Doom knight - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: thanks chris!

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thanks chris!

Umbire the Phantom: monster details

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monster details

Umbire the Phantom: history, de-stub

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ more details

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‎Origin: more details

Umbire the Phantom: origin

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origin

Umbire the Phantom: detailing and reflink

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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ detail

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‎Generation: detail

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ tweaks

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‎Generation: tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: spacing, try something new with lede

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 The doom knight is primarily based on the [[finalfantasy:Black Knight (Final Fantasy II)|Black Knight enemy]] from the 1988 video game ''[[finalfantasy:Final Fantasy II|Final Fantasy II]]'', whose famous opening sequence has a party of four player characters&ndash;Firion, Maria, Guy, and Leon&ndash;fleeing after being orphaned by the Empire of Palamecia's attack on Fynn, only to be cornered and cut down by four of the Palamecian army's Black Knights. This sequence is the first battle of the game, and is designed to be unwinnable: while Firion, Maria, and Guy are rescued by forces belonging to the Wild Rose Rebellion led by Princess Hilda and taken to Altair to be revived, Leon has gone missing, and the trio set off for Fynn in search of him as their first objective. The initial quartet of Black Knights are the basis for the quartet of guaranteed doom knights encountered within the Chaos Temple Quest in dNetHack.
-The "Black Knight" or "dark knight" is a literary stock character who masks his identity by not displaying heraldry and wearing armor that is dark in color (if not actually black, hence the color of the doom knight's equipment)&mdash;portrayed as the opposite of the "white knight" or knight-errant, they are usually villains associated with death and/or darkness who use their anonymity to commit misdeeds, and are generally derived from at least one of the various Black Knights of Arthurian legend. Black knights frequently appear in various forms of literary and fantasy media with medieval aesthetics, naturally including the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise: in addition to ''FFII'', doom knights have some traits of other Black Knight enemies such as [[finalfantasy:Black Knight (Final Fantasy)|the ones encountered in]] [[finalfantasy:Final Fantasy|the original ''Final Fantasy'']], which can be found in the Flying Fortress area that the Air Temple floor of the Chaos Temple Quest branch is analogous to.
+The "Black Knight" or "dark knight" is a literary stock character who masks his identity by not displaying heraldry and wearing armor that is dark in color (if not actually black, hence the color of the doom knight's equipment). Portrayed as the opposite of the "white knight" or knight-errant, they are usually villains associated with death and/or darkness who use their anonymity to commit misdeeds, and are generally derived from at least one of the various Black Knights of Arthurian legend. Black knights frequently appear in various forms of literary and fantasy media with medieval aesthetics, naturally including the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise: in addition to ''FFII'', doom knights have some traits of other enemies such as [[finalfantasy:Black Knight (Final Fantasy)|the Black Knights]] and [[finalfantasy:Death Knight (Final Fantasy)|Death Knights]] from [[finalfantasy:Final Fantasy|the original ''Final Fantasy'']]&mdash;both can be found in the Flying Fortress area that the Air Temple floor of the Chaos Temple Quest branch is analogous to, and the doom knight uses a somewhat toned-down version of the Death Knight's spell list.
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 A '''doom knight''', {{black|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The doom knight is a [[strong]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] monster that is part of the [[human or elf]] [[monster class]]&mdash;they possess [[catsight]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and will [[Collect items|pick up weapons and food among other items]].
-A doom knight has a [[weapon attack]], an [[offhand weapon attack]] and the ability to cast one arcane-style [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spell]] during each of their turns: {{frac|2}} of the time, they will cast blind, flare, vulnerability, or drain life with an equal probability for each spell. Doom knights boast expert prowess in martial combat and gain a full [[base attack bonus]] of +1 [[to-hit]] per [[monster level]].
+A doom knight has a [[weapon attack]], an [[offhand weapon attack]] and the ability to cast one arcane-style [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spell]] during each of their turns: {{frac|2}} of the time, they will cast [[Blind (monster spell)|blind]], flare, [[Vulnerability (monster spell)|vulnerability]], or drain life with an equal probability for each spell. As "dark knight" monsters, doom knights gain intrinsic [[speed]] at a minimum of [[Monster level|level 7]], and they also gain bonuses to [[AC]] from worn [[shield]]s and wielded [[silverknight spear]]s. Doom knights boast expert prowess in martial combat and gain a full [[base attack bonus]] of +1 [[to-hit]] per monster level, and inflict extra damage against unholy-hating monsters.
 ==Generation==
-Doom knights are not randomly generated on normal levels, and normally-created ones are always [[hostile]] and can appear in small [[group]]s. They are not a valid polymorph form or genocide target, and [[corpse]]s, [[figurine]]s and [[statue]]s of doom knights cannot be generated or [[wish]]ed for.
+Doom knights are not randomly generated on normal levels, and normally-created ones are always [[hostile]] and can appear in small [[group]]s. They are not a valid polymorph form or genocide target, and [[corpse]]s, [[figurine]]s and [[statue]]s of doom knights cannot be generated or [[wished]] for.
 Doom knights are exclusively found in the [[Chaos Temple Quest]]: four hostile doom knights are generated just outside the west and east doors of the temple structure on the Ancient Temple floor at level creation, and {{frac|80}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Air Temple floor will be doom knights.

