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The Madman role is designed to be harder than the Convict.

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 The Convict's quest sees them fight [[Warden Arianna]] for [[The Iron Ball of Liberation]], an [[artifact]] heavy iron ball. The Iron Ball of Liberation grants [[magic resistance]], [[stealth]], automatic searching, and [[warning]] while carried. [[Invoking]] The Iron Ball of Liberation chains the artifact to the Convict&ndash;unchaining any existing mundane iron ball that is chained to them if necessary&ndash;and grants [[phasing]] for 51-150 turns.
-===Origin===
+==Origin==
 {{Wikipedia|Convict}}
 A convict is a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced (usually to prison) by a court. Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con"; a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Convicts are stereotypically draped in striped [[wikipedia:Prison uniform|prison uniforms]], and various forms of media also depict them with [[Wikipedia:Ball and chain|a ball and chain]] on their leg, based on a real-life practice which continued for some time into the 21st century.

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-The '''Convict''', abbreviated as '''Con''', is a [[role]] that is the primary focus of the '''Convict Role''' [[patch]], which was written by Karl Garrison and first uploaded to his personal website (with an archived copy available [https://web.archive.org/web/20140430133354/https://nethack.edeca.net/karl/nethack-convict-0.7.diff via Wayback Machine]). The patch is also available at the [[NetHack Patch Database]]. Originally written against [[NetHack 3.4.3]], the role has since been implemented into many [[variants]] of ''[[NetHack]]'', and most of them (if not all of them) iterate further on the patch and its contents:
+The '''Convict''', abbreviated as '''Con''', is a [[role]] that is the primary focus of the '''Convict Role''' [[patch]]. The patch is written by Karl Garrison against [[NetHack 3.4.3]], and was first uploaded to his personal website in 2012 (with an archived copy available [https://web.archive.org/web/20140430133354/https://nethack.edeca.net/karl/nethack-convict-0.7.diff via Wayback Machine]). The patch is also available at the [[NetHack Patch Database]].
 ==Patch contents==
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 The role's pet sewer rat and their default name, Nicodemus, are both references to ''[[wikipedia:Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH|Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]''.
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:Patches]]
 [[Category:Convict patch]]

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 * a [[cursed]] [[striped shirt]]
 * some [[rock]]s
 Convicts start with knowledge of the [[skeleton key]], the [[grappling hook]] and any applicable racial equipment.
 The Convict's default starting pet is a [[sewer rat]] named Nicodemus.
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 * ''Weapons:'' [[mace]], [[short sword]]
-* ''Spells:'' [[attack spells|attack]]
+* ''Spells:'' [[Attack spells|attack]]
 |-
 | Skilled
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 * ''Weapons:'' [[knife]], [[pick-axe]], [[club]], [[flail]]
-* ''Spells:'' [[escape spells|escape]]
+* ''Spells:'' [[Escape spells|escape]]
 |}
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 ===Quest===
 {{main|Convict quest}}
-The Convict's quest sees them fight [[Warden Arianna]] for [[The Iron Ball of Liberation]], a heavy iron ball that grants [[magic resistance]], [[stealth]], automatic searching, and [[warning]] while carried. [[Invoking]] The Iron Ball of Liberation chains the artifact to the Convict, unchaining any existing mundane iron ball if necessary, and grants [[phasing]] for 51-150 turns.
+The Convict's quest sees them fight [[Warden Arianna]] for [[The Iron Ball of Liberation]], an [[artifact]] heavy iron ball. The Iron Ball of Liberation grants [[magic resistance]], [[stealth]], automatic searching, and [[warning]] while carried. [[Invoking]] The Iron Ball of Liberation chains the artifact to the Convict&ndash;unchaining any existing mundane iron ball that is chained to them if necessary&ndash;and grants [[phasing]] for 51-150 turns.
 ===Origin===
 {{Wikipedia|Convict}}
-A convict is a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced to prison by a court. Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con"; a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Convicts are stereotypically draped in striped [[wikipedia:Prison uniform|prison uniforms]], and various forms of media also depict them with [[Wikipedia:Ball and chain|a ball and chain]] on their leg, based on a real-life practice which continued for some time into the 21st century.
+A convict is a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced (usually to prison) by a court. Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con"; a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Convicts are stereotypically draped in striped [[wikipedia:Prison uniform|prison uniforms]], and various forms of media also depict them with [[Wikipedia:Ball and chain|a ball and chain]] on their leg, based on a real-life practice which continued for some time into the 21st century.
 The role's pet sewer rat and their default name, Nicodemus, are both references to ''[[wikipedia:Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH|Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]''.

