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Umbire the Phantom: Undo revision 201515 by EtriganZola (talk) can you verify the instance where this occurred first?

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Undo revision 201515 by EtriganZola (talk) can you verify the instance where this occurred first?

EtriganZola: /* EvilHack */ Added note about Drow and the Oracle not seeming to like it.

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‎EvilHack: Added note about Drow and the Oracle not seeming to like it.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ punc

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‎Origin: punc

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ corrections et. al.

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‎Strategy: corrections et. al.

Ion frigate: as for grimtooth

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as for grimtooth

Umbire the Phantom: details and cleanup from orcrist

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details and cleanup from orcrist

Umbire the Phantom: dropped words

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dropped words

Umbire the Phantom: once over

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once over

Umbire the Phantom: and upcoming fixes to top off

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and upcoming fixes to top off

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ for Ion

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‎Origin: for Ion

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	Sting can be combined with Orcrist at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)\|forge]] to create [[Glamdring]], an artifact mithril [[elven long sword]] with the orc-warning and orc-slaying abilities of its component artifacts.		Sting can be combined with Orcrist at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)\|forge]] to create [[Glamdring]], an artifact mithril [[elven long sword]] with the orc-warning and orc-slaying abilities of its component artifacts.
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−	[[Drow (EvilHack)\|Drow]] and the [[Oracle (monster)#EvilHack\|Oracle]] do not seem to appreciate you wielding Sting, even (especially?) if you are [[Drow (starting race)#EvilHack\|Drow]], resulting in [[EvilHack#Alignment Abuse\|alignment abuse]] for merely being visible to them while wielding it.

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==

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	Sting can be combined with Orcrist at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)\|forge]] to create [[Glamdring]], an artifact mithril [[elven long sword]] with the orc-warning and orc-slaying abilities of its component artifacts.		Sting can be combined with Orcrist at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)\|forge]] to create [[Glamdring]], an artifact mithril [[elven long sword]] with the orc-warning and orc-slaying abilities of its component artifacts.
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		+	[[Drow (EvilHack)\|Drow]] and the [[Oracle (monster)#EvilHack\|Oracle]] do not seem to appreciate you wielding Sting, even (especially?) if you are [[Drow (starting race)#EvilHack\|Drow]], resulting in [[EvilHack#Alignment Abuse\|alignment abuse]] for merely being visible to them while wielding it.

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==

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 "[[lotr:Sting|Sting]]" is the name of an elven dagger from [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''Middle-Earth'' novels; like most elven blades, it radiated a blue glow whenever orcs were near. It was the usual weapon of the [[hobbit]] Bilbo Baggins, who found it along with Orcrist and Glamdring in a [[troll]]'s hoard. In the ''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy, Bilbo gave the dagger to his nephew Frodo Baggins. Sting was also famously wielded by hobbit Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee in his fight against the spider-like [[Shelob]]&mdash;shortly before, Frodo used it to cut through Shelob's web, which was preventing their passage. The blade is given its name after the giant spiders of Mirkwood Forest referred to it as Bilbo's "sting".
-While Sting was merely a dagger or knife for humans and elves, and trolls considered it pocket-knife sized, Bilbo and Frodo were small enough as hobbits that it made an excellent short sword. Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film adaptations seem to take their cues from this description: Sting is depicted in the films as a leaf-shaped short sword, with gentle curving edges, and engraved on the blade and cross-guard are Sindarin letters: ''Maegnas aen estar nin dagnir in yngyl im'', or "Maegnas is my name, I am the spider's bane". According to the Appendix of ''The Silmarillion'', the element maeg in Sindarin means "sharp" or "piercing". The film version of Sting is 23 inches (580 mm) long, or 24 while in its scabbard, and 3 inches (76 mm) wide at the hilt&mdash;its scabbard is made of brown leather and reinforced with metal.
+While Sting was merely a dagger or knife for humans and elves, and trolls considered it pocket-knife sized, Bilbo and Frodo were small enough as hobbits that it made an excellent short sword. Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film adaptations seem to take their cues from this description: Sting is depicted in the films as a leaf-shaped short sword, with gentle curving edges, and engraved on the blade and cross-guard are Sindarin letters: ''Maegnas aen estar nin dagnir in yngyl im'', or "Maegnas is my name, I am the spider's bane". According to the Appendix of ''The Silmarillion'', the element ''maeg'' in Sindarin means "sharp" or "piercing". The film version of Sting is 23 inches (580 mm) long, or 24 while in its scabbard, and 3 inches (76 mm) wide at the hilt&mdash;its scabbard is made of brown leather and reinforced with metal.
 The portrayal of Sting as a short sword in both the novels and films is likely the reason behind its functions in NetHack 2.3e, where any dagger or short sword can be named Sting.

