Elven mace
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| Name | elven mace |
| Appearance | runed mace |
| Damage vs. small | 1d7+3 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d7 |
| Damage type | blunt |
| To-hit bonus | +2 |
| Weapon skill | mace |
| Expert traits | hew, stunning strike, penetrate armor, blade dance |
| Primary attribute | strength |
| Magical item? | no |
| Properties | (none) |
| Base size | medium |
| Base price | 5 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Default weight | 10 |
| Base material | wood |
An elven mace is a type of mace that appears in dNetHack, notnotdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is a medium-sized weapon that is one-handed for a medium-sized wielder, and has a base material of wood. It appears as a runed mace when unidentified.
The Rod of the Elvish Lords is an artifact elven mace that can be invoked to transform it into various other elven weapons.
Generation
All elven heroes other than Madpeople start the game with knowledge of the elven mace's identified appearance—elven and orcish Madpeople that open their quest box will regain their knowledge of of the elven mace's identified appearance.
Elven maces are not randomly generated, though they may be wished for or found in bones.
A treesinger with access to a tree and a mithril smith with access to a forge are each capable of smithing an elven mace (made of wood or mithril, respectively) for a hero that either pays a peaceful one to perform the service or requests the item from a tame one.
Each item inside a Jrt Netjer hell vault has a base 1⁄28 chance of being an elven mace.
Poltergeists created by rage-walkers have a 1⁄8 chance of being generated wielding a cursed iron elven mace that has a minimum enchantment of +3.
Description
Elven maces inflict blunt damage, dealing 1d7+3 damage against small monsters and 1d7 against large monsters, and have a +2 to-hit bonus. A hero wielding an elven mace while they are at Skilled or better in maces gains the "hew"", "stunning strike", "penetrate armor", and "bladedance" expert traits.
In terms of monster weapon preference, monsters will prefer the elven mace to an elven spear, and will prefer an elven short sword or better to the elven mace.
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