                  Artifact Damages for Nethack 3.1.3.
                 =====================================

         originally by Henri Block (block@klaava.helsinki.fi),
     completely rewritten by Hisashi Yoshida (hisa@ae.keio.ac.jp).


The original file was called "Non-monster-specific Artifact Damages for
Nethack 3.1.1" by Henri Block. Many new artifacts and some more
descriptions have been added in this file.

For the original file, data was taken from Robert DeLoura's Weapons
Guide and Paul Richardson's artifact list. Many other peoples have
helped.

Damage by weapon artifacts is calculated as follows:

1) Normal "weapon type" damage is calculated. Because Excalibur is a
   long sword, long sword damege is calculated first. See the "weapons"
   file for a normal weapon's damage.

2) Then, the artifact special damage bonus is calculated. Some
   artifact's special damages only apply to particular monsters. For
   example, Demonbane does normal "long sword" damage if you attack a
   monster that isn't considered a demon.

3) Lastly, "level drain", "beheading", "bisecting", "slicing deep",
   and Magicbane's "magical attack" are taken into account.

Blessed +3 artifact damages:

The damages listed are considered without a ring of increase damage and
with strength 6-15. Artifacts are arranged according to their alignment
(lawful, neutral, and chaotic).

(weapon type)	The artifact's weapon type.
(artifact)	The artifact's extra damage, the special damage bonus.
(+3)		The weapon enchantment.
(average)	The average amount of damage expected, including any
		possible special damage. Numbers in parentheses are
		average damage if the weapon does no extra damage
		(artifact special damage, silver damage, etc.).
(bl. vs. und.)	Blessed weapons inflict extra damage to undead and
		demons (+d4).
(silver damage)	Silver weapons inflict extra damage to monsters that
		hate silver, such as all were-creatures, demons,
		shades, any monster represented by a "V" (all vampire
		types, including Vlad), and any monster represented by
		an "i", except for tengu (+d20).
(level drain)	The weapon drains a level (+d8). Undead, demons, and
		were-creatures have life draining resistance.
(x2)		The special damage bonus means that "double damage" is
		inflicted.


blessed +3 Demonbane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (long sword)	1-12			1-12
						2-16 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-15			5-19
8-22 (artifact) (x2)	8-30			10-38
15 (7.5) (average)	19 (9.5)		24

Demonbane does its special damage only against demons. Demons are all
"&"s except for Death, Pestilence, Famine, the mail daemon, and
djinni. Lawful.


blessed +3 Excalibur
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (long sword)	1-12			1-12
						2-16 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-15			5-19
5-21 (artifact) (+d10)	5-25			6-29
13 (average)		15			17.5

Excalibur gives "searching" and "protection against level-drain". Does
special damage against any monster. Lawful.


blessed +3 Grayswandir
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (silver saber)	1-8			1-8
						2-12 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-11			5-15
5-31			5-31			6-35 (silver damage)
10-62 (artifact) (x2)	10-62			12-70
36 (15) (average)	36 (15)			41

Grayswandir does silver damage to silver-hating monsters. Does special
damage against any monster. Also gives protection against
hallucination. Lawful.


blessed +3 Ogresmasher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
2-5 (war hammer)	1-4			1-4
						2-8 (bl. vs. und.)
5-8 (+3)		4-7			5-11
(artifact) (x2)		8-14
6.5 (average)		11 (5.5)		8

Ogresmasher does its special damage only against ogres. Ogres are all
"O"s. Lawful.


blessed +3 Snickersnee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-10 (katana)		1-12			1-12
						2-16 (bl. vs. und.)
4-13 (+3)		4-15			5-19
5-21 (artifact) (+d8)	5-23			6-27
13 (average)		14			16.5

Snickersnee does its special damage against any monster. Lawful.


blessed +3 Sunsword
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (long sword)	1-12			1-12
						2-16 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-15			5-19
8-22 (artifact) (x2)	8-30
15 (average)		19			12

Sunsword does its special damage only against undead. Undead are
vampire bats, and all "L","M","Z","V","W", and " "s. Lawful.


blessed +3 Werebane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (silver saber)	1-8			1-8
						2-12 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-11			5-15
5-31						6-35 (silver damage)
10-62 (artifact) (x2)
36 (7.5) (average)	7.5			20.5

Werebane does silver damage to silver-hating monsters. It does its
special damage only against were-creatures. Were-creatures are
wererats, werejackals, and werewolves (in both forms). Lawful.


