Club

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Name	Club
Skill	Maces & Flails
Damage	5
Accuracy	+3
Base delay (%)	13 (130%)
Min delay	6 at skill 14
Hands	1H
Size	Medium
Ranged?	No

A heavy piece of wood, with a place to grip on one end and most of its weight at the other, making it suitable for swinging or throwing at a foe. While clubs are rather primitive weapons, bashing someone's skull in with one remains a very popular and effective means of dispute resolution.

This weapon falls into the 'Maces & Flails' category. It is a one handed weapon, and it is better for the strong.

From the learndb: "Not a terrible weapon forged in the fires of hell -- just a terrible weapon."

There is no reason you should ever fight with a club. They are strictly inferior to both whips and hammers. Stabbing a monster with a club will confuse it, but stabbing with a dagger instead will usually kill it.

Even freshly started spellcaster characters should avoid using clubs; a club is only marginally more powerful than unskilled Unarmed Combat. Wait until you get a dagger or whip off of a kobold or something.

Club

History

Prior to 0.14 clubs could be thrown at enemy, and Sticks to Snakes could be casted on them to summon a snake.