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The saber is a curved single edged sword with a cross-guard connecting to the tip of the handle(pommel). It descends from the similar [[scimitar]] from the middle east with a simple cross-guard.
 
The saber is a curved single edged sword with a cross-guard connecting to the tip of the handle(pommel). It descends from the similar [[scimitar]] from the middle east with a simple cross-guard.
  
The curved design was good for slashing opponents with out getting stuck while riding. The cross-guard was improved as the development of firearms made armor obsolete(armored gantlets and shield).
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The curved design was good for slashing opponents without getting stuck while riding. The cross-guard was improved as the development of firearms made armor obsolete(armored gantlets and shield).
  
 
==Encyclopaedia entry==
 
==Encyclopaedia entry==

Revision as of 15:58, 23 April 2016

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Name silver saber
Appearance silver saber
Damage vs. small 1d8+(1d20)
Damage vs. large 1d8+(1d20)
To-hit bonus +0
Weapon skill saber
Size one-handed
Base price 75 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 40
Material silver

The silver saber is a silver sword, commonly used as a secondary weapon in #twoweaponing, as it gives silver damage against lycanthropes, demons, vampires, minor demons (except tengu), and shades, in addition to being a respectable weapon in its own right.

Generation

They are randomly generated like any other weapon, but the watch captain in Minetown has a 50% chance of being generated with one, as does any Captain. If Fort Ludios exists, you are extremely likely to find a saber there.

Average damage calculation

The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from weapon skills, strength, or from using a blessed weapon against undead or demons.

Weapon Not silver-hating Silver-hating
+0 silver saber \frac{1+8}{2}=\bold{4.5} \frac{1+8}{2}+\frac{1+20}{2}=\bold{15}
+7 silver saber \frac{1+8}{2}+7=\bold{11.5} \frac{1+8}{2}+\frac{1+20}{2}+7=\bold{22}

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM adds a new saber weapon: the rapier. A +1 rapier is guaranteed to appear in Grund's Stronghold.

Saber skill

Saber
Max Role
Basic
Skilled
Expert

The silver saber is the only weapon to use the saber skill. Artifact sabers are Grayswandir and Werebane.

Appearance

The saber is a curved single edged sword with a cross-guard connecting to the tip of the handle(pommel). It descends from the similar scimitar from the middle east with a simple cross-guard.

The curved design was good for slashing opponents without getting stuck while riding. The cross-guard was improved as the development of firearms made armor obsolete(armored gantlets and shield).

Encyclopaedia entry

Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air,
Sab'ring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered:
Plunged in the battery smoke,
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre-stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not--
Not the six hundred.
[ The Charge of the Light Brigade,
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson ]

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