Vorpal: Difference between revisions

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Obsolete: This article refers to an aspect of the game which has been removed. It is retained for historical reference only.

It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.

Vorpal is a brand which any weapon may have. Melee weapons with the vorpal brand do extra damage of at least 1 and up to 33% each hit, averaging +16.6%. Ranged weapons do an average of 20% more damage. This bonus is applied after AC, so it has an equal effect for both fast and slow weapons.

Vorpal weapons are inferior damage-wise to most other brands, but versatile because nothing can resist the extra damage.

History

In 0.30, this brand was replaced with the heavy brand.
Prior to 0.25, different types of weapons used different descriptors based on the type of damage they inflicted ("Piercing", "Chopping", "Slicing", "Crushing", "Velocity", etc.).
Prior to 0.16, this brand was called "stabbing" on short blades.
Prior to 0.13, this brand increased your damage between 0% and 25% each hit, averaging 12.5%.

Brands
Melee weapons	General	Antimagic • Chaos • Distortion • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Holy wrath • Pain • Protection • Reaching • Spectral • Speed • Vampiric • Venom
	Weapon type	Devious • Valour • Concussion • Sundering • Entangling • Rebuke
	Artefact	Curare • Deathbane • Dragon slaying • Reaping • Silver
Launchers		Antimagic • Chaos • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Holy wrath • Penetration • Speed
Throwing weapons		Atropa • Curare • Datura • Disjunction • Poisoned • Silver

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-'''Vorpal''' is a [[brand]] which any [[weapon]] may have. Melee weapons with the vorpal brand do on average 12.5% additional damage on a hit. The actual implementation does between 1% and 25% more damage each hit. Ranged weapons do 20% more damage.
+'''Vorpal''' is a [[brand]] which any [[weapon]] may have. Melee weapons with the vorpal brand do extra damage of at least 1 and up to 33% each hit, averaging +16.6%. Ranged weapons do an average of 20% more damage. This bonus is applied after [[AC]], so it has an equal effect for both fast and slow weapons.
-The displayed brand name differs by weapons type:
+Vorpal weapons are inferior damage-wise to most other brands, but versatile because nothing can resist the extra damage.
-*[[Axes]] - '''Chopping'''
-*[[Short Blades]] - '''Slicing'''
-*[[Polearms]] - '''Piercing'''
-*[[Maces & Flails]], [[Staves]] - '''Crushing'''
-*[[Long Blades]] - '''Slashing'''
-*[[Short Blades]] - '''Stabbing'''
-*[[Ranged weapons]] - '''Velocity'''
-While vorpal-branded weapons can be found randomly, you can also make your own through use of a [[scroll of vorpalise weapon]] on a non-branded, non-artifact weapon. This may be a waste, however, as the scroll can also be used to affix several other more useful temporary brands ([[flaming]] or [[frost]] are widely considered the most useful).
+==History==
+*In [[0.30]], this brand was replaced with the [[heavy]] brand.
+*Prior to [[0.25]], different types of weapons used different descriptors based on the type of damage they inflicted ("Piercing", "Chopping", "Slicing", "Crushing", "Velocity", etc.).
+*Prior to [[0.16]], this brand was called "stabbing" on short blades.
+*Prior to [[0.13]], this brand increased your damage between 0% and 25% each hit, averaging 12.5%.
-== Tips & Tricks ==
+{{brands}}
-*This brand works best on high-damage weapons, since the damage is multiplicative.
-*Vorpal weapons are inferior damage-wise to most other brands, but versatile because nothing can resist its damage. Trog worshipers may use one simply because their lack of spell-casting makes access to other brands difficult, at least until Trog gifts them something better.
-{{brands}}[[Category:Brands]]
+[[Category:Brands]]