Amulet of life saving - Revision history

Phol ende wodan: update for 5.0.0, describe new hpmax and hp changes

2026-05-30T10:55:15Z

update for 5.0.0, describe new hpmax and hp changes

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2026-01-07T13:26:06Z

tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ similar trimming here

2025-11-06T10:54:12Z

‎Description: similar trimming here

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ snip this bit, leave it to the life saving article

2025-11-06T10:50:42Z

‎Description: snip this bit, leave it to the life saving article

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ pothole

2025-11-06T10:46:02Z

‎Generation: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: ghosts are undead, and all exploding monsters in vanilla are mindless outright--probably easier to just cite the relevant code alongside it

2025-11-06T10:45:47Z

ghosts are undead, and all exploding monsters in vanilla are mindless outright--probably easier to just cite the relevant code alongside it

Tomsod: /* Generation */ 1/40 is not the overall chance

2025-11-06T10:30:47Z

‎Generation: 1/40 is not the overall chance

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit pass to cite monster generation and a ton of other stuff

2025-10-31T22:34:31Z

copyedit pass to cite monster generation and a ton of other stuff

Show changes

Tomsod: /* Generation */ misc item

2025-10-31T01:02:15Z

‎Generation: misc item

Furey: /* TNNT (the game) */ delete tangential information about TNNT. deathmatch covers this.

2024-06-20T01:32:20Z

‎TNNT (the game): delete tangential information about TNNT. deathmatch covers this.

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 * They lose a point of [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/end.c|1179|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-* Their hit points are restored to the maximum&mdash;if said maximum is lower than either 10 or twice the hero's [[experience level]], then it is raised to the higher value of the two.
+* If their hit point maximum is lower than either 10 or the hero's [[experience level]], it is raised to the higher value of the two.
 * Their [[nutrition]] is set to a minimum of 500 unless they died from [[choking]], in which case it is set to 900 and they [[vomit]].
 * [[Sickness]] that would kill the hero immediately after they revive is cured.
@@ Line 128: / Line 129: @@
 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-367}}
+{{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Amulets|Life saving]]

@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 ===Retrieving amulets of life saving===
-It can be extremely aggravating having an amulet of life saving [[Steal|stolen]], usually by a [[Nymph (monster class)|nymph]], or else noticing that a monster has picked one up: this makes it near-impossible to retrieve, since unless they are nonliving the monster will usually put it on if you are anywhere in their vicinity. Thankfully, it is possible to retrieve an amulet before it is put on, and in some cases even after it is worn:
+It can be extremely aggravating having an amulet of life saving stolen with an [[item theft]] or [[seduction theft]] attack (usually by a [[Nymph (monster class)|nymph]]) or else noticing that a monster has picked one up: this makes it near-impossible to retrieve if the monster is intelligent and not undead or nonliving, since they will usually put it on if you are anywhere in their vicinity. Thankfully, it is possible to retrieve an amulet before it is put on, and in some cases even after it is worn:
 * Kill or [[tame]] the offending monster&mdash;monsters drop any unused inventory items upon being tamed, and this should include the amulet if it is not yet worn.
 ** Nymphs in particular do not wear items immediately after stealing them, putting it on the next time they pick any item up&mdash;this also occurs if she [[polymorph]]s, assuming the new form can put amulets on. Killing the nymph before either occurs allows the amulet to be retrieved.
-* [[Polymorph]] into a nymph and steal it back, with the added advantage of the polyform preventing nymphs from stealing your items while in that form.
+* [[Polymorph]] into a nymph and steal it back, with the added advantage of the polyform preventing other nymphs from stealing your items while in that form.
 * Polymorph the offending monster into a form that cannot wear or use the amulet, e.g. an [[undead]] creature, a [[golem]], a [[vortex]], or a [[manes]]: this is most easily done by using a nearby [[polymorph trap]] after taming the monster, since the other means of polymorph risk killing them by [[system shock]] and thus using up the amulet.

