Force blade
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| Name | force blade |
| Appearance | latch-ended blade |
| Damage vs. small | 1d6 (+1d6+3) (+1d6+3 energy damage) |
| Damage vs. large | 1d4 (+1d4+2) (+1d4+2 energy damage) |
| Damage type | slashing |
| To-hit bonus | +2 |
| Weapon skill | short sword |
| Expert traits | (none) |
| Primary attribute | strength |
| Magical item? | yes |
| Future tech? | yes |
| Properties |
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| Base size | small |
| Base price | 500 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Default weight | 20 |
| Base material | plastic |
A force blade is a type of charged slashing vibroweapon that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is a medium-sized weapon that is two-handed for a medium-sized wielder, has a base material of plastic and is considered to be a futuristic item. It appears as a latch-ended blade when unidentified.
Generation
Anachrononauts start the game with knowledge of the force blade's identified appearance.
Force blades are not randomly generated and cannot be wished for by a hero that isn't a Tourist, though they may still be found in bones.
2 force blades are generated in the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest locate levels.
Several monsters that are encountered in the future can be generated with a force blade.
- Parasitized knights have a 1⁄8 chance of being generated with a vibroblade with an enchantment ranging from +3 to +7.
Description
Force blades inflict piercing damage and have a +2 to-hit bonus. When uncharged, they deal 1d6 damage against small monsters and 1d4 against large monsters. If the force blade is charged, it instead deals 3d6+6 against small monsters and 3d4+4 against large monsters. A force blade of larger or smaller size has its base damage dice similarly modified, always gaining an additional damage dice, and half a dice as bonus damage when charged.
When a force blade is applied while an identical force blade is held in the offhand they will combine into a double force-blade. When re-applied, the double force-blade splits back into two separate force blades and begins two-weaponing with them. However, if one of the individual force blades had less remaining charges, the recombined double force-blade will retain the lesser amount of charges between the two blades.
A force blade is normally generated with 80 to 99 charges unless otherwise specified, and can be recharged any number of times. Recharging a force blade has different effects based on the beautitude of the charging source: blessed charging sets charges to 100, cursed charging sets charges to 10 and uncursed charging sets the charges to a number between 80 and 99.
In terms of monster weapon preference, monsters will prefer the force blade to a beamsword, and will prefer a force pike or better to the force blade.
Messages
- You unlatch the double force-blade.
- You applied a double force-blade
- You latch the double force-blade.
- You applied a force blade with an identical one held in the offhand
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