# Rapier
A rapier is a type of sword that appears in SLASH'EM and dNethack. It is made of metal and uses the saber skill.

Contents

1 SLASH'EM

1.1 Generation

2 dNethack
3 Origin
4 Reference

SLASH'EM

) 

Name

rapier

Appearance

rapier

Damage vs. small

1d6

Damage vs. large

1d8

To-hit bonus

+0

Weapon skill

saber

Size

one-handed

Base price

40 zm(+10/positive enchant)

Weight

30

Material

metal

Rapiers are comparable in damage to sabers while being somewhat lighter.

Generation
Rapiers are not randomly generated in SLASH'EM. A player monster rogue in the halls of Grund's Stronghold will always generate with a +1 rapier.
Comments in the source code indicate that a rapier was intended to be the base item for an artifact weapon named Scalpel, which was carried over from SLASH 6.[1][2]

dNethack

) 

Name

rapier

Appearance

rapier

Damage vs. small

1d6

Damage vs. large

1d4

To-hit bonus

+0

Weapon skill

saber

Size

one-handed

Base price

20 zm(+10/positive enchant)

Weight

28

Material

metal

In dNetHack, rapiers are medium-sized, one-handed piercing weapons. They receive only half the normal strength bonus to damage, but also gain a (DEX - 11)⁄2 bonus.

Origin

Wikipedia has an article about:
Rapier

A rapier (/ˈreɪpiər/) is a type of sword with a slender and sharply-pointed double-edged blade; some historical rapier samples feature a broadsword-like blade mounted on a typical rapier hilt. The term dates back to the mid-16th century, and the sword was popular throughout 16th-and-17th century Western Europe, both for civilian use and as a military side arm. Rapiers are also popularly known as dueling weapons.

Reference

↑ objects.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 196

↑ artifact.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 1244