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 * A hero that is totally [[digest]]ed and revived by the amulet will additionally be regurgitated.{{refsrc|src/end.c|898|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 * A hero killed by a [[drowning attack]] and revived by the amulet will additionally be released from the grip of the monster that drowned them.{{refsrc|src/end.c|901|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-* A character killed by [[sliming]] and revived by the amulet will be turned into a [[green slime]], which is treated as a temporary [[polymorph]] rather than an irreversible transformation and wears off as normal.
+* A hero killed by [[sliming]] and revived by the amulet will be turned into a [[green slime]], but this is treated as a temporary [[polymorph]] rather than an irreversible transformation, and behaves as normal polymorphing does.
 Life saving will not successfully resurrect a hero in the following circumstances:
@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 * Death by self-[[genocide]] or [[brainlessness]] will cause a hero that is revived by the amulet to die again immediately&mdash;a player in explore mode or wizard mode can still choose not to die.
 * [[Level teleport]]ing to a negative dungeon level causes the game to end regardless of life saving, though a hero whose life is saved in this case will [[Escaping the dungeon|escape the dungeon]] rather than dying.{{refsrc|src/teleport.c|945|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/teleport.c|957|nethack=3.6.7}}
-** Level teleporting to level 0 does not count, as 0 is a non-negative level: the hero will cease to exist instead and the game is ended, unless life saving occurs which reverses this and allows play to resume as normal.{{refsrc|src/teleport.c|865|nethack=3.6.7}}
+** Level teleporting to level 0 does not count (as 0 is a non-negative level) and the hero will cease to exist, unless life saving occurs which reverses this and allows play to resume as normal.{{refsrc|src/teleport.c|865|nethack=3.6.7}}
-* Offering the [[Amulet of Yendor]] to [[Moloch]] on the high [[altar]] in his [[Sanctum]] causes the game to end regardless of life saving: Moloch retains dominion over the hero's god and kills the hero offering the Amulet, and then reduces them to dust if life saving occurs{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1527|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;in explore mode or wizard mode, declining to die will still force the hero to escape and end the game.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1542|nethack=3.6.7}}
+* Offering the [[Amulet of Yendor]] to [[Moloch]] on the high [[altar]] in his [[Sanctum]] causes the game to end regardless of life saving&mdash;Moloch retains dominion over the hero's god and kills the hero offering the Amulet, and then reduces them to dust if life saving occurs.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1527|nethack=3.6.7}}
 If a hero's life is saved by the amulet (or any other means), the [[survivor]] semi-[[conduct]] will be broken.

@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 * [[Trickery]] forfeits the game rather than killing the hero, so it ignores life saving entirely and does not generate bones&mdash;in wizard mode, the game will print a message acknowledging the trickery and delete the offending level files, allowing play to continue.
-* Death by self-[[genocide]] or [[brainlessness]] will cause a hero that is revived by the amulet to die again immediately. A player in explore mode or wizard mode can choose not to die:
+* Death by self-[[genocide]] or [[brainlessness]] will cause a hero that is revived by the amulet to die again immediately&mdash;a player in explore mode or wizard mode can still choose not to die.
 * [[Level teleport]]ing to a negative dungeon level causes the game to end regardless of life saving, though a hero whose life is saved in this case will [[Escaping the dungeon|escape the dungeon]] rather than dying.{{refsrc|src/teleport.c|945|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/teleport.c|957|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ** Level teleporting to level 0 does not count, as 0 is a non-negative level: the hero will cease to exist instead and the game is ended, unless life saving occurs which reverses this and allows play to resume as normal.{{refsrc|src/teleport.c|865|nethack=3.6.7}}

