Amulet of magical breathing - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: more variant stuff

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"increases the rate at which you recover energy" is misleading; resolve upcoming note with auto-id behavior, move identification section above strategy, add strategy paragraph about energy recovery

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Umbire the Phantom: Undo revision 177562 by Umbire the Phantom (talk) misclick

2024-09-25T12:57:33Z

Undo revision 177562 by Umbire the Phantom (talk) misclick

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 ==History==
-The amulet of magical breathing first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.6.7]], including some variants based on those versions, the amulet makes up {{frac|13|200}} (6.5%) of all randomly-generated amulets, and it has no effect on energy recovery. [[NetHack 5.0.0]] gives the amulet of magical breathing its current probability, and also adds the effect on energy via {{commit|9fc15142533e348e37d345d80556b30cc808d311}}&mdash;the amulet's effects on a hero (or monster) that is aquatic and outside of water are added in the same version via {{commit|90313d443de76dc0f0a849baf27815a2f03a8aba}} and {{commit|274290bcdf5fb5240414a14c9df33e6b991b0626}}.
+The amulet of magical breathing first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.6.7]], including some variants based on those versions, the amulet makes up {{frac|13|200}} (6.5%) of all randomly-generated amulets, and it has no effect on energy recovery.
 ==Messages==
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 In [[GruntHack]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
-[[Gelatinous cube]]s and [[water elemental]]s are capable of causing [[strangulation]] via [[engulf]]ing, and cubes can still paralyze the hero as well&mdash;this makes the amulet of magical breathing far more valuable early on as a means of surviving cube encounters.
+[[Gelatinous cube]]s and [[water elemental]]s are capable of causing [[strangulation]] with their engulfing attacks, and cubes can still paralyze the hero as well&mdash;this makes the amulet of magical breathing far more valuable early on as a means of surviving cube encounters. Putting on an amulet of magical breathing while being strangled by an engulfer will auto-identify the amulet.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration, and monsters are capable of wearing the amulet.
 Sand-walker's shops run by [[Selkie (dNetHack)|selkies]] in [[Elshava]] can stock and sell amulets of magical breathing, which have a {{frac|7|100}} of generating per item.
-A [[golden]] amulet of magical breathing can be found within the statue of [[Father Dagon (dNetHack)|Father Dagon]] on the Temples of the Old Gods level in on the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]].
+An amulet of magical breathing has a {{frac|4}} chance of being placed randomly on the [[Troubadour quest]] goal level during level creation.
 [[The Sea (dNetHack)|The Sea]] contains a guaranteed amulet of magical breathing on each map, in the event that the level's guaranteed [[magic lamp]] is placed underwater.
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 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, one of the possible Gehennom levels places an amulet of magical breathing in a statue of Poseidon, vaguely similar to the one within the statue of Father Dagon in dNetHack and its variants.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, one of the possible [[Gehennom (SlashTHEM)|Gehennom]] levels places an amulet of magical breathing in a statue of Poseidon, vaguely similar to the one within the statue of Father Dagon in dNetHack and its variants.
 ===Hack'EM===
 In [[Hack'EM]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
 The sea dragon and green slime retain their EvilHack ability to suffocate heroes while gelatinous cubes and water elementals do not, making the amulet of magical breathing less "necessary" early on.

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 {{languages}}
 {{amulet
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+  |name=amulet of magical breathing
 }}
 An '''amulet of magical breathing''' is a type of [[amulet]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
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 ===dNetHack===
 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
 [[The Sea (dNetHack)|The Sea]] contains a guaranteed amulet of magical breathing on each map, in the event that the level's guaranteed [[magic lamp]] is placed underwater.
 ===EvilHack===
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 Gelatinous cubes and water elementals behave mostly the same as they do in GruntHack, making the amulet of magical breathing valuable to identify early. [[Sea dragon]]s also have an engulfing attack that can suffocate characters, and [[green slime]]s can inflict sliming while suffocating an engulfed victim.
