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A '''shattering blow''' is an effect that happens roughly 2.5% of the time when you are fighting while wielding a [[two-handed weapon]], or are a [[samurai]] wielding a [[katana]], and your [[skill]] in that weapon is Skilled or better. If you perform a shattering blow on a [[monster]], the monster's wielded weapon is destroyed, and the monster will turn to flee 75% of the time.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|794|version=NetHack 3.6.6}}
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A '''shattering blow''' is an effect that happens roughly 2.5% of the time when you are fighting while wielding a [[two-handed weapon]], or are a [[samurai]] wielding a [[katana]], and your [[skill]] in that weapon is Skilled or better. If you perform a shattering blow on a [[monster]], the monster's wielded weapon is destroyed, and the monster will turn to flee 75% of the time;{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|794|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} this will occur before any damage from the blow itself.
  
 
==Messages==
 
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{{message|The <monster>'s <weapon> shatters from the force of your blow!|You attacked a monster and performed a shattering blow.}}
 
{{message|The <monster>'s <weapon> shatters from the force of your blow!|You attacked a monster and performed a shattering blow.}}
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==See also==
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* [[Staggering blow]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:40, 6 September 2021

A shattering blow is an effect that happens roughly 2.5% of the time when you are fighting while wielding a two-handed weapon, or are a samurai wielding a katana, and your skill in that weapon is Skilled or better. If you perform a shattering blow on a monster, the monster's wielded weapon is destroyed, and the monster will turn to flee 75% of the time;[1] this will occur before any damage from the blow itself.

Messages

The <monster>'s <weapon> shatters from the force of your blow!
You attacked a monster and performed a shattering blow.

See also

References

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