# Giantslayer

)   Giantslayer   

Base item

long sword

Damage vs. small

1d8 ×2

Damage vs. large

1d12 ×2

To-hit bonus

+1d5

Bonus versus

giants

Weapon skill

long sword

Size

one-handed

Affiliation

neutral

When carried

(none)

When wielded

(none)

When invoked

(none)

Base price

200 zm

Weight

40

Material

iron

Giantslayer is a neutral long sword that does +1d5 to hit and double damage against monsters with the M2_GIANT flag: giants, stone giants, hill giants, fire giants, giant mummies, frost giants, storm giants, giant zombies, Cyclops, and Lord Surtur, but not ettins or titans.

Contents

1 Strategy
2 Variants

2.1 dNetHack
2.2 FIQHack
2.3 SLASH'EM
2.4 SpliceHack
2.5 UnNetHack

Strategy
Like most of the Banes, this weapon has too narrow a damage range to be particularly useful.  Likely its main use is that it might unrestrict the long swords skill for a neutral character, without requiring them to be crowned; this could be useful for a character who finds Frost Brand on the floor, for example. Also, unlike some other Banes, it is at least derived from a good base item, so is actually useful against giants.  However, giants are rarely dangerous enough to need a particularly effective weapon to take them out.

Variants
dNetHack
In dNetHack, Giantslayer grants warning of giants.

FIQHack
In FIQHack, Giantslayer's double damage is replaced by a +1d20 damage bonus.

SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, this weapon is removed in favor of Giantkiller, a neutral axe with the same double damage range.  As an axe is a far weaker base weapon than a long sword, Giantkiller is even less useful than Giantslayer.

SpliceHack
In SpliceHack, Giantslayer warns of giants and prevents the wielder from being knocked back by an attack.

UnNetHack

)   Giantslayer (UnNetHack)   

Base item

sling

Damage vs. small

1d2 ×2

Damage vs. large

1d2 ×2

To-hit bonus

+1d5

Bonus versus

giants

Weapon skill

sling

Size

one-handed

Affiliation

neutral

When carried

(none)

When wielded

18/** Strength

When invoked

(none)

Base price

1200 zm

Weight

3

Material

leather

In UnNetHack, Giantslayer is instead a neutral sling, with bonuses versus the same group of M2_GIANT monsters; it provides warning of, and +1d5 to hit and double damage against them. It also sets the wielder's strength to 18/**, even if wielded in the off hand (this may be a bug, as it does not always set the wielder's strength to 18/** immediately in either hand).

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