# sl-arti.txt
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List (with properties) of artifacts in slashem (extracted from slam4e5 src.) by:
Erik Andersson: deity@home.se

All suggestions/corrections will be gratefully accepted

Explainations (where needed) for the columns in the tables below:

 Class:          Shows to what race the artifact "belongs". Others may get blasted
                 if their alignment is wrong or be unable to easily use them. 

 Sp-attack:      Either names type of special damage caused and/or...
                 Names the type(s) of monsters agains wich the To Hit and Damage
                 bonuses (in the two rightmost columns) apply.
                 (Against other/resistant monsters there will be no bonuses)

 Car:            What, if anything, you get for carrying the artifact.

 I:              What, if anything, is achieved by Invoking it.

 To Hit:         The to-hit bonus it gives.

 Dam:            The extra damage-bonus it gives

   Lawful artifacts:

Name:         |Class: | Object-class:   |Sp-attack:|wielded/  |Car:|I:|To  |Dam:
                 \    |                 |          |worn:     |    |  |Hit:|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Axe of Durin       |D | Battle Axe	|    -     |    -     | -  |- | +5 |x2
Demonbane          |k | Long Sword	|  DEMONS  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d30
Dragonbane         |k | Braodsword	| DRAGONS  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d30
Excalibur          |k | Long Sword	|    -     |  d,s,se  |(i) |- | +5 |+d6
Firewall           |f | Athame  	|   fire   | fire-res | -  |- | +4 |+d4
Giantkiller        |c | Axe		|  GIANTS  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d30
Grayswandir        |a | Silver-Saber	|    -     |hallu.-res| -  |- | +7 |+d7
Holy Spear of Light|u | Silver Spear	|  UNDEAD  |  light   |(i) |- | +5 |+d10
Ogresmasher        |g | War Hammer	|  OGRES   |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d30
!-Orcrist          |e | Elven Broadsword|   ORCS   |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d15
Quick Blade        |e | Elven Short S	|    -     |    -     | -  |- | +9 |+d2
Reaper             |y | Halberd 	|    -     |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d20
Skullcrusher       |c | Club		|    -     |    -     | -  |- | +3 |+d10
Snickersnee        |s | Katana  	|    -     |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d8
!-Sting            |H | Elven Dagger	| SPIDERS  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d7
Sunsword           |p | Long Sword	|  UNDEAD  | d,light  |(i) |- | +5 |+d12
Sword of Justice   |y | Long Sword	|NONALIGNED|    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d12
Trollsbane         |d | Morning Star	|  TROLLS  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d30
Werebane           |a | Silver-Saber	|WERE

<foo> |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d20

   Neutral artifacts:

Name:         |Class: | Object-class:   |Sp-attack:|wielded/  |Car:|I:|To  |Dam:
                 \    |                 |          |worn:     |    |  |Hit:|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
?Cat's Claw        |- | Dagger          | RODENTS  | warning  | -  |- | +5 |+d7
Disrupter          |p | Mace            |  UNDEAD  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d30
Fire Brand         |f | Long Sword      |   fire   | cold-res | -  |- | +5 |+d5
Frost Brand        |i | Long Sword      |   cold   | fire-res | -  |- | +5 |+d5
?Graywand          |- | Two-handed Sword|   cold   |    -     | -  |- | +3 |+d6
?Heartseeker       |- | Short Sword     |  plunge**|    -     | -  |- | +3 |+d3
Luckblade          |g | Short Sword     |    -     |   luck   | -  |- | +5 |+d5
Magicbane*         |w | Athame          |  stun*   | mag.res  | -  |- | +3 |+d4
Mjollnir*          |v | Heavy Hammer    |  shock   |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d16
?Scalpel           |- | Rapier          |  combo** |    -     | -  |- | +8 |+d2
Sword of Balance   |- | Silver Short S  |NONALIGNED|    -     | -  |- | +2 |+d5
Vorpal Blade       |- | Long Sword      | behead** |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+1
................................................................................
Deluder            |w | Cloak of Displ. |    -     |st,luck   | -  |- | -  |-
Gauntlets o Defense|m | Gauntlets o Dex.|    -     |1/2HP-Dam | -  |in| -  |-
Mirrorbright       |h | Shield of Refl. |    -     |hallu.res | -  |- | -  |-
Whisperfeet        |t | Speed Boots     |    -     |st,luck   | -  |- | -  |-

   Chaotic artifacts:

Name:         |Class: | Object-class:   |Sp-attack:|wielded/  |Car:|I:|To  |Dam:
                 \    |                 |          |worn:     |    |  |Hit:|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bat from Hell      |r | Baseball Bat    |    -     |    -     | -  |- | +3 |+d20
Cleaver            |b | Battle Axe      |    -     |    -     | -  |- | +3 |+d10
Deathsword         |b | Two-Tanded Sword|  HUMANS  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d14
Deep Freeze        |i | Athame          |   cold   | cold-res | -  |- | +5 |+d5
Doomblade          |l | Orcish Short S  | plunge+**|    -     | -  |- | +0 |+d10
!-Elfrist          |l | Orcish Spear    |  ELVES   |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+d15
Grimtooth          |n | Orcish Dagger   |    -     |    -     | -  |- | +2 |+d12
Hellfire("Rambo")  |- | Crossbow        |exploding-| fire-res | -  |- | +5 |+d7
                   |  |                 |..bolts...|          |    |  |    |
Houchou            |- | Spoon           |  fatal   |    -     | -  |- | -  |-
Plague             |e | Dark Elven Bow  |poisonous-|dr-Str-res| -  |- | +5 |+d7
                   |  |                 |..arrows..|          |    |  |    |
Serpent's Tongue   |n | Dagger          | poison***|    -     | -  |- | +2 |***
Stormbringer       |e | Runesword       |drain life|    d     |(i) |- | +5 |+d2
................................................................................
!!-Thiefbane       |- | Long Sword      |  HUMANS  |    -     | -  |- | +5 |+1
                                        |  behead**|
                                        |drain life|

   Special artfacts (will not be randomly generated, can't be wished for)

Name:          Alignment:   Object-class:    wielded/    Carried:  Invoked:
                                             worn:

The Eye of the Beholder N   Eyeball          -  	 -	   death-gaze
The Hand of Vecna       C   Severed hand     -  	 c,regen   summon-  
                                             		 1/2S-Dam   undead
The Key of Law          L   Skeleton Key     -  	 i	   -
The Key of Chaos        C   Skeleton Key     -  	 i	   -
The Key of Neutrality   N   Skeleton Key     -  	 i	   -

Nighthorn               L   Unicorn Horn     reflection  -	   -
Wallet of Perseus       L   Bag of Holding   -  	 -	   -

Amulet of Yendor            Amulet of Yendor end-portals mana-drain-
Bell of Opening             Silver Bell      -  	 -	   the bell
Book of the Dead            Papyrus Spellbook-  	 -	   read it-&gt;
                                             			   raise dead
Candelabrum of Invocation   Candelabrum      -  	 -	   -

Invoking effects:

 death-gaze:     If your luck is &lt; -9: "The Eye turns on you!" -- You die!
                 Otherwise: "The Eye looks around with its icy gaze!"
                  All monsters within sight wich are not undead get their HP
                  lowered to 1/3. (but not lower than to 1HP)
                  "The <foo> screams in agony!"
                  Then your alignment and luck are lowered by 3!

 in:             invisibility

 the bell:       If You aren't underwater:
                  If You are swallowed:
                   If the BoO isn't cursed:
                    You are released.
                  Elsif The bell is cursed:
                   (level_difficulty() + 1)/10 + d5 undead are created.
                  Elsif on the Vibrating square:
                   "The Bell of Opening issues an unsettling shrill sound..."
                    You have completed one of the three tasks required for
                   "opening" the square.
                 
                  Of course, the bell opens stuff.

   level_difficulty(): If in endgame: = sanctumlevel + XPlev/2
                       Else: If you have the Amulet: = deepest lev. reached by U
                             Else: = dungeon level you're on.

 raise dead:     "You turn the pages of the Book of the Dead..."

                 If you're on the Vibrating square AND:
                  None of Book,Bell or Candelabrum are cursed, the Candelabrum
                  is lit and the Bell is recently rung: You "open" the stairs to
                  the sanctum.

                 When you read the Book of the Dead without being on the
                 vibrating square, it still has some specials...

                 If the Book is cursed: "You raised the dead!"
                  There is a 1/3 chance of a Master Lich or Nalfeshnee being
                  created. Then one egg/corpse from each inventory slot will
                  be reanimated.
                  Lastly some random undead creatures are made.
                        (Same no. as when ringing the cursed bell)

                 If the Book is blessed:
                  Undead creatures within sight are made peaceful.
                  Next to you &amp; co-aligned:
                   Your pet undead is made a bit more tame, and if you
                   have same alignment a taming is attempted.
                  Otherwise:
                   It is made scared.