blessed +3 Tsurugi of Muramasa
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-16 (tsurugi)		3-20			3-20
						4-24 (bl. vs. und.)
4-19 (+3)		6-23			7-27
8-38 (artifact) (x2)	12-46			14-54
23 (average)		29			34

The Tsurugi does its special damage against any monster. It has a 10%
chance for an instant kill by bisecting the monster if it is small. If
the monster is large, the Tsurugi can "slice deep" and do double
damage. The Tsurugi increases the luck of its wielder. Only lawfuls or
samurai can wield the Tsurugi. The Tsurugi is a two-handed weapon.
Lawful.


blessed +3 Sceptre of Might
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-6 (quaterstaff)	1-6			1-6
						2-10 (bl. vs. und.)
4-9 (+3)		4-9			5-13
8-18 (artifact) (x2)	8-18			10-26
13 (6.5) (average)	13 (6.5)		18 (9)

The Sceptre of Might does its special damage against non-lawful
monsters. It causes conflict when invoked. Only lawfuls or cave(wo)men
can wield the Sceptre. Lawful.


blessed +3 Cleaver
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
2-12 (battle axe)	3-14			3-14
						4-18 (bl. vs. und.)
5-15 (+3)		6-17			7-21
6-21 (artifact) (+d6)	7-23			8-27
13.5 (average)		15			17.5

Cleaver is a two-handed weapon. It does its special damage against any
monster. Neutral.


blessed +3 Dragonbane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
2-8 (broadsword)	2-7			2-7
						3-11 (bl. vs. und.)
5-11 (+3)		5-10			6-14
(artifact) (x2)		10-20
8 (average)		15 (7.5)		10

Dragonbane does its special damage only against dragons. Dragons are
all "D"s. Neutral.


blessed +3 Frost/Fire Brand
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (long sword)	1-12			1-12
						2-16 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-15			5-19
8-22 (artifact) (x2)	8-30			10-38
15 (7.5) (average)	19 (9.5)		24 (12)

Frost Brand does no special damage to cold resistant creatures. Fire
Brand does no special damage to fire resistant creatures (major demons
are all fire resistant). Both Neutral.


blessed +3 Giantslayer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (long sword)	1-12			1-12
						2-16 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-15			5-19
(artifact) (x2)		8-30
7.5 (average)		19 (9.5)		12

Giantslayer does its special damage only against giants. Giants are:
giant mummies, giant zombies, and all "H"s except ettins, titans, and
minotauri. Neutral.


blessed +3 Magicbane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-4 (athame)		1-3			1-3
						2-7 (bl. vs. und.)
4-7 (+3)		4-6			5-10
5-11 (if low mr) (+d4)	5-10			6-14
6-15 (9/20) (+d4)	6-14			7-18
7-19 (stun 7/10) (+d4)	7-18			8-22
8-23 (scare 3/20) (+d4)	8-22			9-26
9-27 (purge 1/10) (+d4)	9-26			10-30
18 (5.5) (average?)	17.5 (5)		20 (7.5)

Magicbane can stun, confuse, probe, scare or drain magic from (purge)
your opponent. The chance of doing stun, scare, and purge decreases
while enchantment goes up, so you should NOT enchant this weapon.
Chance of an extra die (+d4) depends on "to hit die (rn2(20))" and it
is 9/20. Chance of probe is (enchantment/10) and otherwise Magicbane
will stun your opponent. Chances of purge and scare both depend on hit
die and the enchantment. Confuse and drain magic does no damage.
Maximum damage you can get to is (6d4 + enchantment). Magicbane also
protects you against magic, and has a 95% chance of cancelling curses
thrown at your items. Neutral.

Note: average damage should be calculated with probability of "hit
(rn2(20))" but all other weapons aren't that way so Magicbane's average
damage is noted here as "best (least)". Magicbane does about 4d4 (14)
damage to low magic-resistant victims and about 2.5d4 (5.25) damage to
high magic-resistant victims at +0.


blessed +3 Mjollnir
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
2-5 (war hammer)	1-4			1-4
						2-8 (bl. vs. und.)
5-8 (+3)		4-7			5-11
6-32 (artifact) (+d24)	5-31			6-35
19 (6.5) (average)	18 (5.5)		20.5

When thrown by Valkyries with a strength of 25, Mjollnir comes back to
their hand. Mjollnir does no special damage against shock resistant
creatures (all "&"s except Death, Pestilence, Famine, and mail daemon
are non-shock resistant). Neutral.


