Plutonium sword: Difference between revisions

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A triple sword made of weird glowing metal. You wonder whether it grew its two side blades due to its radiation, and whether you'll grow two extra heads as well.

A glowing triple sword

+12, +16 triple sword

Inflicts Translocations miscast effects on enemies with each strike
Cursed, recurses itself on equip
Causes heavy magic contamination when unwielded
-20 Stealth

Desirability

A difficult weapon to use safely, the plutonium sword combines extremely brutal damage output with constant cursing, irritating miscast effects, and a nasty magic contamination dose when you unwield the thing. If you want to enjoy all the "perks" of a distortion weapon with none of the trips to the Abyss, or if you just can't pass up that staggering damage output, then make sure to have a few scrolls of vulnerability on hand before unwielding it; each scroll you read will reduce your contamination by a small but significant amount.

History

Prior to 0.12, this sword would contaminate you a little bit every moment you spent wielding it. Combined with the curse effect, this made it extremely undesirable.

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 +12, +16 [[triple sword]]
+Inflicts [[Translocations]] [[miscast effect]]s on enemies with each strike<br>
 Cursed, recurses itself on equip<br>
-Heavily mutates you (+6)<br>
+Causes heavy [[magic contamination]] when unwielded<br>
 -20 Stealth
 ==Desirability==
-Even with its upgrade from a long sword to a triple sword, this weapon is still not at all useful. It mutates you too heavily; even a single battle can leave you with yellow [[magic contamination]].
+A difficult weapon to use safely, the plutonium sword combines extremely brutal damage output with constant cursing, irritating miscast effects, and a nasty magic contamination dose when you unwield the thing. If you want to enjoy all the "perks" of a distortion weapon with none of the trips to [[the Abyss]], or if you just can't pass up that staggering damage output, then make sure to have a few [[scrolls of vulnerability]] on hand before unwielding it; each scroll you read will reduce your contamination by a small but significant amount.
 ==History==
-In [[0.12]], this sword will be somewhat more useful; the magic contamination effect will only trigger upon unwielding it, and the sword will inflict random [[Transmutations]] miscasts on enemies.
+Prior to [[0.12]], this sword would contaminate you a little bit every moment you spent wielding it. Combined with the curse effect, this made it extremely undesirable.
 [[Category:Unrands]]
 [[Category:Long blades]]
 [[Category:Crystal Ball Articles]]