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Name	Morningstar
Skill	Maces & Flails
Damage	13
Accuracy	-2
Base delay (%)	15 (150%)
Min delay	7 at skill 16
Hands	1H
Size	Medium
Ranged?	No

A mace with a head covered in short spikes.

"Little did then his pomp of plumes bestead
The Azteca, or glittering pride of gold.
Against the tempered sword; little his casque,
Cay with its feathery coronal, or drest
In graven terrors, when the Briton's hand
Drove in through helm and head the spiked mace;
Or swung its iron weights in shattering sway.
Which, where they fell, destroyed."

-Robert Southey, _Madoc_. 1805

This weapon falls into the Maces & Flails category. It is a one handed weapon.

Morningstars have the best damage of all the "common" one-handed weapons, although with no special abilities like cleaving or reaching. They are reasonable weapons to use until you find an eveningstar, demon whip, or a two-handed weapon.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact
	Unrandart
Eos

History

Prior to 0.12, morningstars had only 10 base damage and -1 accuracy.

Weapons
Axes	Battleaxe • Broad axe • Executioner's axe • Hand axe • War axe
Maces & Flails	Club • Demon whip • Dire flail • Eveningstar • Flail • Giant club • Giant spiked club • Great mace • Mace (Hammer) • Morningstar • Sacred scourge • Whip
Long Blades	Demon blade • Double sword • Eudemon blade • Falchion • Great sword • Long sword • Scimitar • Triple sword
Polearms	Bardiche • Demon trident • Glaive • Halberd (Scythe) • Partisan • Spear • Trident • Trishula
Ranged Weapons	Arbalest • Hand cannon • Longbow • Orcbow • Shortbow • Sling • Triple crossbow
Short Blades	Dagger • Quick blade • Rapier • Short sword
Staves	Lajatang • Magical staff • Quarterstaff
Throwing	Boomerang • Dart • Javelin • Large rock • Stone • Throwing net

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+{{version032}}
 {{weapon
   |name        = Morningstar
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   |weight      = 14.0
   |skill       = Maces & Flails
-  |damage      = 10
+  |damage      = 13
-  |accuracy    = -1
+  |accuracy    = -2
-  |basedelay   = 150%
+  |basedelay   = 15 (150%)
+ |mindelay    = 7 at skill 16
   |hands       = 1H
   |size        = Medium
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   |acquirement = 10
 }}
+{{flavour|A mace with a head covered in short spikes.
-{{flavour|A mace with a head covered in short spikes. Trading increased force for only slightly reduced manoeuvrability, this weapon can be deadly in the hands of a well-trained combatant.
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 Drove in through helm and head the spiked mace;<br>
 Or swung its iron weights in shattering sway.<br>
-Which, where they fell, destroyed.
+Which, where they fell, destroyed."
--Robert Southey, "Madoc". 1805}}
-{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the '[[Maces & Flails]]' category. It is a one handed weapon, and it is better for the strong.}}
+-Robert Southey, _Madoc_. 1805}}
+{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the [[Maces & Flails]] category. It is a one handed weapon.}}
-As far as [[Maces & Flails]] go, '''morningstars''' are pretty sub-par. They're only slightly more powerful than [[flail]]s, but are considerably less accurate, and weapons like [[demon whip]]s and [[eveningstar]]s completely outperform them.
+Morningstars have the best damage of all the "common" one-handed weapons, although with no special abilities like [[cleaving]] or [[reaching]]. They are reasonable weapons to use until you find an [[eveningstar]], [[demon whip]], or a two-handed weapon.
 {| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
-! || Common || Dwarven|| Orcish
+! || Image
 |-
-| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Morningstar 1.png]] || [[File:Dwarven morningstar 1.png]] || [[File:Orcish morningstar 1.png]]
+| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Morningstar1.png]]
 |-
-| '''Magical''' || [[File:Morningstar 2.png]] || [[File:Dwarven morningstar 2.png]] || [[File:Orcish morningstar 2.png]]
+| '''Magical''' || [[File:Morningstar2.png]]
 |-
-| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Morningstar 3.png]] || N/A || N/A
+| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Morningstar3.png]]
+|-
+! ||  '''[[Unrandarts|Unrandart]]'''
+|-
+| '''[[Eos]]''' || [[File:Morningstar eos.png]]
 |}
-{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
+==History==
-! || [[Unrandart]] Morningstars
+*Prior to [[0.12]], morningstars had only 10 base damage and -1 accuracy.
-|-
-| '''[[Unrandarts#+11,_+11_Morningstar_"Eos"|"Eos"]]''' || [[File:Morningstar_eos.png]]
-|}
 {{weapons}}
 [[Category:Maces & Flails]]