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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{artifact weapon<br />
|color=black<br />
|name=Slow Blade<br />
|base=orcish short sword<br />
|skill=short sword<br />
|smalldmg=1d5 '''+9'''<br />
|largedmg=1d8 '''+9'''<br />
|tohit=<nowiki>+2</nowiki><br />
|bonusversus=all monsters<br />
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[chaotic]]</li></ul><br />
|cost=1000<br />
|weight=30<br />
|material=iron<br />
}}<br />
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'''Slow Blade''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is [[Chaotic]]-aligned, and its [[base item]] is an [[orcish short sword]].<br />
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==Generation==<br />
An orcish short sword randomly generated on the ground (including in a [[shop]]) or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which has a {{frac|2}} chance of being made into Slow Blade if no artifact orcish short swords have been generated.<br />
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Slow Blade can be given to any chaotic [[hero]] as a [[sacrifice gift]].<br />
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Slow Blade is one of the artifacts that can be created by [[Duri]] at [[The Forge]], with a base price of 700 [[zm]].<br />
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==Description==<br />
Slow Blade has +2 [[to-hit]] and +9 damage bonuses against all monsters.<br />
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==Strategy==<br />
Slow Blade is the opposite of [[Quick Blade]], both in terms of base item and bonuses as well as its alignment. As a result, its base item is weaker against small monsters, and its to-hit bonus is negligible&mdash;but its flat damage boost is quite strong, rivaling the bonuses of artifacts such as [[Snickersnee]] and even [[Doomblade]] (when the latter does not land its {{frac|4}} chance of +1d4*5 damage): the to-hit bonus may be just enough to make a difference for a chaotic hero in the early game and give it slightly more longevity once the hero progresses beyond that point.<br />
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==History==<br />
Slow Blade first appears in SlashTHEM as the quest artifact of the [[Acid Mage]]&mdash;the artifact was redesigned into the counterpart to Quick Blade and swapped for a new artifact, [[The Flute of Slime]].<br />
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