blessed +3 Vorpal Blade
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-8 (long sword)	1-12			1-12
						2-16 (bl. vs. und.)
4-11 (+3)		4-15			5-19
5-12 (artifact) (+d1)	5-16			6-20
8.5 (average)		10.5			13

Vorpal Blade has a 10% chance of an instant kill by beheading the
monster. Vorpal Blade always beheads Jabberwocks. Does special damage
against any monster. Neutral.


blessed +3 Staff of Aesculapius
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-6 (quaterstaff)	1-6			1-6
						2-10 (bl. vs. und.)
4-9 (+3)		4-9			5-13
8-18 (artifact) (x2)	8-18
9-26 (level dr.) (+d8)	9-26
17.5 (6.5) (average)	17.5 (6.5)		9

The Staff of Aesculapius drains life from the opponent. Does no special
damage against lifedraining-resistant monster. Lifedraining-resistant
monsters are undead, demons, and were-creatures. The Staff regenerates
the wielder, without causing hunger. When invoked, it heals. Only
neutrals or healers can wield the Staff. Neutral.


blessed +3 Grimtooth
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-3 (orcish dagger)	1-3			1-3
						2-7 (bl. vs. und.)
4-6 (+3)		4-6			5-10
5-12 (artifact) (+d6)	5-12			6-16
8.5 (average)		8.5			11

Grimtooth does its special damage against any monster. Chaotic.


blessed +3 Orcrist
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
2-10 (elven broadsword)	2-7			2-7
						3-11 (bl. vs. und.)
5-13 (+3)		5-10			6-14
10-26 (artifact) (x2)
18 (9) (average)	7.5			10

Orcist does its special damage only against orcs. Orcs are all "o"s,
plus the orc mummy, and the orc zombie. Chaotic.


blessed +3 Sting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-5 (elven dagger)	1-3			1-3
						2-7 (bl. vs. und.)
4-8 (+3)		4-6			5-10
8-16 (artifact) (x2)
12 (6) (average)	5			7.5

Sting does its special damage only against orcs. Orcs are all "o"s,
plus the orc mummy, and the orc zombie. Additionally, it confers the
"warning" intrinsic on its wielder. Chaotic.


blessed +3 Stormbringer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
1-4 (runesword)		1-6			1-6
						2-10 (bl. vs. und.)
4-7 (+3)		4-9			5-13
5-9 (artifact) (+d2)	5-11
6-17 (level dr.) (+d8)	6-19
11.5 (5.5) (average)	12.5 (6.5)		9

Stormbringer drains a level from your opponent, gives you protection
against level drain, but will attack anything you move towards,
including pets. Does no special damage against lifedraining-resistant
monsters. Lifedraining-resistant monsters are undead, demons, and
were-creatures. Chaotic.


blessed +3 Trollsbane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vs. small monster	vs. large monsters	vs. major demons
2-8 (morning star)	2-7			2-7
						3-11 (bl. vs. und.)
5-11 (+3)		5-10			6-14
(artifact) (x2)		10-20
8 (average)		15 (7.5)		10

Trollsbane does its special damage only against trolls. Trolls are all
"T"s. Chaotic.


The practical maximum of enchantment is +7 in 3.1.x. and Magicbane is
best at +0. "Damage" and "Average" are calculated same way as above.
Artifacts are in order of "Average" damage.

Remarks		Meaning
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stuns, etc.	Magicbane's magical attack.
Beheads		Beheads monster. Instant kill.
Bisects		Bisects monster. Instant kill.
Slices deep	Double damage.
Drains level	Special damage done if not drain life resistant.
Shock		Special damage done if not shock resistant.
Fire		Special damage done if not fire resistant.
Cold		Special damage done if not cold resistant.
Orc		Special damage only applies to orcs.
Non-Lawful	Special damage only applies to non-Lawful monsters.
Demons		Special damage only applies to demons.
Undead		Special damage only applies to undead.
Were-creatures	Special damage only applies to were-creatures.
Dragons		Special damage only applies to dragons.
Trolls		Special damage only applies to trolls.
Giants		Special damage only applies to giants.
Ogres		Special damage only applies to ogres.
Silver		Silver damage is added to Damage and no silver damage
		is added in ().