 ===Hack'EM===

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 [[Poison cloud]]s will not damage a hero with a worn amulet of magical breathing regardless of if they have [[poison resistance]] or not, and a hero standing within poison clouds is not considered a major [[trouble]] for [[prayer]] in this case (though they can still [[blind]] the hero).{{refsrc|src/region.c|1351-1362|nethack=5.0.0|comment=<tt>n</tt> is only incremented if the hero is in a dangerous region}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|1385|nethack=5.0.0|comment=hero is only teleported or given magical breathing from prayer if they are established to be within a poison cloud that is dangerous to them}} Putting on an amulet of magical breathing while ''inside'' a poison cloud, or else removing it, will [[auto-identify]] the amulet if doing so causes the poison cloud to stop or start affecting the hero{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|978-L995|nethack=5.0.0|comment=putting on amulet in poison cloud}}{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|1128-L1132|nethack=5.0.0|comment=taking off amulet in poison cloud}}&mdash;walking into or out of a poison cloud with one worn will have no effect.
-A hero wearing the amulet is also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulfing]] attacks of [[fog cloud]]s.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1570-L1572|nethack=5.0.0|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}}{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1439-L1448|nethack=5.0.0|comment=fog cloud engulfing the hero}} Breathlessness from the amulet also protects the hero from choking to death: the effect of [[Eating jewelry|eating]] an [[amulet of strangulation]] is nullified, while [[eating]] too much food while wearing the amulet will always cause the hero to "vomit voluminously" instead of dying, lose 1000 [[nutrition]] (or enough to be set to 60 nutrition, if they have the [[voracious hunger]] property) and [[abuse]] their [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|258-L262|nethack=5.0.0}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|264-L266|nethack=5.0.0}}
+A hero wearing the amulet is also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulfing]] attacks of [[fog cloud]]s.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1570-L1572|nethack=5.0.0|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}}{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1439-L1448|nethack=5.0.0|comment=fog cloud engulfing the hero}} Breathlessness from the amulet also protects the hero from choking to death: the effect of [[Eating jewelry|eating]] an [[amulet of strangulation]] is nullified, while wearing the amulet and [[eating]] too much food will always cause the hero to "vomit voluminously" instead of dying, lose 1000 [[nutrition]] (or enough to be set to 60 nutrition, if they have the [[voracious hunger]] property) and [[abuse]] their [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|258-L262|nethack=5.0.0}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|264-L266|nethack=5.0.0}}
 Eating the amulet has a {{frac|5}} chance of absorbing its magic successfully and granting intrinsic breathlessness.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2280|nethack=5.0.0}}
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 ==History==
-The amulet of magical breathing first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.6.7]], including some variants based on those versions, the amulet makes up {{frac|13|200}} (6.5%) of all randomly-generated amulets, and it has no effect on energy recovery. The amulet of magical breathing is given its current probability
+The amulet of magical breathing first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.6.7]], including some variants based on those versions, the amulet makes up {{frac|13|200}} (6.5%) of all randomly-generated amulets, and it has no effect on energy recovery. [[NetHack 5.0.0]] gives the amulet of magical breathing its current probability, and also adds the effect on energy via {{commit|9fc15142533e348e37d345d80556b30cc808d311}}&mdash;the amulet's effects on a hero (or monster) that is aquatic and outside of water are added in the same version via {{commit|90313d443de76dc0f0a849baf27815a2f03a8aba}} and {{commit|274290bcdf5fb5240414a14c9df33e6b991b0626}}.
 ==Messages==
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 ==Variants==
-Variants created prior to NetHack 5.0.0 may not implement the amulet of magical breathing's effect on regaining energy.
+Variants created prior to NetHack 5.0.0 may not implement the amulet of magical breathing's effects on regaining energy or its effect on an aquatic wearer's ability to breathe on land.
