Wooden stake
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| Name | wooden stake |
| Appearance | wooden stake |
| Damage vs. small | 1d6 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d6 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | dagger |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 50 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 20 |
| Material | wood |
- For the weapon in Hack'EM, see Stake (Hack'EM).
A wooden stake is a type of weapon that appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. It is a one-handed weapon that uses the dagger skill, and is naturally made of wood.
The wooden stake is the base item for the artifact The Stake of Van Helsing.
Generation
Undead Slayers start each game with a +0 non-cursed wooden stake as their primary weapon.[1]
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the wooden stake is not randomly generated, though it can be wished for or found in bones.
SlashTHEM
In SlashTHEM, the wooden stake is very rare and makes up 1⁄500 (0.2%) of all randomly-generated weapons. General stores, used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can sell wooden stakes.
Description
A wooden stake deals +1d6 bonus damage to all vampires, with an extra +2 damage and a 1⁄10 chance of inflicting instant death if the hero wielding or throwing it is an Undead Slayer, has Expert skill in daggers or is specifically wielding The Stake of Van Helsing.[2] This also applies to other monsters attacking a vampire or a hero in the form of one with The Stake of Van Helsing.[3][4]
Messages
- You drive your <stake> into <the monster>.
- A wielded stake dealt bonus damage against a vampire.
- You plunge your <stake> into the heart of <the monster>.
- A vampire was instantly killed by a wielded stake.
Origin
A wooden stake generally refers to a piece of wood sharpened to a point so that they can be easily dug into the ground, in folklore, wooden stakes are usually employed as a means of killing vampires by driving wooden stakes into their hearts, hence the vampires weakness to them in SLASH’EM and SlashTHEM.
