Balrog - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: upcoming, pothole

2025-01-16T15:42:58Z

upcoming, pothole

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2024-12-30T03:53:03Z

potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2024-12-29T23:39:42Z

potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: some touch-ups

2024-12-02T11:12:35Z

some touch-ups

Furey: Link directly to new page TNNT (the game).

2024-06-18T11:15:23Z

Link directly to new page TNNT (the game).

Furey: /* TNNT (the game) */ oops, typo

2024-06-14T23:54:24Z

‎TNNT (the game): oops, typo

Furey: "The November NetHack Tournament" -> "TNNT (the game)"

2024-06-14T23:53:59Z

"The November NetHack Tournament" -> "TNNT (the game)"

Furey: /* Strategy */ unlucky player -> unfortunate character.

2024-06-14T07:44:07Z

‎Strategy: unlucky player -> unfortunate character.

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ spacing

2024-03-06T10:49:07Z

‎SLASH'EM: spacing

Umbire the Phantom: dnh

2024-03-06T10:47:04Z

dnh

@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 Balrogs are easily among the more intimidating threats in Gehennom, with a solid base [[AC]] of -2, powerful weapon attacks and high [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster magic resistance]] - they also have no [[Monster spell|spellcasting]] or gating ability, and are very slow. For balrogs in their natural habitat, players are likely to have good AC themselves by this point, along with any combination of at least one [[silver]] weapon, a source of cold damage, and [[fast]] or better speed; balrogs that are the result of early [[polymorph trap]]s can be a nasty unexpected surprised and possibly spell doom for an unfortunate character.
-While balrogs are capable of disarming you or even stealing your weapon with their bullwhip, due to [[Monster weapon preference|the way monsters prioritize weapons]] a balrog will only wield the bullwhip if it somehow loses its broadsword, unlike a [[horned devil]]. In general, this is most likely to occur if their broadsword is destroyed (e.g. via [[shattering blow]]) or else stolen (e.g. by any type of [[nymph]]).
+While balrogs are capable of disarming you or even stealing your weapon with their bullwhip, due to [[Monster weapon preference|the way monsters prioritize weapons]] a balrog will only wield the bullwhip if it somehow loses its broadsword, unlike a [[horned devil]]. In general, this is most likely to occur if their broadsword is destroyed (e.g. via [[shattering blow]]) or else stolen (e.g. by any type of [[Nymph (monster class)|nymph]]).
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|93b9467c083a0f481ec4c238c0f56cdf5ac8d8b8}}, balrogs prefer to use a bullwhip if you are wielding something.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|93b9467c083a0f481ec4c238c0f56cdf5ac8d8b8}}, balrogs prefer to use a bullwhip against a hero wielding a weapon.}}
 ===As a pet===

@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
   |reference=[[monst.c#line2652]]
 }}
-A '''balrog''', {{monsym|balrog}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is the most physically imposing of the non-unique [[major demon]]s, and has [[fly|flight]], [[fire resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
 Unlike most other major demons, balrogs are incapable of [[Gating|summoning other demons]]; they share this property with [[foocubi]].
@@ Line 25: / Line 26: @@
 Balrogs are only randomly generated in [[Gehennom]] normally, but are also a valid form for [[polymorph]]. They are eligible to summon via gating by other major demons, including [[demon lords and princes]]. A balrog is guaranteed to appear on the [[Plane of Fire]].{{refsrc|dat/endgame.des|82|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-All balrogs [[monster starting inventory|are armed with]] a [[bullwhip|whip]] and [[broadsword]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|489|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+All balrogs [[monster starting inventory|are armed with]] a [[bullwhip]] and [[broadsword]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|489|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==
@@ Line 45: / Line 46: @@
 Balrogs are tall and menacing, and can shroud themselves in fire, darkness and shadow - they are armed with fiery whips "of many thongs" and occasionally use long swords, which correspond to the bullwhip and broadsword they receive in ''NetHack''; in ''The Silmarillion'', and some of Tolkien's earlier writings also mention steel claws and iron mail. Balrogs were only rivaled by dragons in their capacity for ferocity and destruction: Early writings portrayed them as numerous and roughly twice the size of humans, and they were occasionally killed in battle by Elves and Men; they served as fiery demonic servants of Morgoth, armed with fiery whips of many thongs and claws like steel. Later Balrogs were far more sinister and powerful, owing to their origins as formerly-divine Maiar that were corrupted by Melkor before the World's creation, and could not be as readily vanquished.
-One example of the later Balrogs is fought by Gandalf and the Fellowship at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, and is known as [[Durin's Bane]]; it is the model for all other Balrogs that appear in ''NetHack'' and other fantasy works, and the [[encyclopedia]] entry is an excerpt from the in the books. Durin's Bane was a survivor of the War of Wrath that escaped the defeat of Morgoth and hid at the base of a mountain within Khazad-dûm; it earned its name from killing the Dwarf-King of Khazad-dûm, Durin VI, when it was found by a troop of [[mithril]]-mining dwarves that had dug too deep. Durin's Bane was exceptionally powerful and endowed with magical prowess: it used a flaming sword ("From out of the shadow a red sword leapt flaming") and a many-thonged whip that "whined and cracked", and appeared "like a great shadow, in the middle of which was a dark form, of man-shape maybe, yet greater". When Gandalf eventually defeated the monster and threw it from a mountain peak, it "broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin", but in the process had injured Gandalf severely enough that he succumbed to his wounds before his eventual resurrection as Gandalf the White.
+One example of the later Balrogs is fought by Gandalf and the Fellowship at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, and is known as Durin's Bane; it is the model for all other Balrogs that appear in ''NetHack'' and other fantasy works, and the [[encyclopedia]] entry is an excerpt from the in the books. Durin's Bane was a survivor of the War of Wrath that escaped the defeat of Morgoth and hid at the base of a mountain within Khazad-dûm; it earned its name from killing the Dwarf-King of Khazad-dûm, Durin VI, when it was found by a troop of [[mithril]]-mining dwarves that had dug too deep. Durin's Bane was exceptionally powerful and endowed with magical prowess: it used a flaming sword ("From out of the shadow a red sword leapt flaming") and a many-thonged whip that "whined and cracked", and appeared "like a great shadow, in the middle of which was a dark form, of man-shape maybe, yet greater". When Gandalf eventually defeated the monster and threw it from a mountain peak, it "broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin", but in the process had injured Gandalf severely enough that he succumbed to his wounds before his eventual resurrection as Gandalf the White.
 ==Variants==

