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{{flavour|A glaive commissioned several years ago by a wealthy queen fearful for the safety of her vast treasury. No foe, the smith promised, could defeat a guard wielding such a weapon!
  
{{flavour|This weapon once belonged to Gar Dogh, the guard of a king's treasures. According to legend he was lost somewhere in the Dungeon.}}
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It was stolen a few months later, along with the rest of the queen's treasury; the guard, it transpired, had been caught napping. Still, it would serve more than adequately in hands of a waking user.}}
 
[[File:Glaive_of_the_guard.png]] '''''the +8 glaive of the Guard'''''
 
[[File:Glaive_of_the_guard.png]] '''''the +8 glaive of the Guard'''''
  
+8 [[glaive]]
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+8 [[glaive]]<br>
 
 
 
[[Electrocution]] brand<br>
 
[[Electrocution]] brand<br>
 
+5 AC<br>
 
+5 AC<br>
 
[[See invisible]]<br>
 
[[See invisible]]<br>
Allows [[Berserk]]<br>
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Allows [[Berserk]]
  
 
==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
While glaives generally aren't terribly impressive end-game weapons, the '''glaive of the Guard''' has a decent enchantment level and provides you with a number of reasonably useful intrinsics, and even though electrocution is normally better on small, fast weapons, this item will still do more average damage against non-resistant targets than a [[bardiche]] of [[flaming]] or [[freezing]], especially when you're able to take advantage of its evokable berserk. Not a bad weapon overall.
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The '''glaive of the Guard'''<ref>{{source ref|0.25.0|art-data.txt|446}}</ref> has a decent enchantment level and provides you with a number of reasonably useful intrinsics. Even though electrocution is normally better on small, fast weapons, this item usually does more damage against non-resistant targets than a [[bardiche]] of [[flaming]] or [[freezing]], especially when you have a few levels in [[Evocations]] for its evokable berserk. Not a bad weapon overall.
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==History==
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*Prior to [[0.15]], the glaive of the Guard had a +5, +8 enchantment level.
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==References==
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[[Category:Unrands]]
 
[[Category:Unrands]]
 
[[Category:Polearms]]
 
[[Category:Polearms]]

Revision as of 20:57, 22 July 2020

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A glaive commissioned several years ago by a wealthy queen fearful for the safety of her vast treasury. No foe, the smith promised, could defeat a guard wielding such a weapon!

It was stolen a few months later, along with the rest of the queen's treasury; the guard, it transpired, had been caught napping. Still, it would serve more than adequately in hands of a waking user.

Glaive of the guard.png the +8 glaive of the Guard

+8 glaive
Electrocution brand
+5 AC
See invisible
Allows Berserk

Desirability

The glaive of the Guard[1] has a decent enchantment level and provides you with a number of reasonably useful intrinsics. Even though electrocution is normally better on small, fast weapons, this item usually does more damage against non-resistant targets than a bardiche of flaming or freezing, especially when you have a few levels in Evocations for its evokable berserk. Not a bad weapon overall.

History

  • Prior to 0.15, the glaive of the Guard had a +5, +8 enchantment level.

References