Clarent
) Clarent (dNetHack) 
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|---|---|
| Base item | long sword |
| Damage vs. small | 1d8 +1d8 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d12 +1d8 |
| To-hit bonus | +1d4 |
| Bonus versus | thick-skinned monsters |
| Weapon skill | long sword |
| Size | one-handed |
| Affiliation | |
| When carried |
(none) |
| When wielded |
(none) |
| When invoked | |
| Base price | zm |
| Weight | 40 |
| Material | iron |
Clarent is an artifact sword in GreyKnight's Clarent Patch. The "other" sword from Arthurian legend (after Excalibur), Clarent is proposed as an alternate lawful crowning gift, to replace Excalibur, which can already be created easily by #dipping a long sword into any fountain.
Versions of Clarent have been incorporated into the variants dNetHack and SLASHTHEM.
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dNetHack
In dNetHack, Clarent is a lawful long sword, the crowning gift for Knights. It has a +1d4 to-hit and +1d8 damage bonus versus thick-skinned creatures. When wielded by a Knight, it does not resist being held second to other artifact weapons. It can be used as a digging tool.
SLASHTHEM
In SLASHTHEM, Clarent's base item class is short sword, as in the original patch. It is the first sacrifice gift for Knights and has a fixed +8 to-hit and +2 damage bonus versus thick-skinned creatures. In addition, it functions as a luckstone while carried. When invoked it reveals the location of all pets on the level and increases the tameness of those within line of sight.
SLASHTHEM inherits SLASH'EM's lack of restrictions on dual-wielding artifacts, so Clarent can be held second to another artifact weapons by any role.
Origin
Clarent appears in the medieval poem Alliterative Morte Arthure alongside Caliburn (i.e. Excalibur) as a sword associated with King Arthur. In popular culture it is often identified with the sword that Arthur pulled from the stone, while Excalibur is identified with the sword Arthur received from the Lady of the Lake.
In light of the sword's mythos, the Clarent Patch allows for Clarent, upon crowning, to appear embedded in a wall, door, or tree adjacent to its recipient, who must retrieve it using the #untrap command. The patch also allows for its use as a digging tool, which is incorporated into dNetHack.
