Luckblade
) Luckblade | |
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Base item | short sword |
Damage vs. small | 1d6 +5 |
Damage vs. large | 1d8 +5 |
To-hit bonus | +5 |
Bonus versus | (any) |
Weapon skill | short sword |
Size | one-handed |
Affiliation | |
When carried | |
When wielded |
(none) |
When invoked |
(none) |
Base price | 1000 zm |
Weight | 30 |
Material | iron |
Luckblade is a neutral artifact short sword in UnNetHack, DynaHack and SLASH'EM. It has a flat +5 to hit and to damage, and acts as a luckstone when carried. In UnNetHack it is the first sacrifice gift for Convicts. It is a broadsword in DynaHack and UnNetHack (in the latter, it is called "Luck Blade").
Strategy
This is a worthy artifact weapon, since it has a decent to-hit and damage bonus. The luck-enhancing ability may also come in useful, especially before the player finds any luckstones. Most players will probably want something better later on, although this weapon remains a decent choice for twoweaponing, preferable to most non-artifact weapons except possibly a silver saber. Note that because it uses the short sword skill, a player who finds this early will have to balance the benefit of training it past basic versus spending precious skill slots on more powerful weapons, riding, #twoweapon, or spells.