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 Heroes seeking artifacts outside of the above cases should not worry about creating Sting, since it reduces the chance of receiving any sacrifice gift after the first regardless of alignment, and doing so also decreases the chances of reliably [[wish]]ing for an artifact. You may also inadvertently preclude all sacrifice gifts if Stormbringer already exists in a game, though this is only an issue in some corner cases where you are a chaotic elf trying to force Stormbringer as above. In some few cases where players are attempting a [[protection racket]], Sting may be worth creating to sell to a [[shop]].
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The changes to sacrifice gifts mean that forcing Stormbringer via this exact method is no longer possible for elven Priests: per {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}, Demonbane is their first sacrifice gift, though they have a {{frac|2}} chance of obtaining Stormbringer as their next gift by naming Sting and Orcrist, then using a sacrifice valued at 9 or higher&mdash;this will produce either Stormbringer or the unaligned [[Frost Brand]]. Elven Rangers can still reliably force Stormbringer as a first gift with this given method as well, since a first gift will always be co-aligned and the other gift candidates for sacrifices of 9 or higher value are Frost Brand and the lawful [[Grayswandir]]. Orcish Rogues and Rangers still have a {{frac|2}} chance of their first gift being Stormbringer if they offer a sacrifice of 9 or higher value.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The changes to sacrifice gifts mean that forcing Stormbringer via this exact method is no longer possible for elven Priests: Demonbane is their first sacrifice gift per {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}. Elven Rangers can still reliably force Stormbringer as a first gift with this given method, and orcish Rogues and Rangers still have a {{frac|2}} chance of their first gift being Stormbringer if they offer a sacrifice of 9 or higher value.}}
 ===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 [[M2_DEMON|demons]].
+The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from weapon [[skill]]s, [[strength]], or from using a [[blessed]] weapon against [[undead]] or [[M2_DEMON|demons]].
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    |smalldmg=1d5 '''x2'''
    |largedmg=1d3 '''x2'''
-   |tohit='''+1d5'''
+   |tohit=<nowiki>+2</nowiki> '''+1d5'''
    |bonusversus=[[orc (monster attribute)|orc]]s
    |skill=dagger

