Serrated

Serrated is a property in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. Weapons with this property deal increased (+20%) elemental and blood damage, as well as increasing some damage bonuses, see below for details. The effect only applies on monsters that have less than eight DR and aren't wearing a cloak, armor or shirt. Monster's that are resistant to slashing damage, or are otherwise resistant or immune to weapon attacks, are not subject to this effect.

The following types of damage bonuses are increased by 20% by serrated weapons:

• Sneak attack
• Undead hunter undead bonus damage
• The graze expert trait
• Encouragement
• The aesh tile bonus
• Bound Dantalion intelligence bonus
• Skill damage bonuses
• The Ose/Madpeople insight weapon bonus
• Priest wielded artifact bonus
• Monster attack bonuses from self-polymorph.
• Elemental damage from worn rings
• Sword of blood impurity damage (AD_BLUD attacks)
• Sword of mercury elemental damage (AD_MERC attacks)

The following weapons count as being serrated:

• Saw cleaver
• Whip-saw (transformed cane)
• Saw spear
• Long Saw (transformed saw spear)
• Beast cutter
• Beast crusher (transformed beast cutter)
• Diskos
• Demon claw
• Moon axe (only after the hunting moon descends)

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