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Nethack has way too many sword artifacts. Yeah, they're prominent in
mythology, but there's a full fourteen artifact swords, and ten of
various other weapon types. I call that discrimination, and I call for
greater equality of weapon types. And the first way to solve that is
by introducing polearm artifact weapons. I suggest this because there
are none in NH as of yet; because legendary spears have their place in
mythology, not only swords have this distinction; and because I really
like long pointy weapons.
I can name a few examples off the top of my head that would make good
artifact weapons:
Gungnir, Odin's spear - Bonus to hit and damage, and returns to the
hand after thrown. Simple enough, and Valkyries could get it as a
favored weapon maybe. (They already have Mojo though, which doesn't
help.)
The Longibunne Spear - This was referenced very obscurely in "Final
Fantasy Tactics", and was probably in another FF game. Breaks armor
and shields on contact. This would make an awfully fun low-level
weapon, albeit a risky one.
Gae Bolg - Cuchullain's spear. Dunno the big details about it, though.
But given the mythology, could make a good Knight weapon?
The Spear Luin - Another Celtic spear, blade constantly burning hot,
wielded by Lugh. Possibly the same as Gae Bolg, but hey, NHINRL
already. (And Hooray for Knight-ly stuff.) Fire-elemental polearm,
anyone?
I'm sure there's other mythical/fictional polearms that could be thrown
into NH. I'd love to see wieldable, viable, non-trash (i.e. Trollsbane
or Ogresmasher) artifacts that aren't swords, to give the discerning
hacker a little more variety. Anyone know of any that I'm blissfully
ignorant of?
Nethack has way too many sword artifacts. Yeah, they're prominent in
mythology, but there's a full fourteen artifact swords, and ten of
various other weapon types. I call that discrimination, and I call for
greater equality of weapon types. And the first way to solve that is
by introducing polearm artifact weapons. I suggest this because there
are none in NH as of yet; because legendary spears have their place in
mythology, not only swords have this distinction; and because I really
like long pointy weapons.
I can name a few examples off the top of my head that would make good
artifact weapons:
Gungnir, Odin's spear - Bonus to hit and damage, and returns to the
hand after thrown. Simple enough, and Valkyries could get it as a
favored weapon maybe. (They already have Mojo though, which doesn't
help.)
The Longibunne Spear - This was referenced very obscurely in "Final
Fantasy Tactics", and was probably in another FF game. Breaks armor
and shields on contact. This would make an awfully fun low-level
weapon, albeit a risky one.
Gae Bolg - Cuchullain's spear. Dunno the big details about it, though.
But given the mythology, could make a good Knight weapon?
The Spear Luin - Another Celtic spear, blade constantly burning hot,
wielded by Lugh. Possibly the same as Gae Bolg, but hey, NHINRL
already. (And Hooray for Knight-ly stuff.) Fire-elemental polearm,
anyone?
I'm sure there's other mythical/fictional polearms that could be thrown
into NH. I'd love to see wieldable, viable, non-trash (i.e. Trollsbane
or Ogresmasher) artifacts that aren't swords, to give the discerning
hacker a little more variety. Anyone know of any that I'm blissfully
ignorant of?