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{{dNetHack weapon
|name=pincer staff
|appearance=claw-ended staff
|smalldmg=1d6+2
|largedmg=2d6
|size=huge
|weight=25
|cost=800
|type=piercing
|skill=trident
|material=shell
|color=brightmagenta
|insight=10, 50
}}


A '''pincer staff''' is a type of [[trident]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notnotdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge]] piercing weapon that has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base-material]] of [[shell]]. It appears as a '''claw-ended staff''' when [[identification|unidentified]].

The [[Fallingstar Mandibles]] is an [[artifact]] pincer staff. A [[mercurial]] pincer staff can be named [[The Sky Reflected]] and merged into [[The Amalgamated Skies]] while retaining its special [[insight]] effects.

==Generation==
Pincer staves do not randomly generate, but may be [[wish]]ed for.

[[Kuo toa whip]]s have a {{frac|7}} chance of being generated with a medium-sized pincer staff with an enchantment ranging from +1 to +7.

Most [[smith (dNetHack)|smith]]s cannot duplicate pincer staves, with the exception of [[shadowsmith]]s.

==Description==
All pincer staves are [[insight weapon]]s, gaining bonus insight damage when wielded by [[Madpeople]] or while currently bound to [[Ose]]. Additionally, pincer staves gain the following effects as insight increases:
* At 10 insight, pincer staves gain double base damage for attacking the same monster, reset after attacking another monster.
* At 50 insight, pincer staves gain triple base damage, if attacking a monster that isn't wearing [[armor]]. If attacking a monster that is wearing armor, or if being attacked while wearing armor, 1 armor piece is chosen at random and subject to a [[Monster magic resistance|magic resistance]] check, being unequiped and dropped to the floor on failure. Regular armor pieces resist with a {{frac|5}} (20%) chance. [[Artifact armor]], [[imperial elven armor]], and armor that has been improved with [[columnar crystal]]s instead resist with a {{frac|4|5}} (80%) chance.

At Skilled and Expert, pincer staves gain the [[stop thrust]] [[expert trait]].

==Messages==
{{message|The grasping staff tears off <monster's> <armor>.}}
{{message|The grasping chaos-stuff tears off <monster's> <armor>}}

==Encyclopedia==
{{encyclopedia|
So they stood, each in his place, neither moving a finger's
breadth back, for one good hour, and many blows were given
and received by each in that time, till here and there were
sore bones and bumps, yet neither thought of crying "Enough,"
or seemed likely to fall from off the bridge. Now and then
they stopped to rest, and each thought that he never had seen
in all his life before such a hand at quarterstaff. At last
Robin gave the stranger a blow upon the ribs that made his
jacket smoke like a damp straw thatch in the sun. So shrewd
was the stroke that the stranger came within a hair's breadth
of falling off the bridge; but he regained himself right
quickly, and, by a dexterous blow, gave Robin a crack on the
crown that caused the blood to flow. Then Robin grew mad
with anger, and smote with all his might at the other; but
the stranger warded the blow, and once again thwacked Robin,
and this time so fairly that he fell heels over head into the
water, as the queen pin falls in a game of bowls.
[ The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle ]
}}

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 * At 50 insight, pincer staves gain triple base damage, if attacking a monster that isn't wearing [[armor]]. If attacking a monster that is wearing armor, or if being attacked while wearing armor, 1 armor piece is chosen at random  and subject to a [[Monster magic resistance|magic resistance]] check, being unequiped and dropped to the floor on failure. Regular armor pieces resist with a {{frac|5}} (20%) chance. [[Artifact armor]], [[imperial elven armor]], and armor that has been improved with [[columnar crystal]]s instead resist with a {{frac|4|5}} (80%) chance.
-At Skilled and Expert, pincer staves gain the [[stop thrust]] [[expert trait]].
+At Skilled and Expert [[skill]], pincer staves gain the [[stop thrust]] [[expert trait]].
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Pincer staff - Revision history

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