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'''Ancient of blessings''' are a possible inhabitant of an ancient-nupperibo-[[hellish seal]]. They are notable for the high potential melee damage from their many weapon attacks, the high potential damage to your armor and weapon enchantments, and their difficult-to-resist breath attack.

==Consuming breath==

An ancient of blessings inhales blessings and exhales misfortune.

===Inhalation: blessings===

"Tiny light-blue sparks rise around you."

The inhalation affects one valid target within 4 squares of the ancient at random. A target must not be a [[demon]] and have at least one blessed item in open inventory or have some other "blessing." The player character is considered to be blessed if:
#[[Luck]] is greater than -7.
#[[Protection]] is greater than -7.
#Intrinsic to-hit bonus is greater than 0.
#Intrinsic damage bonus is greater than 0.
#Intrinsic carry-cap bonus is greater than 0.
Monsters are considered to be blessed if their encouragement bonus is greater than -7.

The ancient attempts to consume one blessing per 3 levels (5 blessings for a typical ancient). Consuming a blessing from the player, in order of preference:
#Curses one blessed item in open inventory.
#Reduces luck by 1 point per blessing to be consumed.
#Reduces protection by 1 point per blessing to be consumed.
#Reduces intrinsic to-hit bonus by 1 point per blessing to be consumed.
#Reduces intrinsic damage bonus by 1 point per blessing to be consumed.
#Reduces intrinsic carry-cap bonus by 10 aum per blessing to be consumed.
Consuming a blessing from a monster curses one blessed item in open inventory or reduces encouragement bonus by 1.

===Exhalation: misfortune===

The ancient casts [[open wounds]] on all hostile targets in line-of-sight. How unfortunate.

==Origin==

dNetHack '''ancients''' are very loosely based on D&D [https://rilmani.org/timaresh/Baatorian Ancient Baatorians]. Only two examples of ancient baatorians were actually encountered during the period in which they were introduced: a nupperibo with constitution-draining tentacles (stated to be a metamorphosing, larval baatorian) and a shapeless thing that consumes light/reflective-ness and life and exhales darkness. There were also said to be spined creatures frozen deep under the ice in Cania. A later source claimed that [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Zargon Zargon] was another ancient baatorian, but Zargon originated over a decade before the later idea of ancient baatorians (and over two decades before the source tying them together) and is obviously unrelated.

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 "Tiny light-blue sparks rise around you."
-The inhalation affects one valid target within 4 squares of the ancient at random. A target must not be a [[demon]] and have at least one blessed item in open inventory or have some other "blessing." The player character is considered to be blessed if:
+The inhalation affects any random non-[[demonic]] monster within 4 squares of the ancient that has some form of "blessing". For the player, the following qualifies as blessings:
 #[[Luck]] is greater than -7.
 #[[Protection]] is greater than -7.
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 #Intrinsic damage bonus is greater than 0.
 #Intrinsic carry-cap bonus is greater than 0.
-Monsters are considered to be blessed if their encouragement bonus is greater than -7.
+#Monsters are considered to be blessed if their encouragement bonus is greater than -7.
 The ancient attempts to consume one blessing per 3 levels (5 blessings for a typical ancient). Consuming a blessing from the player, in order of preference:
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 dNetHack '''ancients''' are very loosely based on D&D [https://rilmani.org/timaresh/Baatorian Ancient Baatorians]. Only two examples of ancient baatorians were actually encountered during the period in which they were introduced: a nupperibo with constitution-draining tentacles (stated to be a [[Nupperibo#Metamorphosed_nupperibo|metamorphosing, larval baatorian]]) and a shapeless thing that inhales light/reflectivity and life and exhales darkness. There were also said to be [[Nupperibo#Ancient_nupperibo|spined creatures frozen deep under the ice in Cania]]. A later source claimed that [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Zargon Zargon] was another ancient baatorian, but Zargon originated over a decade before the later idea of ancient baatorians (and over two decades before the source tying them together) and is obviously unrelated.
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-'''Ancient of blessings''' are a possible inhabitant of an ancient-nupperibo-[[hellish seal]]. They are notable for the high potential melee damage from their many weapon attacks, the high potential damage to your armor and weapon enchantments, and their difficult-to-resist breath attack.
+'''Ancients of blessings''' are a possible inhabitant of an ancient-nupperibo-[[hellish seal]]. They are notable for the high potential melee damage from their many weapon attacks, the high potential damage to your armor and weapon enchantments, and their difficult-to-resist breath attack.
 ==Consuming breath==
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 ===Exhalation: misfortune===
 The ancient casts [[open wounds]] on all hostile targets in line-of-sight. How unfortunate.
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 ==Origin==
-dNetHack '''ancients''' are very loosely based on D&D [https://rilmani.org/timaresh/Baatorian Ancient Baatorians]. Only two examples of ancient baatorians were actually encountered during the period in which they were introduced: a nupperibo with constitution-draining tentacles (stated to be a metamorphosing, larval baatorian) and a shapeless thing that consumes light/reflective-ness and life and exhales darkness. There were also said to be spined creatures frozen deep under the ice in Cania. A later source claimed that [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Zargon Zargon] was another ancient baatorian, but Zargon originated over a decade before the later idea of ancient baatorians (and over two decades before the source tying them together) and is obviously unrelated.
+dNetHack '''ancients''' are very loosely based on D&D [https://rilmani.org/timaresh/Baatorian Ancient Baatorians]. Only two examples of ancient baatorians were actually encountered during the period in which they were introduced: a nupperibo with constitution-draining tentacles (stated to be a [[Nupperibo#Metamorphosed_nupperibo|metamorphosing, larval baatorian]]) and a shapeless thing that inhales light/reflectivity and life and exhales darkness. There were also said to be [[Nupperibo#Ancient_nupperibo|spined creatures frozen deep under the ice in Cania]]. A later source claimed that [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Zargon Zargon] was another ancient baatorian, but Zargon originated over a decade before the later idea of ancient baatorians (and over two decades before the source tying them together) and is obviously unrelated.
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