Dragonbane
) Dragonbane (No tile) | |
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Base item | broadsword |
Damage vs. small | 2d4 x2 |
Damage vs. large | 1d6+1 x2 |
To-hit bonus | +1d5 |
Bonus versus | dragons |
Weapon skill | broadsword |
Size | one-handed |
Affiliation | |
When carried |
(none) |
When wielded | |
When invoked |
(none) |
Base price | 500 zm |
Weight | 70 |
Material | iron |
Dragonbane is an artifact broadsword that does double damage against dragons and grants reflection when wielded.
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Strategy
Like most Banes, Dragonbane is considered to not be all that useful due to the narrow damage bonus. However, it is much more viable for general usage than the others: dragons are fairly valuable and dangerous targets, and the reflection it provides can mitigate the threat of their breath attacks, on top of possibly providing a more convenient source of reflection; Dragonbane is a more spellcasting-friendly source compared to a shield of reflection, and in some cases two-weaponing Dragonbane with a good offhand weapon offers better damage than a single weapon and shield. Dragonbane is thus also useful for procuring dragon scales to convert into dragon scale mail, especially used in conjunction with reverse genocide and an engraved Elbereth or scroll of scare monster.
Knights, as well as Cavemen that receive Dragonbane as a sacrifice gift, may want Dragonbane in particular to deal with their respective quest nemeses, Ixoth and the Chromatic Dragon. Additionally, a chaotic character that gets Dragonbane from sacrificing will unrestrict the broadsword skill, allowing them to train in anticipation of Stormbringer.
History
Dragonbane granting reflection while wielded was added in NetHack 3.6.1.
Variants
dNetHack
Dragonbane has been replaced with Dragonlance.
UnNetHack, SporkHack and SLASH'EM
) Dragonbane (No tile) | |
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Base item | dwarvish spear |
Damage vs. small | 1d8 +1d4 |
Damage vs. large | 1d8 +1d4 |
To-hit bonus | +1d5 |
Bonus versus | (any) |
Weapon skill | dwarvish spear |
Size | one-handed |
Affiliation | |
When carried |
(none) |
When wielded | |
When invoked |
(none) |
Base price | 500 zm |
Weight | 30 |
Material | iron |
In SporkHack, UnNetHack and SLASH'EM Dragonbane is instead a dwarvish spear that confers fire, cold, acid, sleep, disintegration and shock resistance while wielded, and has a 50% chance of instantly slaying dragons (reduced to 20% in UnNetHack[1]). It also gets +d5 to hit and +d4 damage against all enemies. (If you are polymorphed into a dragon, a monster wielding Dragonbane can instantly kill you!)
In UnNetHack, Dragonbane also grants warning of dragons.
FIQHack
) Dragonbane (No tile) | |
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Base item | lance |
Damage vs. small | 1d8 +1d20 |
Damage vs. large | 1d8 +1d20 |
To-hit bonus | +1d5 |
Bonus versus | dragons |
Weapon skill | lance |
Size | one-handed |
Affiliation | |
When carried |
(none) |
When wielded | |
When invoked |
(none) |
Base price | 500 zm |
Weight | 90 |
Material | iron |
In FIQHack, Dragonbane is an artifact lance that confers reflection. Because it is an artifact, it will never break when jousting. Dragonbane has half the weight of a regular lance.
References
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