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 A doom knight is [[always generated with]] a gray pair of [[armored boots]], a gray [[Gauntlets (dNetHack)|pair of gauntlets]], a black [[leather cloak]], gray [[plate mail]], a gray [[helmet]], a black [[kite shield]], and a [[Runesword (dNetHack)|runesword]] that has a cumulative {{frac|40}} chance of being given an [[Object properties#dNetHack|object property]]: a {{frac|80}} chance of the desecrated property, a {{frac|160}} chance of the unholy property, and a {{frac|160}} chance of the life-drinking property. If they are generated during level creation, or with a {{frac|20}} chance otherwise, they are also given 3 each of random [[offensive item]]s, [[defensive item]]s and [[miscellaneous item]]s.
 ==Origin==
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 The "Black Knight" or "dark knight" is a literary stock character who masks his identity by not displaying heraldry and wearing armor that is dark in color (if not actually black, hence the color of the doom knight's equipment)&mdash;portrayed as the opposite of the "white knight" or knight-errant, they are usually villains associated with death and/or darkness who use their anonymity to commit misdeeds, and are generally derived from at least one of the various Black Knights of Arthurian legend. Black knights frequently appear in various forms of literary and fantasy media with medieval aesthetics, naturally including the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise: in addition to ''FFII'', doom knights have some traits of other Black Knight enemies such as [[finalfantasy:Black Knight (Final Fantasy)|the ones encountered in]] [[finalfantasy:Final Fantasy|the original ''Final Fantasy'']], which can be found in the Flying Fortress area that the Air Temple floor of the Chaos Temple Quest branch is analogous to.
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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Final Fantasy II}}
 {{wikipedia|Black Knight}}
 {{wikipedia|Black Knight (Arthurian legend)}}
-The doom knight is primarily based on the [[finalfantasy:Black Knight (Final Fantasy II)|Black Knight enemy]] from the 1988 video game ''[[finalfantasy:Final Fantasy II|Final Fantasy II]]'', whose famous opening sequence has a party of four player characters&ndash;Firion, Maria, Guy, and Leon&ndash;fleeing after being orphaned by the Empire of Palamecia's attack on Fynn, only to be cornered and cut down by four of the Palamecian army's Black Knights. This sequence is the first battle of the game, and is designed to be unwinnable: while Firion, Maria, and Guy are rescued by forces belonging to the Wild Rose Rebellion led by Princess Hilda and taken to Altair to be revived, Leon has gone missing, and the trio set off for Fynn in search of him as their first objective. The color of the equipment that the four doom knights are generated with reflect the color used for the armor of the Black Knight's sprite in the game.
+The doom knight is primarily based on the [[finalfantasy:Black Knight (Final Fantasy II)|Black Knight enemy]] from the 1988 video game ''[[finalfantasy:Final Fantasy II|Final Fantasy II]]'', whose famous opening sequence has a party of four player characters&ndash;Firion, Maria, Guy, and Leon&ndash;fleeing after being orphaned by the Empire of Palamecia's attack on Fynn, only to be cornered and cut down by four of the Palamecian army's Black Knights. This sequence is the first battle of the game, and is designed to be unwinnable: while Firion, Maria, and Guy are rescued by forces belonging to the Wild Rose Rebellion led by Princess Hilda and taken to Altair to be revived, Leon has gone missing, and the trio set off for Fynn in search of him as their first objective. The initial quartet of Black Knights are the basis for the quartet of guaranteed doom knights encountered within the Chaos Temple Quest in dNetHack.
-The "Black Knight" or "dark knight" is a literary stock character who masks his identity by not displaying heraldry&mdash;portrayed as the opposite of the "white knight" or knight-errant, they are usually villains associated with death and/or darkness who use their anonymity to commit misdeeds, and are generally derived from at least one of the various Black Knights of Arthurian legend.
+The "Black Knight" or "dark knight" is a literary stock character who masks his identity by not displaying heraldry and wearing armor that is dark in color (if not actually black, hence the color of the doom knight's equipment)&mdash;portrayed as the opposite of the "white knight" or knight-errant, they are usually villains associated with death and/or darkness who use their anonymity to commit misdeeds, and are generally derived from at least one of the various Black Knights of Arthurian legend. Black knights frequently appear in various forms of literary and fantasy media with medieval aesthetics, naturally including the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise: in addition to ''FFII'', doom knights have some traits of other Black Knight enemies such as [[finalfantasy:Black Knight (Final Fantasy)|the ones encountered in]] [[finalfantasy:Final Fantasy|the original ''Final Fantasy'']], which can be found in the Flying Fortress area that the Air Temple floor of the Chaos Temple Quest branch is analogous to.