 ===SLASH'EM===
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 ===GruntHack===
-In [[GruntHack]], [[gelatinous cube]]s and [[water elemental]]s are capable of causing [[strangulation]] via [[engulf]]ing - cubes can still paralyze the hero as well, making the amulet of magical breathing far more valuable early on as a means of surviving cube encounters.
+In [[GruntHack]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[The Sea (dNetHack)|The Sea]] contains a guaranteed amulet of magical breathing on each map in the event that the level's guaranteed [[magic lamp]] is placed underwater.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], gelatinous cubes and water elementals behave mostly the same as they do in GruntHack, making the amulet of magical breathing valuable to identify early. [[Sea dragon]]s also have an engulfing attack that can suffocate characters, and [[green slime]]s can inflict sliming while suffocating an engulfed victim.
+In [[EvilHack]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], only the sea dragon and green slime retain their ability to suffocate characters from EvilHack, making the amulet of magical breathing less necessary early on.
+In [[Hack'EM]], the amulet of magical breathing does not affect energy regeneration.
 ==References==

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 ==Description==
-A hero that [[puts on]] the amulet of magical breathing grants extrinsic [[breathless]]ness, making the [[hero]] [[amphibious]]: this allows them to breathe while underwater and prevents them from [[drowning]] by any means, though their inventory will be subject to [[Wet|water damage]] as usual&mdash;if the hero is in an aquatic polymorph form that normally cannot breathe outside water, the property will prevent any gradual [[HP]] loss that results. Water squares are also considered "safe" for purposes of [[teleportation]] while the amulet is [[worn]]. The 1000 [[experience point]]-bonus for killing [[sea monster]]s with drowning attacks does not apply while the hero is amphibious from wearing the amulet.{{refsrc|src/exper.c|125|nethack=5.0.0}} Additionally, wearing the amulet increases the dice used for determining the amount of [[energy]] the hero recovers by 2:{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|609-L610|nethack=5.0.0}} for example, if the hero ordinarily gains 1d3 energy on a turn that they would regain energy, they will instead regain 1d5 energy.
+A hero that [[puts on]] the amulet of magical breathing grants extrinsic [[breathless]], making the [[hero]] [[amphibious]]: this allows them to breathe while underwater and on land, and prevents them from [[drowning]] by any means, though their inventory will be subject to [[Wet|water damage]] as usual&mdash;if the hero is in an aquatic polymorph form that normally cannot breathe outside water, the property will prevent any gradual [[HP]] loss from occurring. Water squares are also considered "safe" for purposes of [[teleportation]] while the amulet is [[worn]]. The 1000 [[experience point]]-bonus for killing [[sea monster]]s with drowning attacks does not apply while the hero is amphibious from wearing the amulet.{{refsrc|src/exper.c|125|nethack=5.0.0}} Additionally, wearing the amulet increases the dice used for determining the amount of [[energy]] the hero recovers by 2:{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|609-L610|nethack=5.0.0}} for example, if the hero ordinarily gains 1d3 energy on a turn that they would regain energy, they will instead regain 1d5 energy.
 [[Poison cloud]]s will not damage a hero with a worn amulet of magical breathing regardless of if they have [[poison resistance]] or not, and a hero standing within poison clouds is not considered a major [[trouble]] for [[prayer]] in this case (though they can still [[blind]] the hero).{{refsrc|src/region.c|1351-1362|nethack=5.0.0|comment=<tt>n</tt> is only incremented if the hero is in a dangerous region}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|1385|nethack=5.0.0|comment=hero is only teleported or given magical breathing from prayer if they are established to be within a poison cloud that is dangerous to them}} Putting on an amulet of magical breathing while ''inside'' a poison cloud, or else removing it, will [[auto-identify]] the amulet if doing so causes the poison cloud to stop or start affecting the hero{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|978-L995|nethack=5.0.0|comment=putting on amulet in poison cloud}}{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|1128-L1132|nethack=5.0.0|comment=taking off amulet in poison cloud}}&mdash;walking into or out of a poison cloud with one worn will have no effect.
