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Revision as of 09:30, 12 February 2018
Version 0.21: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| Weapon: It protects the one who wields it against injury (+AC on strike). Shield: It protects its wearer from harm (+3 to AC). |
Unlike most brands, weapons of protection do not offer the wielder any additional damage output. Instead, the wielder gains a +7 bonus to AC for a short period after hitting with the weapon, significantly improving your ability to mitigate injury. Shields of protection offer a constant +3 bonus.
Desirability
The damage output sacrificed by choosing a defensive brand is significant, but - especially in the early game when characters often have little defence - 7 points of AC can contribute greatly to survivability.
History
Prior to 0.6, ranged weapons would generate with the protection brand instead of evasion.
| 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 | |