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Umbire the Phantom: word choice

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ some copyedit

2024-11-24T08:32:26Z

‎Description: some copyedit

Ais523: /* Strategy */ fix typo

2024-11-07T18:13:14Z

‎Strategy: fix typo

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ follow-up on that

2024-11-07T10:28:17Z

‎Strategy: follow-up on that

Ais523: /* Strategy */ mention the AC thing more clearly, which isn't obvious and is the most unusual thing about a deathmatch battle, by moving it to the start and expanding on it – also suggest some techniques for dealing with it

2024-11-07T07:46:41Z

‎Strategy: mention the AC thing more clearly, which isn't obvious and is the most unusual thing about a deathmatch battle, by moving it to the start and expanding on it – also suggest some techniques for dealing with it

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

2024-06-18T11:49:26Z

Link directly to new page TNNT (the game).

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 The opponent will be generated [[asleep]]. There is no penalty for leaving the arena while the opponent is still asleep. If you move onto the space with the door, the opponent will awaken; after that, leaving the arena while the opponent is still alive will remove the ability to return to the arena. Contrary to the engravings on the ground, the only penalty for leaving after the opponent wakes and is still alive is denial of future access to the arena.
-When the opponent is killed, their possessions will coalesce on the ground where they died. These objects are '''transient''': you will be able to pick up one of them; once you do, the others vanish. [[Autopickup]] will not pick up these objects. This includes any weapons or ammo that were thrown at you by the opponent, and anything you [[Theft (attack)|stole]] from them. If you leave the deathmatch arena after starting the deathmatch, all of these objects will disappear except for the one you took after winning; be sure to do so before leaving.
+When the opponent is killed, their possessions will coalesce on the ground where they died. These objects are '''transient''': you will be able to pick up one of them; once you do, the others vanish. [[Autopickup]] will not pick up these objects. This includes any weapons or ammo that were thrown at you by the opponent, and anything stolen from them via [[item theft]] or [[seduction theft]] attacks. If you leave the deathmatch arena after starting the deathmatch, all of these objects will disappear except for the one you took after winning; be sure to do so before leaving.
 If no player has ascended yet, a generic player monster will be created instead. Their inventory will not be transient as that of a normal deathmatch opponent is.

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 The deathmatch opponent has the name, [[role]], [[gender]], [[experience level]], [[hit points]], some [[intrinsic]] resistances, and inventory of a random previously-ascended character on the system. The same opponent may appear in multiple games. Their level will be raised to 14 if it was below that, and their hit points will be clamped to a minimum of 100 + [level]d10 + d30, a hard minimum of 200 and a maximum of 500. Contents of containers and names of items are not preserved, [[Wand of wishing|wands of wishing]], [[magic lamp]]s and [[unique item]]s are removed, and all [[artifact]]s will be converted to ordinary [[base item]]s.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/094682c847645ffcaed475830c6ff0a4d0a07cab/src/files.c#L4670</ref>
-Monsters cannot enter or leave the arena through the portal<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/6bc13a816b89225498353c9eada0aca27b76aa97/src/teleport.c#L1382</ref> or by following [[you]]<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/a8d76e50f64ee71a882efb796b4cdc67e74bcb99/src/do.c#L1350</ref>. Because of this, a character carrying the [[Eye of the Aethiopica]] can [[branchport]] here to escape [[follower]]s such as [[Demogorgon]]. The level is no-teleport. You cannot enter the deathmatch arena before starting the deathmatch itself if you are carrying the [[Amulet of Yendor]], or any [[invocation]] items before performing the invocation. This prevents you from stranding these items in the arena, which would make the game unwinnable.
+Monsters cannot enter or leave the arena through the portal<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/6bc13a816b89225498353c9eada0aca27b76aa97/src/teleport.c#L1382</ref> or by following [[you]]<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/a8d76e50f64ee71a882efb796b4cdc67e74bcb99/src/do.c#L1350</ref>. Because of this, a character carrying the [[Eye of the Aethiopica]] can [[branchport]] here to escape [[follower]]s such as [[Demogorgon]]. The level is no-teleport. You cannot enter the deathmatch arena before starting the deathmatch itself if you are carrying any [[invocation item]]s and have not performed the [[invocation]], or else you are carrying the [[Amulet of Yendor]]. This prevents you from stranding these items in the arena, which would make the game [[unwinnable]].
 The opponent will be generated [[asleep]]. There is no penalty for leaving the arena while the opponent is still asleep. If you move onto the space with the door, the opponent will awaken; after that, leaving the arena while the opponent is still alive will remove the ability to return to the arena. Contrary to the engravings on the ground, the only penalty for leaving after the opponent wakes and is still alive is denial of future access to the arena.

