War hammer

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Name	war hammer
Appearance	war hammer
Damage vs. small	1d4+1
Damage vs. large	1d4
To-hit bonus	+0
Weapon skill	hammer
Size	one-handed
Base price	5 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	50
Material	iron

The war hammer is a weapon in NetHack, perhaps most well known for Mjollnir, an artifact for which it is the base item type.

Hammer skill

Hammer
Max	Role
Basic	Knight, Rogue, Ranger, Tourist
Skilled	Caveman
Expert	Barbarian, Priest, Valkyrie

The war hammer is the only kind of hammer in the game. (Note: A Lucern Hammer is a type of polearm.) Artifact hammers are Mjollnir and Ogresmasher.

Encyclopedia entry

They had come together at the ford of the Trident while the
battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his
great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in
black. On his breastplate was the three-headed dragon of his
House, wrought all in rubies that flashed like fire in the
sunlight. The waters of the Trident ran red around the
hooves of their destriers as they circled and clashed, again
and again, until at last a crushing blow from Robert's hammer
stove in the dragon and the chest behind it. When Ned had
finally come on the scene, Rhaegar lay dead in the stream,
while men of both armies scrambled in the swirling waters for
rubies knocked free of his armor.

[ A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin ]

SLASH'EM

In slash'em there is also the heavy hammer (base damage d6) in this category. Also Mjollnir is a heavy hammer.

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