Orcish bow
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| Name | orcish bow |
| Appearance | crude bow |
| Damage vs. small | 1d2 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d2 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | bow |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 60 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 30 |
| Material | wood |
An orcish bow is a type of weapon that appears in NetHack. The orcish bow is a one-handed launcher designed for arrows that is made of wood, and uses the bow skill. It appears as a crude bow when unidentified.
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Generation
Orcish heroes, Barbarians, Knights, Samurai, and Valkyries start the game with knowledge of the orcish bow. Orcish Rangers start each game with a +1 orcish bow in place of the role's standard bow.[1][2]
Orcish bows make up 3⁄250 (1.2%) of all randomly-generated weapons. General stores, used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can sell orcish bows.
Uruk-hai have a 1⁄3 chance of being generated with an orcish bow and a stack of 3–14 poisoned orcish arrows, while orc-captains have an effective 1⁄6 chance of generating with the same bow and stack of arrows.[3][4]
Description
While wielded, orcish bows grant +1 multishot to orcish arrows shot from them by an orcish hero.[5] Non-player orcs firing orcish arrows from an orcish bow gain a +1 multishot bonus.[6]
History
The orcish bow first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, upgrading an orcish bow will produce a standard bow.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, several more monsters are generated with orcish bows and arrows:
- Goblin outriders each have a 1⁄3 chance of generating with an orcish bow and a stack of 3–14 poisoned orcish arrows.
- The ice trolls stationed in each of the watch towers on the last floor of the Ice Queen's Realm are each generated with an uncursed orcish bow and 100 uncursed orcish arrows at level creation.
- Medusa is always generated with an orcish bow and 25-40 orcish arrows.
- The mariliths flanking the up stair on the second floor of Vecna's Domain are each generated with an uncursed orcish bow and 50 uncursed orcish arrows at level creation, while a third marilith occupying the cell near the drawbridge is generated with an uncursed orcish bow and 100 uncursed orcish arrows at level creation.
- The tower containing the magic portal to the Wizard's Tower is guarded by four mariliths in small rooms surrounding the tower, and each is generated with an uncursed orcish bow and 100 uncursed orcish arrows at level creation—within the Wizard's Tower proper, four more mariliths guard the entrance hall within the fort-like structure on the ground floor, and each of them are also generated with an uncursed orcish bow and 100 uncursed orcish arrows at level creation.
Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, upgrading an orcish bow will produce a standard bow, and upgrading an elven bow will produce an orcish bow.
Plague's base item is an orcish bow.
References
- ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 207
- ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 217
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 419: bow case for Uruk-hai
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 400: switch for orc-captains
- ↑ src/dothrow.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 172: multishot bonus
- ↑ src/mthrowu.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 230
