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MrSurvivor1997: /* Bribing in Gehennom */ Only lawful demon princes ask for bribes.

2024-10-08T12:13:08Z

‎Bribing in Gehennom: Only lawful demon princes ask for bribes.

2024-01-13T18:57:09Z

‎Bribing in Gehennom: Spelling error

2023-07-26T09:02:48Z

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2023-06-20T22:00:57Z

‎Bribing in Gehennom: *

2022-04-18T21:00:32Z

‎Bribing the Yendorian Army

2022-04-18T21:00:24Z

‎Bribing the Yendorian Army: per qt's observations

2022-04-18T20:59:37Z

‎Bribing shopkeepers

2021-02-16T03:06:19Z

Link to NetHack 3.7.0 specifically.

2020-04-09T06:32:22Z

‎Bribing in Gehennom: Wielding Demonbane now prevents you from bribing demons as Excalibur does.

2020-04-08T08:51:26Z

‎Bribing in Gehennom: You can't if you're deaf.

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 ==Bribing in [[Gehennom]]==
-[[Demon prince]]s will ask you for a bribe when they first notice you, if you have gold in open inventory; refusing to bribe them will turn them hostile and they will never ask for a bribe again, whereas bribing them will prompt them to disappear for good, along with their entire inventory (except the invocation items).{{refsrc|monmove.c|399|comment=The amount requested never exceeds the amount in your wallet; you may offer less than the requested amount, but in this case the bribe may fail.}}{{refsrc|sounds.c|761}}
+Lawful [[demon prince]]s will ask you for a bribe when they first notice you, if you have gold in open inventory; refusing to bribe them will turn them hostile and they will never ask for a bribe again, whereas bribing them will prompt them to disappear for good, along with their entire inventory (except the invocation items).{{refsrc|monmove.c|399|comment=The amount requested never exceeds the amount in your wallet; you may offer less than the requested amount, but in this case the bribe may fail.}}{{refsrc|sounds.c|761}}
 * The amount asked is normally 21-100% of your visible gold. If the demon is not in hell, or if it is a chameleon in a form of demon, it will instead ask only 1-80% of your visible gold. If your [[alignment]] is the same as demon's, the amount will be half of this. The amount is always rounded down.

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 [[Demon prince]]s will ask you for a bribe when they first notice you, if you have gold in open inventory; refusing to bribe them will turn them hostile and they will never ask for a bribe again, whereas bribing them will prompt them to disappear for good, along with their entire inventory (except the invocation items).{{refsrc|monmove.c|399|comment=The amount requested never exceeds the amount in your wallet; you may offer less than the requested amount, but in this case the bribe may fail.}}{{refsrc|sounds.c|761}}
-* The amount asked is normally 21-100% of your visible gold. If the demon is not in hell, or if it is a chameleon in a form of demon, it will instead ask only 1-80% of your visible gold. If your alighnment is the same as demon's, the amount will be half of this. The amount is always rounded down.
+* The amount asked is normally 21-100% of your visible gold. If the demon is not in hell, or if it is a chameleon in a form of demon, it will instead ask only 1-80% of your visible gold. If your [[alignment]] is the same as demon's, the amount will be half of this. The amount is always rounded down.
 * If you have no gold in open inventory, or have so little that the amount above is zero, the demon prince will be hostile and will not ask for a bribe.
 * If you are [[polymorph]]ed into a demon, the demon prince will remain peaceful without requiring a bribe{{refsrc|minion.c|161}} and will attempt to teleport away.

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 * If you have no gold in open inventory, or have so little that the amount above is zero, the demon prince will be hostile and will not ask for a bribe.
 * If you are [[polymorph]]ed into a demon, the demon prince will remain peaceful without requiring a bribe{{refsrc|minion.c|161}} and will attempt to teleport away.
-* If the prince is carrying the [[Amulet of Yendor]], he will ask for more gold than you have, thus ensuring that he won't disappear from the game with the Amulet.{{refsrc|minion.c|183}}{{reffunc|mon.c|mongone}}
+* If the prince is carrying the [[Amulet of Yendor]], they will ask for more gold than you have, thus ensuring they will not disappear from the game with the Amulet.{{refsrc|minion.c|183}}{{reffunc|mon.c|mongone}}
 * If you are carrying the Amulet of Yendor at creation time, the demon cannot be bribed. Carrying the amulet at the time you meet the demon has no effect.
 * Wielding [[Excalibur]] at demon creation time or near the demon prevents bribing.{{refsrc|makemon.c|1050|comment=check at level generation time}}{{refsrc|minion.c|147|comment=check at meeting time}}

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-The [[Watch]] cannot be pacified by bribing in this manner despite being mercenaries, although you can pacify them by other means (see the section below in particular).
+The [[Watch]] cannot be pacified by bribing in this manner despite being [[mercenaries]], although you can pacify them by other means (see the section below in particular).
 ==Bribing shopkeepers==

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 * Pacifying a shopkeeper this way will also pacify any watchmen or watch captains on the level (usually [[Minetown]], but also some variants' [[Special level (SLASH'EM)#Mall|shopping mall]]).
-* Beware of throwing gold at peaceful shopkeepers: they have a chance of becoming hostile.
+* Beware of throwing gold at peaceful shopkeepers: they have a chance of becoming hostile, as with any other peaceful monster pelted with money.
 ==References==

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 * Chaotic demons cannot be bribed. [[Orcus]] is the only one waiting in a lair.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7|Wielding [[Demonbane]] now prevents you from bribing demons as Excalibur does.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Wielding [[Demonbane]] now prevents you from bribing demons as Excalibur does.}}
 ==Bribing the Yendorian Army==