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Name	short sword
Appearance	short sword
Damage vs. small	1d6
Damage vs. large	1d8
To-hit bonus	+0
Weapon skill	short sword
Size	one-handed
Cost	10 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	30
Material	iron

A short sword weighs 30, costs 10, is made out of iron, and is represented by ). It does 1d6 damage to small monsters, and 1d8 to large monsters. Other short swords are elven short sword, orcish short sword and dwarvish short sword. To samurai, it is known as a wakizashi. Slash'EM and SporkHack add a silver short sword as well.

A short sword is included in the starting equipment of Rogues, Samurai and 50% of Barbarians. The weakest of the swords, it lacks the damage of larger weapons and there is no artifact version.

Short sword skill Edit

The following weapons use the short sword skill:

• short sword
• dwarvish short sword
• elven short sword
• orcish short sword
• silver short sword (Slash'EM and SporkHack only)

There are no artifact short swords.