Dirge
) Dirge (No tile) | |
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Base item | long sword |
Damage vs. small | 1d8 x2 |
Damage vs. large | 1d12 x2 |
To-hit bonus | +1d5 |
Bonus versus | not poison resistant |
Weapon skill | long sword |
Size | one-handed |
Affiliation | |
When carried |
(none) |
When wielded | |
When invoked |
(none) |
Base price | 3000 zm |
Weight | 40 |
Material | iron |
Dirge is an intelligent artifact weapon that appears in SporkHack and EvilHack. It is chaotic-aligned, and its base item is a long sword.
Generation
Chaotic knights who sacrifice a member of their own race on a chaotic altar while wielding a long sword will have it turned into Dirge. It can also be given to chaotic characters as a sacrifice gift.
Effects
Sporkhack
Dirge has +5 to-hit and is permanently poisoned: it deals an extra 1d6 of damage as all poisoned weapons do, but also doubles the base and enchantment damage against non-poison resistant monsters, resulting in incredible amounts of damage versus the right targets.
Average damage calculation
The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from weapon skills, strength, or from using a blessed weapon against undead or demons. It also does not include the 10% chance to instantly kill non-poison resistant monsters.
When fully enchanted, to non-poison resistant creatures it deals almost as much damage as a fully enchanted Graywswandir versus silver-hating creatures.
Weapon | Poison-resistant | Not poison-resistant | ||
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Small monster | Large monster | Small monster | Large monster | |
+0 Dirge | ||||
+7 Dirge |
EvilHack
In EvilHack, Dirge is now acidic instead of poisonous, and is made of mithril. It trades the ability to instantly kill monsters for the ability to deal double acid damage versus non-acid resistant monsters, and also grants acid resistance when wielded.