Luckblade
) Luckblade 
| |
|---|---|
| Base item | short sword |
| Damage vs. small | 1d6 +5 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d8 +5 |
| To-hit bonus | +5 |
| Bonus versus | (any) |
| Weapon skill | short sword |
| Size | one-handed |
| Affiliation | |
| When carried | |
| When wielded |
(none) |
| When invoked |
(none) |
| Base price | 1000 zm |
| Weight | 30 |
| Material | iron |
Luckblade, also written as Luck Blade, is a neutral artifact weapon found in some variants. It is a short sword in SLASH'EM, and a broadsword in DynaHack and UnNetHack. It has a flat +5 to-hit and damage bonus, and acts as a luckstone when carried.
Generation
In UnNetHack, it is the first sacrifice gift for Convicts.
Strategy
This is a worthy artifact weapon, since it has a decent to-hit and damage bonus. The luck-enhancing ability may also come in useful, especially before the player finds any luckstones. Most players will probably want something better later on, although this weapon remains a decent choice for twoweaponing, preferable to most non-artifact weapons except possibly a silver saber. Note that because it uses the short sword skill, a player who finds this early will have to balance the benefit of training it past basic versus spending precious skill slots on more powerful weapons, riding, #twoweapon, or spells.
