Deathlord: Item list

This post is a little different than previous ones; here I'm going to show information about the items in Deathlord, because there's extremely little information about them out there. I pulled this information directly from the game files, and though I'm pretty sure I know what each value for each item means, I'm not totally sure.

Melee Weapons:

Name	Type	#At	Damage	AC	Attack	Class	Charges	Use
TANTO	Basic	2	1-3
BO-STAFF	Basic	1	1-7
ROD OF LIGHT	Basic	1	2-9				24	MOAKARI
POWERSTAFF	Basic	1	3-14	-4		Mahotsukai	20	ZUMA
SUNSPEAR	Basic	1	4-27	-3	4
JO-STICK	Priest	1	1-7
ROD OF DEATH	Priest	1	2-12	-1
EMERALD ROD	Priest	1	5-20	-6	2		Unlimited	SANTATE
SAI	Light	2	1-4
NUNCHAKU	Light	2	2-10	-3		Ninja
WAKIZASHI	Light	2	2-11			Samurai
DRAGONSLAYER	Light	1	2-13	-1	0
GIANTSLAYER	Light	1	2-13	-1	1
DEFENDER	Light	1	1-11	-4			10	HOHYO
SWORD OF FIRE	Light	1	2-13	-1	3		10	HITATE
MASAKARI	Heavy	1	1-8
GLAIVE	Heavy	1	1-9
NAGINATA	Heavy	1	2-11	-1
KATANA	Heavy	2	2-15	-1		Samurai
BERZERK SWORD	Heavy	4	2-9			Kichigai
THUNDERBLADE	Heavy	1	3-16	-1			8	ZUMA
UNHOLY BLADE	Heavy	1	4-19	-2		Ronin	6	KOROSU
HOLY BLADE	Heavy	1	4-18	-2	2	Kishi	6	ALNASU
RUNEBLADE	Heavy	1	3-17	-2			6	KOROSU

I'm not entirely sure what the "Attack" flag does. I believe it increases effectiveness against certain types of enemies--the flag is probably what allows the Sunspear to be effective against the Deathlord, and given the names I imagine the Dragonslayer and Giantslayer are probably supposed to be more effective against dragons and giants respectively. However I haven't actually seen any noticeable difference using these weapons yet.

Edit: After looking into the monster data, I'm pretty sure that this column does correspond with an enemy type, as enemies have a "type" number that corresponds with its respective weapon. 0 is Dragons, 1 is Giants, 2 is Demons, 3 is Undead, and 4 is the Deathlord. So the Sword of Fire is probably good against Undead in some fashion, for example. There's also a type 5 for some monsters that vastly vary (The Emperor and Behemoths both have it) but no corresponding weapon. And a lot of monsters don't have a type at all!

Damage consists of two values in the game, a value which I believe indicates the "sides" of the dice being rolled, and then an added bonus. "#At" is the number of attacks per round the weapon gets. E.G a Wakizashi looks weaker than a Thunderblade, but it strikes twice in a round so if it hits both times it's probably slightly better.

The "Use" column is a best guess as to what spell the item casts, as the numbers in this column doesn't correspond to any particular spell. I.E I think the Defender boosts defense for the whole party, but it can't be used outside of combat so it's probably a combat-only defense spell like Hohyo. Some, like the Holy Blade, are pretty obvious.

Missile Weapons:

Name	Type	#At	Damage	AC	Race	Class
SLING	Priest	1	1-6	-1
KOBITO HAMMER	Priest	1	2-17	-2	Kobito
LIGHT BOW	Light	2	1-4	-1
CROSSBOW	Light	1	2-11	-1
SHURIKEN	Light	3	1-3	-1		Ninja
TOSHI BOW	Light	3	4-11	-2	Toshi
HEAVY BOW	Heavy	2	1-6	-1
GREAT BOW	Heavy	2	2-9	-1

Missile weapons are pretty simple. Note the Toshi Bow and Kobito hammer, which are both great weapons but race-restricted.

Armor:

Name	Type	AC	Charges	Use
CLOAK	Clothing	-1
TOSHI-CLOAK	Clothing	-2	16	KAKUSU
SABLE CLOAK	Clothing	-3
HARA-ATE	Light	-2
HARAME-DO	Light	-3
HARA-ATE +1	Light	-3
HARAME-DO +1	Light	-4
HARAMAKIDO	Medium	-4
HARAMAKIDO +1	Medium	-5
DO-MARU +1	Medium	-6
DO-MARU +2	Medium	-7
DO-MARU	Heavy	-5
YOROI	Heavy	-6
YOROI + 1	Heavy	-7
GOLDEN YOROI	Heavy	-10

Armor is also pretty simple. The Toshi cloak which casts Kakusu is the exception. Though it's worth noting that with the Do-Maru+2, Medium armor is almost, but not quite, as good as Heavy armor.

Shields:

Name	Type	AC	Class
SMALL SHIELD	Light	-3
BRONZE SHIELD	Light	-3
MEDIUM SHIELD	Medium	-2
SILVER SHIELD	Medium	-4
GOLDEN SHIELD	Medium	-5
GREAT SHIELD	Heavy	-3
SKULL SHIELD	Heavy	-6	Ronin

Shields are also simple, but note that the best medium shield is oddly better than the best heavy shield--unless you're a Ronin. Also if you're a Ninja, Shukenja, Mahotsukai, or Genkai, you can't use a shield at all.

Miscellaneous Armor:

Name	Type	Damage	AC
GLOVES	Clothing		-1
GOLD JINGASA	Light		-2
GAUNTLETS	Medium		-2
JINGASA	Medium		-1
GOLDEN CROWN	Medium		-3
KABUTO	Heavy		-2
GOLDEN GLOVES	Heavy	+2	-3
FALCON HELM	Heavy		-4

The Golden Gloves are of most interest here, as they actually give you a bonus to your damage output. The game files seem to indicate that the Golden Crown does something when you use it, but it doesn't look like it has any charges so is thus unusable.

Miscellaneous Items:

NAME	AC	Class	Charges	Use	Type
HOLY SYMBOL		Shisai	12	TSUIHO	Tool
LOCK PICK				Pick locks	Tool
LANTERN			Unlimited	Light/Story item	Tool
RING OF LIFE	-1	Shisai	6	MOINOCHI	Special
SHARKTOOTH				Story item	Special
BLUE CRYSTAL			Unlimited	Pass Magic Wall	Special
RUBY RING	-2		Unlimited	HITATE	Special
DOCUMENT				Story Item	Special
BLACK ORB				Story Item	Special
SCROLL-HEAL		Shisai	1	ALNASU	Scroll
SCROLL-WARN		Mahotsukai	1	HOHYO	Scroll
SCROLL-CURE		Shizen	1	DONASU	Scroll
SCROLL-RAISE		Shisai	1	INOCHI	Scroll

These are all the other miscellaneous items in the game. The "Type" indicates the slot in the character's inventory that the item uses. Use is, like weapons, a best guess as to what it does, as items have their own flag for their use effects, separate from any spells.