Melee weapon prefixes

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Prefix	Effect	Greater Identify	Notes
ashen	No damage to undead	It does not cause any damage against undead.	Weapon looks black on dungeon floor
balanced	+4 to hit	Its elegant design makes it easier to hit a target (+4 to hit, already figured in)
barbaric	-4 to hit, +4 to damage	Due to its barbaric design it is harder to hit opponents but hits generally are more lethal (-4 to hit, +4 to damage, all already figured in).
barbed	+3 to damage	Its barbed design causes more serious wounds (+3 to damage, already figured in).
brutal	+1 damage dice	Its brutal design causes very heavy wounds (+1 extra damage die on hits, already figured in).
chaotic	+1d8 damage to lawful	It causes +1d8 damage versus lawful opponents.	Very few opponents in the game are lawful
corrupting	Corrupts PC while wielded	It slowly corrupts you.	Note the difference between this and "of corruption" suffix
extra-heavy	4x weight	It weighs four times as much as other weapons of its type (already figured in).	Might be useful with basher talent line
fickle	50% of attacks automatically miss	50% of all attacks with this item miss automatically.
flaming	+2d6 fire damage	It causes +2d6 fire damage on melee hits.	The regular damage must first be enough to pass the target's PV, and then the elemental damage will trigger
fragile	1/6 chance to break on hit	It has a 1 in 6 chance to break with every hit.	Only affects iron and wood weapons
frozen	+2d6 cold damage	It causes +2d6 ice damage on melee hits.	The regular damage must first be enough to pass the target's PV, and then the elemental damage will trigger
green	Grants acid resistance	It grants resistance to acid.
hateful	+2d6 damage on berserk tactics	It causes +2d6 damage while berserk
heavy	2x weight	It weighs twice as much as other weapons of its type.	Might be useful with basher talent line
hefty	+20% weight, -1 to-hit, +4 damage	It weighs 20% more than other weapons of its type. Due to its careful design it is harder to hit opponents but hits generally are more lethal (+20% weight, -1 to hit, +4 to damage, all already figured in)	Hefty weapons of higher metals might have very unusual weight
lawful	+1d8 damage to chaotics	It causes +1d8 damage versus chaotic opponents.	Chaotic opponents are very common in the game
light	0.5x weight	It weighs only half as much as other weapons of its type.
masterwork	+3 to hit	Its elegant design makes it much easier to hit opponents (+3 to hit, already figured in).
mild	Deals only 20% of damage.	Effective hits are slowed so that they cause but 20% of the expected damage (not figured into the stats).	20% is applied to all bonuses too, no effect on energy cost
murderous	2x critical hit chance	It is twice as likely to cause critical hits on a hit.	Attacks with it double all non-item critical hit chances individually (e.g. level 25 assassin with 100 find weakness would get 1 - (1 - 0.1)(1 - 0.4)(1 - 0.4) = 67.6% crit chance)
nasty	+1 to damage dice value	Its nasty design causes more serious wounds (+1 to the damage dice being used, already figured in).
poisonous	Permanently poisoned	It poisons monsters on successful hits.	Heir gift for Assassins
red	Grants fire resistance	It grants resistance to fire.
swift	+5 speed	It grants a +5 bonus to speed.	Swift weapons of eagle exist but they give only +5 speed bonus
ultra-heavy	8x weight	It weighs eight times as much as other weapons of its type.	Might be useful with basher talent line
unbalanced	+1d8 to neutrals	It causes +1d8 damage versus neutral opponents.	Quite confusing name
unwieldy	-8 to hit	Its inelegant design makes it very difficult to hit a target (-8 to hit, already figured in).
weeping	Increased chance to make bleeding wounds.	It causes bleeding wounds.
white	Grants cold resistance	It grants resistance to cold.
wicked	+3 to damage dice value	Its wicked design causes very serious wounds (+3 to the damage dice being used, already figured in).	Wicked weapons of devastation have the greatest damage bonus
yellow	Grants shock resistance	It grants resistance to shock

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In versions after 1.2.0, the target's PV is not subtracted from the bonus elemental damage; however, in order to trigger the 2d6 elemental damage at all, the non-elemental damage first needs to beat the target's PV. This means that although these weapons have good bonus damage, nevertheless they cannot be used as penetrating weapons against monsters with very high PV.

Melee weapon prefixes

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