Miscellaneous intrinsics in NetHack 3.3.1 by Dylan O'Donnell ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This covers all the intrinsics that are neither dragon resistances (see drgn-331.txt) or conferred by wearing rings (see rint-331.txt). It does not cover statuses (confusion, hallucination, etc); the dividing line is sometimes blurry, but as a general rule of thumb if it appears on the status line it's a status, not an intrinsic. Note that, as a general rule, any intrinsics acquired solely by experience level can be lost by being drained below that level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ amphibiousness acquired by Wearing or eating an amulet of magical breathing. Polymorphing into a floating eye, water elemental, newt, (baby) crocodile, or any ;. effects You can enter water safely. Eels' drowning attacks will not drown you. astral vision acquired by Wearing the Eyes of the Overworld (Monk Quest Artifact). effect Spaces within a radius 3 are visible even if dark or if line of sight is blocked. Blinding has no effect on your ability to see. blinding resistance acquired by Wielding Sunsword (light-based only). Wearing lenses or a visored helmet (physical-based only). effects Light-based resistance protects against the blinding attacks of yellow lights and Archons, and blinding from lightning bolts, engraving with a wand of lightning, failed use of a crystal ball, magic traps, and expensive cameras. Physical-based resistance protects against the blinding attack of ravens; lenses additionally provide protection against the blinding attack of cobras, and thrown cream pies. Note that being blinded already, or being polymorphed into a form that has no eyes, is an absolute defence against blinding. clairvoyance acquired by Wearing a cornuthaum as a Wizard. Donating between 200*XL and (400*XL)-1 zorkmids, more than 1/3 your current visible gold, to a priest (lasts 500 to 999 (more) turns per donation). Carrying the Amulet of Yendor. effects Maps a 12x20 rectangle around you every so often (50% chance every fifteenth turn). Blocked by wearing a cornuthaum when not a Wizard. Exercises wisdom every five turns. displacement acquired by Wearing a cloak of displacement. effects Monsters may believe your location to be in your vicinity rather than at your actual location (doesn't fool priests or shopkeepers). 1/4 chance of finding you anyway, and remembering your location until you move away. flying acquired by Polymorphing into killer or queen bee, winged gargoyle, (master) mind flayer, homunculus, lurker above, xan, couatl, titan, jabberwock, wraith, succubus, incubus, balrog, or any of vyBDEV. Riding a couatl, ki-rin, jabberwock, or any D. effects Can pass over pits, holes, trap doors, squeaky boards, bear traps, water or lava safely. (Pits and holes in Sokoban will still trap you.) Land mines have a chance of not being triggered, and will not wound your legs. Improved chances of avoiding death by drawbridge. Can move freely over ice or on the Plane of Air. Wounded legs do not reduce your carrying capacity. No ill effects from descending stairs when encumbered, fumbling or punished. You are out of reach of xans' attacks. You escape the dungeon rather than dying by level teleporting to levels between -9 and -1. fumbling acquired by Wearing gauntlets of fumbling or fumble boots. Walking on ice without either wearing snow boots or being polyed into a monster with cold resistance (not lasting effect). effects Abuses dexterity every five turns. Every d20 turns, you'll slip or trip if you attempt to move that turn; if you're carrying more than a certain amount, you'll make noise and alert nearby monsters. You fall going downstairs. Your dexterity is abused if you try to move through a closed door. Saddling ridable monsters is less likely to succeed. Attempting to mount a steed will always fail. Digging with an implement may not succeed, and may cause it to hit you or be dropped. Your chance of disarming a dungeon trap is halved. You have no chance of disarming a chest or door trap. You have no chance of escaping traps. Setting traps can cause them to go off. Applying cans of grease can cause you to drop them. Reduces likelihood of applying a bullwhip having desired effect, and can make you drop it instead. Kicking monsters or objects is less likely to be successful. Mjollnir will hit a Valkyrie's arm rather than be caught on its return. Returning boomerangs will hit you rather than be caught. The following items will end up on the floor rather than in your inventory: potions of oil that you light (if one of several), wished-for items, tins made with a tinning kit, food from a horn of plenty, scrolls of mail, gems thrown at you while you're a unicorn, items stolen as a nymph, weapons snagged with a bullwhip, arrows created by the Longbow of Diana, saddles removed from a steed, and written scrolls and spellbooks. half physical damage acquired by Carrying the Orb of Fate or the Master Key of Thievery (Valkyrie and Rogue Quest Artifacts). Wearing the Mitre of Holiness (Priest(ess) Quest Artifact) as a Priest(ess) (only against physical attacks from demons and undead). effects Halves damage from physical monster attacks, falling piercers, effects of poison, thrown/spat objects, and bites from carnivorous bags. Halves energy drain and exhaustion from bad sex. Does not protect against total digestion attacks. half spell damage acquired by Carrying