Spriggan's Knife

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A dainty little knife which was made by Spriggans, or for Spriggans, or possibly from Spriggans. Anyway, it's in some way associated with those fey folk. It is more effective when stabbing unaware enemies, treating them as though they were completely helpless.

the +7 Spriggan's Knife

+7 dagger

Converts all stabs to sleep-tier stabs.
+4 EV
+50 Stealth

Desirability

The Spriggan's Knife is very useful to stabbers, especially those relying on spells such as Confusing Touch or Mephitic Cloud instead of Ensorcelled Hibernation. It is also very useful for summoners due to the distraction effect of summons granting free tier-1 stabs independent of willpower or HD. Unfortunately, it isn't much use to other characters unless you find it very early on, since an unbranded dagger is a poor weapon for general combat.

History

• Prior to 0.23, the Spriggan's Knife also had Dex+4 and MR+, but did not convert stabs to sleep-tier stabs.
• Prior to 0.15, the Spriggan's Knife had a +4, +10 enchantment.
• Prior to 0.14, the provided MR was only +20.
• This weapon was upgraded from a knife to a dagger with the removal of knives in 0.9.