Talk:Weapon
Breaking
Is there a possibility of weapons breaking? I know that if you force the lock of a chest or box with edged weapons, they can break. But recently, when I killed a dwarf I got the message 'The dwarf's broad short sword shatters from the force of your blow!' How is this possible? (If it makes a difference, that was the killing blow.) --206.75.108.8 01:49, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
620. /* 621. * 2.5% chance of shattering defender's weapon when 622. * using a two-handed weapon; less if uwep is rusted. 623. * [dieroll == 2 is most successful non-beheading or 624. * -bisecting hit, in case of special artifact damage; 625. * the percentage chance is (1/20)*(50/100).] 626. */uhitm.c#line620
Addps4cat 04:04, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Weapon choice
There should be a section on which weapon to choose. Tjr 01:03, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
- I was considering trying to make a spreadsheet with a listing of all the monsters, their size, etc, alongside all the weapon damages (including artifacts) and weighting them (in the sense of a weighted average) against their challenge rating... would create a figure that allows sorting which weapons are the best. Be a heckuva project, though it'd be pretty nice to have here eventually. Eh, give me a few weeks, few months maybe. Feagradze 13:57, June 29, 2010 (UTC)
- Whew, I'm a long way from done, but I did include a strategy section just now with a spiffy chart. It's pretty primitive, and I'll have to revise it about four times, but at least it's something. Feagradze 06:32, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
- That's some good work. --FJH 03:09, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- Whew, I'm a long way from done, but I did include a strategy section just now with a spiffy chart. It's pretty primitive, and I'll have to revise it about four times, but at least it's something. Feagradze 06:32, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
Two handed weapon bonus
Does attacking with two handed weapons give a damage bonus, other than as above? In DnD you would get +50% to your Strength bonus.--PeterGFin 04:17, January 10, 2010 (UTC)
Curved hook?
I recently found a curved hook. Didn't know what to do with it. Don't see it mentioned on wikihack. Was playing on alt.org/nethack/soiled. Is this someones code alteration or has wikihack neglected mention, or what? --Slarty 18:48, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
todos
- monster use of weapons (currently on the pet page) and ranged weapons
- weapon choice for the player
- how to find out enchantment (formal ID, price)
- weapons to avoid because their skill is a dead end
- link to multishot, artifact weapon, twoweapon etc.
--Tjr 10:12, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
