Valour

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

It fires a beam of energy whenever it strikes an enemy while its wielder has no less than 80% of their maximum hit points remaining. Unwielding it will briefly Weaken its wielder.

The valour brand, exclusive to Long Blades, does the following:

If your HP >= 80% when attacking an enemy, fire a range-4 piercing beam. Damage = 4d(2*base_damage/3).^[1]^[2]
If unwielded, inflict Weak for 10 turns.

Sources

Valour can only generate and exist on Long Blades. It is available through both random generation and through a scroll of brand weapon.

History

Valour was introduced, along with the other weapon type specific brands, in 0.34.

References

↑ melee-attack.cc:4829 (0.34.0)
↑ zap-data.h:2736 (0.34.0)

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

[1] -attack.cc:4829 (0.34.0)

[2] zap-data.h:2736 (0.34.0)

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