Mace (skill)
The mace is a weapon skill that appears in NetHack.[1]
Available roles
The following roles can reach the listed skill levels in maces:
| Mace | |
|---|---|
| Max | Role |
| Basic | |
| Skilled | |
| Expert | |
List of weapons
The mace and the silver mace both use the mace skill.
Two artifacts use the mace skill: The Sceptre of Might, an artifact mace, and Demonbane, an artifact silver mace.
History
The mace skill is introduced with many other weapon skills in NetHack 3.2.0. From this version to NetHack 3.6.7, including some variants based on those versions, the mace is the only weapon to use its associated skill. NetHack 5.0.0 adds the silver mace via commit 67d58202, which also changes Demonbane's base item from a long sword to a silver mace.
Variants
NetHack variants based on versions up to NetHack 3.6.7 may implement their own version of the silver mace independently.
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM adds the silver mace as a weapon that uses the mace skill, and introduces another artifact mace in Disrupter.
SporkHack
SporkHack adds the silver mace as a weapon that uses the mace skill, though it cannot generate randomly (but can be wished for or found in bones). The base item of Demonbane is also changed to a silver mace.
dNetHack
dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack add several weapons and items that use the mace skill:
Some artifacts use the mace skill in some manner:
- The Rod of Lordly Might and The Rod of the Elvish Lords are artifacts that can take on the form of a mace or elven mace, respectively.
- The Rod of the Ram is a neutral mace.
- The Field Marshal's Baton is a lawful mace.
- The Rod of Dis is a lawful intelligent mace wielded by Dispater.
- The Wand of Orcus uses the mace skill when wielded and used as a melee weapon.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, Demonbane's base item is changed to a mace with a material of silver, similar to SporkHack.
The mace that an aligned priest generates with is never created cursed.
SpliceHack
SpliceHack adds the executioner's mace and ornate mace as weapons that use the mace skill.
EvilHack
EvilHack merges the morning star skill into the mace skill, and adds the heavy mace, rod, dark elven mace, dark elven heavy mace, and orcish morning star as weapons that use the mace skill.
Four artifacts use the mace skill:
- Trollsbane (unaligned morning star)
- Demonbane (lawful silver heavy mace)
- The Scepter of Might (lawful rod)
- Wand of Orcus (chaotic rod)
SlashTHEM
In addition to SLASH'EM details, SlashTHEM adds the ornate mace as a weapon that uses the mace skill, which functions similarly to how it does in SpliceHack.
Hack'EM
Hack'EM adds the executioner's mace from SpliceHack and the heavy mace and rod from EvilHack as weapons that use the mace skill.
The base item of the Sceptre of Might is changed to an executioner's mace.
