Great sword

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Name	Great sword
Skill	Long Blades
Damage	16
Accuracy	-3
Base delay (%)	16 (160%)
Min delay	7 at skill 18
Hands	2H
Size	Large
Ranged?	No

A sword with a very long, heavy blade and a long handle. "Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est." ("A sword by itself does not slay: it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.") -Lucius Annaeus Seneca, _Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium_, Letter LXXXVII: Some arguments in favor of the simple life, 1. 30. ca. 65 A.D. trans. Richard Mott Gummere, 1917.

This weapon falls into the 'Long Blades' category. It is a two handed weapon.

Great swords are large, two-handed Long Blades that deal heavy damage, though they require a significant amount of Long Blades skill to reach min delay. Characters with experience to spare may eventually wish to upgrade to a triple sword, though this requires an immense experience investment that may be put elsewhere to greater effect. Alternatively, wielding a demon blade/eudemon blade/bastard sword instead will allow you to carry a shield in exchange for a slight penalty to damage.

Great swords are uncommon items to find lying around the Dungeon, but occasionally generate on enemy wights and orc warriors early on.

	Image
Mundane
Magical/Artifact

	Unrandart Great Swords
Sword of Power
Sword of Cerebov
Sword of the Doom Knight

History

In very early versions of Crawl, these (and triple swords) were governed by their own skill.