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**''Nethack'' [[Game Mod|variants]]:
**''Nethack'' [[Game Mod|variants]]:
*** The vorpal jabberwock is a [[Dummied Out|deferred monster]] in the vanilla game based on the jabberwock; variants that include it, such as ''[[GruntHack]]'' and [[UnNetHack]], often give the monster its ''own'' beheading attacks, though it retains the weakness to Vorpal Blade.
*** The vorpal jabberwock is a [[Dummied Out|deferred monster]] in the vanilla game based on the jabberwock; variants that include it, such as ''[[GruntHack]]'' and [[UnNetHack]], often give the monster its ''own'' beheading attacks, though it retains the weakness to Vorpal Blade.
*** [[SLASH'EM]] introduces Thiefbane, a chaotic-aligned long sword that has a 10% chance to behead any human or elf (specifically <code>@</code>) that it hits.
*** [[SLASH'EM]] introduces Thiefbane, a chaotic-aligned long sword that has a 10% chance to behead any human or elf (specifically <code>@</code>) that it hits. The Verbal Blade, the Zyborg quest artifact, is also capable of beheading monsters.
*** In many variants of ''NetHack'' that use the "object properties" feature, "vorpal" is a property that can occur with certain objects, and gives it the same chance to behead monsters as the original Vorpal Blade. [[dNetHack]] in particular also introduces many artifact weapons capable of beheading.
*** In many variants of ''NetHack'' that use the "object properties" feature, "vorpal" is a property that can occur with certain objects, and gives it the same chance to behead monsters as the original Vorpal Blade. [[dNetHack]] in particular also introduces many artifact weapons capable of beheading.