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==Stoning resistant monsters== | ==Stoning resistant monsters== | ||
| − | The most obvious stoning resitant monsters are [[cockatrice]]s and monsters already made of stone, such as [[gargoyles]]. In addition to those, all [[elemental]]s, [[xorn]]s, all but blue [[jelly|jellies]], [[yellow dragon]]s, [[green mold]]s, [[wraith]]s, [[skeleton]]s, [[lizard]]s and all monsters represented by letters [[v]], [[y]] and [[P]] are stoning resistant. If you try to stone [[golem]]s, they turn to [[stone golem]]s instead. | + | The most obvious stoning resitant monsters are [[cockatrice]]s and monsters already made of stone, such as [[gargoyles]]. In addition to those, all [[elemental]]s, [[xorn]]s, all but blue [[jelly|jellies]], [[yellow dragon]]s, [[green mold]]s, [[wraith]]s, [[skeleton]]s, [[lizard]]s, [[Juiblex]], [[Death]], [[Famine]], [[Pestilence]], all [[quest nemesis|quest nemeses]], and all monsters represented by letters [[v]], [[y]] and [[P]] are stoning resistant. If you try to stone [[golem]]s, they turn to [[stone golem]]s instead. |
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| + | ==Stiffening vs Instadeath== | ||
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| + | The gaze of Medusa, and touching a cockatrice or chickatrice is instantly fatal for a character without stoning resistance. Attacking barehanded or barefooted, picking up the corpse barehanded, and kicking barefooted are considered ways of touching. Throwing a cockatrice egg up ('''[<]''') and being hit by it is an instadeath, but being hit by one thrown by a monster starts the stiffening process, as does eating the egg, or hearing the cockatrice's hissing attack. The process technically takes 5 turns, but after 2, your limbs turn to stone and you can't do anything else but proceed to die. | ||
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| + | ===Messages=== | ||
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| + | {|class="prettytable" | ||
| + | !Message | ||
| + | !Turns to live | ||
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| + | |"You are slowing down" | ||
| + | |2 | ||
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| + | |"Your limbs are stiffening" | ||
| + | |1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
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| + | *"Your limbs have turned to stone." | ||
| + | *"You have turned to stone." | ||
| + | *"You are a statue." | ||
| + | |0 | ||
| + | |} | ||
==Stopping stiffening== | ==Stopping stiffening== | ||
If you are bitten by a cockatrice and start turning to stone – stiffening – you still have several ways, albeit not several turns, to save yourself. Eating a [[lizard]] or any acidic monster stops the process. They are the ones represented by letters [[colon|:]], [[b]], [[j]], [[D]], [[F]], [[N]] and [[P]]. The standard method of these is to eat a lizard corpse, since ''they never rot'' and can, and should, thus always be carried along! | If you are bitten by a cockatrice and start turning to stone – stiffening – you still have several ways, albeit not several turns, to save yourself. Eating a [[lizard]] or any acidic monster stops the process. They are the ones represented by letters [[colon|:]], [[b]], [[j]], [[D]], [[F]], [[N]] and [[P]]. The standard method of these is to eat a lizard corpse, since ''they never rot'' and can, and should, thus always be carried along! | ||
| − | However, if you do not have a lizard corpse with you, you may quaff a [[potion of acid]] | + | However, if you do not have a lizard corpse with you, you may quaff a [[potion of acid]]. The [[stone to flesh]] spell will also save you if you cast it to yourself, but it will also turn your items made of stone into meat, including rocks, [[ring]]s and [[wand]]s. |
If your [[god]] is happy with you and you are not in [[Gehennom]], [[pray]]er works as well. | If your [[god]] is happy with you and you are not in [[Gehennom]], [[pray]]er works as well. | ||
| − | An [[amulet of unchanging]] will ''not'' protect you from stoning. [[Reflection]] protects you from turning to stone by the gaze of [[Medusa]], as will being [[blind]]. | + | An [[amulet of unchanging]] will ''not'' protect you from stoning, but an [[amulet of life saving]] will save your life. [[Reflection]] protects you from turning to stone by the gaze of [[Medusa]], as will being [[blind]]. |
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Revision as of 18:56, 11 June 2006
Stoning is the process of a character turning to stone. This usually happens due to an encounter with a cockatrice but the gaze of Medusa also turns you to stone.
Stoning resistance can not be gained by external means but only by polymorphing into an intrinsicly stoning resistant monster.
Stoning resistant monsters
The most obvious stoning resitant monsters are cockatrices and monsters already made of stone, such as gargoyles. In addition to those, all elementals, xorns, all but blue jellies, yellow dragons, green molds, wraiths, skeletons, lizards, Juiblex, Death, Famine, Pestilence, all quest nemeses, and all monsters represented by letters v, y and P are stoning resistant. If you try to stone golems, they turn to stone golems instead.
Stiffening vs Instadeath
The gaze of Medusa, and touching a cockatrice or chickatrice is instantly fatal for a character without stoning resistance. Attacking barehanded or barefooted, picking up the corpse barehanded, and kicking barefooted are considered ways of touching. Throwing a cockatrice egg up ([<]) and being hit by it is an instadeath, but being hit by one thrown by a monster starts the stiffening process, as does eating the egg, or hearing the cockatrice's hissing attack. The process technically takes 5 turns, but after 2, your limbs turn to stone and you can't do anything else but proceed to die.
Messages
| Message | Turns to live |
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| "You are slowing down" | 2 |
| "Your limbs are stiffening" | 1 |
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Stopping stiffening
If you are bitten by a cockatrice and start turning to stone – stiffening – you still have several ways, albeit not several turns, to save yourself. Eating a lizard or any acidic monster stops the process. They are the ones represented by letters :, b, j, D, F, N and P. The standard method of these is to eat a lizard corpse, since they never rot and can, and should, thus always be carried along!
However, if you do not have a lizard corpse with you, you may quaff a potion of acid. The stone to flesh spell will also save you if you cast it to yourself, but it will also turn your items made of stone into meat, including rocks, rings and wands.
If your god is happy with you and you are not in Gehennom, prayer works as well.
An amulet of unchanging will not protect you from stoning, but an amulet of life saving will save your life. Reflection protects you from turning to stone by the gaze of Medusa, as will being blind.
