# Queen's Guard

)   Queen's Guard   

Base item

rapier

Damage vs. small

1d6 +6

Damage vs. large

1d8 +6

To-hit bonus

+6

Bonus versus

(any)

Weapon skill

saber

Size

one-handed

Affiliation

lawful(Corsair)

When carried

(none)

When wielded

(none)

When invoked

(none)

Base price

1500 zm

Weight

40

Material

metal

Queen's Guard is an artifact weapon that appears in SlashTHEM. It is lawful-aligned, and its base item is a rapier. It deals a flat +6 damage against all monsters and has a +6 to-hit.

Generation
Queen's Guard is given to Corsairs as their first sacrifice gift.

Strategy
Queen's Guard is a pretty straightforward and powerful early game weapon. While the overall average damage output is a little less than something like Excalibur, the high to-hit makes it a lot more consistent. Given that saber are generally a rarity, players who acquire a Queen's Guard early will likely not have had a chance to train the skill, so this makes an excellent first sacrifice gift to do just that until they can trade up for something like Greyswandir.

Average damage calculation
The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from weapon skills, strength, or from using a blessed weapon against undead or demons.

Weapon

Small monsters

Large monsters

+0 Queen's Guard

+7 Queen's Guard