@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], [[Durin's Bane]] is a unique balrog with somewhat higher stats and better equipment that appears on the second floor of the [[Ruins of Moria]] branch.
+In [[UnNetHack]], [[Durin's Bane (UnNetHack)|Durin's Bane]] is a unique balrog with somewhat higher stats and better equipment that appears on the second floor of the [[Ruins of Moria]] branch.
 The [[Black market (UnNetHack)|black market in UnNetHack]] also features the same balrog assistant in the map borrowed from SLASH'EM.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], three balrogs appear within one of the rooms in the lair of [[Demogorgon (dNetHack)|Demogorgon]] if his dwelling appears as [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Branches/Brine Flats#Demogorgon's palace|the third Abyss level]].
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], three balrogs are generated within one of the rooms in the lair of [[Demogorgon (dNetHack)|Demogorgon]] at level creation if his dwelling appears as [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Branches/Brine Flats#Demogorgon's palace|the third Abyss level]].
-[[Durin's Bane#dNetHack|Durin's Bane]] is the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] [[Noble]], and is much more powerful compared to its appearance in UnNetHack.
+[[Durin's Bane (dNetHack)|Durin's Bane]] is the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] [[Noble]], and is much more powerful compared to his UnNetHack counterpart.
 ===TNNT (the game)===

@@ Line 61: / Line 61: @@
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], three balrogs appear within one of the rooms in [[Demogorgon]]'s lair if his dwelling appears as [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Branches/Brine Flats#Demogorgon's palace|the third Abyss level]].
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], three balrogs appear within one of the rooms in the lair of [[Demogorgon (dNetHack)|Demogorgon]] if his dwelling appears as [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Branches/Brine Flats#Demogorgon's palace|the third Abyss level]].
 [[Durin's Bane#dNetHack|Durin's Bane]] is the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] [[Noble]], and is much more powerful compared to its appearance in UnNetHack.
@@ Line 69: / Line 69: @@
 ===SpliceHack===
-In [[SpliceHack]], balrogs are given a new item to replace their bullwhips in the [[flaming lash]]. The [[Black market (SpliceHack)|black market]] in [[SpliceHack]] also features the same balrog assistant in the map borrowed from SLASH'EM.
+In [[SpliceHack]], balrogs are given a new item to replace their bullwhips in the [[flaming lash]]. The [[Black market (SpliceHack)|black market]] in SpliceHack also features the same balrog assistant in the map borrowed from SLASH'EM.
 ===EvilHack===
@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
 A balrog guards the hidden treasure room in the [[Valley of the Dead]], and another appears in the eastern part of the Stronghold of [[Kas]] within [[Vecna's Domain]]. One of the [[Fake Wizard's Tower]] maps has a {{frac|2}} chance of containing a balrog within the tower, while the other map places a guaranteed balrog in its tower.
-Two [[artifact weapon]]s are associated with balrogs: [[Dramborleg]] is a mithril [[dwarvish bearded axe]] that favors [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]] and instantly destroys any balrog it hits, while [[Angelslayer]] is an unaligned trident that has a {{frac|20}} chance of being generated on a balrog.
+Two [[artifact weapon]]s are associated with balrogs: [[Dramborleg]] is a mithril [[dwarvish bearded axe]] that favors [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]] and instantly destroys any balrog it hits, while [[Angelslayer]] is an unaligned trident that has a {{frac|20}} chance of being generated in the inventory of a randomly-created balrog.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

@@ Line 66: / Line 66: @@
 ===TNNT (the game)===
-In [[TNNT|TNNT (the game)]], a [[statue]] of a balrog named "The RNG" appears in [[the DevTeam Office]].
+In [[TNNT (the game)]], a [[statue]] of a balrog named "The RNG" appears in [[the DevTeam Office]].
 ===SpliceHack===

@@ Line 65: / Line 65: @@
 [[Durin's Bane#dNetHack|Durin's Bane]] is the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] [[Noble]], and is much more powerful compared to its appearance in UnNetHack.
-===The November NetHack Tournament===
+===TNNT (the game)===
-In [[The November NetHack Tournament]], a [[statue]] of a balrog named "The RNG" appears in [[the DevTeam Office]].
+In [[TNNT|TNNT the game]], a [[statue]] of a balrog named "The RNG" appears in [[the DevTeam Office]].
 ===SpliceHack===

@@ Line 51: / Line 51: @@
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In SLASH'EM, balrogs may turn [[traitor]] when tame. A balrog named Njalnohaar appears as an assistant monster in [[Black market (SLASH'EM)|the black market]].
+In SLASH'EM, balrogs may turn [[traitor]] when tame.
 ===UnNetHack===