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 Deathmatch opponents almost always have very good [[AC]], much better than any other monster a [[hero]] will face in that game–it is not uncommon for heroes to have trouble landing hits on them, even with maximized [[luck]]. They also usually have lots of [[hit points]] and a worn [[amulet of life saving]], and some players will ascend with multiple amulets of life saving and [[potions of full healing]] in their open inventory, meaning that they can survive a lot of damage. However, their damage potential is generally not significantly better than the typical late-game monster, since they will not have any artifacts that the player ascended with.
-As such, deathmatch battles frequently turn into very long, drawn-out fights of attrition where each opponent gradually wears down the other's health; the player monster has numerous small attacks that land hits, while the hero can usually deal high damage on the rare occasions where they hit. High-level heroes regenerate [[hit points]] much faster than player monsters of the same level, and potions of full healing can also serve as a useful backup plan. The environment, pits and other traps around the arena can be used to the hero's advantage, whether they seek to inflict more consistent damage, disengage maintain a distance from the opponent to disengage and keep their health up, or in rare cases even kill them outright through clever techniques (e.g. using [[lava]] and digging pits while in the form of a flying monster).
+As such, deathmatch battles frequently turn into very long, drawn-out fights of attrition where each opponent gradually wears down the other's health; the player monster has numerous small attacks that land hits, while the hero can usually deal high damage on the rare occasions where they hit. High-level heroes regenerate [[hit points]] much faster than player monsters of the same level, and potions of full healing can also serve as a useful backup plan. The environment, pits and other traps around the arena can be used to the hero's advantage, whether they seek to inflict more consistent damage, maintain a distance from the opponent to disengage and keep their health up, or in rare cases even kill them outright through clever techniques (e.g. using [[lava]] and digging pits while in the form of a flying monster).
 The deathmatch opponent will very likely have several attack wands, including at least one [[wand of death]]. [[Magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] is practically required to survive the match, and a defense against [[petrification]] is also advisable. Death magic and other attack wands will likely be ineffective against them, since they will often have their own sources of magic resistance or reflection.