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 A doom knight is [[always generated with]] a gray pair of [[armored boots]], a gray [[Gauntlets (dNetHack)|pair of gauntlets]], a black [[leather cloak]], gray [[plate mail]], a gray [[helmet]], a black [[kite shield]], and a [[Runesword (dNetHack)|runesword]] that has a cumulative {{frac|40}} chance of being given an [[Object properties#dNetHack|object property]]: a {{frac|80}} chance of the desecrated property, a {{frac|160}} chance of the unholy property, and a {{frac|160}} chance of the life-drinking property. If they are generated during level creation, or with a {{frac|20}} chance otherwise, they are also given 3 each of random [[offensive item]]s, [[defensive item]]s and [[miscellaneous item]]s.
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   |frequency=0
   |genocidable=No
-  |attacks=Weapon 1d8 physical, Offhand Weapon 1d8 physical, Cast 0d4 [[mage spell]]
+  |attacks=[[Weapon attack|Weapon]] 1d8 [[Physical damage|physical]], [[Offhand weapon attack|offhand weapon]] 1d8 physical, [[dNetHack monster spells|spellcast]] 0d4 mage
   |weight=1450
   |nutr=400
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   |resistances conveyed=None
   |attributes={{attributes|A doom knight|humanoid=1|omnivore=1|nopoly=1|human=1|hostile=1|strong=1|collect=1|infravisible=1|sgroup=1}}
-  |reference=
+  |reference=[https://github.com/Chris-plus-alphanumericgibberish/dNAO/blob/compat-3.26.0/src/monst.c#L9557 dNAO 3.26.0 - src/monst.c, line 9557]
 }}
-A '''doom knight''', {{black|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The doom knight is a [[strong]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] monster that is part of the [[human or elf]] [[monster class]]&mdash;they possess [[catsight]], can be seen via [[infravision]] and will [[Collect items|pick up weapons and food among other items]].
+A '''doom knight''', {{black|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The doom knight is a [[strong]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] monster that is part of the [[human or elf]] [[monster class]]&mdash;they possess [[catsight]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and will [[Collect items|pick up weapons and food among other items]].
-A doom knight has a weapon attack, an [[Twoweapon#dNetHack|offhand]] weapon attack, and the ability to cast one arcane-style [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spell]] during each of their turns: {{frac|2}} of the time, they will cast blind, flare, vulnerability, or drain life with an equal probability for each.
+A doom knight has a [[weapon attack]], an [[offhand weapon attack]] and the ability to cast one arcane-style [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spell]] during each of their turns: {{frac|2}} of the time, they will cast blind, flare, vulnerability, or drain life with an equal probability for each spell. Doom knights boast expert prowess in martial combat and gain a full [[base attack bonus]] of +1 [[to-hit]] per [[monster level]].
 ==Generation==
-Doom knights are not randomly generated in normal levels, though they are flagged to appear in small [[group]]s, and cannot be generated via [[wish]].
+Doom knights are not randomly generated on normal levels, and normally-created ones are always [[hostile]] and can appear in small [[group]]s. They are not a valid polymorph form or genocide target, and [[corpse]]s, [[figurine]]s and [[statue]]s of doom knights cannot be generated or [[wish]]ed for.
-In the [[Chaos Temple Quest]], four hostile doom knights are generated just outside the west and east doors of the temple structure on the Ancient Temple floor at level creation, and {{frac|80}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Air Temple floor will be doom knights.
+Doom knights are exclusively found in the [[Chaos Temple Quest]]: four hostile doom knights are generated just outside the west and east doors of the temple structure on the Ancient Temple floor at level creation, and {{frac|80}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Air Temple floor will be doom knights.
 A doom knight is [[always generated with]] a gray pair of [[armored boots]], a gray [[Gauntlets (dNetHack)|pair of gauntlets]], a black [[leather cloak]], gray [[plate mail]], a gray [[helmet]], a black [[kite shield]], and a [[Runesword (dNetHack)|runesword]] that has a cumulative {{frac|40}} chance of being given an [[Object properties#dNetHack|object property]]: a {{frac|80}} chance of the desecrated property, a {{frac|160}} chance of the unholy property, and a {{frac|160}} chance of the life-drinking property. If they are generated during level creation, or with a {{frac|20}} chance otherwise, they are also given 3 each of random [[offensive item]]s, [[defensive item]]s and [[miscellaneous item]]s.
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