Triple sword

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Name	Triple sword
Skill	Long Blades
Damage	19
Accuracy	-4
Base delay (%)	18 (180%)
Min delay	7 at skill 22
Hands	2H
Size	Large
Ranged?	No

A magical weapon with three great razor-sharp blades. According to legend, a master forger created a sword with two blades at the facetious suggestion of a knight, who, finding that the resulting blade was quite functional, jovially quipped, "Ah, very good, but could you make a *triple* sword?" When the answer turned out to be yes, the knight was too shocked to ask about the possibilities of a quadruple sword. "Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentus 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, l. 30. ca. 65 A.D. trans. Richard Mott Gummere, 1917.

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

Triple swords are the most powerful Long Blades in the game. While they are extremely rare and require considerable skill to use effectively, they are nonetheless excellent for slicing through enemies of all sorts. They do marginally less base damage than an executioner's axe or a bardiche, but also require less skill to reach minimum delay.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact
Plutonium Sword

History

• In 0.28, triple swords lost riposte, gaining back pre-riposte damage levels. Their base delay was also reduced to 1.8 (from 1.9).
• In 0.19, Long Blades gained riposte. Triple swords were reduced by 2 base damage to compensate.
• In 0.16, claymores were renamed back to triple swords.
• In 0.14, triple swords were renamed to claymores.