Clockwork Automaton (starting race) - Revision history

MrSurvivor1997: Added description of the nature of the automata.

2025-05-03T19:21:30Z

Added description of the nature of the automata.

Aximili: /* Upgrades */ typo

2025-03-16T23:52:10Z

‎Upgrades: typo

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-12-10T01:00:38Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: some copyedit

2024-09-27T19:35:24Z

some copyedit

K3ut0i: /* Upgrades */ magic furnace requires wand of draining

2024-09-11T16:28:42Z

‎Upgrades: magic furnace requires wand of draining

Joes: lede, potholes, THEM roles, hostility

2024-03-31T17:00:41Z

lede, potholes, THEM roles, hostility

Umbire the Phantom: cap + ver

2023-08-23T13:21:19Z

cap + ver

Joes: slashthem as well

2023-08-23T13:18:52Z

slashthem as well

Umbire the Phantom: /* Racial benefits and restrictions */ bah

2023-05-31T20:42:48Z

‎Racial benefits and restrictions: bah

Umbire the Phantom: /* Racial benefits and restrictions */ copy over foocubi stuff

2023-05-31T20:42:23Z

‎Racial benefits and restrictions: copy over foocubi stuff

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:21, 3 May 2025
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−	'''Clockwork automata''' are a playable race in [[dNetHack]] and [[SlashTHEM]], modified from the [[Biodiversity patch]].	+	'''Clockwork automata''' are a playable race in [[dNetHack]] and [[SlashTHEM]], modified from the [[Biodiversity patch]]. They are sentient industrial age robots powered by clockwork machinery, hence their name.

	== Racial benefits and restrictions ==		== Racial benefits and restrictions ==

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 *Scrap Maw: Eat rustable items to regain HP.
 **''Requires'': scrap
-*High Tension Spring: Increase your maximum nutrition by 2000. This upgrade can be take multiple times.
+*High Tension Spring: Increase your maximum nutrition by 2000. This upgrade can be taken multiple times.
 **''Requires'': nothing

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 Clockwork automata do not eat food, meaning that the [[ring of slow digestion]] has no effect: they must instead be wound up using any [[skeleton key]] - a clockwork automaton is not able to do this themselves, and must have a tame monster perform the action or pay a peaceful monster with hands to have it done. Each turn is worth 10 [[nutrition]].
-Clockwork automata can drink potions, and potions of [[oil]] provide some healing and nutrition. [[Potion of blood|Blood potions]] may provide [[resistances]].
+Clockwork automata can drink potions, and potions of [[oil]] provide some healing and nutrition. [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|Potions of blood]] may provide [[resistances]].
 Clockwork automata can adjust their clockspeed with the #monster command. High speed doubles the automaton's moves per turn, but increases nutrition loss by 4x. Low speed halves the automaton's moves per turn, but reduces normal nutrition use to 1/10 turns. Switching to high speed burns 10 nutrition, while switching to other speeds does not carry a nutrition penalty. Over-wound automata can't maintain low clockspeed, and under-wound automata can't maintain high speed.

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 In SlashTHEM, they must be neutral, and can additionally be [[Electric Mage]]s, [[Locksmith]]s, or [[Warrior]]s, but not Knights or Samurai. Dwarves are peaceful to them, and gnomes (and ogres in SlashTHEM) hostile.
-Clockwork automata do not recover HP normally, instead they must stand still ('.') and repair themselves. They will recover HP faster as they gain levels. They may also use potions or other magic to recover hp. Their [[stats]] can't be abused or exercised, but they can use potions of [[gain ability]] as normal.
+Clockwork automata do not recover HP normally, instead they must stand still ('.') and repair themselves. They will recover HP faster as they gain levels. They may also use potions or other magic to recover hp. Their [[attributes]] cannot be abused or exercised, but can otherwise be raised or lowered as normal (e.g. via the [[potion of gain ability]].
-Clockwork automata do not eat food, meaning that the [[ring of slow digestion]] has no effect. Rather, they must be wound up using any [[skeleton key]]. They are not able to do this themselves, instead they must either have one of their allies do it or pay another monster with hands to have it done. Each turn is worth 10 [[nutrition]].
+Clockwork automata do not eat food, meaning that the [[ring of slow digestion]] has no effect: they must instead be wound up using any [[skeleton key]] - a clockwork automaton is not able to do this themselves, and must have a tame monster perform the action or pay a peaceful monster with hands to have it done. Each turn is worth 10 [[nutrition]].
 Clockwork automata can drink potions, and potions of [[oil]] provide some healing and nutrition. [[Potion of blood|Blood potions]] may provide [[resistances]].

