Scythe

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Name	Scythe
Skill	Polearms
Damage	14
Accuracy	-4
Base delay (%)	200% "%" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 200.
Min delay	{{{mindelay}}} "{{{mindelay}}}" is not a number.
Hands	2H
Size	Large
Ranged?	No

A farm implement, usually only used by untrained mobs in combat. "It was instinct. Illogical as lightning striking and not hurting. Each day the grain must be cut. It had to be cut. Why? Well, it just did, that was all. He laughed at the scythe in his big hands. Then, whistling, he took it out to the ripe and waiting field and did the work. He thought himself a little mad. Hell, it was an ordinary-enough wheat field, really, wasn't it?" -Ray Bradbury, _The Scythe_, 1943.

This weapon falls into the Polearms category. It is a two handed weapon.

The scythe is the trademark weapon of Sigmund, and actually one of his major weaknesses: the delay on this weapon is so great that you need a Polearms skill of 26 to reach its minimum of 7. This leaves Sigmund with a higher weapon delay than an ogre and the same or less damage output.

In general you shouldn't use these unless you come across an awesome randart scythe and already have sufficient Polerams skill to use it effectively. It's not quite as worthless as a club, but it is decidedly one of the worst weapons in the game.

Scythes are too large for small creatures (kobolds, halflings, and spriggans) to use.

	Image
Mundane
Magical/Artifact
	Unrandarts
"Finisher"
Scythe of Curses