Whetstone
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|---|---|
| Name | whetstone |
| Appearance | gray stone |
| Damage vs. small | 1d3 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d3 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | sling |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 45 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 10 |
| Material | mineral |
In SLASH'EM, a whetstone is a gray stone that can remove rust and negative enchantments (up to +0) from an edged weapon or a pick-axe.[1] This action requires a source of water (fountain, sink, toilet or pool). Stand at some water and apply the whetstone.
The whetstone's beatitude determines the chance of success. An artifact weapon will resist the whetstone, lowering this chance.[2]
| stone | chance of success | with artifact |
|---|---|---|
| blessed whestone | 1/3 | 1/6 |
| uncursed whetstone | 1/4 | 1/7 |
| cursed whestone | 1/6 | 1/9 |
| other gray stone | 0 | 0 |
If you fail, you can try again. If you always fail, your gray stone is not a whetstone. If you succeed, you remove one level of rust; or if there was no rust, you remove one point of negative enchantment.
Restrictions
Note that a whetstone cannot remove corrosion.
If you try to use a whetsone with no water other than potions (BUC status does not matter), you get the message, "Better not waste bottled water on that."
If your gray stone is not a whetstone, then you will try to sharpen the edge, but your attempt will always fail.
History
| Whetstone | |
|---|---|
| Author | Pasi Kallinen |
| Download | link |
| NetHack PatchDB | 34 |
The whetstone first appeared in a patch for NetHack 3.4.0. Then SLASH'EM 0.0.7E0 included this patch.[3]
References
- ↑ apply.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F3, line 2177
- ↑ apply.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F3, line 2088
- ↑ history.txt in SLASH'EM