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 Amulets of life saving make up {{frac|3|40}} (7.5%) of all amulets randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Jewelers' shops can also stock amulets of lifesaving. A normally-generated amulet of life saving will be uncursed {{frac|9|10}} of the time, blessed {{frac|20}} of the time and cursed {{frac|20}} of the time.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|967|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-An [[intelligent monster]] that is not a [[Keystone Kop (monster class)|Keystone Kop]] or a [[nonliving]] creature, which includes [[shapeshifted]] [[Vampire (monster attribute)|vampires]], has a base {{frac|40}} chance of being [[generated with]] an amulet of life saving as a [[miscellaneous item]]{{refsrc|src/muse.c|2017|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=monsters ineligible for misc. items}}{{refsrc|src/muse.c|2027|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}&mdash;this amounts to a roughly {{sfrac|[[ML]]|4000}} chance of generating with the amulet after accounting for other factors (e.g. [[soldier]]s having lower chances of being given miscellaneous items).{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|791|nethack=3.6.7|comment=ordinary soldiers rarely have access to magic}}{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|796|nethack=3.6.7|comment=odds of misc. item}}
+An [[intelligent monster]] that is not a [[Keystone Kop (monster class)|Keystone Kop]] or a [[nonliving]] creature, which includes [[shapeshifted]] [[Vampire (monster attribute)|vampires]], has a base {{frac|40}} chance of being [[generated with]] an amulet of life saving as a [[miscellaneous item]]{{refsrc|src/muse.c|2017|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=monsters ineligible for misc. items}}{{refsrc|src/muse.c|2027|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}&mdash;this amounts to a roughly {{sfrac|[[Monster level|ML]]|4000}} chance of generating with the amulet after accounting for other factors (e.g. [[soldier]]s having lower chances of being given miscellaneous items).{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|791|nethack=3.6.7|comment=ordinary soldiers rarely have access to magic}}{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|796|nethack=3.6.7|comment=odds of misc. item}}
 An amulet of life saving is generated inside a [[chest]] within a niche on the middle floor of [[Vlad's Tower]] during normal level creation, i.e. a [[bones]] file is not loaded.{{refsrc|dat/tower.des|88|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 Amulets of life saving make up {{frac|3|40}} (7.5%) of all amulets randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Jewelers' shops can also stock amulets of lifesaving. A normally-generated amulet of life saving will be uncursed {{frac|9|10}} of the time, blessed {{frac|20}} of the time and cursed {{frac|20}} of the time.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|967|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-[[Intelligent monster]]s that are not [[nonliving]] creatures or [[shapeshifted]] [[Vampire (monster attribute)|vampires]] have a {{frac|40}} chance of being [[generated with]] an amulet of life saving as a [[miscellaneous item]].{{refsrc|src/muse.c|207|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+[[Intelligent monster]]s that are not [[nonliving]] creatures or [[Kop]]s <!-- or ghosts, or self-exploders, or vampire polyforms, but these are all already undead or animal or mindless --> have a roughly <!-- must also fail a roll for a polymorph item or for being a poor soldier, but that's TMI --> {{frac|[[monster level|level]]|4000}} <!-- 1/40 on top of the usual misc item roll --> chance of being [[generated with]] an amulet of life saving as a [[miscellaneous item]].{{refsrc|src/muse.c|2027|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 An amulet of life saving is generated inside a [[chest]] within a niche on the middle floor of [[Vlad's Tower]] during normal level creation.{{refsrc|dat/tower.des|88|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 ==Generation==
 .5% of randomly generated amulets will be an amulet of life saving. The amulet will generate as uncursed {{frac|9|10}} of the time, blessed {{frac|20}} of the time, and cursed {{frac|20}} of the time.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|967|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 An amulet of life saving is generated inside a [[chest]] within a niche on the middle floor of [[Vlad's Tower]] during normal level creation.{{refsrc|dat/tower.des|88|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:32, 20 June 2024
Line 91:		Line 91:

	An amulet of life saving is generated inside a chest within a niche on the middle floor of the [[Windowless Tower]] during normal level creation.		An amulet of life saving is generated inside a chest within a niche on the middle floor of the [[Windowless Tower]] during normal level creation.
−
−	~~===TNNT (the game)===~~
−	~~In [[TNNT (the game)]], the [[deathmatch]] opponent has a {{frac\|5}} chance of generating with an amulet of life saving if they represent a character that does not have an amulet.~~

	===SpliceHack===		===SpliceHack===