Knife

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Name knife
Appearance knife
Damage vs. small 1d3
Damage vs. large 1d2
To-hit bonus +0
Weapon skill knife
Size one-handed
Base price 4 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 5
Material iron

A knife is a kind of weapon. Samurai will know it as a shito. It can be used in melee, or thrown.

Knives cannot be multishot.

Knives are some of the worst weapons in the game; having lower damage output than almost every weapon. Their saving grace is the crysknife, one of the more coveted weapons in the game. Other than that, the next best knife is the rare scalpel, though it is on par with the orcish dagger.

Knife skill

Knife
Max Role
Basic
Skilled
Expert

The following weapons use knife skill:

There are no artifact knives.

Encyclopedia entries

Knife:

Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their
faces, the globetrotter went on adhering to his adventures.
 
-- And I seen a man killed in Trieste by an Italian chap.
Knife in his back. Knife like that.
 
Whilst speaking he produced a dangerous looking clasp knife,
quite in keeping with his character, and held it in the
striking position.
 
-- In a knockingshop it was count of a tryon between two
smugglers. Fellow hid behind a door, come up behind him.
Like that. Prepare to meet your God, says he. Chuck! It
went into his back up to the butt.

[ Ulysses, by James Joyce ]

Shito:

A Japanese stabbing knife.

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