the Orb of Detection, the Platinum Yendorian Express Card, the Orb of Fate, or the Eye of the Aethiopica (Archeologist, Tourist, Valkyrie and Wizard Quest Artifacts). effects Halves damage from magic missile attack of Angels and Yeenoghu. Halves damage from cold attack of Asmodeus. Halves damage from psi bolt and magical wound spells cast by monsters. Halves duration of stunning, confusion, blinding and paralysis spells cast by monsters. Reduces attribute loss from strength drain spells cast by monsters. Halves damage from psychic blast of (master) mind flayers. Halves damage from wands zapped by monsters. Halves damage from scrolls of fire read by monsters. Reduces number of objects cursed from a "malignant aura"-type curse. hallucination resistance acquired by Wielding Grayswandir. Polymorphing into a black light. effects Protects against hallucination from quaffing potions, applying cursed unicorn horns, applying crystal balls, or triggering chest traps. Protects against hallucination from eating yellow molds, violet fungi or abbots. Protects against the hallucination attack of black lights. infravision acquired by Being an unpolymorphed dwarf, elf, gnome or orc by race. Polymorphing into a stalker, pit viper, python, Woodland-elf, Green-elf, Grey-elf, elf-lord, Elvenking, horned devil, succubus, incubus, erinys, barbed devil, marilith, vrock, hezrou, bone devil, ice devil, nalfeshnee, pit fiend, balrog, or any of hikoAGHLMOTZ. effects Warm-blooded, fire-based, or ice-based monsters are visible if in line of sight, even if their location is dark. invulnerability acquired by Praying successfully (for the duration of the prayer). effects Monsters will not attack; being swallowed has no ill effects. No exertion damage suffered from overencumbrance. No HP regeneration. No hunger increase. Teleportitis, polymorphitis and lycanthropy will not kick in. All timers other than luck normalisation are halted. jumping acquired by Wearing jumping boots. From the start as a Knight. Casting the spell 'jump' (temporary). effects You can use the #jump command to move to distant, visible, open squares; how far you can jump depends on the source of the intrinsic. Knights can jump as the chess piece; boots allow jumping as if the spell were cast at unskilled level ('u' below). Casting the spell allows you one jump of a distance depending on the level of the spell. eee esbubse suuuuus ebuuuuube euuu@uuue ebuuuuube suuuuus esbubse eee Jumping out of beartraps will wound your leg. Jumping in Sokoban carries a -1 luck penalty. level-drain resistance acquired by Wielding Excalibur, Stormbringer or the Staff of Aesculapius (Healer Quest Artifact). Polymorphing into a vampire bat, horned devil, succubus, incubus, erinys, barbed devil, marilith, vrock, hezrou, bone devil, ice devil, nalfeshnee, pit fiend, balrog, or any of LMVWZ. effects Protects against drain life attacks of Demogorgon, (succubi and incubi if #SEDUCE undefined), and all VW. Protects against drain life attacks of Stormbringer or the Staff of Aesculapius. Protects against drain life result from unfavourable succubus or incubus encounter. Protects against "Thou must relearn thy lessons!" command of angry god. Protects against zapping drain life spell at yourself. life saving acquired by Wearing an amulet of life saving. effects If you die (other than by genocide or by (master) mind flayer intelligence drain), you are revived, at the cost of your amulet. lycanthropy acquired by Being bitten by a werejackal, werewolf or wererat in their animal form. Eating a werejackal, werewolf or wererat. May be lost by eating a sprig of wolfsbane, quaffing a potion of holy water, or prayer. effects Each turn in your natural form, you have a 1/80 chance (1/60 at night) of changing into your wereform for 499 to 999 turns. Uncontrolled polymorph will cause you to change from animal to natural form or vice versa. You are immune from system shock. Holy water vapour will cause you to return to natural form, but will not cure lycanthropy. Quaffed or vaporous unholy water will cause you to assume animal form. In animal form, you can summon 1 to 5 pets with the #monster command: wererat: 2/3 sewer rat, 2/9 giant rat, 1/9 rabid rat werejackal: jackal werewolf: 4/5 wolf, 1/5 winter wolf This uses 10 energy and exercises wisdom. magical breathing [See amphibiousness and unbreathing] monster detection acquired by Quaffing a blessed potion of monster detection or casting a spell of detect monster at skilled or expert (for 21 to 60 (more) turns). effects All monsters on the level are displayed. phasing acquired by Polymorphing into an earth elemental or a xorn. effects You can enter most walls or stone. You are immune from death by drawbridge. You can pass through pits safely. You can kick objects out of pits (as a xorn). reflection acquired by Wearing silver dragon scales or scale mail, a shield of reflection, or an amulet of reflection. Wielding the Longbow of Diana (Ranger Quest Artifact). Polymorphing into a silver dragon. effects Rays striking you rebound in the direction they came from without effect (lightning may still blind you). Protects against gaze attack of Medusa. Protects against passive paralysis attack of floating eyes. sickness resistance acquired by Polymorphing into a ghoul, or any F. effects Protects against disease attacks of Juiblex, Demogorgon and Scorpius. Protects against pestilence attacks of Pestilence. Protects