Plague (dNetHack)

)   Plague   (No tile)
Base item	bow
Damage vs. small	1d2 (+1d7 to arrow damage)
Damage vs. large	1d2 (+1d7 to arrow damage)
To-hit bonus	+0 (+1d5 to arrow to-hit)
Bonus versus	targets without poison resistance
Weapon skill	bow
Size	one-handed
Affiliation	chaotic
When carried	(none)
When wielded	poison resistance sickness resistance all arrows fired from it are treated as poisoned
When invoked	arrows become filth-encrusted for 13 turns such arrows deal disease damage (with 1⁄5 chance of instant death) instant death effect causes 6d6 sickness explosion (radius dependent on physical size)
Base price	4000 zm
Weight	25
Material	bone

For the artifact in other variants, see Plague.

Plague is an artifact that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is chaotic-aligned, and its base item is a bow made of bone.

Generation

Plague can be given as a sacrifice gift to a chaotic hero.

Description

While wielded, Plague grants poison resistance and sickness resistance, and any type of arrows fired from it gain +1d5 to-hit and +1d7 poison damage bonuses and are always treated as poisoned. Invoking Plague treats arrows fired from it as filth-encrusted for 13 turns: filth-encrusted arrows have a ¹⁄₅ chance of inflicting instant death upon hitting a target without sickness resistance, and a target killed this way produces a explosion whose radius depends on the physical size of the slain monster and deals 6d6 damage to monsters caught in it.

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