ever looked in sk creature viewer and looked at the file for mordenkainin sword? str of 12!!!???!!!
supremely effective fodder, but really sucky str, so thaco could be better.
have cleric and swords assemble away from party, cast strength of one, and swords and cleric are all str 18!!!from 12 to 18 is really significant increase in damage and thaco. use haste and then you have some really serioulsy dangerous summons. now summons are not as important in tob, but everybody uses swords, and this effectively doubles damage and to hit rolls!!! I know, cause I first tested it on swords with str spell, mage, which is a pain, since you have to cast many times. this way, aerie who has both str of one and haste, can buff up swords, even bless and chant them, and you can send them off to do their all for england.
solo mage cleric or small party with sorc will find this is a great way to improve swords summons, until you get planetar, and greater elemental summons. or devas.
