Black market (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

Ion frigate: this is actually a property of the black market but it made the most sense here, it's not like there's another shopkeeper on the level (in slash'em, at least)

2025-02-02T07:41:34Z

this is actually a property of the black market but it made the most sense here, it's not like there's another shopkeeper on the level (in slash'em, at least)

Ion frigate: may as well link this

2025-02-02T07:31:02Z

may as well link this

Ion frigate: Just noticed this one; give it a ref but banish the quirk to a footnote, not that many people are buying wands of nothing from Sam

2025-02-02T07:28:44Z

Just noticed this one; give it a ref but banish the quirk to a footnote, not that many people are buying wands of nothing from Sam

Ion frigate: some copyedits; remove #borrow suggestion (highly unreliable for non-rogues)

2024-06-12T19:55:58Z

some copyedits; remove #borrow suggestion (highly unreliable for non-rogues)

Furey: Update link from statslab to evasroguelikegamessite.

2024-06-12T17:34:41Z

Update link from statslab to evasroguelikegamessite.

Umbire the Phantom: cats

2024-03-06T11:42:53Z

cats

Umbire the Phantom: /* Be careful */ potholes and such

2023-12-13T11:24:45Z

‎Be careful: potholes and such

Kufat: Tidy leftovers from when this page apparently covered multiple variants

2023-08-12T21:36:30Z

Tidy leftovers from when this page apparently covered multiple variants

Umbire the Phantom: improve level description

2023-07-23T08:18:32Z

improve level description

Ion frigate: really use show preview to fix link

2023-07-23T07:03:44Z

really use show preview to fix link

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 '''One-eyed Sam''' is a special type of shopkeeper known as a "'''black marketeer'''", and acts as the overseer of the black market. In addition to starting off with ascension-gear equipment, being a black marketeer grants One-eyed Sam increased speed, increased damage, higher level, and inherent resistance to death magic and petrification. He is not resistant to draining magic, though.
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−	In [[SLASH'EM]], the '''black market''' is a [[shop]] that covers most of its level and offers a wide variety of goods but charges many times the usual price for them. Specifically, it charges 50x as much for magical ~~items~~, and 25x as much for normal items.{{refsrc\|shk.c\|2360\|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2\|comment=All wands, rings, amulets, potions, spellbooks and scrolls are priced at 50x normal, even non-magical ones (e.g. wand of nothing, blank spellbook)}} The portal to the black market is located between levels 22 and 23, and pets can't go through it.	+	In [[SLASH'EM]], the '''black market''' is a [[shop]] that covers most of its level and offers a wide variety of goods but charges many times the usual price for them. Specifically, it charges 50x as much for [[magical item]]s, and 25x as much for normal items.{{refsrc\|shk.c\|2360\|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2\|comment=All wands, rings, amulets, potions, spellbooks and scrolls are priced at 50x normal, even non-magical ones (e.g. wand of nothing, blank spellbook)}} The portal to the black market is located between levels 22 and 23, and pets can't go through it.

	'''One-eyed Sam''' is the [[shopkeeper]], and is very difficult to kill, even as shopkeepers go. He wields the deadly sword [[Thiefbane]] and is equipped with most of an [[ascension kit]] (well-enchanted gray dragon scale mail, a [[shield of reflection]] and [[speed boots]], as well as an [[amulet of life saving]]).		'''One-eyed Sam''' is the [[shopkeeper]], and is very difficult to kill, even as shopkeepers go. He wields the deadly sword [[Thiefbane]] and is equipped with most of an [[ascension kit]] (well-enchanted gray dragon scale mail, a [[shield of reflection]] and [[speed boots]], as well as an [[amulet of life saving]]).

