weapon's full weapon damage as its ''base'' damage when calculating damage for that round of attacks. However, if the defender is ''also'' wielding a mirrorblade, then the attacker's mirrorblade will instead deal two dice of base damage (2d6/2d8) and use [[exploding dice]]: each die that explodes adds bonus damage equal to the total enchantments of those mirrorblades divided by 2 (rounded down).
 ==Strategy==
-Mirrorblades make fighter Amm Kamerels into more unique threats, being more dangerous to fight if the hero has a good and well-enchanted weapon. This is especially true for silver-sensitive heroes such as [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]] that will take additional silver damage from the mirrorblade itself, and they will have it further amplified if they are wielding a silver weapon themselves (which significantly cuts into their natural [[HP regeneration]] unless they are wearing [[gloves]]).
+Mirrorblades make fighter Amm Kamerels into more unique threats, being more dangerous to fight if the hero has a good and well-enchanted weapon. This is especially true for silver-sensitive heroes such as [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]] that will take additional silver damage from the mirrorblade itself, and they will have it further amplified if they are wielding a silver weapon themselves (which also significantly cuts into their natural [[HP regeneration]], unless they are wearing [[gloves]]).
 ==History==

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 ==Description==
-The mirrorblade deals piercing damage, with base damage of 1d6 against small monsters and 1d8 against large monsters. If an attacker [[wielding]] a mirrorblade targets a [[hero]] or [[monster]], and the target is wielding a weapon whose ''full'' damage&ndash;including enchantment, material bonuses, and beatitude bonuses, but excluding [[strength]] and skill bonuses&ndash;is higher than the base damage of the mirrorblade, the mirrorblade will use that weapon's full weapon damage as its base damage when calculating damage for that round of attacks.
+The mirrorblade deals piercing damage, with base damage of 1d6 against small monsters and 1d8 against large monsters (the inverse of the normal short sword item). A mirrorblade can be [[Poisoned weapon#dNetHack|poisoned]] by [[dipping]] it in an appropriate [[potion]].
 ==Strategy==

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 ==History==
-In dNetHack 3.24.0 and versions of notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack that are derived from it, the unidentified appearance of the mirrorblade is a '''polished short sword'''.
+The mirrorblade first appears in dNetHack 3.16.0. From this version to dNetHack 3.24.0, and in versions of notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack that are derived from them, the unidentified appearance of the mirrorblade is a '''polished short sword'''.
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 ==Generation==
 Mirrorblades are not randomly generated, though they can be [[wished]] for or found in [[bones]].
 The Kamerel tower [[Map inclusion (dNetHack)|map inclusion]] has an effective {{frac|21}} chance of containing a +1 mirrorblade in a 3x3 room, and a {{frac|5}} chance of containing a mirrorblade in a 1x1 room.

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 A '''mirrorblade''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The mirrorblade is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|small]] [[melee]] weapon that is [[one-handed]] for a [[medium]]-size wielder, and uses the [[short sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base material]] of [[silver]], and appears as a '''polished shard-sword''' while [[Identification|unidentified]].
-The mirrorblade is the [[base item]] for two [[artifact]]s: [[Ansermee]] and [[The Sansara Mirror]], and it cannot occur as the base item for either Fire Brand or Frost Brand.
+The mirrorblade is the [[base item]] for two [[artifact]]s: [[Ansermee]] and [[The Sansara Mirror]]. It cannot occur randomly as the base item for either Fire Brand or Frost Brand.
 ==Generation==

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 ==Strategy==
-Mirrorblades make fighter Amm Kamerels into more unique threats, with them being more dangerous if the [[hero]] has a good and well-enchanted weapon&mdash;this is especially true for silver-sensitive heroes such as [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]], who will also take additional silver damage from the mirrorblade itself.<!--check if silver-hating PC can even wield silver weapons (as the silver bonus would be applied both for their own weapon and for the mirrorblade)-->
+Mirrorblades make fighter Amm Kamerels into more unique threats, being more dangerous to fight if the [[hero]] has a good and well-enchanted weapon. This is especially true for silver-sensitive heroes such as [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]] that will take additional silver damage from the mirrorblade itself, and they will have it further amplified if they are wielding a silver weapon themselves (which significantly cuts into their natural [[HP regeneration]] unless they are wearing [[gloves]]).
 ==History==

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   |type=piercing
   |skill=short sword
-  |special=<ul><li>copies the full damage<br/>of stronger weapons</li></ul>
+  |special=<ul><li>copies the full damage<br/>of the defender's weapon<br/>if it is stronger</li></ul>
   |size=small
   |cost=100
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 {{distinguish2|[[Mirror Brand (dNetHack)|Mirror Brand]] in the same variant (or in [[Mirror Brand|other variants]])}}
 A '''mirrorblade''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The mirrorblade is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|small]] [[melee]] weapon that is [[one-handed]] for a [[medium]]-size wielder, and uses the [[short sword]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base material]] of [[silver]], and appears as a '''polished shard-sword''' while [[Identification|unidentified]].
 ==Generation==