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		<title>Umbire the Phantom: pothole</title>
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		<updated>2026-05-20T18:35:28Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;pothole&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 18:35, 20 May 2026&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l20&quot; &gt;Line 20:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 20:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Angelic being]]s that are randomly generated will always be [[generated with]] an [[erosion]]-proofed long sword that will always be made into an artifact if the monster is [[Lord (monster attribute)|a lord to their kind]] (i.e. an [[Archon]]) and otherwise has a {{frac|20}} chance, and there is a further {{frac|2}} chance of being made into specifically Sunsword if that artifact does not already exist (and will otherwise be made into [[Demonbane]]).{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|334|nethack=3.6.7|comment=long swords are always made into artifacts for angelic being lords}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Angelic being]]s that are randomly generated will always be [[generated with]] an [[erosion]]-proofed long sword that will always be made into an artifact if the monster is [[Lord (monster attribute)|a lord to their kind]] (i.e. an [[Archon]]) and otherwise has a {{frac|20}} chance, and there is a further {{frac|2}} chance of being made into specifically Sunsword if that artifact does not already exist (and will otherwise be made into [[Demonbane]]).{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|334|nethack=3.6.7|comment=long swords are always made into artifacts for angelic being lords}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The starting inventory for angelic beings is adjusted via {{commit|c4a1f298e8923dfc0543f51d4794bc0286d42138}} and {{commit|1d0b8dfca0ec388d095f3f3eea4d57aa0cd75aa9}} so that angelic beings have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of generating with a long sword which can be turned into Sunsword with the same odds as above, and those maces will have an [[enchantment]] ranging from +0 to +3. This adjustment is done to accommodate [[Demonbane]]'s base item changes, first to a [[mace]] via {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}, then to a [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Silver mace (3.7.0)|&lt;/del&gt;silver mace]] via {{commit|67d58202ad84dd04ccfd6079fc2665e87ef80fc3}}.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The starting inventory for angelic beings is adjusted via {{commit|c4a1f298e8923dfc0543f51d4794bc0286d42138}} and {{commit|1d0b8dfca0ec388d095f3f3eea4d57aa0cd75aa9}} so that angelic beings have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of generating with a long sword which can be turned into Sunsword with the same odds as above, and those maces will have an [[enchantment]] ranging from +0 to +3. This adjustment is done to accommodate [[Demonbane]]'s base item changes, first to a [[mace]] via {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}, then to a [[silver mace]] via {{commit|67d58202ad84dd04ccfd6079fc2665e87ef80fc3}}.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Per {{commit|d87cadaf}} and {{commit|c2c797fa357bef663fa3d962850196350a9cdb3b}}, artifact balance is substantially reworked: artifacts have 2 additional internal stats&amp;amp;mdash;the minimum [[sacrifice]] value required to obtain them by sacrificing (which is usually just the [[Monster difficulty|difficulty rating]] of the monster sacrificed), and a flat number added to the weapon's [[enchantment]] when it is either randomly generated or gifted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Per {{commit|d87cadaf}} and {{commit|c2c797fa357bef663fa3d962850196350a9cdb3b}}, artifact balance is substantially reworked: artifacts have 2 additional internal stats&amp;amp;mdash;the minimum [[sacrifice]] value required to obtain them by sacrificing (which is usually just the [[Monster difficulty|difficulty rating]] of the monster sacrificed), and a flat number added to the weapon's [[enchantment]] when it is either randomly generated or gifted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Umbire the Phantom: /* Messages */ tweaks</title>
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		<updated>2025-12-15T04:17:59Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Messages: &lt;/span&gt; tweaks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 04:17, 15 December 2025&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l55&quot; &gt;Line 55:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Sunsword stops shining.|You unwielded Sunsword.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Sunsword stops shining.|You unwielded Sunsword.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Sunsword shines [brighter/less brightly].|The beatitude status of Sunsword changed while it was wielded.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Sunsword shines [brighter/less brightly].|The beatitude status of Sunsword changed while it was wielded.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Light begins shining &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/del&gt;nearby&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;/&lt;/del&gt;in the distance&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;.|A monster wielded Sunsword and its light shone within your range of vision, with the range determining which phrase is used.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Light begins shining &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[&lt;/ins&gt;nearby&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|&lt;/ins&gt;in the distance&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]&lt;/ins&gt;.|A monster wielded Sunsword and its light shone within your range of vision, with the range determining which phrase is used.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Suddenly, the only light left comes from Sunsword!|You were wielding Sunsword while either reading a [[scroll of light]] that was cursed, or reading any scroll of light while confused.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{message|Suddenly, the only light left comes from Sunsword!|You were wielding Sunsword while either reading a [[scroll of light]] that was cursed, or reading any scroll of light while confused.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Umbire the Phantom: copyedit pass</title>
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		<updated>2025-12-15T04:17:31Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;copyedit pass&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 04:17, 15 December 2025&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l13&quot; &gt;Line 13:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |material=iron&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |material=iron&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Sunsword''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[lawful]], and its [[base item]] is a [[long sword]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Sunsword''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[lawful]], and its [[base item]] is a [[long sword]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A long sword randomly generated on the ground or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which has a {{frac|6}} chance of being made into Sunsword, assuming no artifact long swords have been generated. Lawful [[heroes]] may be given Sunsword as a [[sacrifice gift]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A long sword randomly generated on the ground or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which has a {{frac|6}} chance of being made into Sunsword, assuming no artifact long swords have been generated. Lawful [[heroes]] may be given Sunsword as a [[sacrifice gift]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Angelic being]]s that &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;can wield &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;weapon&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;s, i.e. the &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Aleax&lt;/del&gt;]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Angel]], [[Monster starting inventory&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;always generate with&lt;/del&gt;]] an [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;erodeproof&lt;/del&gt;]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[long sword]] that &lt;/del&gt;has a {{frac|20}} chance of being made into &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;an &lt;/del&gt;artifact&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, which &lt;/del&gt;will be &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;either Sunsword or &lt;/del&gt;[[Demonbane]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(assuming neither artifact has been generated&lt;/del&gt;)&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, while angelic beings that are [[Lord (monster attribute)|lords]] to their kind, i.e. [[Archon]]s, will always have their sword made into either artifact if possible&lt;/del&gt;.