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{{dNetHack artifact weapon
|color=metal color
|glyph=)
|name=The Tsurugi of Muramasa
|base=nagamaki
|appearance=long-handled samurai-sword
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[lawful]]</li><li>[[Samurai/dNetHack|Samurai]]</li><li>[[Intelligent artifacts|intelligent]]</ul>
|whencarried=<ul><li>acts as [[luckstone]]</li></ul>
|generated=<ul><li>[[quest artifact]]</li><li>non-wishable</li></ul>
|smalldmg=1d16
|largedmg=1d8+2d6
|dmgtype=slashing
|tohit=<nowiki>+2</nowiki> '''+1d2'''
|versus=all monsters
|skill=two-handed sword
|properties=<ul><li>can be reshaped with a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]]</li><li>tripled damage against monsters<br>that are [[vulnerable]] to fire</li><li>can be paired with [[Frost Brand (dNetHack)|Frost Brand]]<br>for [[two weapon combat]]</li></ul>
|whenwielded=<ul><li>[[fire resistance]]</li></ul>
|cost=4500
|weight=60
|material=metal
}}
'''[[The Tsurugi of Muramasa]]''' is the [[Samurai/dNetHack|Samurai]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], and it is significantly changed from its behavior in ''[[NetHack]]''. The [[artifact]] remains the prize for completing the [[Samurai quest/dNetHack|Samurai quest]], and its default alignment is [[lawful]]. Its [[base item]] type is a [[nagamaki]].

==Generation==
The Tsurugi of Muramasa cannot be wished for by any means.

For Samurai, The Tsurugi of Muramasa is always generated on the goal level of the Samurai quest, where the blessed +0 artifact is placed on [[Ashikaga Takauji]]'s square during level creation. If a Samurai loads a [[bones]] level containing the quest artifact, it will always be reverted to its base item.

==Description==
While carried, The Tsurugi of Muramasa acts as a [[luck item]], and while [[wielded]] it grants [[automatic searching]] and adds an enchantment-based bonus to manual [[searching]] for [[secret door]]s and [[secret corridor]]s. As a weapon, the artifact has +1d2 to-hit and deals double damage to all targets, with the ability to [[bisect]] targets that are medium or smaller in [[physical size]] while always [[Shattering blow|shattering]] the target's [[wielded]] [[weapon]] upon hitting. The Tsurugi of Muramasa has no effect when [[invoked]].

The Tsurugi of Muramasa is [[Bloodthirsty#dNetHack|bloodthirsty]], and will lash out at adjacent monsters once each turn, with a {{frac|4}} chance per monster—bloodthirsty attacks are more likely to occur if the hero is adjacent to several monsters. [[Peaceful]] monsters have a chance based on the [[hero]]'s [[sanity]] of not being targeted, with the artifact being exponentially more likely to attack peacefuls at lower sanity and being exceedingly unlikely to do so at high sanity.

{{todo|Properly detail bisection ability.}}

==History==
The Tsurugi of Muramasa is altered to its current form in dNetHack 3.26.0 with the introduction of the nagamaki via [https://github.com/Chris-plus-alphanumericgibberish/dNAO/commit/b15bcb348374afa04101491f0227f80f05d30461 commit b15bcb34], which renames the item from the [[tsurugi]] (a word that simply means "sword" in Japanese).

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|Muramasa}}
Muramasa Sengo (千子村正) was a famous Japanese swordsmith who founded the Muramasa school and lived during the Muromachi period (14th to 16th centuries) in Kuwana of Ise Province. They were originally reputed as fine blades favored by the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu and his vassals, but gradually became a symbol of the anti-Tokugawa movement.

The idea of Muramasa's swords being bloodthirsty and compelling the wielders to murder or suicide is a product of both the aforementioned political shift and of 18th century Japanese lore and popular culture, such as ''kabuki'' dramas —this is also likely the source for the idea that Muramasa passed his own violence and bloodlust on to the blades he forged.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
This most ancient of swords has been passed down through the
leadership of the Samurai legions for hundreds of years. It
is said to grant luck to its wielder, but its main power is
terrible to behold. It has the capability to cut in half any
creature it is wielded against, instantly killing them.
}}
{{dNetHack-326}}
[[Category:dNetHack quest artifacts|Tsurugi of Muramasa]]
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    |affiliation=<ul><li>[[lawful]]</li><li>[[Samurai/dNetHack|Samurai]]</li><li>[[Intelligent artifacts|intelligent]]</ul>
    |whencarried=<ul><li>acts as [[luckstone]]</li></ul>
-   |generated=<ul><li>[[quest artifact]]</li><li>non-wishable</li></ul>
+   |generated=<ul><li>[[quest artifact]]</li></ul>
    |smalldmg=1d16
    |largedmg=1d8+2d6

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    |versus=all monsters
    |skill=two-handed sword
-   |properties=<ul><li>can be reshaped with a [[Forge (dNetHack)|forge]]</li><li>tripled damage against monsters<br>that are [[vulnerable]] to fire</li><li>can be paired with [[Frost Brand (dNetHack)|Frost Brand]]<br>for [[two weapon combat]]</li></ul>
+   |whencarried=<ul><li>acts as [[luckstone]]</li></ul>
-  |whenwielded=<ul><li>[[fire resistance]]</li></ul>
+  |whenwielded=<ul><li>[[bisection]]</li><li>[[automatic searching]]</li><li>adds [[enchantment]] as bonus to [[searching]]</li><li>[[Bloodthirsty#dNetHack|bloodthirsty]]</li></ul>
    |cost=4500
    |weight=60

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