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| − | A '''javelin''' is a | + | A '''javelin''' is a [[weapon]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. When [[identification|unidentified]], it appears as a '''throwing spear'''. |
| − | + | Javelins use the [[spear]] skill, and have a +2 to-hit bonus when hitting [[kebabable]] monster classes. | |
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Javelins make up about 1.0% of randomly generated weapons (on the ground, as [[death drop]]s, and in [[shop]]s). | Javelins make up about 1.0% of randomly generated weapons (on the ground, as [[death drop]]s, and in [[shop]]s). | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | + | In [[NetHack 3.4.3]] and derived variants, javelins were the only weapon that used a separate '''javelin''' skill. This was because of the different uses of spears - javelins were intended for throwing and spears for thrusting. [[NetHack 3.6.0]] merged the javelin and spear skills for gameplay reasons. | |
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{{javelin skill table}} | {{javelin skill table}} | ||
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==Encyclopaedia entry== | ==Encyclopaedia entry== | ||
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Revision as of 00:37, 18 January 2021
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| Name | javelin |
| Appearance | throwing spear |
| Damage vs. small | 1d6 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d6 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | spear |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 3 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 20 |
| Material | iron |
A javelin is a weapon that appears in NetHack. When unidentified, it appears as a throwing spear.
Javelins use the spear skill, and have a +2 to-hit bonus when hitting kebabable monster classes.
Generation
Javelins make up about 1.0% of randomly generated weapons (on the ground, as death drops, and in shops).
History
In NetHack 3.4.3 and derived variants, javelins were the only weapon that used a separate javelin skill. This was because of the different uses of spears - javelins were intended for throwing and spears for thrusting. NetHack 3.6.0 merged the javelin and spear skills for gameplay reasons.
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Encyclopaedia entry
- they come together with great random, and a spear is brast,
and one party brake his shield and the other one goes down,
horse and man, over his horse-tail and brake his neck, and
then the next candidate comes randoming in, and brast his
spear, and the other man brast his shield, and down he goes,
horse and man, over his horse-tail, and brake his neck, and
then there's another elected, and another and another and
still another, till the material is all used up; and when you
come to figure up results, you can't tell one fight from
another, nor who whipped; and as a picture of living, raging,
roaring battle, sho! why it's pale and noiseless - just
ghosts scuffling in a fog. Dear me, what would this barren
vocabulary get out of the mightiest spectacle? - the burning
of Rome in Nero's time, for instance? Why, it would merely
say 'Town burned down; no insurance; boy brast a window,
fireman brake his neck!' Why, that ain't a picture!
Twain ]
