Devious: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:52, 10 February 2026

Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

It has an increased chance to perform stab attacks against vulnerable targets, and temporarily increases the wielder's EV and slaying each time they do so.

The devious brand, exclusive to Short Blades, does the following:

Gives +10% chance to perform low-tier stabs against valid targets.
When stabbing, temporarily provides +4 EV and +3 slaying, stacking up to 3 times. This boost will be maintained so long as the wielder continues to attack (though is otherwise short-lived).

When wielded by monsters, it instead gives a flat +8 EV and +6 slaying at all times.

Sources

Devious can only exist on Short Blades. It is available through both random generation and through a scroll of brand weapon.

History

Devious was introduced, along with the other weapon type exclusive brands, in 0.34.

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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 {{flavour|It has an increased chance to perform stab attacks against vulnerable targets, and temporarily increases the wielder's EV and slaying each time they do so.}}
-The '''devious''' [[brand]], exclusive to [[Short Blades]] does the following:
+The '''devious''' [[brand]], exclusive to [[Short Blades]], does the following:
-*Gives +10% chance to perform low-tier stabs against valid targets and a stacking boost to slaying and EV each time any stab is performed.
+*Gives +10% chance to perform low-tier [[stab]]s against valid targets.
-*Stacks up to 3 times, giving +4 EV and +3 slaying per stack, and will be maintained so long as the wielder continues to attack (though is otherwise short-lived).
+*When stabbing, temporarily provides +4 EV and +3 slaying, stacking up to 3 times. This boost will be maintained so long as the wielder continues to attack (though is otherwise short-lived).
-When wielded by monsters, it instead gives a flat +8 EV and +6 Slaying at all times.
+When wielded by monsters, it instead gives a flat +8 EV and +6 slaying at all times.
 ==Sources==