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{{weapon|name=sharpened pencil|glyph={{yellow|)}}|smalldmg=1d2|largedmg=1d2|tohit=<nowiki>+0</nowiki>|skill=dagger|cost=4|weight=10|material=wood}}

A '''sharpened pencil''' is the starting "weapon" for the [[Graduate]] [[role]] in [[SLASHTHEM]], carried over from the Geek role in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]] (not to be confused with the [[Geek]] role in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]]). (The [[Slash'EM Extended]] Graduate gets a [[spoon]] instead.)

As a weapon, the sharpened pencil uses the [[dagger]] skill, but only deals [[D notation|1d2]] damage to large and small monsters alike, making it inferior to a real dagger. Its redeeming quality is that it can be used to [[engrave]] without getting dull, making it a kind of poor hacker's [[athame]]. This means that Graduates can reliably engrave [[Elbereth]] from the start of their game. Even after they find a better [[weapon]], they may wish to keep the pencil as an engraving tool, [[fireproof]]ing it if desired.

Pencils cannot be used to write [[scroll]]s; a [[magic marker]] is still required to do that.

==References==
* NetHack-- 3.0.10 objects.c line 200
* SLASHTHEM u_init.c line 265

[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Defunct objects (SLASH'EM)]]
[[Category:SLASHTHEM]]

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 {{weapon|name=sharpened pencil|glyph={{yellow|)}}|smalldmg=1d2|largedmg=1d2|tohit=<nowiki>+0</nowiki>|skill=dagger|cost=4|weight=10|material=wood}}
-A '''sharpened pencil''' is the starting "weapon" for the [[Graduate]] [[role]] in [[SlashTHEM]], carried over from the Geek role in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]] (not to be confused with the [[Geek]] role in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]]).  (The [[Slash'EM Extended]] Graduate gets a [[spoon]] instead.)
+A '''sharpened pencil''' is the starting "weapon" for the [[Graduate]] [[role]] in [[SlashTHEM]], carried over from the Geek role in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]] (not to be confused with the [[Geek]] role in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]]).
 As a weapon, the sharpened pencil uses the [[dagger]] skill, but only deals [[D notation|1d2]] damage to large and small monsters alike, making it inferior to a real dagger.  Its redeeming quality is that it can be used to [[engrave]] without getting dull, making it a kind of poor hacker's [[athame]].  This means that Graduates can reliably engrave [[Elbereth]] from the start of their game.  Even after they find a better [[weapon]], they may wish to keep the pencil as an engraving tool, [[fireproof]]ing it if desired.

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 {{weapon|name=sharpened pencil|glyph={{yellow|)}}|smalldmg=1d2|largedmg=1d2|tohit=<nowiki>+0</nowiki>|skill=dagger|cost=4|weight=10|material=wood}}
-A '''sharpened pencil''' is the starting "weapon" for the [[Graduate]] [[role]] in [[SLASHTHEM]], carried over from the Geek role in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]] (not to be confused with the [[Geek]] role in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]]).  (The [[Slash'EM Extended]] Graduate gets a [[spoon]] instead.)
+A '''sharpened pencil''' is the starting "weapon" for the [[Graduate]] [[role]] in [[SlashTHEM]], carried over from the Geek role in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]] (not to be confused with the [[Geek]] role in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]]).  (The [[Slash'EM Extended]] Graduate gets a [[spoon]] instead.)
 As a weapon, the sharpened pencil uses the [[dagger]] skill, but only deals [[D notation|1d2]] damage to large and small monsters alike, making it inferior to a real dagger.  Its redeeming quality is that it can be used to [[engrave]] without getting dull, making it a kind of poor hacker's [[athame]].  This means that Graduates can reliably engrave [[Elbereth]] from the start of their game.  Even after they find a better [[weapon]], they may wish to keep the pencil as an engraving tool, [[fireproof]]ing it if desired.
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 ==References==
-* NetHack-- 3.0.10 objects.c line 200
+*NetHack-- 3.0.10 objects.c line 200
-* SLASHTHEM u_init.c line 265
+*SlashTHEM u_init.c line 265
 [[Category:Weapons]]
 [[Category:Defunct objects (SLASH'EM)]]
-[[Category:SLASHTHEM]]
+[[Category:SlashTHEM]]