Helping Hand

) Helping Hand
Base item	grappling hook

Damage vs. small	1d2
Damage vs. large	1d6
To-hit bonus	+0
Bonus versus	(any)

Weapon skill	flail
Size	one-handed
Affiliation	lawful

When carried	blocks ¹⁹⁄₂₀ of curses engraves as athame
When wielded	automatic searching stealth warning enchantment-based bonus to searching fully blocks curses
When invoked	untraps adjacent square

Base price	50 zm
Weight	30
Material	iron

Helping Hand is an artifact that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is lawful-aligned, and its base item is a grappling hook.

Description

While carried, Helping Hand grants curse resistance blocks ¹⁹⁄₂₀ of item-cursing effects such as the curse items monster spell, and can be used to engrave at the same quality as an athame. While wielded, the artifact fully blocks item-cursing effects and grants automatic searching, stealth, and warning, along with an enchantment-based bonus to all searches. Invoking Helping Hand will untrap either the hero's current square or an adjacent square of their choice.

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