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 **''Requires'': archaic plate mail
 *Magic Furnace: Consume magic items to gain magic energy. Destroys the consumed item.
-**''Requires'': [[disenchanter]] corpse
+**''Requires'': [[wand of draining]]
 *Scrap Maw: Eat rustable items to regain HP.
 **''Requires'': scrap

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-Source: [[Biodiversity patch]](modified)
+'''Clockwork automata''' are a playable race in [[dNetHack]] and [[SlashTHEM]], modified from the [[Biodiversity patch]].
 == Racial benefits and restrictions ==
-Clockwork Automata may be [[Archeologist]]s, [[Binder]]s, [[Knight]]s, [[Monk]]s, [[Priest]]s, [[Samurai]] or [[Troubadour]]s. (As [[android]]s, they can be [[Anachrononaut]]s.) They are neutrally or lawfully aligned.
+Clockwork automata do not recover HP normally, instead they must stand still ('.') and repair themselves. They will recover HP faster as they gain levels. They may also use potions or other magic to recover hp. Their [[stats]] can't be abused or exercised, but they can use potions of [[gain ability]] as normal.
 Clockwork automata do not eat food, meaning that the [[ring of slow digestion]] has no effect. Rather, they must be wound up using any [[skeleton key]]. They are not able to do this themselves, instead they must either have one of their allies do it or pay another monster with hands to have it done. Each turn is worth 10 [[nutrition]].
-Clockwork automata can drink potions, and potions of oil provide some healing and nutrition. Blood potions may provide resistances.
+Clockwork automata can drink potions, and potions of [[oil]] provide some healing and nutrition. [[Potion of blood|Blood potions]] may provide [[resistances]].
 Clockwork automata can adjust their clockspeed with the #monster command. High speed doubles the automaton's moves per turn, but increases nutrition loss by 4x. Low speed halves the automaton's moves per turn, but reduces normal nutrition use to 1/10 turns. Switching to high speed burns 10 nutrition, while switching to other speeds does not carry a nutrition penalty. Over-wound automata can't maintain low clockspeed, and under-wound automata can't maintain high speed.
-Clockwork automata do not breathe and start out with resistance to stoning, poison and sickness. They gain shock res at XL5, cold res at XL10 and fire res at XL15.
+Clockwork automata [[unbreathing|do not breathe]] and start out with resistance to stoning, poison and sickness. They gain [[shock resistance]] at XL5, [[cold resistance]] at XL10 and [[fire resistance]] at XL15.
-Clockwork automatons may sacrifice with impunity (other than gifted pets). They're not specifically exempt from same-race sacrifice, but since all normally spawning clockwork monsters also don't leave corpses, it never becomes an issue.
+Clockwork automata may [[sacrifice]] with impunity (other than gifted pets). They're not specifically exempt from same-race sacrifice, but since all normally spawning [[Gizmo|clockwork monster]]s also don't leave corpses, it never becomes an issue.
-Clockwork do not benefit from the normal effects of booze, including sanity restoration and your drunkenness counter.
+Clockwork do not benefit from the normal effects of [[booze]], including [[sanity]] restoration and your drunkenness counter.
-Clockwork automatons interact differently with [[seduction]] attacks performed by [[foocubi]] and other monsters, with a different set of positive and negative effects that can occur afterward. For foocubi:
+Clockwork automata interact differently with [[seduction]] attacks performed by [[foocubi]] and other monsters, with a different set of positive and negative effects that can occur afterward. For foocubi:
 * If your combined [[intelligence]] and [[charisma]] are lower than a randomly generated number between 1 and 34, you will either lose an experience level or have a single item stolen from you by the foocubus, with an equal probability of each.
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 == Upgrades ==
-Upgrades are not mutually exclusive: you can have one of each and some can be taken multiple times. Any upgrade action consumes an upgrade kit, and other components where applicable as noted below:
+Upgrades are not mutually exclusive: you can have one of each and some can be taken multiple times. Any upgrade action consumes an [[upgrade kit]], and other components where applicable as noted below:
 *Phase engine: Walk through walls, at the cost of 10x nutrition consumption.  Activate and deactivate via the #monster menu.
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 **Oil Stove: Gain nutrition from drinking potions of oil in combination with potions of water
 ***''Requires'': nothing
-**Wood Stove: Gain nutrition from eating woody corpses or dried tins in combination with potions of water.
+**Wood Stove: Gain nutrition from eating woody corpses or dried [[tin]]s in combination with potions of water.
-***''Requires'': tinning kit
+***''Requires'': [[tinning kit]]
-**Hellfire Furnace: Gain nutrition from eating almost anything in combination with water, but only 1/10 the normal amount
+**Hellfire Furnace: Gain nutrition from eating almost anything in combination with water, but only 1/10 the normal amount.
 ***''Requires'': hellfire component
 *Switch Upgrades: Alter how switching clockspeeds using the #monster command works.
-**Efficient Switch: Switching to high speed mode no longer consumes 10 nutrition
+**Efficient Switch: Switching to high speed mode no longer consumes 10 nutrition.
-***''Requires'': crossbow
+***''Requires'': [[crossbow]]
 **Fast Switch: Switching speeds no longer costs a turn.
 ***''Requires'': nothing
 *Armor Plating: Your natural AC bonus goes from 3 to 10.
 **''Requires'': archaic plate mail
-*Magic Furnace: Consume magic items to gain magic energy. Destroys the consumed item
+*Magic Furnace: Consume magic items to gain magic energy. Destroys the consumed item.
-**''Requires'': disenchanter corpse
+**''Requires'': [[disenchanter]] corpse
 *Scrap Maw: Eat rustable items to regain HP.
 **''Requires'': scrap

