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** The Vorpal Blade of ''[[Jabberwocky]]'' fame has a 5% chance to [[One-Hit Kill|behead the victim]] upon hitting them, [[No Sell|unless they have no head or else are intangible]] (e.g. ghosts, shades and vortices). This even includes nonliving monsters and multiheaded monsters such as ettins - of course, [[Yet Another Stupid Death|this also applies to '''you''']] if you're caught on the wrong end, which is a very likely danger ({{spoiler|especially in the Astral Plane}}) if you haven't generated it yet. [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything/NetHack|And yes, it always works against jabberwocks]]. |
** The Vorpal Blade of ''[[Jabberwocky]]'' fame has a 5% chance to [[One-Hit Kill|behead the victim]] upon hitting them, [[No Sell|unless they have no head or else are intangible]] (e.g. ghosts, shades and vortices). This even includes nonliving monsters and multiheaded monsters such as ettins - of course, [[Yet Another Stupid Death|this also applies to '''you''']] if you're caught on the wrong end, which is a very likely danger ({{spoiler|especially in the Astral Plane}}) if you haven't generated it yet. [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything/NetHack|And yes, it always works against jabberwocks]]. |
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** While ''possibly'' not literal, brainlessness can result from being hit with one too many [[Stupidity-Inducing Attack|brain-eating attacks]] by a mind flayer, which reduces your intelligence - not only is this also an instadeath [[Stat Death|if your INT drops too low]], but even {{spoiler|[[Auto Revive|an amulet of life saving]]}} won't work properly, since [[Deader Than Dead|your brain will still be gone after.]] {{spoiler|On the other hand, you can also polymorph into a mind flayer and inflict ''this'' to non-mindless enemies.}} |
** While ''possibly'' not literal, brainlessness can result from being hit with one too many [[Stupidity-Inducing Attack|brain-eating attacks]] by a mind flayer, which reduces your intelligence - not only is this also an instadeath [[Stat Death|if your INT drops too low]], but even {{spoiler|[[Auto Revive|an amulet of life saving]]}} won't work properly, since [[Deader Than Dead|your brain will still be gone after.]] {{spoiler|On the other hand, you can also polymorph into a mind flayer and inflict ''this'' to non-mindless enemies.}} |
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**''Nethack'' [[Game Mod|variants]]: |
** In ''Nethack'' [[Game Mod|variants]]: |
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*** 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. |
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*** [[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. |
*** [[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. |
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*** 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. |
*** 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. |
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*** [[dNetHack]] in particular introduces many artifact weapons capable of beheading. [[The Mikado|Snickersnee]], the first guaranteed sacrifice gift for [[Samurai]], is now an intelligent knife that has a chance of beheading targets. Samurai can also name The Kusanagi no Tsurugi, which is only possible at level 18 and only actually usable once you hit the [[Level Cap]] of 30; this Tsurugi is an intelligent long sword that can behead targets in addition to many other perks. |
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* The ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' series has various [[Hell Hound|Cerberus]] enemies and bosses that Kratos kills by beheading, one head at a time. |
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** [[God of War (Video Game)|The first game]] has the multi-headed Hydra as the boss of the [[Opening Action Sequence]], which doubles as a [[Tutorial Level]]. Kratos is shipbound during the fight, and solves this Hydra problem ([[Hydra Problem|no, not that one]]) by taking out the Hydra King - the "main" head that heals and revives the others - using the ship's main mast to impale it repeatedly through the roof of its mouth. |
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==[[Visual Novel]]s== |
==[[Visual Novel]]s== |
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