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 ==Strategy==
-Deathmatch opponents almost always have very good [[AC]], much better than any other monster you are likely to face – it is not uncommon for [[you]] to be almost unable to hit a deathmatch opponent even if you hit normal monsters almost all the time. They also usually have lots of [[hitpoints]] and an [[amulet of life saving]], meaning that they can survive a lot of damage. However, their damage potential is generally not significantly better than the typical late-game monster. As such, deathmatch battles frequently turn into very long, drawn-out fights where the opponent gradually wears down your health with numerous small attacks, and you gradually wear down theirs by doing high damage on the rare occasions where you hit. This means that the easiest way to defeat the opponent is generally to use a high-damage attack and find some way to regenerate faster than they do – high-level player characters regenerate much faster than equal-level player monsters, so this can be done simply by finding a way to disengage (e.g. by allowing the opponent to fall into a trap), but it can be helpful to have some [[potion of full healing|potions of full healing]] as a backup plan.
+Deathmatch opponents almost always have very good [[AC]], much better than any other monster a [[hero]] will face in that game–it is not uncommon for heroes to have trouble landing hits on them, even with maximized [[luck]]. They also usually have lots of [[hit points]] and a worn [[amulet of life saving]], and some players will ascend with multiple amulets of life saving and [[potions of full healing]] in their open inventory, meaning that they can survive a lot of damage. However, their damage potential is generally not significantly better than the typical late-game monster, since they will not have any artifacts that the player ascended with.
-The deathmatch opponent will very likely have several attack wands, including at least one [[wand of death]]. [[Magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] is practically required to survive the match, and a defense against [[petrification]] is also advisable. Death magic and other attack wands will likely be ineffective against them.
+As such, deathmatch battles frequently turn into very long, drawn-out fights of attrition where each opponent gradually wears down the other's health; the player monster has numerous small attacks that land hits, while the hero can usually deal high damage on the rare occasions where they hit. High-level heroes regenerate [[hit points]] much faster than player monsters of the same level, and potions of full healing can also serve as a useful backup plan. The environment, pits and other traps around the arena can be used to the hero's advantage, whether they seek to inflict more consistent damage, disengage maintain a distance from the opponent to disengage and keep their health up, or in rare cases even kill them outright through clever techniques (e.g. using [[lava]] and digging pits while in the form of a flying monster).
-A deathmatch opponent wielding a [[cockatrice]] or [[chickatrice]] corpse may kill themselves by falling into [[pit]]s - if you cannot lure them into one, keep as much distance as necessary until the the corpse rots away, which will prompt them to wield another weapon. A cockatrice corpse may be used to kill the opponent, but it will take several hits to burn through their lizard corpses, and landing a hit will be difficult due to the opponent's high AC. Be careful not to fall into a pit yourself.
+The deathmatch opponent will very likely have several attack wands, including at least one [[wand of death]]. [[Magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] is practically required to survive the match, and a defense against [[petrification]] is also advisable. Death magic and other attack wands will likely be ineffective against them, since they will often have their own sources of magic resistance or reflection.
-When choosing which object to take, consider that they may have been used by the ascending player, e.g. a [[magic marker]] may already be permanently dried out. Unfortunately, you cannot safely pick up the objects in order to [[identify]] them.
+A deathmatch opponent wielding a [[cockatrice]] or [[chickatrice]] [[corpse]] may kill themselves by falling into [[pit]]s - if you cannot lure them into one, keep as much distance as necessary until the the corpse rots away, which will prompt them to wield another weapon; you can also use a [[wand of undead turning]] to revive footrices and lizard corpses in their inventory. A cockatrice corpse can be used to kill the opponent yourself, but it will take several hits to burn through their lizard corpses, and landing a hit will be difficult due to the opponent's high AC&mdash;be careful not to fall into a pit yourself!
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 ==Strategy==
 The deathmatch opponent will very likely have several attack wands, including at least one [[wand of death]]. [[Magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] is practically required to survive the match, and a defense against [[petrification]] is also advisable. Death magic and other attack wands will likely be ineffective against them.
-A deathmatch opponent wielding a [[cockatrice]] or [[chickatrice]] corpse may kill themselves by falling into [[pit]]s - if you cannot lure them into one, keep as much distance as necessary until the the corpse rots away, which will prompt them to wield another weapon. A cockatrice corpse may be used to kill the opponent, but it will take several hits to burn through their lizard corpses, and ascending characters often have extremely high AC, so landing a hit will be difficult. Be careful not to fall into a pit yourself.
+A deathmatch opponent wielding a [[cockatrice]] or [[chickatrice]] corpse may kill themselves by falling into [[pit]]s - if you cannot lure them into one, keep as much distance as necessary until the the corpse rots away, which will prompt them to wield another weapon. A cockatrice corpse may be used to kill the opponent, but it will take several hits to burn through their lizard corpses, and landing a hit will be difficult due to the opponent's high AC. Be careful not to fall into a pit yourself.
 When choosing which object to take, consider that they may have been used by the ascending player, e.g. a [[magic marker]] may already be permanently dried out. Unfortunately, you cannot safely pick up the objects in order to [[identify]] them.

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-The '''deathmatch''' is an optional quest that appears in [[TNNT|TNNT (the game)]]. It takes place in a special dungeon branch, the '''deathmatch arena''', and challenges [[you]] to fight a [[player monster]] representing a previously [[ascended]] character.
+The '''deathmatch''' is an optional quest that appears in [[TNNT (the game)]]. It takes place in a special dungeon branch, the '''deathmatch arena''', and challenges [[you]] to fight a [[player monster]] representing a previously [[ascended]] character.
 ==Generation==