Sword of Justice
) Sword of Justice (No tile) | |
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Base item | long sword |
Damage vs. small | 1d8 +12 |
Damage vs. large | 1d12 +12 |
To-hit bonus | +5 |
Bonus versus | cross-aligned monsters |
Weapon skill | long sword |
Size | one-handed |
Affiliation | |
When carried |
(none) |
When wielded |
(none) |
When invoked |
(none) |
Base price | 1500 zm |
Weight | 40 |
Material | iron |
The Sword of Justice is a lawful artifact long sword in SLASH'EM. It has +5 to hit and +12 to damage to all cross-aligned monsters. It is the guaranteed first sacrifice gift for yeomen.
Strategy
It's a pretty good weapon: in terms of damage, it's actually on par with the Sceptre of Might in vanilla nethack, and is far better than the version in SLASH'EM. It is particularly useful since almost no lawful monsters are always generated hostile, meaning that a character with a reasonably good alignment record will very rarely encounter a monster which is not subject to the Sword of Justice's extra damage. It is well worth sacrificing for if you're a yeoman. Like most non-quest artifacts, it's certainly not worth an artifact wish; dip for Excalibur instead if you really want a lawful long sword.