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;329&lt;/del&gt;|nethack=3.6.7&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}}{{refsrc|src/makemon.c&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;332|nethack&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;3.6.7&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Angelic being]]s that &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;are randomly generated will always be &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;generated with&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;an &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;erosion&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;-proofed long sword that will always be made into an artifact if the monster is &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Lord (monster attribute)&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a lord to their kind&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(i.e. &lt;/ins&gt;an [[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Archon&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;) and otherwise &lt;/ins&gt;has a {{frac|20&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}} chance, and there is a further {{frac|2&lt;/ins&gt;}} chance of being made into &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;specifically Sunsword if that &lt;/ins&gt;artifact &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;does not already exist (and &lt;/ins&gt;will &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;otherwise &lt;/ins&gt;be &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;made into &lt;/ins&gt;[[Demonbane]]).{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;334&lt;/ins&gt;|nethack=3.6.7|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;long swords are always made into artifacts for angelic being lords&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Per &lt;/del&gt;{{commit|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465&lt;/del&gt;}}, [[Demonbane]]'s base item &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is a changed &lt;/del&gt;to a [[mace]], &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;so any long sword made into an artifact has &lt;/del&gt;a {{&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;5&lt;/del&gt;}} &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;chance of being made into Sunsword, and angelic beings can no longer generate with Demonbane&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The starting inventory for angelic beings is adjusted via {{commit|c4a1f298e8923dfc0543f51d4794bc0286d42138}} and &lt;/ins&gt;{{commit|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;1d0b8dfca0ec388d095f3f3eea4d57aa0cd75aa9}} so that angelic beings have a {{frac|2|3&lt;/ins&gt;}} &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;chance of generating with a long sword which can be turned into Sunsword with the same odds as above&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and those maces will have an [[enchantment]] ranging from +0 to +3. This adjustment is done to accommodate &lt;/ins&gt;[[Demonbane]]'s base item &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;changes, first &lt;/ins&gt;to a [[mace]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;via {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;then to &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[Silver mace (3.7.0)|silver mace]] via &lt;/ins&gt;{{&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;commit&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;67d58202ad84dd04ccfd6079fc2665e87ef80fc3&lt;/ins&gt;}}.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Per {{commit|d87cadaf}} and {{commit|c2c797fa357bef663fa3d962850196350a9cdb3b}}, artifact balance is substantially reworked: artifacts have 2 additional internal stats&amp;amp;mdash;the minimum [[sacrifice]] value required to obtain them by sacrificing (which is usually just the [[Monster difficulty|difficulty rating]] of the monster sacrificed), and a flat number added to the weapon's [[enchantment]] when it is either randomly generated or gifted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Per {{commit|d87cadaf}} and {{commit|c2c797fa357bef663fa3d962850196350a9cdb3b}}, artifact balance is substantially reworked: artifacts have 2 additional internal stats&amp;amp;mdash;the minimum [[sacrifice]] value required to obtain them by sacrificing (which is usually just the [[Monster difficulty|difficulty rating]] of the monster sacrificed), and a flat number added to the weapon's [[enchantment]] when it is either randomly generated or gifted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l28&quot; &gt;Line 28:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 27:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Description==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Description==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While [[wielded]], Sunsword [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Light &lt;/del&gt;source&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|&lt;/del&gt;emits light&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;within a radius centered on the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wield&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;its range &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is &lt;/del&gt;dependent on &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;its &lt;/del&gt;[[beatitude]]:{{refsrc|src/light.c|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;676&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;version&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;NetHack &lt;/del&gt;3.6.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;1&lt;/del&gt;}} 3 if blessed, 2 if uncursed, and 1 if cursed. &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;As a weapon, Sunsword has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and does [[double damage]] against [[undead]], prevents [[blindness]] from lights, and repels [[gremlin]]s while dealing +1d8 damage when hitting them{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.2}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While [[wielded]], Sunsword &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;protects the wielder from light-based &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;blinding]] and acts as a [[light &lt;/ins&gt;source&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] that &lt;/ins&gt;emits light within a radius centered on the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wielder&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;with &lt;/ins&gt;its range dependent on &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the artifact's &lt;/ins&gt;[[beatitude]]:{{refsrc|src/light.c|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;750&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;nethakc&lt;/ins&gt;=3.6.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;7&lt;/ins&gt;}} 3 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;squares &lt;/ins&gt;if blessed, 2 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;squares &lt;/ins&gt;if uncursed, and 1 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;square &lt;/ins&gt;if cursed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Sunsword can be [[invoked]] to create a blinding beam similar to that of an [[expensive camera]]&amp;amp;mdash;if the beam is shot up or down, this will permanently light up the area around the square the hero is standing on.