Triple sword

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Name	Triple sword
Skill	Long Blades
Damage	19
Accuracy	-4
Base delay (%)	19 (190%)
Min delay	7 at skill 24
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 have the highest base damage of any weapon wieldable by normal-sized races, but they lack the special abilities of an executioner's axe or a bardiche.

Triple sword	Plutonium Sword

History

In 0.14, these will be replaced with claymores. Slightly more than a simple rename, their base damage and base delay will both be increased by one, putting them on par with the pre-cleaving executioner's axe.