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{{artifact weapon
|color=white
|name=Plague
|base=bow
|smalldmg=1d2 ('''+1d7''' to arrow damage)
|largedmg=1d2 ('''+1d7''' to arrow damage)
|tohit=<nowiki>+0</nowiki> ('''+1d5''' to arrow damage)
|bonusversus=targets without [[poison resistance]]
|skill=bow
|size=[[one-handed]]
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[chaotic]]</li></ul>
|whenwielded=<ul><li>[[poison resistance]]</li><li>[[sickness resistance]]</li><li>all arrows fired from it are treated as [[poisoned]]</li></ul>
|wheninvoked=<ul><li>arrows become filth-encrusted for 13 turns</li><li>such arrows deal [[disease]] damage<br>(with {{frac|5}} chance of [[instant death]])</li><li>instant death effect causes 6d6 sickness [[explosion]]<br>(radius dependent on [[physical size]])</li></ul>
|cost=4000
|weight=25
|material=bone
}}
{{for|the artifact in other variants|Plague}}
'''Plague''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[chaotic]]-aligned, and its [[base item]] is a [[bow]] made of [[bone]].

==Generation==
Plague can be given as a [[sacrifice gift]] to a [[chaotic]] [[hero]].

==Description==
While [[wielded]], Plague grants [[poison resistance]] and [[sickness resistance]], and any type of [[arrow]]s fired from it gain +1d5 [[to-hit]] and +1d7 [[poison]] damage bonuses and are always treated as poisoned. [[Invoking]] Plague treats arrows fired from it as [[filth-encrusted]] for 13 turns: filth-encrusted arrows have a {{frac|5}} chance of inflicting [[instant death]] upon hitting a target without [[sickness resistance]], and a target killed this way produces a explosion whose radius depends on the [[physical size]] of the slain monster and deals 6d6 damage to monsters caught in it.
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 ==Description==
-While [[wielded]], Plague grants [[poison resistance]] and [[immunity to sickness]], and any type of [[arrow]]s fired from it gain +1d5 [[to-hit]] and +1d7 [[poison]] damage bonuses and are always treated as [[Poisoned weapon|poisoned]]. [[Invoking]] Plague treats arrows fired from it as [[filth-encrusted]] for 13 turns: filth-encrusted arrows have a {{frac|5}} chance of inflicting [[instant death]] upon hitting a target that lacks immunity to sickness, and a target killed this way produces an [[explosion]] whose radius depends on the [[physical size]] of the slain monster and deals 6d6 damage to monsters caught in it.
+While [[wielded]], Plague grants [[poison resistance]] and [[immunity to sickness]], and any type of [[arrow]]s fired from it gain +1d5 [[to-hit]] and +1d7 [[poison]] damage bonuses and are always treated as [[Poisoned weapon|poisoned]]. [[Invoking]] Plague treats arrows fired from it as [[filth-encrusted]] for 13 turns: filth-encrusted arrows have a {{frac|5}} chance of inflicting [[instant death]] upon hitting a target that lacks immunity to sickness, and a target killed this way produces an [[explosion]] whose radius depends on the [[physical size]] of the slain monster and deals 6d6 illness damage to monsters caught in it.
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    |size=[[one-handed]]
    |affiliation=<ul><li>[[chaotic]]</li></ul>
-   |whenwielded=<ul><li>[[poison resistance]]</li><li>[[sickness resistance]]</li><li>all arrows fired from it are treated as [[Poisoned weapon|poisoned]]</li></ul>
+   |whenwielded=<ul><li>[[poison resistance]]</li><li>[[sickness resistance]]</li><li>all [[arrow]]s fired from it are treated as [[Poisoned weapon|poisoned]]</li></ul>
-   |wheninvoked=<ul><li>arrows become filth-encrusted for 13 turns</li><li>such arrows deal [[disease]] damage<br>(with {{frac|5}} chance of [[instant death]])</li><li>instant death effect causes 6d6 sickness [[explosion]]<br>(radius dependent on [[physical size]])</li></ul>
+   |wheninvoked=<ul><li>arrows become [[filth-encrusted]] for 13 turns</li><li>arrows deal [[disease]] damage<br>(with {{frac|5}} chance of [[instant death]])</li><li>instant death effect causes 6d6 sickness [[explosion]]<br>(radius dependent on [[physical size]])</li></ul>
    |cost=4000
    |weight=25

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 ==Generation==
-Plague can be given as a [[sacrifice gift]] to a [[chaotic]] [[hero]].
+Plague can be given as a [[sacrifice gift]] to a chaotic [[hero]].
 ==Description==

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    |smalldmg=1d2 ('''+1d7''' to arrow damage)
    |largedmg=1d2 ('''+1d7''' to arrow damage)
-   |tohit=<nowiki>+0</nowiki> ('''+1d5''' to arrow damage)
+   |tohit=<nowiki>+0</nowiki> ('''+1d5''' to arrow to-hit)
    |bonusversus=targets without [[poison resistance]]
    |skill=bow