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 * {{gray|@}} [[miner]]
 * {{cyan|@}} [[prison guard]]
-** Prison guards are [[mercenaries]], and will demand a [[bribe]] upon first seeing a Convict.
+** Prison guards are [[mercenaries]], and will demand a [[bribe]] upon first seeing a Convict, becoming hostile if their demand is not met.
 * {{red|&}} [[lava demon]]
 * {{black|@}} [[inmate]]
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 This section focuses specifically on the Convict role as it exists in the patch. The Convict is designed to be more difficult than [[Tourist]], which is [[Role difficulty|statistically the most difficult class]] in vanilla ''NetHack''.
-Convicts are always [[chaotic]] due to their criminal past, which overrides normal alignment restrictions, and can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], or [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]].
+Convicts are escaped criminals that always start as [[chaotic]], overriding normal alignment restrictions, and can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], or [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]].
 ===Starting inventory===
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 Convicts start the game [[punished]], with an [[alignment record]] of -10.
-Convicts start each game with 200 [[nutrition]], and they burn nutrition at half the normal rate while they are at least hungry.
+Convicts start each game with 200 [[nutrition]], and they burn nutrition at half the normal rate while they hungry or worse.
 A Convict cannot [[tame]] [[domestic animal]]s with food, which renders them peaceful at most, but has a chance of pacifying or taming [[rat]]s by [[chatting]] to them.
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 ===Gods===
 {{main|Religion}}
-The Convict pantheon is based on deities worshiped by the human inhabitants of Faerûn in the ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. Their first gift is [[Luck Blade]]&mdash;[[Luck Blade (DynaHack)|the artifact in DynaHack]] is unaltered from its original implementation.
+The Convict pantheon is based on deities worshiped by the human inhabitants of Faerûn in the ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. Their first gift is [[Luck Blade]]&mdash;of note is that [[Luck Blade (DynaHack)|the artifact in DynaHack]] is unaltered from its original implementation.
 * Lawful: [[Ilmater]]
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 ===Origin===
 {{Wikipedia|Convict}}
-A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Convicts are stereotypically draped in striped [[wikipedia:Prison uniform|prison uniforms]], and various forms of media also depict them with [[Wikipedia:Ball and chain|a ball and chain]] on their leg, based on a real-life practice which continued for some time into the 21st century.
+A convict is a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced to prison by a court. Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con"; a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Convicts are stereotypically draped in striped [[wikipedia:Prison uniform|prison uniforms]], and various forms of media also depict them with [[Wikipedia:Ball and chain|a ball and chain]] on their leg, based on a real-life practice which continued for some time into the 21st century.
-The role's pet sewer rat and their name Nicodemus are a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH|Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]''.
+The role's pet sewer rat and their default name, Nicodemus, are both references to ''[[wikipedia:Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH|Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]''.
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:Patches]]
 [[Category:Convict patch]]

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 ==Role information==
-This section focuses specifically on the Convict role as it exists in the patch. The Convict is designed to be more difficult than [[Tourist]], which is the most [[Role difficulty|statistically]] difficult class in vanilla ''NetHack''.
+This section focuses specifically on the Convict role as it exists in the patch. The Convict is designed to be more difficult than [[Tourist]], which is [[Role difficulty|statistically the most difficult class]] in vanilla ''NetHack''.
 Convicts are always [[chaotic]] due to their criminal past, which overrides normal alignment restrictions, and can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], or [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]].

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 * [[Horned devil]]s have their glyph changed to {{red|&}}.
 * The [[rat]] monster grouping is added.
 ==Role information==