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-In [[SLASH'EM]], the '''black market''' is a [[shop]] that covers most of its level and offers a wide variety of goods but charges many times the usual price for them. Specifically, it charges 50x as much for magical items, and 25x as much for normal items. The portal to the black market is located between levels 22 and 23, and pets can't go through it.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], the '''black market''' is a [[shop]] that covers most of its level and offers a wide variety of goods but charges many times the usual price for them. Specifically, it charges 50x as much for magical items, and 25x as much for normal items.{{refsrc|shk.c|2360|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|comment=All wands, rings, amulets, potions, spellbooks and scrolls are priced at 50x normal, even non-magical ones (e.g. wand of nothing, blank spellbook)}} The portal to the black market is located between levels 22 and 23, and pets can't go through it.
 '''One-eyed Sam''' is the [[shopkeeper]], and is very difficult to kill, even as shopkeepers go. He wields the deadly sword [[Thiefbane]] and is equipped with most of an [[ascension kit]] (well-enchanted gray dragon scale mail, a [[shield of reflection]] and [[speed boots]], as well as an [[amulet of life saving]]).
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 * [[Special level (SLASH'EM)]]
 * [[Black market (UnNetHack)]]
 == External links ==
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 [[Category:SLASH'EM dungeon branches]]
 [[Category:SlashTHEM dungeon branches]]

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 ===Baby dragon credit cloning===
-For lawful characters or those wishing to keep polyselfless conduct, one option to at least get anything you want from the black market, if not Sam's ascension kit itself, is to use credit cloning. If you wander around the black market long enough, eventually some sort of baby dragon will be generated. Impatient characters can bring a baby dragon corpse from the nearby [[Wyrm Caves]], putting it in a bag to prevent it from going moldy. If you drop your gold, it will pick it up and follow you outside, where you can kill it and take back your gold. With a wand or spell of undead turning, this process can be repeated many times, as baby dragons will always leave a corpse to revive. You can also take the gold from it with #[[borrow]] instead of killing it. It is possible to build up hundreds of thousands of zorkmids in credit in the black market, more than enough to buy even a [[wand of wishing]] or a [[magic lamp]]. Additionally, after you have bought all that you need from the market, you can still use the shop's identification service for other items in your inventory (at 750 credit/identification, this can be repeated many times), which is quite useful for those characters who cannot cast {{spell of|identify}}. The uncursing service can also be useful to save you holy water and/or charges on your magic marker (from writing remove curse scrolls) if you run into problems with item-cursing spellcasters. One-Eyed Sam is guaranteed to have this service.
+For lawful characters or those wishing to keep polyselfless conduct, one option to at least get anything you want from the black market (if not Sam's ascension kit itself) is to use credit cloning. If you wander around the black market long enough, eventually some sort of baby dragon will be generated. Impatient characters can bring a baby dragon corpse from the nearby [[Wyrm Caves]], putting it in a bag to prevent it from going moldy. If you drop your gold, it will pick it up and follow you outside, where you can kill it and take back your gold. With a wand or spell of undead turning, this process can be repeated many times, as baby dragons will always leave a corpse to revive.  With around 20k gold and a single wand of undead turning, it is possible to build up hundreds of thousands of zorkmids in credit this way, more than enough to buy even a [[wand of wishing]] or a [[magic lamp]].
 ===Direct theft===

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 == External links ==
-[http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/slashem/blackmarket.html The SLASH'EM Black Market FAQ]
+[https://sites.google.com/view/evasroguelikegamessite/the-slashem-black-market-faq The SLASH'EM Black Market FAQ]
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 == External links ==
 [http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/slashem/blackmarket.html The SLASH'EM Black Market FAQ]
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 Don't light [[light sources#Candles|candles]], [[magic candle]]s, or [[magic lamp]]s.
-Less expensive accidents, but still annoying, if you entered without any gold or gems: Don't pick up [[mold#SLASH'EM|mold]]s; they revive, and then you have to pay for them.
+Less expensive accidents, but still annoying, if you entered without any gold or gems: Don't pick up [[mold#SLASH'EM|mold]]s; they revive, and then you have to pay for them. Don't use [[tinning kit]]s on molds or [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]] to eliminate them, since you will be charged for their corpses.
 ==Relieving Sam of his merchandise==