-A hero wearing the amulet is also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulfing]] attacks of [[fog cloud]]s.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1570-L1572|nethack=5.0.0|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}}{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1439-L1448|nethack=5.0.0|comment=fog cloud engulfing the hero}} Breathlessness from the amulet also protects the hero from choking to death via either the effect of [[Eating jewelry|eating]] an [[amulet of strangulation]], which will have no other effect{{refsrc|src/eat.c|258-L262|nethack=5.0.0}}&mdash;[[eating]] too much food while wearing the amulet will always cause the hero to "vomit voluminously" instead of dying, lose 1000 [[nutrition]] (or enough to be set to 60 nutrition, if they have the [[voracious hunger]] property) and [[abuse]] their [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|264-L266|nethack=5.0.0}}
+A hero wearing the amulet is also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulfing]] attacks of [[fog cloud]]s.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1570-L1572|nethack=5.0.0|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}}{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1439-L1448|nethack=5.0.0|comment=fog cloud engulfing the hero}} Breathlessness from the amulet also protects the hero from choking to death: the effect of [[Eating jewelry|eating]] an [[amulet of strangulation]] is nullified, while [[eating]] too much food while wearing the amulet will always cause the hero to "vomit voluminously" instead of dying, lose 1000 [[nutrition]] (or enough to be set to 60 nutrition, if they have the [[voracious hunger]] property) and [[abuse]] their [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|258-L262|nethack=5.0.0}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|264-L266|nethack=5.0.0}}
 Eating the amulet has a {{frac|5}} chance of absorbing its magic successfully and granting intrinsic breathlessness.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2280|nethack=5.0.0}}

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 A hero that [[puts on]] the amulet of magical breathing grants extrinsic [[breathless]]ness, making the [[hero]] [[amphibious]]: this allows them to breathe while underwater and prevents them from [[drowning]] by any means, though their inventory will be subject to [[Wet|water damage]] as usual&mdash;if the hero is in an aquatic polymorph form that normally cannot breathe outside water, the property will prevent any gradual [[HP]] loss that results. Water squares are also considered "safe" for purposes of [[teleportation]] while the amulet is [[worn]]. The 1000 [[experience point]]-bonus for killing [[sea monster]]s with drowning attacks does not apply while the hero is amphibious from wearing the amulet.{{refsrc|src/exper.c|125|nethack=5.0.0}} Additionally, wearing the amulet increases the dice used for determining the amount of [[energy]] the hero recovers by 2:{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|609-L610|nethack=5.0.0}} for example, if the hero ordinarily gains 1d3 energy on a turn that they would regain energy, they will instead regain 1d5 energy.
-[[Poison cloud]]s will not damage a hero with a worn amulet of magical breathing regardless of if they have [[poison resistance]] or not, and a hero standing within poison clouds is not considered a major [[trouble]] for [[prayer]] in this case (though they can still [[blind]] the hero).{{refsrc|src/region.c|1351-1362|nethack=5.0.0|comment=''n'' is only incremented if the hero is in a dangerous region}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|1385|nethack=5.0.0|comment=hero is only teleported or given magical breathing from prayer if they are established to be within a poison cloud that is dangerous to them}} Putting on an amulet of magical breathing while ''inside'' a poison cloud, or else removing it, will [[auto-identify]] the amulet if doing so causes the poison cloud to stop or start affecting the hero{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|978-L995|nethack=5.0.0|comment=putting on amulet in poison cloud}}{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|1128-L1132|nethack=5.0.0|comment=taking off amulet in poison cloud}}&mdash;walking into or out of a poison cloud with one worn will have no effect.