                 If the Book is uncursed:(three possible messiages)
                  "Your ancestors are annoyed with you!"
                  "The headstones in the cemetery begin to move!"
                  "Oh my!  Your name appears in the book!"

 summon-undead:  If your luck is &lt; -9: "The Hand claws you with its icy nails!"
                  You get d20 +4 damage!
                 Else: "Creatures from the grave surround you!"
                  You summon d4 +3 random tame undead monsters!
                  Equal chances of: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, Ghosts or
                  Wraiths.
                  Then your alignment and luck are decreased by 3!

Sp-attacks:(Where expl. is needed)

 drain:          +d8 Dam, will also lower maxhp with same
                 amount and decrease Exp.Lev by one(-1)

 Nonaligned:     Extra damage against targets of different alignment

Wielded/worn or carried effects: (Where expl. is needed)
 end-portals:    When worn in the endgame, AoY will get warmer as you close in
                 on the magic-portal to the next level.

 1/2S-Dam:       Half spell damage
 1/2HP-Dam:      Half physical damage
 c:              cold resistance
 d:              drain resistance
 dr-Str-res:     "drain strength resistance"
 i:              intelligent
 luck:           acts as luckstone
 light:          lights area around you with radius of 2
 mana-drain:     AoY causes spells to cost more power to cast.
 regen:          regeneration
 s:              automatic searching
 se:             "seeking" -&gt;helps searching
 st:             stealth

?       artifacts of Nehwon...   source:"/* KMH -- Do we really need these? */"
        It seems they've been removed. Too bad, "Scalpel" seemed fun&nbsp;:-(
        Atleast "Scalpel" and "Cat's claw" added something to the game, the
        usefulness of "Cat's Claw" is limited though.

!-      Can be "created" by 'N'aming an object of the same class (see col. 3)
!!-     Will not be randomly generated (Property of Sam&nbsp;:-)

*    Magicbane and Mjollnir are special.
Description from Kevin Hugos NH-3.2.2 Spoiler:

ripped totally out of context from:
  arti-322.txt  Final version 2 for NetHack 3.2.2
  Compiled by Kevin Hugo <hugo@cae.wisc.edu>.

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     "Magicbane
       (neutral athame)
       Carried
         No effect.
       Wielded
         +3 to hit and +d4 damage to all monsters.
         May also probe, stun, scare, or purge (see section below).
         Confers magic resistance.
         Protects inventory against 95% of curses.
       Invoked
         No effect.
       Note: You can also engrave "Elbereth" with any noncursed athame and
         it won't dull the weapon.

     Mjollnir
       (neutral war hammer)
       Carried
         No effect.
       Wielded
         +5 to hit and +d24 damage against monsters that are NOT shock-
         resistant.
         Can only be thrown when you have strength 25 (such as with gauntlets
         of power) and you are wielding it.  When thrown by Valkyries and you
         are not confused, stunned, blind, hallucinating, or fumbling, there
         is a 99% chance that the artifact will return to your hand.
         Can only be kicked one square.
       Invoked
         No effect.
       Note: Does NOT provide shock resistance!

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For the detailed description of Magicbane see arti-322.txt (by Kevin Hugo)
at Sascha's site: www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3216/

**   Occational special hit causing extra damage or death!

        Doomblade: 25% of the time: "...plunge(s) the Doomblade deeply into..."
                                    giving an extra +5d4 Dam

        Heartseeker: 10% of the time: "...plunge(s) Heartseeker into..."
                                    giving an extra +d6 +d6 +d6 +d6 +4 Dam

        Scalpel: 20% of the time: "There is a flurry of blows!"
                                  A hit gives +d8 +1 Dam Bonus
				  The good thing is that until your first miss,
                                  you have a 50% chance of hitting again!
                                  (not very compatible with twoweap. combat)
	 	
	Vorpalblade: 10% of the time(always vs. Jabberwocks): "...beheads..."
                                                              Fatal damage...
                     Note: Headless monsters cannot(!?!) be beheaded

***  Serpent's Tongue
        If target isn't poison resistant:
                40% of the time: +d6 +2 Dam
                30% of the time: +2d6 +4 Dam
                20% of the time: +3d6 +6 Dam
                10% of the time: fatal ("The poison was deadly ...")