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 A very easy way to kill Sam is to read a scroll of earth and use the boulders to surround him in front of the shop door. Then kill him with any ranged weapon. Firearms work well for this. Just make sure that you are of a sufficiently high level to actually be able to hit him, and enchant the launcher. If you like, you can use a ring of conflict to help get rid of his pets, or you can just kill the pets. Sam is also not drain resistant and so can be killed with wands of draining or the {{spell of|drain life}} spell, although he is high level so it may take a few wands. He also lacks poison resistance, so a large stack of poisoned darts or arrows stands a good chance of instakilling him before he can even move up to you. Another way to kill Sam is to surround him or yourself with pits, and kill him at range, since he won't step onto a pit.
-Wishing for a blessed figurine of an [[Archon]] may get you a pet Archon, which Sam will almost certainly be able to kill. If you are playing Slash'EM, a pet [[Solar]] can likely finish him off, though it will take several rounds. (The best pet of vanilla NetHack, an [[Archon]], is significantly outpowered by [[Planetar]]s and [[Solar]]s.) This wish is essentially lost beyond its value for robbing the market, however: Pets cannot follow you through the black market portal in either direction, effectively stranding them there. However, if you are riding a pet, you can leave the level with it by [[The Eye of the Aethiopica|branchporting]] from outside of the shop.
+Wishing for a blessed figurine of a [[Solar]] is a viable option as well. A pet Solar can likely finish Sam off, though it will take several rounds. This wish is essentially lost beyond its value for robbing the market, however: Pets cannot follow you through the black market portal in either direction, effectively stranding them there. However, if you are riding a pet, you can leave the level with it by [[The Eye of the Aethiopica|branchporting]] from outside of the shop.
-Another option in Slash'EM is to play a [[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]] or a character with polymorph control, and polymorph into a [[giant shoggoth]], which is a quite effective way to get rid of Sam. Thiefbane is only as effective as a normal longsword against giant shoggoths, and their attacks are more than powerful enough to kill Sam in a few hits. Be aware that shoggoths are blind, though; [[telepathy]] is quite useful here, but if you are lawful or neutral you will lose it, while still polymorphed, the moment you kill Sam. Also, this is a somewhat minor concern, but it will leave Thiefbane thoroughly corroded. Furthermore, be sure that you are prepared for the attacks of Sam's pets. Izzy the [[rhaumbusun]] in particular may bring your assault to a sudden halt.
+Another option is to play a [[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]] or a character with polymorph control, and polymorph into a [[giant shoggoth]], which is a quite effective way to get rid of Sam. Thiefbane is only as effective as a normal longsword against giant shoggoths, and their attacks are more than powerful enough to kill Sam in a few hits. Be aware that shoggoths are blind, though; [[telepathy]] is quite useful here, but if you are lawful or neutral you will lose it, while still polymorphed, the moment you kill Sam. Also, this is a somewhat minor concern, but it will leave Thiefbane thoroughly corroded. Furthermore, be sure that you are prepared for the attacks of Sam's pets. Izzy the [[rhaumbusun]] in particular may bring your assault to a sudden halt.
 == See also ==

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-The assistants are the nine monsters shown here. They are, from top to bottom:
+The walls are undiggable, and the level is non-teleport. The assistants are the nine monsters shown here. They are, from top to bottom:
 * A [[pit fiend]] named Hilvuuloth
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 * A [[frost giant]] named Goliath
-If the assistant's race has been genocided, it will be replaced with another monster with the same name, e.g. a winter wolf named Thomas. They are initially asleep and peaceful, but will be woken up (still peaceful) by normal noises, such as explosions. They will immediately awaken and become hostile if you attack One-eyed Sam. Conversely, attacking them will make One-eyed Sam hostile as well. In fact, angering '''any''' named monster (or even previously named) in Sam's shop will anger Sam and his assistants. Therefore, one should be very careful in using the [[call|#call]] command in the black market. Using [[conflict]] to get rid of named creatures, however, is safe. Note also that this only applies in the shop: if you can lure one of Sam's assistants into the hallway, you can safely kill it in plain sight of him with no consequences.
+If the assistant's race has been genocided, it will be replaced with another monster with the same name (e.g. a winter wolf named Thomas). All of the assistants are initially asleep and peaceful, and will be awakened by noises such as explosions. They will immediately awaken ''and'' become hostile if you attack One-eyed Sam yourself - attacking them or ''any'' named monster yourself (including even previously named ones) will make One-eyed Sam hostile as well, so be cautious when using the #[[call]] command in the black market. Note that this only applies in the shop: if you can lure one of Sam's assistants into the hallway, you can safely kill it in plain sight of him without making him hostile.
 [[Engraving]]s in the corridor admonish would-be customers:
-  Pets are not allowed in the shop
+  Pets are not allowed in the shop.
   Thieves will be killed.
   Sorry about the mess. Remember, ask if you need help!