Atonal instrument - Revision history

JASON10668: Add languages template.

2026-03-25T08:52:42Z

Add languages template.

Darth l33t: they are too instruments

2023-04-11T18:20:24Z

they are too instruments

Aximili: Add category

2020-02-02T20:44:06Z

Add category

Ion frigate: mentioned that leather drums scare monsters

2012-06-13T20:38:45Z

mentioned that leather drums scare monsters

Kalon: Beware sweeping generalisations

2009-01-04T22:58:24Z

Beware sweeping generalisations

Newtkiller at 17:36, 4 January 2009

2009-01-04T17:36:55Z

Rogerb-on-NAO: Whistles are not instruments in NetHack - their operation is not controlled by music.c. Other behaviours vary, e.g. no charges for a magic whistle.

2008-07-10T10:39:41Z

Whistles are not instruments in NetHack - their operation is not controlled by music.c. Other behaviours vary, e.g. no charges for a magic whistle.

Ray Chason: List atonal instruments

2008-04-29T02:12:07Z

List atonal instruments

Fredil Yupigo: hey

2008-02-25T00:09:41Z

hey

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Atonal instruments cannot be used to play the [[passtune]]. When you [[apply]] an atonal instrument, you do not get a "Improvise? (yn)" prompt.

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 Atonal instruments cannot be used to play the [[passtune]]. When you [[apply]] an atonal instrument, you do not get a "Improvise? (yn)" prompt.
-Atonal instruments in [[NetHack 3.4.3]] are:
+Atonal instruments in [[NetHack]] are:
 * [[bell]]
 * [[Bell of Opening]]
 * [[leather drum]]
 * [[drum of earthquake]]
 Mundane bells are primarily used to wake up monsters, while leather drums can additionally be used to [[scare]] monsters.  In addition, they can be used to enable [[Elbereth]] squares.
-In [[NetHack]], [[whistle]]s are not instruments.
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 * [[drum of earthquake]]
-The main use of these is waking up monsters. The non magical variants of these have little other use, but do have some use, for example, enabling an [[Elbereth]] square.
+Mundane bells are primarily used to wake up monsters, while leather drums can additionally be used to [[scare]] monsters.  In addition, they can be used to enable [[Elbereth]] squares.
 In [[NetHack]], [[whistle]]s are not instruments.
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 * [[drum of earthquake]]
-The main use of these is waking up monsters. The non magical variants of these are not useful at all for anything else.
+The main use of these is waking up monsters. The non magical variants of these have little other use, but do have some use, for example, enabling an [[Elbereth]] square.
 In [[NetHack]], [[whistle]]s are not instruments.
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		+	Atonal instruments in [[NetHack 3.4.3]] are:
		+	* [[tin whistle]]
		+	* [[magic whistle]]
		+	* [[bell]]
		+	* [[Bell of Opening]]
		+	* [[leather drum]]
		+	* [[drum of earthquake]]

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