Flintlock

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Name flintlock
Appearance broken hand-crossbow
Damage vs. small 1d2
Damage vs. large 1d2
To-hit bonus +0
Weapon skill firearm
Size one-handed
Base price 50 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 10
Material iron

A flintlock is a firearm the appears in dNetHack and notdNetHack.

Generation

Pirates start with a +0 flintlock.

The flint lock is the only non-future tech firearm, and thus the only one that is wishable.

Description

The flintlock has a -2 rate of fire and a range of 8 squares when firing.

Strategy

Because of its negative rate of fire, it will not normally fire more than one bullet even at expert skill. Furthermore, bullets fired from a flintlock have a 17 chance of misfiring as if they were cursed.

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