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 ==Generation==
-An elven dagger randomly generated on the ground or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which will always be Sting if it has not yet been generated.
+An elven dagger randomly generated on the ground or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which will always be Sting if it has not yet been generated. Chaotic [[hero]]es that are not [[Orc (starting race)|orcish]] may receive Sting as a potential [[sacrifice gift]].{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|156|nethack=3.6.7}}
 Sting is one of two artifacts that can be created by the hero [[naming]] an individual weapon of the same base item after that artifact, with the other being [[Orcrist]]&mdash;creating Sting this way will break [[illiterate]] [[conduct]].
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 ==Description==
-While [[wielded]], Sting has a +[[D notation|d5]] [[to-hit]] bonus, deals doubled damage to all [[Orc (monster attribute)|orcs]] (including [[orc mummies]], [[orc zombie]]s and orcish heroes), and [[Warned of monster type|warns of orcs]] by glowing blue. A hero wielding Sting while trapped in a [[web]] will escape it in at most one move if they were not already capable of doing so.
+While [[wielded]], Sting has a [[d notation|+d5]] [[to-hit]] bonus, deals doubled damage to all [[Orc (monster attribute)|orcs]] (including [[orc mummies]], [[orc zombie]]s and orcish heroes), and [[Warned of monster type|warns of orcs]] by glowing blue. A hero wielding Sting while trapped in a [[web]] will escape it in at most one move if they were not already capable of doing so.
-Like its counterpart Orcrist, and unlike other artifacts Sting will not cause an [[artifact blast]] when wielded by a hero that is of a different alignment or else has a poor [[alignment record]]&mdash;however, it will instead unconditionally blast a hero on contact if they are orcish or currently [[polymorph]]ed into an orc, preventing them from wielding the artifact.
+Like its counterpart Orcrist, and unlike other artifacts Sting will not cause an [[artifact blast]] when wielded by a hero that is of a different alignment or else has a poor [[alignment record]]&mdash;however, it will instead unconditionally blast a hero on contact if they are orcish or currently [[polymorph]]ed into an orc, preventing them from wielding the artifact. Neither artifact resists the effects of [[reading]] a cursed [[scroll of enchant weapon]].{{refsrc|src/wield.c|800|nethack=3.6.7|comment=only non-nameable artifacts resist the cursed scroll}}
 ==Strategy==
 Sting is available to all heroes as soon as they find an elven dagger, which is generally very early in the game (e.g., from a [[hobbit]])&mdash;[[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Ranger]]s in particular start with an elven dagger they can name as soon as their first turn, if they wish.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c.c|114|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c.c|204|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[Wizard]]s and other roles that struggle with combat in the early game may consider naming Sting in order to train [[skill]] in daggers and fight off early [[group]]s of orcs; chaotic [[Monk]]s and Priests that plan to unrestrict the dagger skill should ''avoid'' naming Sting to keep it eligible as a sacrifice gift. Beyond the early game, Sting is not of much use to most heroes.
-Naming Sting is often used by chaotic, non-orcish heroes to force an early [[Stormbringer]] via [[sacrifice]]: heroes without a guaranteed first sacrifice gift will always receive a co-aligned artifact, and naming Sting and [[Orcrist]] removes them from the pool, leaving Stormbringer and [[Grimtooth]] as possible gifts. This is most easily done with elven [[Priest]]s and Rangers, since elven heroes never receive Grimtooth as a sacrifice gift, and elven Rangers start with an elven dagger as mentioned previously. Orcish heroes will never receive Sting or Orcrist in the first place, and thus orcish [[Rogue]]s and Rangers have a {{frac|2}} chance of obtaining Stormbringer as their first gift.
+Naming Sting is often used by chaotic, non-orcish heroes to force an early [[Stormbringer]] via [[sacrifice]]: heroes without a guaranteed first sacrifice gift will always receive a co-aligned artifact, and naming Sting and Orcrist removes them from the pool, leaving Stormbringer and [[Grimtooth]] as possible gifts. This is most easily done with elven [[Priest]]s and Rangers, since elven heroes never receive Grimtooth as a sacrifice gift, and elven Rangers start with an elven dagger as mentioned previously. Orcish heroes will never receive Sting or Orcrist in the first place, and thus orcish [[Rogue]]s and Rangers have a {{frac|2}} chance of obtaining Stormbringer as their first gift.
 Heroes seeking artifacts outside of the above cases should not worry about creating Sting, since it reduces the chance of receiving any sacrifice gift after the first regardless of alignment, and doing so also decreases the chances of reliably [[wish]]ing for an artifact. You may also inadvertently preclude all sacrifice gifts if Stormbringer already exists in a game, though this is only an issue in some corner cases where you are a chaotic elf trying to force Stormbringer as above. In some few cases where players are attempting a [[protection racket]], Sting may be worth creating to sell to a [[shop]].

