Bec de corbin
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| Name | Bec de corbin |
| Appearance | beaked polearm |
| Damage vs. small | d8 |
| Damage vs. large | d6 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | polearm |
| Size | two-handed |
| Base price | 8 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 100 |
| Material | iron |
A bec-de-corbin is a type of weapon that appears in NetHack. It is a two-handed polearm that is made of iron, and appears as a beaked polearm when unidentified.
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Generation
In addition to random generation, general shops and antique weapons outlets can sell bec-de-corbins.
Watchmen and soldiers may be generated with a bec-de-corbin.[1]
Strategy
The bec-de-corbin offers decent damage against small monsters compared to other polearms, but has the lowest average damage against large monsters alongside the lucern hammer, and in general is a poor weapon for its weight even compared to other polearms like the ranseur or spetum.
History
The bec-de-corbin is introduced with all other polearms in NetHack 1.3d.
Origin
A bec de corbin or bec-de-corbin (Old French "raven's beak", and pluralized as "becs de corbin") is a type of polearm and war hammer that was popular in late medieval Europe, and consisted of a modified hammerhead, spike and stout "beak" mounted atop a long pole. The hammerhead was usually blunt (though some had multi-pronged hammers) and acted as a balance rather than a means of attack, designed to aid the beak in tearing into plate armor and mail; the spike mounted on the top of the head was also not nearly as long and thin like that of a lucern hammer. Bec de corbin is sometimes used as a general term to describe several types of war hammer, such as mauls and horseman's picks.
Variants
dNetHack
In dNetHack and notdNetHack, the bec-de-corbin has its weight reduced to 75 aum.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, the bec-de-corbin is one of the few polearms that is not removed.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, a bec-de-corbin can be created at a forge by combining a war hammer and a spear. This also applies to Hack'EM.
Encyclopedia entry
- See the encyclopedia entry for polearm.
