Dagger

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Name	Dagger
Skill	Short Blades
Damage	4
Accuracy	+6
Base delay (%)	10 (100%)
Min delay	5 at skill 10
Hands	1H
Size	Little
Ranged?	No

A double-edged fighting knife with a sharp point.

This weapon falls into the 'Short Blades' category. It is a one handed weapon.

The dagger is the smallest combat short blade. While daggers are one of the weakest weapons, they receive the largest stabbing bonus. See the Stabbing page for more details.

Strategy

At 0 skill, a dagger is at least better than a club or Unarmed Combat. A short sword will be better at everything but stabbing.

A dagger (or short sword) with a "flat" damage brand, namely venom or electrocution, is a strong earlygame weapon. A venom dagger can take you to Lair with 0 skill investment.

Characters that lend themselves to a "stealth-and-stab" style of (such as brigands and enchanters) may go through the entire game with a dagger, or at least use it as a secondary weapon. A skilled stabber with a good dagger can one-shot sleeping dragons and giants with ease.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact
	Unrandarts
Spriggan's Knife