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{|&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;| {{caption|Blessed|{{lightradius|r=3|}}}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;| {{caption|Uncursed|{{lightradius|r=2}}}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;| {{caption|Cursed|{{lightradius|r=1}}}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;As a weapon, Sunsword has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and [[double damage]] bonuses against [[undead]], and also [[scare]]s [[gremlin]]s that are in the radius of its light while dealing +1d8 damage against them.{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.7}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Per {{commit|c71e8ec8d4e6cac70249a1780cf57746ff1e3669}}, &lt;/ins&gt;Sunsword can be [[invoked]] to create a blinding beam similar to that of an [[expensive camera]]&amp;amp;mdash;if the beam is shot up or down, this will permanently light up the area around the square the hero is standing on&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Per {{commit|758528f0941017e11b84c5958c199e30d77da548}}, if the cooldown for the invoke effect of Sunsword has not yet expired, the hero can expend 25 [[energy]] to use the effect again&lt;/ins&gt;.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword's use as a light source is generally considered as important as its damage bonus, though it is a viable choice in the absence of a better artifact weapon. Sunsword does hit a far wider range of monsters than most [[Bane]]-style artifacts: [[Lich (monster class)|liches]], [[shade]]s and [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are among the strongest (and most relevant) targets, and become much more common when passing through the [[Valley of the Dead]] and into [[Gehennom]]. [[Priests]] face many undead on [[Priest quest|their quest]], making the double damage especially useful for them in theory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword's use as a light source is generally considered as important as its damage bonus, though it is a viable choice in the absence of a better artifact weapon. Sunsword does hit a far wider range of monsters than most [[Bane]]-style artifacts: [[Lich (monster class)|liches]], [[shade]]s and [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are among the strongest (and most relevant) targets, and become much more common when passing through the [[Valley of the Dead]] and into [[Gehennom]]. [[Priests]] face many undead on [[Priest quest|their quest]], making the double damage especially useful for them in theory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, since obtaining it as a sacrifice gift unrestricts the long sword skill, [[Excalibur]] becomes available and will almost always supersede Sunsword as the primary weapon. Heroes attempting [[genocideless]] [[conduct]] may still find Sunsword especially useful against liches&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, since obtaining it as a sacrifice gift unrestricts the long sword &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;skill&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, [[Excalibur]] becomes available and will almost always supersede Sunsword as the primary weapon. Heroes attempting [[genocideless]] [[conduct]] may still find Sunsword especially useful against liches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;===As a light source=== &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Blessed{{lightradius|r=3|}} Uncursed{{lightradius|r=2}} Cursed{{lightradius|r=1}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{{yellow|x}} represents the squares lit by Sunsword&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l55&quot; &gt;Line 55:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 60:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Variants==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Variants==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===NetHack: The Next Generation===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===NetHack: The Next Generation===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[NetHack: The Next Generation]], &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Sunsword&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;can be requested from [[Duri]] at [[The Forge]] for 7000[[zm]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[NetHack: The Next Generation]], Sunsword can be requested from [[Duri]] at [[The Forge]] for 7000[[zm]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SLASH'EM===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SLASH'EM===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SLASH'EM]], Sunsword is easier to obtain, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;as &lt;/del&gt;lawful &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;characters &lt;/del&gt;can &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;also &lt;/del&gt;receive &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{{mcsl|A}} &lt;/del&gt;[[minion]]s as [[sacrifice gift]]s &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that are likely to be generated carrying it&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Minion gifts &lt;/del&gt;are not affected by previous gifts &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;as with artifacts - &lt;/del&gt;once a minion with Sunsword generates, it can be easily disarmed with a [[bullwhip]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SLASH'EM]], Sunsword is easier to obtain, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;since &lt;/ins&gt;lawful &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;heroes &lt;/ins&gt;can receive [[minion]]s &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that are likely to be generated carrying the artifact &lt;/ins&gt;as [[sacrifice gift]]s. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The odds of an angelic being minion being gifted and an artifact being created in their inventory &lt;/ins&gt;are not affected by previous &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;artifact &lt;/ins&gt;gifts&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;/ins&gt;once a minion with Sunsword generates, it can be easily disarmed with a [[bullwhip]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Furthermore, Sunsword has a much wider use case due to the addition of far more dangerous undead, such as the spellcasting [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mages]] and [[ghoul mage]]s, the fast and hard-hitting [[Gug (SLASH'EM)|gugs]], and the regenerating and [[reviving]] [[troll mummies]]. Sunsword competes for its niche with the [[Holy Spear of Light]], an artifact [[silver spear]] that also acts as a light source&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. &lt;/del&gt;The Holy Spear has a smaller bonus against undead, but its silver material grants bonus damage against [[major demon]]s, and it can be [[invoked]] to permanently illuminate &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;an area around &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;player &lt;/del&gt;and damage undead caught in the light burst&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;it is also always permanently lit, while Sunsword must be wielded to light up&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Furthermore, Sunsword has a much wider use case due to the addition of far more dangerous undead, such as the spellcasting [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mages]] and [[ghoul mage]]s, the fast and hard-hitting [[Gug (SLASH'EM)|gugs]], and the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[Regeneration (property)|&lt;/ins&gt;regenerating&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and [[reviving]] [[troll mummies]]. Sunsword competes for its niche with the [[Holy Spear of Light]], an artifact [[silver spear]] that also acts as a light source&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;: &lt;/ins&gt;The Holy Spear has a smaller bonus against undead, but its silver material grants bonus damage against [[major demon]]s, and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;rather than being wielded as a light source, &lt;/ins&gt;it can be [[invoked]] to permanently illuminate &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a portion of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;level &lt;/ins&gt;and damage undead caught in the light burst.