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 {{otheruses|the artifact|the attack type|sting attack}}
-'''Sting''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. Its base alignment is [[chaotic]], and its [[base item]] is an [[elven dagger]].
+'''Sting''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[chaotic]]-aligned, and its [[base item]] is an [[elven dagger]].
 ==Generation==
-A randomly generated elven on the ground has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which will always be Sting if it has not yet been generated.
+An randomly generated on the ground or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which will always be Sting if it has not yet been generated.
-Chaotic heroes that are not [[Orc (starting race)|orcish]] may receive Sting as a potential [[sacrifice gift]].{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|156|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Chaotic [[hero]]es that are not [[Orc (starting race)|orcish]] may receive Sting as a potential [[sacrifice gift]].{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|156|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Sting is one of two artifacts that can be created by the [[hero]] [[naming]] their base item, with the other being [[Orcrist]]&mdash;creating Sting this way will break [[illiterate]] [[conduct]].
+Sting is one of two artifacts that can be created by the hero [[naming]] an individual weapon of the same base item after that artifact, with the other being [[Orcrist]]&mdash;creating Sting this way will break [[illiterate]] [[conduct]].
 [[Player monster]]s on the [[Astral Plane]] that generate with an elven dagger have a {{frac|2}} chance of that elven dagger being turned into an available compatible artifact, which will always be Sting if it has not yet been generated.{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|224|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Ranger replacements for player monster melee weapons}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|270|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Artifact generation for Astral Plane player monsters}}
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 ==Description==
-While [[wielded]], Sting has a +[[D notation|d5]] [[to-hit]] bonus, deals doubled damage to all [[Orc (monster attribute)|orcs]] (including [[orc mummies]] and [[orc zombie]]s, and [[Warned of monster type|warns of orcs]] by glowing blue. A hero wielding Sting while trapped in a [[web]] will escape it in at most one move if they were not already capable of doing so.
+While [[wielded]], Sting has a +[[D notation|d5]] [[to-hit]] bonus, deals doubled damage to all [[Orc (monster attribute)|orcs]] (including [[orc mummies]], [[orc zombie]]s and orcish heroes), and [[Warned of monster type|warns of orcs]] by glowing blue. A hero wielding Sting while trapped in a [[web]] will escape it in at most one move if they were not already capable of doing so.
-Like its counterpart Orcrist, Sting will not cause an [[artifact blast]] when wielded by a hero that is of a different alignment or else has a poor [[alignment record]]&mdash;however, it will unconditionally blast any orcish hero or any other hero that is currently [[polymorph]]ed into an orc, and this also prevents such heroes from wielding the artifact.
+Like its counterpart Orcrist, and unlike other artifacts Sting will not cause an [[artifact blast]] when wielded by a hero that is of a different alignment or else has a poor [[alignment record]]&mdash;however, it will instead unconditionally blast a hero on contact if they are orcish or currently [[polymorph]]ed into an orc, preventing them from wielding the artifact.
 ==Strategy==
-Sting is available to a hero as soon as they find an elven dagger, which is generally very early in the game (e.g., from a [[hobbit]])&mdash;[[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Ranger]]s in particular start with an elven dagger, which they can turn into Sting as early as their first turn if they wish.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c.c|114|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c.c|204|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[Wizard]]s and other roles that struggle with combat in the early game may consider naming Sting in order to train [[skill]] in daggers and fight off early [[group]]s of orcs; beyond this point, Sting is not of much use to most heroes.
+Sting is available to all heroes as soon as they find an elven dagger, which is generally very early in the game (e.g., from a [[hobbit]])&mdash;[[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Ranger]]s in particular start with an elven dagger they can name as soon as their first turn, if they wish.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c.c|114|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c.c|204|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[Wizard]]s and other roles that struggle with combat in the early game may consider naming Sting in order to train [[skill]] in daggers and fight off early [[group]]s of orcs; chaotic [[Monk]]s and Priests that plan to unrestrict the dagger skill should ''avoid'' naming Sting to keep it eligible as a sacrifice gift. Beyond the early game, Sting is not of much use to most heroes.
-Naming Sting is often used by non-orcish chaotic heroes to force an early [[Stormbringer]] via [[sacrifice]]: heroes without a guaranteed first sacrifice gift will always receive a co-aligned artifact, and naming Sting and [[Orcrist]] removes them from the pool, leaving Stormbringer and [[Grimtooth]] as possible gifts. This is most easily done with elven [[Priest]]s and Rangers, since elven heroes never receive Grimtooth as a sacrifice gift, and elven Rangers start with an elven dagger as mentioned previously. Chaotic [[Monk]]s and Priests that plan to unrestrict the dagger skill should avoid naming Sting to keep it eligible as a sacrifice gift.
+Naming Sting is often used by chaotic, non-orcish heroes to force an early [[Stormbringer]] via [[sacrifice]]: heroes without a guaranteed first sacrifice gift will always receive a co-aligned artifact, and naming Sting and [[Orcrist]] removes them from the pool, leaving Stormbringer and [[Grimtooth]] as possible gifts. This is most easily done with elven [[Priest]]s and Rangers, since elven heroes never receive Grimtooth as a sacrifice gift, and elven Rangers start with an elven dagger as mentioned previously. Orcish heroes will never receive Sting or Orcrist in the first place, and thus orcish [[Rogue]]s and Rangers have a {{frac|2}} chance of obtaining Stormbringer as their first gift.
