Queen's Guard - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: touch-ups

2026-05-14T22:09:26Z

touch-ups

Umbire the Phantom: cat

2024-02-11T13:10:45Z

cat

Noisytoot: Fix Grayswandir spelling

2024-02-11T13:09:22Z

Fix Grayswandir spelling

Umbire the Phantom: touch-ups

2024-02-11T13:08:17Z

touch-ups

Bruceleroy99: remove mouser's recommendation (average damage not as high as expected)

2022-08-06T22:04:46Z

remove mouser's recommendation (average damage not as high as expected)

Bruceleroy99: initial create for Queen's Guard

2022-08-06T19:00:03Z

initial create for Queen's Guard

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{{artifact weapon
|color=metal color
|base=rapier
|smalldmg = 1d6 '''+6'''
|largedmg = 1d8 '''+6'''
|tohit=<nowiki>+6</nowiki>
|skill=saber
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[lawful]]</li><li>([[Corsair]])</li></ul>
|cost=1500
|weight=40
|material=metal
}}

'''Queen's Guard''' is an [[artifact weapon]] that appears in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is [[lawful]]-aligned, and its [[base item]] is a [[rapier]]. It deals a flat +6 damage against all monsters and has a +6 to-hit.

==Generation==
'''Queen's Guard''' is given to [[Corsair|Corsairs]] as their first [[sacrifice gift]].

==Strategy==
Queen's Guard is a pretty straightforward and powerful early game weapon. While the overall average damage output is a little less than something like [[Excalibur]], the high to-hit makes it a lot more consistent. Given that [[sabers|saber]] are generally a rarity, players who acquire a Queen's Guard early will likely not have had a chance to train the skill, so this makes an excellent first sacrifice gift to do just that until they can trade up for something like [[Mouser's Scalpel]] or [[Greyswandir]].

===Average damage calculation===
The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from [[Skill|weapon skills]], [[strength]], or from using a [[blessed]] weapon against [[undead]] or [[demon]]s.

{|class="wikitable"
!Weapon
!Small monsters
!Large monsters
|-
| +0 Queen's Guard
| <math>\frac{1+6}{2}+6=\bold{9.5}</math>
| <math>\frac{1+8}{2}+6=\bold{10.5}</math>
|-
| +7 Queen's Guard
| <math>\frac{1+6}{2}+6+7=\bold{16.5}</math>
| <math>\frac{1+8}{2}+6+7=\bold{17.5}</math>
|}

[[Category:SLASH'THEM Artifacts|Queen's Guard]]

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 |}
 {{variant-343}}
-[[Category:SlashTHEM Artifacts|Queen's Guard]]
+[[Category:SlashTHEM artifacts|Queen's Guard]]

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 ==Strategy==
-Queen's Guard is a pretty straightforward and powerful early game weapon. While the overall average damage output is a little less than that of [[Excalibur]], the high to-hit makes it a lot more consistent. [[Saber]]-skill weapons are also generally rare, making it worthwhile to keep until they can trade up for another desired artifact, such as [[Greyswandir]].
+Queen's Guard is a pretty straightforward and powerful early game weapon. While the overall average damage output is a little less than that of [[Excalibur]], the high to-hit makes it a lot more consistent. [[Saber]]-skill weapons are also generally rare, making it worthwhile to keep until they can trade up for another desired artifact, such as [[Grayswandir]].
 ===Average damage calculation===

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 {{artifact weapon
    |color=metal color
-   |base=rapier
+   |base=rapier (SLASH'EM)
    |smalldmg = 1d6 '''+6'''
    |largedmg = 1d8 '''+6'''
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    |material=metal
 }}
-'''Queen's Guard''' is an [[artifact weapon]] that appears in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is [[lawful]]-aligned, and its [[base item]] is a [[rapier]]. It deals a flat +6 damage against all monsters and has a +6 to-hit.
+==Generation==
-==Generation==
+==Description==
-'''Queen's Guard''' is given to [[Corsair]]s as their first [[sacrifice gift]].
+It deals a flat +6 damage against all monsters and has a +6 to-hit.
 ==Strategy==
-Queen's Guard is a pretty straightforward and powerful early game weapon. While the overall average damage output is a little less than that of [[Excalibur]], the high to-hit makes it a lot more consistent. [[Saber]]-skill weapons are also generally rare, making it worthwhile to keep until they can trade up for another desired artifact, such as [[Grayswandir]].
+Queen's Guard is a pretty straightforward and powerful early game weapon. While the overall average damage output is a little less than that of [[Excalibur]], the high to-hit makes it a lot more consistent. [[Saber]]-[[skill]] weapons are also generally rare, making it worthwhile to keep until they can trade up for another desired artifact, such as [[Grayswandir]].
 ===Average damage calculation===
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 | <math>\frac{1+8}{2}+6+7=\bold{17.5}</math>
 |}
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:SlashTHEM artifacts|Queen's Guard]]