+[[Poison cloud]]s will not damage a hero with a worn amulet of magical breathing regardless of if they have [[poison resistance]] or not, and a hero standing within poison clouds is not considered a major [[trouble]] for [[prayer]] in this case (though they can still [[blind]] the hero).{{refsrc|src/region.c|1351-1362|nethack=5.0.0|comment=<tt>n</tt> is only incremented if the hero is in a dangerous region}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|1385|nethack=5.0.0|comment=hero is only teleported or given magical breathing from prayer if they are established to be within a poison cloud that is dangerous to them}} Putting on an amulet of magical breathing while ''inside'' a poison cloud, or else removing it, will [[auto-identify]] the amulet if doing so causes the poison cloud to stop or start affecting the hero{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|978-L995|nethack=5.0.0|comment=putting on amulet in poison cloud}}{{refsrc|src/do_wear.c|1128-L1132|nethack=5.0.0|comment=taking off amulet in poison cloud}}&mdash;walking into or out of a poison cloud with one worn will have no effect.
 A hero wearing the amulet is also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulfing]] attacks of [[fog cloud]]s.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1570-L1572|nethack=5.0.0|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}}{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1439-L1448|nethack=5.0.0|comment=fog cloud engulfing the hero}} Breathlessness from the amulet also protects the hero from choking to death via either the effect of [[Eating jewelry|eating]] an [[amulet of strangulation]], which will have no other effect{{refsrc|src/eat.c|258-L262|nethack=5.0.0}}&mdash;[[eating]] too much food while wearing the amulet will always cause the hero to "vomit voluminously" instead of dying, lose 1000 [[nutrition]] (or enough to be set to 60 nutrition, if they have the [[voracious hunger]] property) and [[abuse]] their [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|264-L266|nethack=5.0.0}}

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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-367}}
+{{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Amulets|Magical breathing]]

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 Breathlessness from the amulet also protects the hero from choking to death via either the effect of eating an [[amulet of strangulation]] or [[eating]] too much food while breathless from the amulet - in the latter case, they will always "vomit voluminously" instead and lose 1000 [[nutrition]], abusing [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|252|nethack=3.6.7}}
-In addition, the amulet increases the rate at which you recover [[energy]]: on each of the turns on which you would ordinarily regain energy, the size of the die rolled increases by 2. For instance, if you ordinarily regain 1d3 energy, you will instead regain 1d5 energy.
+In addition, the amulet increases the amount of [[energy]] you recover: on each of the turns on which you would ordinarily regain energy, the size of the die rolled increases by 2. For instance, if you ordinarily regain 1d3 energy, you will instead regain 1d5 energy.
 [[Eating jewelry|Eating]] the amulet has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting intrinsic breathlessness.
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 Monsters will not wear this amulet.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|24713061124282731c2d16d3d8ebecc57d906233}}, walking into poison clouds while wearing the amulet will identify it.}}
+===Identification===
 ==Strategy==
-The amulet of magical breathing can be a form of protection from drowning, making fighting sea monsters less dangerous and enabling a character to cross large bodies of water, but the amount of items that are susceptible to [[rust]], [[dilution]] and [[blanking]] can reasonably put players off the notion. An [[oilskin sack]] to place those valuables in (or a [[bag of holding]] containing such valuables) can make the idea of "swimming" this way much more tenable. Some players also elect to [[polyself]] into a [[metallivore]] and eat multiple amulets until they gain the intrinsic, keeping their amulet slot free for other options - keep in mind that this carries the same risk described above.
+The amulet of magical breathing can be a form of protection from drowning, making fighting sea monsters less dangerous and enabling a character to cross large bodies of water, but the amount of items that are susceptible to [[rust]], [[dilution]] and [[blanking]] can reasonably put players off the notion. An [[oilskin sack]] to place those valuables in can make the idea of "swimming" this way much more tenable. Some players also elect to [[polyself]] into a [[metallivore]] and eat multiple amulets until they gain the intrinsic, keeping their amulet slot free for other options - keep in mind that this carries the same risk described above.
 Magical breathing can be used to retrieve items dropped by monsters that are killed over a body of water, as well as [[projectile]]s fired at such monsters - depending on your circumstances, it may be preferable to use a [[wand of teleportation]] for heavier items, or [[apply]] a [[bullwhip]] while [[levitating]] for lighter items.