Artifacts versus small monsters:

Artifacts		Damage	Average		Alignment and Remarks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~	~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+7 Ogresmasher		9-12	10.5		L
+7 Giantslayer		8-15	11.5		N
+7 Dragonbane		9-15	12		N
+7 Trollsbane		9-15	12		C
+0 Magicbane		6-24	12 (2.5)	N Stuns, etc.
+7 Grimtooth		9-16	12.5		C
+7 Vorpal Blade		9-16	12.5		N Behead (10% chance)
+7 Excalibur		9-21	15		L
+7 Stormbringer		10-21	15.5 (9.5)	C Drains level
+7 Snickersnee		9-25	17		L
+7 Cleaver		10-25	17.5		N
+7 Sting		16-34	20 (10)		C Orcs
+7 Sceptre of Might	16-26	21 (10.5)	L Non-Lawfuls
+7 Mjollnir		10-36	23 (10.5)	N Shock
+7 Demonbane		16-30	23 (11.5)	L Demons
+7 Sunsword		16-30	23 (11.5)	L Undead
+7 Fire Brand		16-30	23 (11.5)	N Fire
+7 Frost Brand		16-30	23 (11.5)	N Cold
+7 Staff of Aesculapius	17-34	25.5 (10.5)	N Drains level
+7 Orcrist		18-34	26 (13)		C Orcs
+7 Tsurugi of Muramasa	16-46	31		L Bisects (10% chance)
+7 Werebane		18-70	44 (11.5)	L Were-creatures, Silver
+7 Grayswandir		18-70	44 (23)		L Silver

Artifacts versus large monsters:

Artifacts		Damage	Average		Alignment and Remarks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~	~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+7 Sting		8-10	9		C
+0 Magicbane		6-23	11.5 (2)	N Stuns, etc.
+7 Werebane		8-15	11.5		L
+7 Orcrist		9-14	11.5		C
+7 Grimtooth		9-16	12.5		C
+7 Vorpal Blade		9-20	14.5		N Beheads (10% chance)
+7 Stormbringer		10-23	16.5 (10.5)	C Drains level
+7 Excalibur		9-25	17		L
+7 Snickersnee		9-27	18		L
+7 Cleaver		11-27	19		N
+7 Ogresmasher		16-22	19 (9.5)	L Ogres
+7 Sceptre of Might	16-26	21 (10.5)	L Non-Lawfuls
+7 Mjollnir		9-35	22 (9.5)	N Shock
+7 Demonbane		16-30	23 (11.5)	L Demons
+7 Dragonbane		18-28	23 (11.5)	N Dragons
+7 Trollsbane		18-28	23 (11.5)	C Trolls
+7 Staff of Aesculapius	17-34	25.5 (10.5)	N Drain level
+7 Sunsword		16-38	27 (13.5)	L Undead
+7 Giantslayer		16-38	27 (13.5)	N Giants
+7 Fire Brand		16-38	27 (13.5)	N Fire
+7 Frost Brand		16-38	27 (13.5)	N Cold
+7 Tsurugi of Muramasa	20-54	37		L Slices deep (10% chance)
+7 Grayswandir		18-70	44 (23)		L Silver

Blessed artifacts versus major demons:

Artifacts		Damage	Average		Alignment and Remarks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~	~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+7 Sting		9-14	11.5		C
+7 Ogresmasher		9-15	12		L
+7 Staff of Aesculapius	9-17	13		N
+7 Stormbringer		9-17	13		C
+0 Magicbane		7-27	14 (2)		N Stuns, etc.
+7 Dragonbane		10-18	14		N
+7 Orcrist		10-18	14		C
+7 Trollsbane		10-18	14		C
+7 Grimtooth		10-20	15		C
+7 Sunsword		9-23	16		L
+7 Giantslayer		9-23	16		N
+7 Vorpal Blade		10-24	17		N Beheads (10% chance)
+7 Excalibur		10-29	19.5		L
+7 Snickersnee		10-31	20.5		L
+7 Cleaver		12-31	21.5		N
+7 Werebane		10-39	24.5		L
+7 Mjollnir		10-39	24.5		N
+7 Sceptre of Might	18-34	26 (13)		L Non-Lawfuls
+7 Fire Brand		18-46	32 (16)		N Fire
+7 Frost Brand		18-46	32 (16)		N Cold
+7 Demonbane		18-46	32		L
+7 Tsurugi of Muramasa	22-62	42		L Slices deep (10% chance)
+7 Grayswandir		20-78	49		L