 Heroes seeking artifacts outside of the above cases should not worry about creating Sting, since it reduces the chance of receiving any sacrifice gift after the first regardless of alignment, and doing so also decreases the chances of reliably [[wish]]ing for an artifact. You may also inadvertently preclude all sacrifice gifts if Stormbringer already exists in a game, though this is only an issue in some corner cases where you are a chaotic elf trying to force Stormbringer as above. In some few cases where players are attempting a [[protection racket]], Sting may be worth creating to sell to a [[shop]].
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The changes to sacrifice mean that the above information no longer applies for versions on or past that commit, and a sacrifice value of at least 9 is needed to potentially obtain Stormbringer.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The changes to sacrifice gifts mean that forcing Stormbringer via this exact method is no longer possible for elven Priests: per {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}, Demonbane is their first sacrifice gift, though they have a {{frac|2}} chance of obtaining Stormbringer as their next gift by naming Sting and Orcrist, then using a sacrifice valued at 9 or higher&mdash;this will produce either Stormbringer or the unaligned [[Frost Brand]]. Elven Rangers can still reliably force Stormbringer as a first gift with this given method as well, since a first gift will always be co-aligned and the other gift candidates for sacrifices of 9 or higher value are Frost Brand and the lawful [[Grayswandir]]. Orcish Rogues and Rangers still have a {{frac|2}} chance of their first gift being Stormbringer if they offer a sacrifice of 9 or higher value.}}
 ===Average damage calculation===
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 "[[lotr:Sting|Sting]]" is the name of an elven dagger from [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''Middle-Earth'' novels; like most elven blades, it radiated a blue glow whenever orcs were near. It was the usual weapon of the [[hobbit]] Bilbo Baggins, who found it along with Orcrist and Glamdring in a [[troll]]'s hoard. In the ''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy, Bilbo gave the dagger to his nephew Frodo Baggins. Sting was also famously wielded by hobbit Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee in his fight against the spider-like [[Shelob]]&mdash;shortly before, Frodo used it to cut through Shelob's web, which was preventing their passage. The blade is given its name after the giant spiders of Mirkwood Forest referred to it as Bilbo's "sting".
-While Sting was merely a dagger or knife for humans and elves, and trolls consider it pocket-knife sized, Bilbo and Frodo were small enough as hobbits that it made an excellent short sword. Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film adaptations seem to take their cues from this description: Sting is depicted in the films as a leaf-shaped short sword, with gentle curving edges, and engraved on the blade and cross-guard are Sindarin letters: ''Maegnas aen estar nin dagnir in yngyl im'', or "Maegnas is my name, I am the spider's bane". According to the Appendix of ''The Silmarillion'', the element maeg in Sindarin means "sharp" or "piercing". The film version of Sting is 23 inches (580 mm) long, or 24 while in its scabbard, and 3 inches (76 mm) wide at the hilt&mdash;its scabbard is made of brown leather and reinforced with metal.
+While Sting was merely a dagger or knife for humans and elves, and trolls considered it pocket-knife sized, Bilbo and Frodo were small enough as hobbits that it made an excellent short sword. Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film adaptations seem to take their cues from this description: Sting is depicted in the films as a leaf-shaped short sword, with gentle curving edges, and engraved on the blade and cross-guard are Sindarin letters: ''Maegnas aen estar nin dagnir in yngyl im'', or "Maegnas is my name, I am the spider's bane". According to the Appendix of ''The Silmarillion'', the element maeg in Sindarin means "sharp" or "piercing". The film version of Sting is 23 inches (580 mm) long, or 24 while in its scabbard, and 3 inches (76 mm) wide at the hilt&mdash;its scabbard is made of brown leather and reinforced with metal.
 The portrayal of Sting as a short sword in both the novels and films is likely the reason behind its functions in NetHack 2.3e, where any dagger or short sword can be named Sting.
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 ===SLASH'EM===
 [[SLASH'EM]] changes Sting's alignment from chaotic to lawful, as all elves are changed from chaotic to lawful. Additionally, its to-hit bonus is flat like all [[SLASH'EM artifacts|artifact weapons in SLASH'EM]], granting Sting a full +5 to-hit against orcs.
 ===NetHack 4===
 In [[NetHack 4]], Sting was the subject of a [[Bug Hall of Fame|severe bug]] where any attempt to name an item with a corresponding artifact was sent down the Sting/Orcrist codepath&mdash;if the player gave the name of an artifact to its appropriate base item, it would create the artifact.
 ===FIQHack===
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 Creating Sting by naming an elven dagger will convert the named weapon's material to mithril if it is not already mithril.
-Using a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] to combine Orcrist and Sting will create the artifact weapon [[Glamdring]], a mithril elven long sword that shares the orc-warning and orc-slaying abilities of its component artifacts.
+Sting can be combined with Orcrist at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] to create [[Glamdring]], an artifact mithril [[elven long sword]] with the orc-warning and orc-slaying abilities of its component artifacts.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
 There was the usual dim grey light of the forest-day about him when he came to his senses.  The spider lay dead beside him, and his sword-blade was stained black.  Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone and by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins.  He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.
-"I will give you a name," he said to it, "and I shall call you Sting."|[ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
+"I will give you a name," he said to it, "and I shall call you Sting."
 }}