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 An amulet of magical breathing can help you chew through several [[corpse]]s such as those of [[Giant (monster attribute)|giants]] and [[dragon]]s without fear of choking, and can also help with [[Troll (monster class)|troll]] disposal by eating in a few cases - the act of eating multiple large corpses is still time-consuming, however, and they may become tainted before you can finish enough of them; constant over-satiation also abuses [[dexterity]], though this is a relatively lesser concern. A [[tinning kit]] is more ideal in most cases if you have one, both to deal with large corpses and reviving ones.
-The best use case for the amulet of magical breathing is on the [[Plane of Water]], where the water prevents the use of [[levitation]] and [[water walking boots]] - magical breathing makes travel between the air bubbles trivial, with the only related difficulty being water currents and the aforementioned damage to items. Players will often use a spare [[wish]] on an oilskin sack to avoid this if they have not found one already. While [[polyself]] into a breathless or swimming form can also provide a means of traveling between air bubbles, it is quite dangerous: the form may time out unexpectedly, or you may be prematurely returned to normal from HP damage (typically from the [[Wizard of Yendor]]).
+One of the best use cases for the amulet of magical breathing is on the [[Plane of Water]], where the water prevents the use of [[levitation]] and [[water walking boots]] - magical breathing makes travel between the air bubbles trivial, with the only related difficulty being water currents and the aforementioned damage to items. Players will often use a spare [[wish]] on an oilskin sack to avoid this if they have not found one already. While [[polyself]] into a breathless or swimming form can also provide a means of traveling between air bubbles, it is quite dangerous: the form may time out unexpectedly, or you may be prematurely returned to normal from HP damage.
-===Identification===
+Spellcasting characters in both the early and late game may find the amulet's secondary effect of increasing energy recovery to be useful as a weaker form of [[energy regeneration]], multiplying the amount of points you gain back by at least 1.5 in the long run. Its effect stacks with energy regeneration (which changes the rate rather than the magnitude), so characters lucky enough to obtain both will recover the amulet of magical breathing's boosted amount of energy points every turn.
 ==History==
-The amulet of magic breathing first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. Up until [[NetHack 5.0.0]], it had no effect on energy recovery.
+The amulet of magical breathing first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. Up until [[NetHack 5.0.0]], it had no effect on energy recovery.
 ==Messages==
 {{main|Breathless#Messages}}
 ==Variants==

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 ==Generation==
-There is a 6.5% chance that a randomly-generated amulet will be an amulet of magical breathing.
+The amulet of magical breathing makes up 6.5% of all randomly-generated amulets.
 ==Description==
-While worn, the amulet of magical breathing grants extrinsic [[breathless]]ness, making you [[amphibious]]: This allows you to breathe while underwater and prevents you from [[drowning]] by any means, though your inventory will be subject to [[Wet|water damage]] as usual. Water squares are also considered "safe" for purposes of [[teleportation]]. The 1000 [[experience point]]-bonus for killing [[sea monster]]s with drowning attacks does not apply while you are amphibious.{{refsrc|src/exper.c|119|nethack=3.6.7}}
+While worn, the amulet of magical breathing grants extrinsic [[breathless]]ness, making the [[hero]] [[amphibious]]: This allows them to breathe while underwater and prevents them from [[drowning]] by any means, though their inventory will be subject to [[Wet|water damage]] as usual. Water squares are also considered "safe" for purposes of [[teleportation]]. The 1000 [[experience point]]-bonus for killing [[sea monster]]s with drowning attacks does not apply while the hero is amphibious from wearing the amulet.{{refsrc|src/exper.c|119|nethack=3.6.7}}
-You are also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulf]]ing attacks of [[fog cloud]]s;{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1109|nethack=3.6.7|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}} [[poison cloud]]s will not damage you regardless of [[poison resistance]] and are not a major [[trouble]] for prayer, though they can still [[blind]] you.{{refsrc|src/region.c|972|nethack=3.6.7|comment=you and poison clouds}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|1081|nethack=3.6.7|comment=dangerous locations and prayer}}
