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A skilled user can throw it in such a way that it will return to its owner.

Weapons with the returning brand will return to the user's pack when thrown or otherwise launched. The chance of it returning successfully depends on the wielder's Throwing skill:

At 0 skill, the weapon never returns.
At 1 skill, 33% chance of not returning.
At 2 skill, 20% chance.
At 3 or more skill, (1/(4 + skill))% chance of not returning.
- At 6, 10% chance.
- At 16, 5% chance.
- At 27, 3.22% chance.

Weapons of returning wiggle slightly when wielded.

Normally, only daggers, hand axes, spears and javelins can have the returning brand. Branded ammunition shops may offer other missiles with this brand, such as arrows, bolts and large rocks.

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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-{{crawlquote|A skilled user can throw it in such a way that it will return to its owner.}}
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-Weapons with the returning brand will return to the user's pack when thrown or otherwise launched. The chance of returning successfully depends on the wielder's [[Throwing]] skill:
+{{flavour|A skilled user can throw it in such a way that it will return to its owner.}}
-If Throwing is 0, the weapon never returns; if Throwing is 1, the probability of failing to return is 0.33; if it is 2, the probability is 0.2; otherwise, it is 1/(4 + Throwing). At level 27, the chance of returning successfully is close to 0.97.
+Weapons with the '''returning''' brand will return to the user's pack when thrown or otherwise launched. The chance of it returning successfully depends on the wielder's [[Throwing]] skill:
-Weapons of Returning wiggle slightly when wielded.
+*At 0 skill, the weapon never returns.
+*At 1 skill, 33% chance of not returning.
+*At 2 skill, 20% chance.
+*At 3 or more skill, (1/(4 + skill))% chance of not returning.
+**At 6, 10% chance.
+**At 16, 5% chance.
+**At 27, 3.22% chance.
-Only [[dagger]]s, [[hand axe]]s, [[spear]]s and [[javelin]]s can have the returning brand.
+Weapons of returning wiggle slightly when wielded.
-[[shop|Branded ammunition shops]] may offer other missiles with this brand, such as [[arrow]]s, [[bolt]]s and [[large rock]]s.
+Normally, only [[dagger]]s, [[hand axe]]s, [[spear]]s and [[javelin]]s can have the returning brand. Branded ammunition [[shop]]s may offer other missiles with this brand, such as [[arrow]]s, [[bolt]]s and [[large rock]]s.
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 [[Category:Brands]]