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Sting (Middle-earth)}}
-"Sting" is the name of an elven dagger from [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''Middle-Earth'' novels; like most elven blades, it radiated a blue glow whenever orcs were near. It was the usual weapon of the [[hobbit]] Bilbo Baggins, who found it along with Orcrist and Glamdring in a [[troll]]'s hoard. In the ''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy, Bilbo gave the dagger to his nephew Frodo Baggins. Sting was also famously wielded by hobbit Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee in his fight against the spider-like [[Shelob]]&mdash;shortly before, Frodo used it to cut through Shelob's web, which was preventing their passage. The blade got its name after the giant spiders of Mirkwood Forest referred to it as Bilbo's "sting".
+"[[lotr:Sting|Sting]]" is the name of an elven dagger from [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''Middle-Earth'' novels; like most elven blades, it radiated a blue glow whenever orcs were near. It was the usual weapon of the [[hobbit]] Bilbo Baggins, who found it along with Orcrist and Glamdring in a [[troll]]'s hoard. In the ''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy, Bilbo gave the dagger to his nephew Frodo Baggins. Sting was also famously wielded by hobbit Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee in his fight against the spider-like [[Shelob]]&mdash;shortly before, Frodo used it to cut through Shelob's web, which was preventing their passage. The blade is given its name after the giant spiders of Mirkwood Forest referred to it as Bilbo's "sting".
 ==Dudley's dungeon==