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'''Magic cancellation''' or shortly '''MC''' is a property of some pieces of [[armour]] which protects against a wide variety of special melee attacks. It reduces the chance of success of the following special melee attacks:
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'''Magic cancellation''' or shortly '''MC''' is a property of some pieces of [[armour]] which protects against a wide variety of special melee attacks. It has some similar effects as [[zap]]ping a monster with a [[wand of cancellation]]. Magic cancellation is ''different'' from the [[extrinsic]] [[magic resistance]].
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==Protects Against==
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Magic cancellation reduces the chance of success of melee attacks that can be considered of a magical nature. It protects against the following:
  
 
* [[Fire]] (e.g. [[fire ant]] burning attack)
 
* [[Fire]] (e.g. [[fire ant]] burning attack)
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* [[Sliming]] by the [[green slime]] touch
 
* [[Sliming]] by the [[green slime]] touch
 
* [[Disenchanting]] by the [[disenchanter]] touch and claw
 
* [[Disenchanting]] by the [[disenchanter]] touch and claw
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* [[Intrinsic-stealing]] by the [[gremlin]] claw
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* [[Power]] draining by the [[energy vortex]]
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* Energy drain
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* Constitution draining [[poison]] by the [[rabid rat]] bite
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* Dexterity draining [[poison]] by the [[quasit]] claw
  
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Note that that magic cancellation does NOT affect ray attacks, nor does it help against [[passive attack]]s such as the [[floating eye]]'s gaze. It does not affect [[grabbing attack]]s such as the [[owlbear]] bearhug, nor the [[giant eel]] [[drowning attack]]. Magic cancellation is different from the [[extrinsic]] [[magic resistance]].  It has more in common with the effect of [[zap]]ping a monster with a [[wand of cancellation]] (in that it can cancel harmful attacks) although MC has no permanent effect on the monster.
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==Does NOT protect against==
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Magic cancellation does ''not'' protect against the following attacks:
  
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* Ordinary physical damage including weapons, spitting, exploding and tentacle attacks
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* [[Spells]]
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* [[Gaze attack]]s
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* [[Breath attack]]s
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* [[Grabbing attack]]s
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* [[Engulfing]]
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* [[Passive attack]]s
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* [[Erosion]] attacks, including [[rusting]], [[corroding]] and [[rotting]]
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* [[Drowning attack]]s
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* [[Blind]]ing attacks
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* [[Confusion]] attacks
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* [[Hallucination]] attacks
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* [[Stun]]ing attacks
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* [[Petrification]] attacks
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* [[Acid]] attacks
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* [[Seduction]]
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* [[Mindflayer]] intelligence drain
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* [[Leprechaun]] gold stealing
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* [[Nymph]] item stealing
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* [[Wizard of Yendor]] amulet stealing
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* [[Gremlin]] intrinsic-stealing
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* [[Xan]] leg attack
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* [[Nurse]] healing attack
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* [[Juiblex]] disease attack
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* Special attacks of the [[Riders]]
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==Effectiveness==
 
Magic cancellation is a whole number from zero (no reduction in the chance of special attacks succeeding) to 3 (special attacks have 2% of their normal chance of success).  The relationship between MC level and chance of special attack success is as follows:
 
Magic cancellation is a whole number from zero (no reduction in the chance of special attacks succeeding) to 3 (special attacks have 2% of their normal chance of success).  The relationship between MC level and chance of special attack success is as follows:
  
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==References==
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[[Source:Mhitu.c]]
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[[Source:Monattk.h]]
  
 
[[Category:Armor]]
 
[[Category:Armor]]
 
{{nethack-343}}
 
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Revision as of 21:41, 25 October 2008

Magic cancellation or shortly MC is a property of some pieces of armour which protects against a wide variety of special melee attacks. It has some similar effects as zapping a monster with a wand of cancellation. Magic cancellation is different from the extrinsic magic resistance.

Protects Against

Magic cancellation reduces the chance of success of melee attacks that can be considered of a magical nature. It protects against the following:

Does NOT protect against

Magic cancellation does not protect against the following attacks:

Effectiveness

Magic cancellation is a whole number from zero (no reduction in the chance of special attacks succeeding) to 3 (special attacks have 2% of their normal chance of success). The relationship between MC level and chance of special attack success is as follows:

  • Magic Cancellation 0 = 100%
  • Magic Cancellation 1 = ~67%
  • Magic Cancellation 2 = ~35%
  • Magic Cancellation 3 = 2%
  • Monster cancelled by wand or spell = 0%

All cloaks, some pieces of body armour and the cornuthaum provide non-zero magic cancellation. Note that magic cancellation is not cumulative - your magic cancellation is the maximum of that provided by any single piece of your armour. The following items have maximum magic cancellation (3):

Most players like to have maximum magic cancellation, but some favour the benefits conferred by a cloak of displacement (MC 2).

This page is based on a spoiler by Dylan O'Donnell. The original license is:

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References

Source:Mhitu.c Source:Monattk.h

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