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'''Lightning''' occurs in NetHack in several places:
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'''Lightning''' occurs in NetHack in several forms:
  
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* [[wand of lightning]]
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* A [[ray]] attack that deals [[shock]] damage, caused by:
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* Blue [[Dragon]] breath attack
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** The [[breath]] attack of a monster, such as a [[blue dragon]] or the [[Chromatic Dragon]]
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* [[divine wrath]]
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** A zapped or broken [[wand of lightning]]
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* in the clouds on the [[Plane of Air]]
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** The wrath of a deity whose [[Aligned priest|priest]] has been attacked
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* The [[Lightning (monster spell)|lightning]] [[monster spell]]
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* A [[Instakill|potentially deadly]] bolt of lightning sent by a deity to [[Anger#Smite|smite]] you for angering him/her
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* The occasional lightning strikes that occur while in a [[cloudy area|cloud]] on the [[Plane of Air]]
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* The lightning that strikes a target hit by [[Mjollnir]]
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* The [[Spellbook of lightning|lightning]] [[attack spell]] that can be learned in [[SLASH'EM]]
  
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Lightning attacks can cause trouble in three ways: they cause substantial direct damage; they will always [[blind]] you; and there is a small chance that [[wand]]s and [[ring]]s in your inventory will be destroyed.  The two intrinsics that will protect you are [[shock resistance]], which prevents the damage and the blinding, and [[reflection]], which prevents the damage and protects your inventory.
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The effects of these forms of lightning are covered by the '''[[shock]]''' article, which deals with electrical damage of any kind. On this wiki, "lightning" may be used as a synonym for shock damage in general.
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[[Divine wrath]] is different in that it will cause [[Instadeath]] rather than a finite number of damage unless one is resistant.
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A large number of attacks lie along a scale between lightning and shock.
 
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[[Mjollnir]] deals lightning damage, and will usually destroy wands and rings in the target's possession. The target is not blinded.
 
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Shocking [[Sphere]]s, Energy [[Vortex]]es, [[Electric eel]]s and some traps on [[chest]]s are explicitly electrical. These have a low probability of destroying wands and rings.
 
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[[Grid bug]]s use a zap attack causing upto 1 point of shock damage.
 
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{{stub|I'm sure there are more places.}}
 
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 20 January 2024

Lightning occurs in NetHack in several forms:

The effects of these forms of lightning are covered by the shock article, which deals with electrical damage of any kind. On this wiki, "lightning" may be used as a synonym for shock damage in general.

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