Orcish long sword
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| Name | orcish long sword |
| Appearance | crude long sword |
| Damage vs. small | 1d8 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d10 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | long sword |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 12 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 40 |
| Material | iron |
An orcish long sword is a type of weapon that appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM. The orcish long sword is a one-handed melee weapon that uses the long sword skill, and has a base material of iron. It appears as a crude long sword when unidentified.
Generation
Orcish Dark Knights start each game with an orcish long sword instead of a standard long sword.
For racial monsters, orcish lieutenants have a 1⁄2 chance of being generated with an orcish long sword.
An orcish long sword can be created at a forge by combining two orcish short swords.
Description
An orcish long sword deals 1d8 damage versus small monsters and 1d10 versus large monsters.
An orcish long sword can be wielded while performing same-race sacrifice as a Dark Knight to create Dirge if it is not yet generated.
Strategy
Orcish long swords are slightly less effective against large monsters than normal long swords, but iron ones are more damaging against iron-hating monsters such as elves and drow. An orcish long sword is fairly easy to forge for heroes looking to take advantage of an early long sword: it takes a total of four crossbow bolts and two orcish daggers to create, and bolt traps can be found early in the dungeon, while Goblin Town has both possible bolt traps and plenty of hostile orcs with orcish daggers.