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;SLASH'EM also makes it possible to [[twoweapon]] artifacts, though &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sunsword &lt;/del&gt;will only provide light if wielded in the primary hand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;SLASH'EM also makes it possible &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;for the hero &lt;/ins&gt;to [[twoweapon]] artifacts&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, so Sunsword is a good candidate for either weapon&lt;/ins&gt;, though &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;it &lt;/ins&gt;will only provide light if wielded in the primary hand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===dNetHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===dNetHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], Sunsword is a [[silver]]ed long sword made of [[gold]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. The artifact &lt;/del&gt;uses (and trains) the higher of the two between &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;your &lt;/del&gt;[[short sword]] and long sword skills, which makes it effective even for roles that are restricted in long swords.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], Sunsword is a [[silver]]ed long sword made of [[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Gold (material)|&lt;/ins&gt;gold]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that &lt;/ins&gt;uses (and trains) the higher of the two between &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the hero's &lt;/ins&gt;[[short sword]] and long sword skills, which makes it effective even for roles that are restricted in long swords.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1 to-hit and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;deals &lt;/del&gt;double damage against demons as well as undead, and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;confers &lt;/del&gt;[[automatic searching]] and [[blindness resistance]] while wielded on top of acting as a light source. Sunsword &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ignores &lt;/del&gt;the target &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;monster&lt;/del&gt;'s equipped armor when calculating accuracy and [[DR]], and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;deals &lt;/del&gt;full damage to insubstantial monsters such as &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;shade &lt;/del&gt;and [[Sharab Kamerel]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;- it &lt;/del&gt;also &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;has &lt;/del&gt;a chance of [[stoning]] [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]] and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;instakilling [[gremlin]]s on hit&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1 to-hit and double damage against demons as well as undead, and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;grants &lt;/ins&gt;[[automatic searching]] and [[blindness resistance]] while wielded on top of acting as a light source. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Attacks with &lt;/ins&gt;Sunsword &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ignore &lt;/ins&gt;the target's equipped armor when calculating accuracy and [[DR]], and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;deal &lt;/ins&gt;full damage to insubstantial monsters such as &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;shades &lt;/ins&gt;and [[Sharab Kamerel]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;they &lt;/ins&gt;also &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;have &lt;/ins&gt;a chance of [[stoning]] [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]] and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;instantly killing gremlins&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===FIQHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===FIQHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[FIQHack]], Sunsword blocks blindness&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/del&gt;much like [[The Eyes of the Overworld]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. Its double damage is replaced by &lt;/del&gt;a +1d20 damage bonus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[FIQHack]], Sunsword blocks blindness much like [[The Eyes of the Overworld]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, and has &lt;/ins&gt;a +1d20 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;damage bonus against undead instead of a double &lt;/ins&gt;damage bonus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SpliceHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SpliceHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SpliceHack]], Sunsword is made of crystal [[gemstone]], and its base item is chosen at random from one-handed &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;swords&lt;/del&gt;, including the long sword.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SpliceHack]], Sunsword is made of crystal [[gemstone]], and its base item is chosen at random from &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;all &lt;/ins&gt;one-handed &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;sword weapons&lt;/ins&gt;, including the long sword.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===EvilHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===EvilHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[EvilHack]], Sunsword is made of crystal, and has a chance of completely destroying any undead that it hits&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. Additionally&lt;/del&gt;, killing [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombies]] while wielding Sunsword causes their [[corpse]]s to evaporate, preventing their revival.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[EvilHack]], Sunsword is made of crystal &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;gemstone and [[Warned of monster type|warns of undead monsters]], and any undead monsters that see it will become hostile. [[Draugr (starting race)|Draugr]] and [[Vampire (starting race in EvilHack)|vampire]] heroes cannot wield Sunsword&lt;/ins&gt;, and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;it will [[Artifact blast|blast them]] and evade their grasp. Sunsword &lt;/ins&gt;has a chance of completely destroying any undead that it hits &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(including an undead hero)&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;killing [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombies]] while wielding Sunsword causes their [[corpse]]s to evaporate, preventing their revival.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword can be combined with Demonbane at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] to create the [[Hammer of the Gods]], an artifact silver [[heavy war hammer]] that retains Sunsword's bonuses and warning versus undead along with its ability to emit light while wielded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword can be combined with Demonbane at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] to create the [[Hammer of the Gods]], an artifact silver [[heavy war hammer]] that retains Sunsword's bonuses and warning versus undead along with its ability to emit light while wielded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nethack-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;366&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nethack-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;367&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Artifact weapons]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Artifact weapons]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Umbire the Phantom: same as the rest, update the cites later</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;same as the rest, update the cites later&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l8&quot; &gt;Line 8:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 8:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |bonusversus=[[undead]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |bonusversus=[[undead]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |affiliation=&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;[[lawful]]&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |affiliation=&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;[[lawful]]&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |whenwielded=&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;[[light]] source&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;prevents &lt;/del&gt;light-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;based [[blindness&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|blinding&lt;/del&gt;]]&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |whenwielded=&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;[[light]] source&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;blocks &lt;/ins&gt;light-based [[blindness]]&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |cost=1500&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |cost=1500&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |weight=40&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   |weight=40&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l14&quot; &gt;Line 14:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 14:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Sunsword''' is an [[artifact &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;weapon&lt;/del&gt;]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[lawful]], and its [[base item]] is a [[long sword]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Sunsword''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[lawful]], and its [[base item]] is a [[long sword]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Generation==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Generation==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;can &lt;/del&gt;be &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;received &lt;/del&gt;as a [[sacrifice gift]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;by lawful characters&lt;/del&gt;. [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Angel&lt;/del&gt;]]s and [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Aleax&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;es have a 5% chance of their &lt;/del&gt;[[Monster starting inventory|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;normal starting&lt;/del&gt;]] [[erodeproof]] [[long sword]] being Sunsword&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;; &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Archons&lt;/del&gt;]] generated &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;normally &lt;/del&gt;have a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;50% &lt;/del&gt;chance of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;generating &lt;/del&gt;with &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;either Sunsword or &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Demonbane&lt;/del&gt;]], &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;with &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;rustproof long sword replacing either &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;artifact&lt;/del&gt;]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;if &lt;/del&gt;it &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was already &lt;/del&gt;generated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;A long sword randomly generated on the ground or as a [[death drop]] has a base {{frac|20}} chance of being made into an artifact, which has a {{frac|6}} chance of being made into &lt;/ins&gt;Sunsword&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, assuming no artifact long swords have been generated. Lawful [[heroes]] may &lt;/ins&gt;be &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;given Sunsword &lt;/ins&gt;as a [[sacrifice gift]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Angelic being]]s that can wield [[weapon&lt;/ins&gt;]]s&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, i.e. the [[Aleax]] &lt;/ins&gt;and [[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Angel&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;[[Monster starting inventory|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;always generate with&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;an &lt;/ins&gt;[[erodeproof]] [[long sword]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that has a {{frac|20}} chance of &lt;/ins&gt;being &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;made into an artifact, which will be either &lt;/ins&gt;Sunsword &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;or &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Demonbane&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(assuming neither artifact has been &lt;/ins&gt;generated&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;), while angelic beings that are [[Lord (monster attribute)|lords]] to their kind, i.e. [[Archon]]s, will always &lt;/ins&gt;have &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;their sword made into either artifact if possible.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|329|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|332|nethack=3.6.7}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}, [[Demonbane]]'s base item is a changed to &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[mace]], so any long sword made into an artifact has a {{frac|5}} &lt;/ins&gt;chance of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;being made into Sunsword, and angelic beings can no longer generate &lt;/ins&gt;with &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Demonbane.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Per {{commit|d87cadaf}} and {{commit|c2c797fa357bef663fa3d962850196350a9cdb3b}}, artifact balance is substantially reworked: artifacts have 2 additional internal stats&amp;amp;mdash;the minimum [[sacrifice]] value required to obtain them by sacrificing (which is usually just the &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Monster difficulty|difficulty rating&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;of the monster sacrificed)&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;flat number added to the weapon's &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;enchantment&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;when &lt;/ins&gt;it &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is either randomly generated or gifted.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sunsword requires a sacrifice of at least 6 value, and will not have anything added to its enchantment when randomly &lt;/ins&gt;generated &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;or given as a sacrifice gift&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Description==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Description==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sunsword has +1d5 &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;to-hit]] and does [[double damage]] against [[undead&lt;/del&gt;]], &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and prevents &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;blindness&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;blinding]] from lights while wielded. It also acts as a [[&lt;/del&gt;light]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;source when wielded, with &lt;/del&gt;a radius centered &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;around &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wielder based &lt;/del&gt;on its [[beatitude]]: &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;3 if blessed, 2 if uncursed, and 1 if cursed. It will unlight when unwielded.&lt;/del&gt;{{refsrc|src/light.c|676|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The light &lt;/del&gt;from &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sunsword &lt;/del&gt;repels [[gremlin]]s &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and adds &lt;/del&gt;+1d8 damage when hitting them &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;with Sunsword.