against food poisoning from old corpses. Protects against illness from applying cursed unicorn horns. speed acquired by ("fast"): Eating a quantum mechanic. "Your velocity suddenly seems very uncertain! You seem faster." Praying to a god whom thou hast pleased with thy progress. Zapping yourself with a wand of speed monster. Reaching XL 7 as a Barbarian, Cave(wo)man, Knight or Valkyrie; or from the start as an Archeologist, Monk or Samurai. "You feel quick!" "You feel slow!" (level drain loss) ("very fast"): Wearing speed boots. Quaffing a potion of speed (lasts 160 to 169 (more) turns if blessed, 100 to 109 (more) turns if uncursed, 40 to 49 (more) turns if cursed). Casting a spell of haste self (lasts 100 to 109 (more) turns if unskilled or basic, 160 to 169 (more) turns if skilled or expert). Breathing vapours of potion of speed (lasts 1 to 5 (more) turns). Intrinsic speed may be lost by night-time gremlin attack ("You feel slower."), zapping yourself with a wand of slow monster, the slowing attacks of skeletons and shades, the start of the stoning process, or eating a quantum mechanic ("Your velocity suddenly seems very uncertain! You seem slower."). effects If fast, your average speed is 1/3 greater than normal; if very fast, 2/3 greater than normal. stoning resistance acquired by Polymorphing into an acid blob, gelatinous cube, chickatrice, cockatrice, (winged) gargoyle, spotted or ochre jelly, (baby) yellow dragon, air, earth, fire or water elemental, green mold, black naga (hatchling), wraith, xorn, skeleton, stone golem, lizard, or any of vyP. effects Protects against stoning attacks of chickatrices, cockatrices and Medusa. Protects against stoning from eating a chickatrice, cockatrice or Medusa corpse, or a cockatrice egg. Protects against stoning from biting, stinging, butting, hugging, engulfing, tentacling, or attempting to saddle a chickatrice or cockatrice, or touching, clawing, striking, or untrapping one barehanded, or kicking one barefooted. Protects against stoning from barehanded feeling, picking up, tinning, sacrificing, snagging, throwing, or wielding of chickatrice or cockatrice corpses. Protects against stoning from barefoot kicking of chickatrice or cockatrice corpses. Protects against stoning from being hit by a wielded, thrown or fallen-on chickatrice or cockatrice corpse. Protects against stoning from being hit by a cockatrice egg. swimming acquired by Polymorphing into a gremlin, water nymph, woodchuck, water elemental, rust monster, water troll, newt, (baby) crocodile, or any of S;. effects You can move through water on the surface and without hindrance. telepathy acquired by Wearing a helm of telepathy or an amulet of ESP (including the Eye of the Aethiopica, the Wizard Quest Artifact). Praying to a god whom thou hast pleased with thy progress. Carrying the Orb of Detection, the Magic Mirror of Merlin, the Longbow of Diana, or the Platinum Yendorian Express Card (Archeologist, Knight, Ranger and Tourist Quest Artifacts respectively). Eating a floating eye or a (master) mind flayer. "You feel a strange mental acuity." "You feel in touch with the cosmos." (hallucinating) Eating an amulet of ESP. Polymorphing into a floating eye or a (master) mind flayer. Intrinsic telepathy may be lost by night-time gremlin attack ("Your senses fail."), or by killing (formerly) peaceful humans if not chaotic. effects You can see monsters with minds anywhere on the level when you are blind. With extrinsic telepathy you can also see nearby monsters with minds when not blind (even through walls and in darkness). (Master) mind flayers' psychic blasts are more likely to lock on. unbreathing acquired by Wearing or eating an amulet of magical breathing. Polymorphing into an acid blob, (winged) gargoyle, vampire bat, earth elemental, or any of jmvyFLMPVWXZ'. effects You will vomit rather than choke on excess food. You are not affected by stinking clouds. unchanging acquired by Wearing or eating an amulet of unchanging. effects Prevents polyself from potions, wands, spells, traps, eating chameleons or doppelgangers, or quaffing from sinks, You will not change form as a result of polymorphitis or lycanthropy. You will not change sex as a result of wearing an amulet of change. Existing polyself will not wear off; death is death, and does not cause reversion to your natural form. You will not revert to your natural form if you genocide your current form. Protects against sliming attacks of green slimes. Protects against being slimed from eating a green slime. water walking acquired by Wearing water walking boots. effects You can walk safely over water (other than on the Plane of Water); you can reach it to dip objects into it. wounded legs acquired by Pricking attack of a xan (1/2 left, 1/2 right; 1 to (60-DEX) turns). Land mine explosions (both; 41 to 75 turns). Being pulled out of or jumping out of a bear trap (2/3 left, 1/3 right; 500 to 1499 turns). Trying to jump out of solidified lava (both; 11 to 20 turns). Fumbling with a cursed digging-tool (right; 6 to 10 turns). Kicking things or nothings (right; 6 to 10 turns). Falling or being thrown off your steed (both; 5 to 9 turns). effects Reduces dexterity by one temporarily. Abuses dexterity every five turns. Your carrying capacity is reduced (double if both legs wounded). You cannot jump or kick. Attempting to mount a steed will always fail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------