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 Clockwork automatons interact differently with [[seduction]] attacks performed by [[foocubi]] and other monsters, with a different set of positive and negative effects that can occur afterward. For foocubi:
-* If your combined [[INT]] and [[CHA]] are lower than a randomly generated number between 1 and 34, you will either lose an experience level or have a single item stolen from you by the foocubus, with an equal probability of each.
+* If your combined [[intelligence]] and [[charisma]] are lower than a randomly generated number between 1 and 34, you will either lose an experience level or have a single item stolen from you by the foocubus, with an equal probability of each.
 * Otherwise, there is a {{frac|5}} chance of gaining a level from the encounter - the remaining {{frac|4|5}} of the time, the foocubus will offer to wind you up if you are below half of your maximum nutrition.

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 Clockwork do not benefit from the normal effects of booze, including sanity restoration and your drunkenness counter.
-Clockwork automatons interact differently with [[foocubi]] in terms of [[seduction]]: Instead of the standard positive or negative effects of seduction, there is a {{frac|5}} chance of gaining a level from the encounter; the rest of the time, the foocubus will offer to wind you up if you are below half of your maximum nutrition.
+Clockwork automatons interact differently with [[seduction]] attacks performed by [[foocubi]] and other monsters, with a different set of positive and negative effects that can occur afterward. For foocubi:
 == Stats ==