Dramborleg
| ) Dramborleg (No tile) | |
|---|---|
| Base item | dwarvish bearded axe |
| Damage vs. small | 1d8 +1d8 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d10 +1d8 |
| To-hit bonus | +1d8 |
| Bonus versus | everything |
| Weapon skill | dwarvish bearded axe |
| Size | one-handed |
| Affiliation | |
| When carried |
(none) |
| When wielded |
|
| When invoked |
(none) |
| Base price | 9000 zm |
| Weight | 26 |
| Material | mithril |
Dramborleg is an artifact that appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM. It is lawful and dwarf-favoring, and its base item is a dwarvish bearded axe made of mithril.
Generation
In addition to random generation, Dramborleg can appear as a sacrifice gift for lawful heroes.
Description
While wielded, Dramborleg provides magic resistance and one level of magic cancellation, and warns its wielder of demons. As a weapon, it has +1d8 to-hit and damage bonuses versus all monsters, and any balrogs hit by Dramborleg are instantly killed.
Dramborleg can be combined with Vorpal Blade at a forge to create Ithilmar.
Origin
The Axe of Tuor was, also known as Dramborleg (Gnomish "Thudder-Sharp", Qenya "Tarambolaika" or "Tarambor"), is a notable weapon that appears in the Middle-Earth setting of J.R.R. Tolkien. In The Book of Lost Tales, a collection of his early stories, Tuor Eladar fought with the axe during the Fall of Gondolin, where he used it to slay three Balrogs: this was a surprise to both the Gnomes and their enemies, as until that point a Balrog had never known defeat let alone been slain. The Gnomes thus named the weapon for how Tuor "smote both a heavy dint as of a club and cleft as a sword". Tuor took the weapon with him when he escaped the downfall of the city, and his descendants later took it with them to Númenor as an heirloom; it was lost during the Downfall of Númenor.
Encyclopedia entry
... but he carried an axe rather than a sword, and this in the
speech of the Gondolindrim he named Dramborleg, for its buffet
stunned and its edge clove all armour.
[ The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two,
by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
