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 '''Weapons''' are items which you can wield to improve your ability to attack enemies. In most cases, they deal non-elemental damage, making them suitable for dealing with any threat. Weapons are divided into two main categories:
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 **[[Throwing]]
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 All weapons are subject to [[skill]]; increasing skill increases [[weapon damage]], [[accuracy]], and decreases the [[attack delay]]. The heaviest weapon is not always the best, as an unskilled user will swing inaccurately and slowly, potentially giving monsters two turns for your one. Certain weapons also take two [[handedness|hands]] to use, which restricts the use of a [[shield]]. Both skill and strength are multipliers to a weapon's base damage.
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 *[[Brand]]: Brands generally help with combat, increasing damage and/or causing elemental effects.
-Magical staves do not have either. [[Artefact]]s may also come with special properties not found on regular weapons, though are not necessarily better.
+Magical staves cannot have either. [[Artefact]]s may also come with special properties not found on regular weapons, though are not necessarily better.
 ==See Also==

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 '''Weapons''' are items which you can wield to improve your ability to attack enemies. In most cases, they deal non-elemental damage, making them suitable for dealing with any threat. Weapons are divided into two main categories:
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 **[[Magical staves]]
 *[[Ranged weapon]]s
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 *Prior to [[0.14]], there were elven, dwarven, and orcish variants of weapons which had small additional benefits, and [[demonspawn]] characters received a damage bonus when using demonic weapons - see [[Racial weapon variants]]. Also, several weapons were renamed: [[sabre]] to cutlass, [[double sword]] to bastard sword, and [[triple sword]] to claymore.
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 *Delay: How fast the weapon swings naturally, in [[decaAut]].
 **[[Minimum delay]]: How fast the weapon can possibly swing, once you reach a certain skill level. Most weapons have a mindelay of (Delay/2) or 0.7, whichever is lower. Every 2 skill levels decrease base delay by 0.1 until you reach mindelay.
-*[[Handedness]]: Weapons that require two hands restrict the use of a [[shield]] and the [[auxiliary attack|off-hand punch]] ([[Octopode]]s can  still off-hand slap). [[Size|Smaller]] species may find certain weapons requiring two hands and normally large weapons completely unusable.
+*[[Handedness]]: Weapons that require two hands restrict the use of a [[shield]] and the [[auxiliary attack|offhand punch]] ([[Octopode]]s can still offhand slap). [[Size|Smaller]] species may find certain weapons requiring two hands and normally large weapons completely unusable.
 *Type: Each weapon has its own designated weapon type ([[Short Blades]], [[Polearms]]...), and each weapon type has its own skill and potential quirks.

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 *Delay: How fast the weapon swings naturally, in [[decaAut]].
 **[[Minimum delay]]: How fast the weapon can possibly swing, once you reach a certain skill level. Most weapons have a mindelay of (Delay/2) or 0.7, whichever is lower. Every 2 skill levels decrease base delay by 0.1 until you reach mindelay.
-*[[Handedness]]: Weapons that require two hands restrict the use of a [[shield]] and the [[auxiliary attack|off-hand punch]] ([[Octopode]]s can  still off-hand slap). [[Size|Smaller]] species may find certain weapons requiring two hands and other large weapons completely unusable.
+*[[Handedness]]: Weapons that require two hands restrict the use of a [[shield]] and the [[auxiliary attack|off-hand punch]] ([[Octopode]]s can  still off-hand slap). [[Size|Smaller]] species may find certain weapons requiring two hands and normally large weapons completely unusable.
 *Type: Each weapon has its own designated weapon type ([[Short Blades]], [[Polearms]]...), and each weapon type has its own skill and potential quirks.

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 ===Weapon Properties===
 *Base damage: The damage done, before modifiers and adjustments. This is multiplied by strength and skill bonuses.
 *Delay: How fast the weapon swings naturally, in [[decaAut]].
 **[[Minimum delay]]: How fast the weapon can possibly swing, once you reach a certain skill level. Most weapons have a mindelay of (Delay/2) or 0.7, whichever is lower. Every 2 skill levels decrease base delay by 0.1 until you reach mindelay.
 *[[Handedness]]: Weapons that require two hands restrict the use of a [[shield]] and the [[auxiliary attack|off-hand punch]] ([[Octopode]]s can  still off-hand slap). [[Size|Smaller]] species may find certain weapons requiring two hands and other large weapons completely unusable.
 ===Weapon Modifiers===

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-'''Weapons''' are items which you can wield to improve your ability to attack enemies. In most cases they deal non-elemental damage, making them suitable for dealing with any threat (though they are subject to [[AC]]). [[Brand]]ed weapons may deal additional elemental damage as well, or have other effects. Weapons are divided into two categories:
+'''Weapons''' are items which you can wield to improve your ability to attack enemies. In most cases, they deal non-elemental damage, making them suitable for dealing with any threat. Weapons are divided into two main categories:
 *[[Melee weapon]]s
 *[[Ranged weapon]]s
-Simply equipping yourself with the biggest, heaviest weapon you find does not guarantee that you'll be doing particularly good damage; your weapon's effectiveness is based on many factors. [[Weapon damage]] and [[weapon speed]] are the two most important aspects, and both of these will get better as your associated weapon [[skill]] improves. Your weapon's [[scroll of enchant weapon|enchantment bonus]] is also critical - it would take a tremendous amount of skill to make up for a -9 enchantment penalty to your accuracy and damage, but a +9 weapon might be well worth using even in the hands of an unskilled fighter (though a skilled fighter would certainly make the best use of it). You should also consider the [[handedness]] of your weapon. A one-handed weapon will leave your off-hand free, allowing you to wear [[shields]]. Two-handed weapons prevent the use of shields, but are generally much more devastating. All of these factors are important when deciding what to fight with; see the [[weapon choice]] article for further details.
+===Useful Info===
-Weapons are by no means necessary to defeat your opponents. [[Unarmed combat]] specialists can be every bit as effective using only their fists, fangs, talons, and tails, though some species are significantly better at doing so than others. Magic-users, meanwhile, can deal tremendous amounts of damage through use of [[spell]]s. Finally, there are [[magical staves]] - magical devices that are wielded like weapons, but which are treated by ''Crawl'' as a separate class of item entirely.
+Weapons are not required for melee combat; [[Unarmed Combat]] is available at any time and uses similar damage formulas to weapons.
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