+A hero wearing the amulet is also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulf]]ing attacks of [[fog cloud]]s;{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1109|nethack=3.6.7|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}} [[poison cloud]]s will not damage them regardless of [[poison resistance]] and are not considered a major [[trouble]] for [[prayer]], though they can still [[blind]] the hero.{{refsrc|src/region.c|972|nethack=3.6.7|comment=you and poison clouds}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|1081|nethack=3.6.7|comment=dangerous locations and prayer}}
-Breathlessness from the amulet also protects you from choking to death via either the effect of eating an [[amulet of strangulation]] or [[eating]] too much food while breathless from the amulet - in the latter case, you will always "vomit voluminously" instead and lose 1000 [[nutrition]], though you still abuse [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|252|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Breathlessness from the amulet also protects the hero from choking to death via either the effect of eating an [[amulet of strangulation]] or [[eating]] too much food while breathless from the amulet - in the latter case, they will always "vomit voluminously" instead and lose 1000 [[nutrition]], abusing [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|252|nethack=3.6.7}}
-[[Eating jewelry|Eating]] the amulet has a {{frac|5}} chance of conferring breathlessness. Monsters will not wear this amulet.
+[[Eating jewelry|Eating]] the amulet has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting intrinsic breathlessness. Monsters will not wear this amulet.
 ==Strategy==
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 This amulet can be identified by falling into water: if you don't attempt to crawl out, the amulet must be magical breathing. If testing for the amulet, make sure that you are not [[fumbling]] and have accessible land squares nearby (e.g. not occupied by monsters or [[boulder]]s), and drop any items that are [[grease]]d or vulnerable to water damage.
-A fog cloud can also be used to test for the amulet, since breathlessness negates physical damage from its engulfing attack and produces a distinct message.
+A fog cloud can also be used to test for the amulet, since breathlessness negates the meager physical damage from its engulfing attack and produces a distinct message.
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], a well-hidden chest in the northwestern corner of [[Grund's Stronghold]] has a {{frac|3}} chance of containing a amulet of magical breathing - the amulet is always accompanied by an [[spellbook of haste self]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]], a well-hidden chest in the northwestern corner of [[Grund's Stronghold]] has a {{frac|3}} chance of containing a amulet of magical breathing - the amulet is always accompanied by a [[spellbook of haste self]].
-The amulet of magical breathing is one of many methods that can be employed to survive [[create pool]] [[monster spell]]s, though the inventory will still be subjected to water damage.
+The amulet of magical breathing is one of many methods that can be employed to survive [[create pool]] [[monster spell]]s, though a hero's inventory will still be subjected to water damage.
 ===GruntHack===
-In [[GruntHack]], [[gelatinous cube]]s and [[water elemental]]s are capable of causing [[strangulation]] via [[engulf]]ing - cubes can still paralyze you as well, making the amulet of magical breathing far more valuable early on as a means of surviving cube encounters.
+In [[GruntHack]], [[gelatinous cube]]s and [[water elemental]]s are capable of causing [[strangulation]] via [[engulf]]ing - cubes can still paralyze the hero as well, making the amulet of magical breathing far more valuable early on as a means of surviving cube encounters.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[The Sea (dNetHack)|The Sea]] contains a guaranteed amulet of magical breathing on each map in the event the level's guaranteed [[magic lamp]] is placed underwater.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[The Sea (dNetHack)|The Sea]] contains a guaranteed amulet of magical breathing on each map in the event that the level's guaranteed [[magic lamp]] is placed underwater.
 ===EvilHack===
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 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], only the sea dragon and green slime retain their ability to suffocate characters, making the amulet of magical breathing less necessary early on.
+In [[Hack'EM]], only the sea dragon and green slime retain their ability to suffocate characters from EvilHack, making the amulet of magical breathing less necessary early on.
 ==References==