Custom weapon questions

[Zambaku]

I'm working on my first piece of custom weapon. A giant lollipop as a club.
And my first question is : what are tval and sval?

[Pete Mack]

tval is the basic class of the weapon. For a club, it is "blunt weapon", that is: 21.
sval is the specific item type within the group. In Angband, the next available sval is 21, just after Mace of Disruption at sval = 20. In the knowledge menu, items are grouped by tval, and listed by sval.

[Zambaku]

Cool, thanks! I noticed some weapons dosn't use these it seems.

Would this one work you think?

N:564:& Giant Lollipop
G:\:Y
I:21:15
W:5:0:180:500
A:20:20 to 100
P:0:8d1:0:0:0
FRAIN_EXP

[ekolis]

FRAIN_EXP

Smiling and raining experience sounds appropriate for a giant lollipop

[Zambaku]

Haha, super

Will I have to start a new character to find new items or enemies in the game or can I continue using the one I'm currently on?

[Pete Mack]

Just keep playing. New items will start showing up.

[Zambaku]

Cool! Hm, wonder if I set the rarity too high for the lolipop and the custom enemy, or if I did something wrong with it?
monster_base:
N:Crawling Hand
G:M
M:2
F:EVIL
F: OPEN_DOOR | BASH_DOOR
F:| NO_CONF
D:A disembodied hand that crawls along the floor

monster:
N:548:Crawling Hand
T:Crawling Hand
C: o
I:100:60:0:50:70
W:10:1:0:20
B:HIT:HURT:1d5
B:HIT:HURT:1d5
F: DROP_60
F:TAKE_ITEM
D:A disembodied hand that crawls along the floor.