&lt;/del&gt;{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;While &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wielded&lt;/ins&gt;]], &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sunsword &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Light source&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;emits &lt;/ins&gt;light]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;within &lt;/ins&gt;a radius centered &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;on &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wield, and its range is dependent &lt;/ins&gt;on its [[beatitude]]:{{refsrc|src/light.c|676|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;3 if blessed, 2 if uncursed, and 1 if cursed. As a weapon, Sunsword has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and does [[double damage]] against [[undead]], prevents [[blindness]] &lt;/ins&gt;from &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;lights, and &lt;/ins&gt;repels [[gremlin]]s &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;while dealing &lt;/ins&gt;+1d8 damage when hitting them{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Sunsword can be [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;invoke&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;d &lt;/del&gt;to create a blinding beam similar to that of an [[expensive camera]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. One difference is &lt;/del&gt;if the beam is shot up or down&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;; &lt;/del&gt;this will permanently light up the square &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;you are &lt;/del&gt;standing on.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Sunsword can be [[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;invoked&lt;/ins&gt;]] to create a blinding beam similar to that of an [[expensive camera]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;/ins&gt;if the beam is shot up or down&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;this will permanently light up &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the area around &lt;/ins&gt;the square &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the hero is &lt;/ins&gt;standing on.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword's use as a light source is generally considered &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;more &lt;/del&gt;important &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;than &lt;/del&gt;its damage bonus, though it is a viable choice in the absence of a better artifact weapon. Sunsword does hit a far wider range of monsters than most [[Bane]]-style artifacts &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;- &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;lich&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;es &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the later &lt;/del&gt;[[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are among the strongest (and most relevant) targets, and become much more common when passing through the [[Valley of the Dead]] and into [[Gehennom]]. [[Priests]] face many undead on [[Priest quest|their quest]], making the double damage especially useful for them in theory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword's use as a light source is generally considered &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;as &lt;/ins&gt;important &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;as &lt;/ins&gt;its damage bonus, though it is a viable choice in the absence of a better artifact weapon. Sunsword does hit a far wider range of monsters than most [[Bane]]-style artifacts&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;: [[Lich (monster class)|liches]], &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;shade&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;s &lt;/ins&gt;and [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are among the strongest (and most relevant) targets, and become much more common when passing through the [[Valley of the Dead]] and into [[Gehennom]]. [[Priests]] face many undead on [[Priest quest|their quest]], making the double damage especially useful for them in theory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, since obtaining it as a sacrifice gift unrestricts the long sword skill, [[Excalibur]] becomes available and will almost always &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;supercede &lt;/del&gt;Sunsword as the primary weapon. &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Players &lt;/del&gt;attempting &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;genocide&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;-less &lt;/del&gt;[[conduct]] may still find Sunsword especially useful against liches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, since obtaining it as a sacrifice gift unrestricts the long sword skill, [[Excalibur]] becomes available and will almost always &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;supersede &lt;/ins&gt;Sunsword as the primary weapon. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Heroes &lt;/ins&gt;attempting [[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;genocideless&lt;/ins&gt;]] [[conduct]] may still find Sunsword especially useful against liches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===As a light source===  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===As a light source===  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l34&quot; &gt;Line 34:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 42:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]]. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;From this version to &lt;/ins&gt;[[NetHack 3.4.3]], including some variants based on &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;these versions&lt;/ins&gt;, the light range does not depend on beatitude and always has a radius of 2; a [[magic lamp]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is &lt;/ins&gt;often preferred as a light source in these versions. Sunsword &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is &lt;/ins&gt;also ineffective against &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;shades&lt;/ins&gt;, who are undead but heavily resist damage from non-silver weapons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In &lt;/del&gt;[[NetHack 3.4.3]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and previous versions&lt;/del&gt;, including some variants based on &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;them&lt;/del&gt;, the light range does not depend on beatitude and always has a radius of 2; a [[magic lamp]] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was &lt;/del&gt;often preferred as a light source in these versions. Sunsword &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was &lt;/del&gt;also ineffective against &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[shade]]s&lt;/del&gt;, who are undead but heavily resist damage from non-silver weapons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[NetHack 3.6.0]], the effects of beatitude on the light radius is introduced, and Sunsword &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;was &lt;/del&gt;adjusted so that its bonus damage against undead &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;overrode &lt;/del&gt;shades' resistance to non-silver damage. The light's additional effects on gremlins &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;were &lt;/del&gt;added in [[NetHack 3.6.2]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[NetHack 3.6.0]], the effects of beatitude on the light radius is introduced, and Sunsword &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is &lt;/ins&gt;adjusted so that its bonus damage against undead &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;overrides &lt;/ins&gt;shades' resistance to non-silver damage. The light's additional effects on gremlins &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;are &lt;/ins&gt;added in [[NetHack 3.6.2]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Messages==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Messages==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l70&quot; &gt;Line 70:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===EvilHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===EvilHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[EvilHack]], Sunsword is &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;also &lt;/del&gt;made of crystal, and has a chance of completely destroying any undead that it hits. Additionally, killing [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombies]] while wielding Sunsword causes their [[corpse]]s to evaporate, preventing their revival.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[EvilHack]], Sunsword is made of crystal, and has a chance of completely destroying any undead that it hits. Additionally, killing [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombies]] while wielding Sunsword causes their [[corpse]]s to evaporate, preventing their revival.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword can be [[Forge (dungeon feature)|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;forged]] together with [[Demonbane&lt;/del&gt;]] to create the [[Hammer of the Gods]], an artifact silver [[heavy war hammer]] that retains Sunsword's bonuses and warning versus undead &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;its ability to emit light while wielded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword can be &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;combined with Demonbane at a &lt;/ins&gt;[[Forge (dungeon feature)|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;forge&lt;/ins&gt;]] to create the [[Hammer of the Gods]], an artifact silver [[heavy war hammer]] that retains Sunsword's bonuses and warning versus undead &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;along with &lt;/ins&gt;its ability to emit light while wielded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SlashTHEM===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SlashTHEM===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Sunsword&amp;diff=184388&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Umbire the Phantom: some copyedit</title>
