How do I unwield a weapon of distortion without being banished?

What are the best methods to unwield a weapon of distortion without risking being banished, or at least reducing this risk?

This are the ones I can think of right now:

• Just unwield it and pray for the best?
• Tukima's Dance doesn't seems to work.
• Enter The Abyss through a portal. It seems this is the safest method, but it's unavailable in the early/mid game.

2 Answers

There really isn't one, besides going into the abyss, but that has the same effect as banishment. You used to be able to use a Scroll of Brand Weapon to remove the brand, but that's been fixed. The only thing for you to do is unwield it and cross your fingers.

As of (If I recall correctly) 0.14, worshippers of Lugonu can unwield distortion safely at any piety level. Mind, it's generally not worth switching religion over, or incurring your previous god's wrath; if you're at a point where you can survive that, you can probably survive Abyss:1.