Gjallar

(   Gjallar
Base item	tooled horn
Affiliation	neutral Valkyrie intelligent artifacts
When carried	warning half physical damage
When applied	wakes all sleeping monsters on level scares monsters with larger range may briefly stun adjacent monsters may deafen non-Valkyrie heroes
When invoked	level teleport
Base price	3500 zm
Weight	18

Gjallar is the Valkyrie quest artifact in EvilHack and Hack'EM. It is the prize for completing the Valkyrie quest, and its default alignment is neutral. Its base item type is a tooled horn.

Generation

For Valkyries, Gjallar is always generated on the goal level of the Valkyrie quest, where it is placed on the same square as Lord Surtur along with the Bell of Opening.

If Gjallar is wished for by a hero of another role, there is a ¹⁄_x chance (where x is the amount of previous artifact wishes) of it being created successfully. If successful, the Norn will generate as the hostile owner of the artifact, placed adjacent to the hero with the artifact in her possession.

Description

While carried, Gjallar grants warning, half physical damage and acts as a luckstone. Applying Gjallar scares monsters and will wake up any sleeping monsters on the current level, and its scare radius is larger than a regular tooled horn—any monsters directly adjacent to the hero have a ¹⁄₅ chance of being stunned, and a non-Valkyrie hero blowing the horn may become temporarily deaf.

Strategy

See also: Invoke § Optimum invocation schedule

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