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		<updated>2025-02-22T10:23:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;some copyedit&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 10:23, 22 February 2025&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l52&quot; &gt;Line 52:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SLASH'EM===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===SLASH'EM===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SLASH'EM]], Sunsword is easier to obtain, lawful characters can also receive {{mcsl|A}} [[minion]]s as [[sacrifice gift]]s that are likely to be generated carrying it. Minion gifts are not affected by previous gifts as with artifacts - once a minion with Sunsword generates, it can be easily disarmed with a [[bullwhip]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SLASH'EM]], Sunsword is easier to obtain, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;as &lt;/ins&gt;lawful characters can also receive {{mcsl|A}} [[minion]]s as [[sacrifice gift]]s that are likely to be generated carrying it. Minion gifts are not affected by previous gifts as with artifacts - once a minion with Sunsword generates, it can be easily disarmed with a [[bullwhip]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Furthermore, Sunsword has a much wider use case due to the addition of far more dangerous undead, such as spellcasting [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mages]] and [[ghoul mage]]s, fast and hard-hitting [[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;gug&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;s&lt;/del&gt;, and regenerating [[troll mummies]]. Sunsword competes for its niche with the [[Holy Spear of Light]], an artifact [[silver spear]] that also acts as a light source. The Holy Spear has a smaller bonus against undead, but its silver material grants bonus damage against [[major demon]]s, and it can be [[invoked]] to permanently illuminate an area around the player and damage undead caught in the light burst &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;- &lt;/del&gt;it is also always permanently lit, while Sunsword must be wielded to light up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Furthermore, Sunsword has a much wider use case due to the addition of far more dangerous undead, such as &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;spellcasting [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mages]] and [[ghoul mage]]s, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;fast and hard-hitting [[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Gug (SLASH'EM)|gugs&lt;/ins&gt;]], and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;regenerating &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and [[reviving]] &lt;/ins&gt;[[troll mummies]]. Sunsword competes for its niche with the [[Holy Spear of Light]], an artifact [[silver spear]] that also acts as a light source. The Holy Spear has a smaller bonus against undead, but its silver material grants bonus damage against [[major demon]]s, and it can be [[invoked]] to permanently illuminate an area around the player and damage undead caught in the light burst&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;/ins&gt;it is also always permanently lit, while Sunsword must be wielded to light up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;SLASH'EM also makes it possible to [[twoweapon]] artifacts, though Sunsword will only provide light if wielded in the primary hand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;SLASH'EM also makes it possible to [[twoweapon]] artifacts, though Sunsword will only provide light if wielded in the primary hand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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	<entry>
		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Sunsword&amp;diff=180945&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Phol ende wodan: /* Description */ one small strange difference between Sunsword and camera flash</title>
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		<updated>2024-12-23T23:12:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Description: &lt;/span&gt; one small strange difference between Sunsword and camera flash&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 23:12, 23 December 2024&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l22&quot; &gt;Line 22:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and does [[double damage]] against [[undead]], and prevents [[blindness|blinding]] from lights while wielded. It also acts as a [[light]] source when wielded, with a radius centered around the wielder based on its [[beatitude]]: 3 if blessed, 2 if uncursed, and 1 if cursed. It will unlight when unwielded.{{refsrc|src/light.c|676|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} The light from Sunsword repels [[gremlin]]s and adds +1d8 damage when hitting them with Sunsword.{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and does [[double damage]] against [[undead]], and prevents [[blindness|blinding]] from lights while wielded. It also acts as a [[light]] source when wielded, with a radius centered around the wielder based on its [[beatitude]]: 3 if blessed, 2 if uncursed, and 1 if cursed. It will unlight when unwielded.{{refsrc|src/light.c|676|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} The light from Sunsword repels [[gremlin]]s and adds +1d8 damage when hitting them with Sunsword.{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Sunsword can be [[invoke]]d to create a blinding beam similar to that of an [[expensive camera]].}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Sunsword can be [[invoke]]d to create a blinding beam similar to that of an [[expensive camera]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. One difference is if the beam is shot up or down; this will permanently light up the square you are standing on&lt;/ins&gt;.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Phol ende wodan: /* Description */ 3.7: invoke sunsword for blinding beam</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Description: &lt;/span&gt; 3.7: invoke sunsword for blinding beam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l21&quot; &gt;Line 21:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Description==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Description==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and does [[double damage]] against [[undead]], and prevents [[blindness|blinding]] from lights while wielded. It also acts as a [[light]] source when wielded, with a radius centered around the wielder based on its [[beatitude]]: 3 if blessed, 2 if uncursed, and 1 if cursed. It will unlight when unwielded.{{refsrc|src/light.c|676|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} The light from Sunsword repels [[gremlin]]s and adds +1d8 damage when hitting them with Sunsword.{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and does [[double damage]] against [[undead]], and prevents [[blindness|blinding]] from lights while wielded. It also acts as a [[light]] source when wielded, with a radius centered around the wielder based on its [[beatitude]]: 3 if blessed, 2 if uncursed, and 1 if cursed. It will unlight when unwielded.{{refsrc|src/light.c|676|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} The light from Sunsword repels [[gremlin]]s and adds +1d8 damage when hitting them with Sunsword.{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|328|nethack=3.6.2}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Sunsword can be [[invoke]]d to create a blinding beam similar to that of an [[expensive camera]].}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ *dnh</title>