Quest artifacts (all are intelligent, none are randomly generated, no wishing)

The Orb of Detection  (Crystal ball)-ARCHEOLOGIST lawful

        carried: Magic Resistance,Esp,Half Spell damage
        invoked: Invisibility

The Heart of Ahriman  (Luckstone)-BARBARIAN chaotic

        carried: Stealth(,luck!)
        invoked: Levitatiion

The Sceptre of Might  (Quarterstaff)-CAVEMAN lawful 

        attack:  extra vs. nonaligned( +3 ToHit +d5 Dam)
        carried: Magic Resistance
        invoked: Conflict

The Medallion of Shifters  (Amulet of ESP)-DOPPELGANGER neutral

        carried: (ESP!)
        invoked: no poly

The Arkenstone  (Diamond)-DWARF lawful

        carried: Magic Resistance,luck
        invoked: Object Detection

The Palantir of Westernesse  (Crystal Ball)-ELF lawful

        carried: ESP,Regeneration,Half Spell Dam
        invoked: Taming

The Tentacle Staff  (Quarterstaff)-DROW(e) chaotic

        attack:  Drain Life(d8 Dam) +8 ToHit +d5 Dam
        carried: Magic Resistance,regenerate power,Half Spell Dam
        invoked: Level Teleport

The Candle of Eternal Flame  (Magic Candle)-FLAME MAGE neutral

        carried: Cold res,Warning, Teleportation control
        invoked: Summon Fire Elemental

The Pick of Flandal Steelskin  (Pick Axe)-GNOME neutral

        attack:  extra vs. nonaligned( +5 ToHit +d20 fire Dam)
        carried: Fire res,Warning
        invoked: Conflict

The Staff of Aesculapius  (Quarterstaff)-HEALER neutral

        attack:  Drain Life(d8) +3 ToHit x2 Dam
        wielded: regeneration
        invoked: Healing

The One Ring  (Ring of Invisibility)-HOBBIT lawful

        (worn:   invisibility!)
        carried: Drain res,Half Spell Dam,Warning
        invoked: Conflict

The Storm Whistle  (Magic Whistle)-ICE MAGE lawful
	
        carried: Fire res,Warning,Teleport Control
        invoked: Summon Water Elemental

The Magic Mirror of Merlin  (Mirror)-KNIGHT lawful

        wielded: Speaks
        carried: Magic Resistance,ESP

The Staff of Withering  (Quarterstaff)-HUMAN WEREWOLF(l) chaotic

        attack:  xtra vs. nonaligned( Drain Life(d8) +3 ToHit +d5 Dam)
        carried: Cold res
        invoked: Energy boost

The Mantle of Knowledge  (Helm of Brilliance)-MONK neutral

        carried: Magic Resistance,ESP
        invoked: Energy Boost

The Great Dagger of Glaurgnaa  (Great Dagger)-NECROMANCER chaotic

        attack:  extra vs. Undead( Drain Life(d8) +8 ToHit +d4 Dam)
        carried: Magic Resistance
        invoked: Energy Boost

The Mitre of Holiness  (Helm of Brilliance)-PRIEST lawful

        carried: Fire res,attack bonus against undead
        invoked: Energy Boost

The Master Key of Thievery  (Skeleton Key)-ROGUE chaotic

        carried: Warning, Teleport Control, Half Physical Dam
        invoked: Untrap

The Tsurugi of Muramasa  (Tsurugi)-SAMURAI lawful

        carried: luck
        attack:  10% chance:
                   fatal bisect vs small monsters,
                   if wielder is swallowed: fatal
                   vs. Large Monster: x2 Dam

The Platinum Yendorian Express Card  (Credit Card)-TOURIST neutral

        carried: Magic Resistance,ESP, Half Physical Dam
        invoked: Charging

The Stake of Van Helsing  (Wooden Stake)-UNDEAD SLAYER lawful

        attack:  +5 ToHit +d12 Dam
        carried: Magic Resistance

The Orb of Fate  (Crystal Ball)-VALKYRIE neutral

        carried: Warning, Half Spell&amp;Physical Dam, Luck
        invoked: Level Teleport

The Eye of the Aethiopica  (Amulet of ESP)-WIZARD neutral

        (worn:   ESP!)
        carried: Magic Resistance,Regenerate Power,Half Spell Dam
        invoked: Magic Portal

The Crown of Saint Edward  (Helm of Telepathy)-YEOMAN lawful

        (worn:   telepathy!)
        carried: Magic Resistance,Half Spell Dam
	

This page is based on a spoiler by Erik Andersson.

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