Silver saber

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Name	silver saber
Appearance	silver saber
Damage vs. small	1d8+(1d20)
Damage vs. large	1d8+(1d20)
To-hit bonus	+0
Weapon skill	saber
Size	one-handed
Cost	75 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	40
Material	silver

The silver saber is a silver sword, commonly used as a secondary weapon in #twoweaponing, as it gives silver damage against lycanthropes, demons, vampires, minor demons (except tengu), and shades, in addition to being a respectable weapon in its own right.

Generation

They are randomly generated like any other weapon, but the watch captain in Minetown has a 50% chance of being generated with one, as does any Captain. If Fort Ludios exists, you are extremely likely to find a saber there.

Average damage calculation

We assume the player has expert skill in saber, which gives a +2 damage bonus. A blessed weapon deals 1d4 extra damage against demons and undead, and being of silver, an added 1d20 to silver-hating monsters. The worst case scenario is against a non-undead, non-demon, non-silver-hating monster. The best case scenario is against a undead/demon silver-hating monster.

Weapon	Against regular small monsters	Against regular large monsters	Worst case scenario	Best case scenario
Blessed silver saber+0	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2=\bold{6.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2=\bold{6.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2=\bold{6.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+\frac{1+20}{2}+\frac{1+4}{2}+2=\bold{19.5}$
Blessed silver saber +7	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2+7=\bold{13.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2+7=\bold{13.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2+7=\bold{13.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+\frac{1+20}{2}+\frac{1+4}{2}+2+7=\bold{26.5}$
Blessed silver saber +9	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2+9=\bold{15.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2+9=\bold{15.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+2+9=\bold{15.5}$	$\frac{1+8}{2}+\frac{1+20}{2}+\frac{1+4}{2}+2+9=\bold{28.5}$

Despite the inclusion in the above table, attempting to enchant a silver saber to +9 is generally a very bad idea, as they're quite rare.

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM adds a new saber weapon: the rapier. A +1 rapier is guaranteed to appear in Grund's Stronghold.

Saber skill

Saber
Max	Role
Basic	Barbarian, Healer, Samurai, Valkyrie
Skilled	Knight, Rogue, Tourist
Expert	Archeologist

The silver saber is the only weapon to use the saber skill. Artifact sabers are Grayswandir and Werebane.

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