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  • [nndnh] Wage of wrath?

    From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 11 19:24:08 2024
    Just found a "red-eyed coin" (according to the source code it's a
    "wage of wrath"). I couldn't find it used in the source code, nor
    found a hint in the Wiki. - Any idea what that is; its purpose?

    There's a set of "wages" defined in objects.c, namely sloth, lust,
    gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, and pride. And only a comment that
    they are /* soul coins */.

    Janis

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  • From Ron Nazarov@21:1/5 to Janis Papanagnou on Wed Aug 7 04:06:54 2024
    Janis Papanagnou <[email protected]> writes:

    Just found a "red-eyed coin" (according to the source code it's a
    "wage of wrath"). I couldn't find it used in the source code, nor
    found a hint in the Wiki. - Any idea what that is; its purpose?

    The wages are all documented on <https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/User:Chris/dNethack/dNethack_Items#Hellish_Items>,
    although the description there isn't very detailed. The in-game lookup
    also provides some information.

    Wages of wrath in particular cause the target to drown in blood. When
    an uncursed or cursed wage of wrath is used against a monster the
    effects are:

    - Blood damage (water damage + cursing) to inventory.
    - A chance of berserking the monster (forces it to roll MR to resist as
    if against a ring).
    - If uncursed: min(99, max HP/2) damage.
    - If cursed: min(99, max HP) damage and makes the monster drown in blood
    for the next 100 turns (or +9 turns if it's already drowning in blood).

    While a monster is drowning in blood it takes 99 damage every turn,
    along with inventory damage and another chance of becoming berserk.

    Everything is resisted if the target is unbreathing, except for the
    inventory damage.

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  • From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to Ron Nazarov on Wed Aug 7 19:38:02 2024
    On 07.08.2024 05:06, Ron Nazarov wrote:
    Janis Papanagnou <[email protected]> writes:

    Just found a "red-eyed coin" (according to the source code it's a
    "wage of wrath"). I couldn't find it used in the source code, nor
    found a hint in the Wiki. - Any idea what that is; its purpose?

    The wages are all documented on <https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/User:Chris/dNethack/dNethack_Items#Hellish_Items>,
    although the description there isn't very detailed. The in-game lookup
    also provides some information.

    Thanks for the link!

    Given that all seven wages are found a single items I expected that
    they would some unique purpose (as with the aligned keys). Now I can
    read that they are destroyed when applied, and I am wondering whether
    I'll find more instances of these items (but I suppose I won't).

    I'm sure I'll rarely think of using (using up) these items in some
    specific situation. Usually with my playing style I use a (probably
    large) set of tools and (tactical) techniques that I can repeatedly
    apply. (Single unique finds with a single application are just not
    very attractive to me as a building block for my dungeon survival.)


    Wages of wrath in particular cause the target to drown in blood. [...]

    Thanks also for explaining that particular item in detail.

    Janis

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