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		<updated>2024-09-15T13:13:31Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;dNetHack: &lt;/span&gt; *dnh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===dNetHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===dNetHack===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[dNetHack]], Sunsword is a [[silver]]ed long sword made of [[gold]]. The artifact uses (and trains) the higher of the two between your [[short sword]] and long sword skills, which makes it effective even for roles that are restricted in long swords.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[dNetHack&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack&lt;/ins&gt;]], Sunsword is a [[silver]]ed long sword made of [[gold]]. The artifact uses (and trains) the higher of the two between your [[short sword]] and long sword skills, which makes it effective even for roles that are restricted in long swords.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1 to-hit and deals double damage against demons as well as undead, and confers [[automatic searching]] and [[blindness resistance]] while wielded on top of acting as a light source. Sunsword ignores the target monster's equipped armor when calculating accuracy and [[DR]], and deals full damage to insubstantial monsters such as shade and [[Sharab Kamerel]] - it also has a chance of [[stoning]] [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]] and instakilling [[gremlin]]s on hit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword has +1 to-hit and deals double damage against demons as well as undead, and confers [[automatic searching]] and [[blindness resistance]] while wielded on top of acting as a light source. Sunsword ignores the target monster's equipped armor when calculating accuracy and [[DR]], and deals full damage to insubstantial monsters such as shade and [[Sharab Kamerel]] - it also has a chance of [[stoning]] [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]] and instakilling [[gremlin]]s on hit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Umbire the Phantom: word choice</title>
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		<updated>2024-04-01T15:03:12Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;word choice&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Strategy==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword's use as a light source is generally considered more important than its damage bonus, though it is a viable choice in the absence of a better artifact weapon. Sunsword does hit a far wider range of monsters than most [[Bane]]-style artifacts - [[lich]]es and the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;stronger &lt;/del&gt;[[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are among the strongest (and most relevant) targets, and become &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;relatively &lt;/del&gt;more common when passing through the [[Valley of the Dead]] and into [[Gehennom]]. [[Priests]] face many undead on [[Priest quest|their quest]], making the double damage especially useful for them in theory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunsword's use as a light source is generally considered more important than its damage bonus, though it is a viable choice in the absence of a better artifact weapon. Sunsword does hit a far wider range of monsters than most [[Bane]]-style artifacts - [[lich]]es and the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;later &lt;/ins&gt;[[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are among the strongest (and most relevant) targets, and become &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;much &lt;/ins&gt;more common when passing through the [[Valley of the Dead]] and into [[Gehennom]]. [[Priests]] face many undead on [[Priest quest|their quest]], making the double damage especially useful for them in theory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, since obtaining it as a sacrifice gift unrestricts the long sword skill, [[Excalibur]] becomes available and will almost always supercede Sunsword as the primary weapon. Players attempting the [[genocide]]-less [[conduct]] may still find Sunsword especially useful against liches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, since obtaining it as a sacrifice gift unrestricts the long sword skill, [[Excalibur]] becomes available and will almost always supercede Sunsword as the primary weapon. Players attempting the [[genocide]]-less [[conduct]] may still find Sunsword especially useful against liches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Umbire the Phantom: follow-up, thanks hackem</title>
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		<updated>2024-02-17T04:41:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;follow-up, thanks hackem&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l52&quot; &gt;Line 52:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SLASH'EM]], Sunsword is easier to obtain, lawful characters can also receive {{mcsl|A}} [[minion]]s as [[sacrifice gift]]s that are likely to be generated carrying it. Minion gifts are not affected by previous gifts as with artifacts - once a minion with Sunsword generates, it can be easily disarmed with a [[bullwhip]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[SLASH'EM]], Sunsword is easier to obtain, lawful characters can also receive {{mcsl|A}} [[minion]]s as [[sacrifice gift]]s that are likely to be generated carrying it. Minion gifts are not affected by previous gifts as with artifacts - once a minion with Sunsword generates, it can be easily disarmed with a [[bullwhip]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Furthermore, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;it &lt;/del&gt;has a much wider use case due to the addition of far more dangerous undead, such as spellcasting [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mages]] and [[ghoul mage]]s, fast and hard-hitting [[gug]]s, and regenerating [[troll mummies]]. Sunsword competes for its niche with the [[Holy Spear of Light]], an artifact [[silver spear]] that also acts as a light source. The Holy Spear has a smaller bonus against undead, but its silver material grants bonus damage against [[major demon]]s, and it can be [[invoked]] to permanently illuminate an area around the player and damage undead caught in the light burst&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. The Holy Spear &lt;/del&gt;is also always permanently lit, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;even if it isn't being &lt;/del&gt;wielded &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;or even in the players inventory&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Furthermore, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sunsword &lt;/ins&gt;has a much wider use case due to the addition of far more dangerous undead, such as spellcasting [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mages]] and [[ghoul mage]]s, fast and hard-hitting [[gug]]s, and regenerating [[troll mummies]]. Sunsword competes for its niche with the [[Holy Spear of Light]], an artifact [[silver spear]] that also acts as a light source. The Holy Spear has a smaller bonus against undead, but its silver material grants bonus damage against [[major demon]]s, and it can be [[invoked]] to permanently illuminate an area around the player and damage undead caught in the light burst &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;- it &lt;/ins&gt;is also always permanently lit, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;while Sunsword must be &lt;/ins&gt;wielded &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;to light up&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;SLASH'EM also makes it possible to [[twoweapon]] artifacts, though Sunsword will only provide light if wielded in the primary hand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;SLASH'EM also makes it possible to [[twoweapon]] artifacts, though Sunsword will only provide light if wielded in the primary hand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<author><name>Umbire the Phantom</name></author>
		
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