Esscooahlipboourrr - Revision history

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 ==Generation==
-Like other quest artifacts, Esscooahlipboourrr cannot be [[wish]]ed for but can be generated in [[bones]] levels.
+As with other quest artifacts Esscooahlipboourrr cannot be [[wish]]ed for, but can be generated in [[bones]] levels.
 For drow Healers, Esscooahlipboourrr will always generate on the drow Healer quest goal level, where the [[artifact]] is created in the possession of [[Blibdoolpoolp's mindgraven champion]], a monster summoned by [[Mad Grazi]] using a [[crystal skull]] that contains the Champion's spirit and the artifact. If a drow Healer loads a bones level containing the quest artifact, it will always be reverted to its base item.

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 ==Generation==
-Esscooahlipboourrr cannot be [[wish]]ed for as with other quest artifacts, though it can be found in [[bones]].
+Like other quest artifacts, Esscooahlipboourrr cannot be [[wish]]ed for but can be generated in [[bones]] levels.
 For drow Healers, Esscooahlipboourrr will always generate on the drow Healer quest goal level, where the [[artifact]] is created in the possession of [[Blibdoolpoolp's mindgraven champion]], a monster summoned by [[Mad Grazi]] using a [[crystal skull]] that contains the Champion's spirit and the artifact. If a drow Healer loads a bones level containing the quest artifact, it will always be reverted to its base item.

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    |material=iron
 }}
-'''Esscooahlipboourrr''' is the [[drow Healer]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is the prize for completing the [[Drow Healer quest]], and its default alignment is [[neutral]]. Its [[base item]] type is a '''tentacle-auraed shackle-entwined''' [[double sword]] that has somewhat better base damage.
+'''Esscooahlipboourrr''' is the [[drow Healer]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is the prize for completing the [[Drow Healer quest]], and its default alignment is [[neutral]]. Its [[base item]] type is a '''tentacle-auraed shackle-entwined''' [[double sword]] with somewhat-improved base damage.
 ==Generation==
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 While [[wielded]], Esscooahlipboourrr grants [[automatic searching]] and [[drain resistance]] while acting as a [[spellcasting focus]] for [[healing spells]] and [[matter spells]], and has +1d20 [[to-hit]], +1d10 damage bonuses and drains levels on each hit against monsters without drain resistance&mdash;this life-draining applies a further +1d8 damage to the target's current and maximum HP, and restores half of that damage to the wielder's current HP. Additionally, a 100% damage bonus is applied on consecutive hits from the artifact against the same target.
-A wielded Esscooahlipboourrr passively steals [[magical item]]s from adjacent hostile monsters and acts as a [[container]] that stores them weightlessly, and it will also pick up magical items from the floor as well; picking up [[shop]] items this way will not anger [[shopkeeper]]s. Esscooahlipboourrr itself cannot physically be stored inside other containers. [[Invoking]] Esscooahlipboourrr allows the hero to interact with the artifact as a container and is subject to the invocation cooldown timer, though Esscooahlipboourrr will only allow magical items to be stored this way.
+A wielded Esscooahlipboourrr will passively steal [[magical item]]s from adjacent hostile monsters and act as a [[container]] that stores them weightlessly, and it will also pick up magical items from the floor as well; picking up [[shop]] items this way will not anger [[shopkeeper]]s. Esscooahlipboourrr itself cannot physically be stored inside other containers. [[Invoking]] Esscooahlipboourrr allows the hero to interact with the artifact as a container and is subject to the invocation cooldown timer, though Esscooahlipboourrr will only allow magical items to be stored ''inside'' it with this action.
 [[Reading]] Esscooahlipboourrr teaches the {{+ of|mass healing}} spell. [[Applying]] Esscooahlipboourrr can cure status ailments for the wielder or other allied monsters similar to a [[unicorn horn]], as with [[The Staff of Aesculapius]], and inflicts status ailments on opposing monsters while completely ignoring [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]]&mdash;this is reversed if the artifact is cursed, and in all cases skips over ailments that do not apply (for curing) or else cannot be applied (for inflicting). The status ailments cured or applied in order of priority are: blindness, [[deafness]], [[stunning]] and [[confusion]], [[sleep]], [[paralysis]], [[cancellation]], and [[Plague victim|plague]].
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 ==Origin==
-The name "Esscooahlipboourrr" is a corruption of [[Excalibur]], the legendary sword of [[King Arthur]] and an artifact in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants. It shares many of its traits with Excalibur in dNetHack (+1d20 to-hit, +1d10 damage, drain resistance and automatic searching when wielded). The artifact itself is implied to have been created when a different artifact (a pair of healing shackles called the Ana'auo) was merged with a pair of long swords as a result of kuo-toa reality-altering hallucinations.
+The name "Esscooahlipboourrr" is a corruption of [[Excalibur]], the legendary sword of [[King Arthur]] and an artifact in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants. It shares many of its traits with Excalibur in dNetHack (+1d20 to-hit, +1d10 damage, drain resistance and automatic searching when wielded). The artifact itself is implied to have been created when a different artifact (a pair of healing shackles called the Ana'auo) was merged with a pair of long swords as a result of the kuo-toa's reality-altering hallucinations.
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:dNetHack artifact weapons]]

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 ==Origin==
-The name "Esscooahlipboourrr" is a corruption of [[Excalibur]], the legendary sword of [[King Arthur]] and an artifact in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants. The artifact itself is implied to have become this way from merging with a pair of long swords.
+The name "Esscooahlipboourrr" is a corruption of [[Excalibur]], the legendary sword of [[King Arthur]] and an artifact in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants. It shares many of its traits with Excalibur in dNetHack (+1d20 to-hit, +1d10 damage, drain resistance and automatic searching when wielded). The artifact itself is implied to have been created when a different artifact (a pair of healing shackles called the Ana'auo) was merged with a pair of long swords as a result of kuo-toa reality-altering hallucinations.
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:dNetHack artifact weapons]]

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    |material=iron
 }}
-'''Esscooahlipboourrr''' is the [[drow Healer]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is the prize for completing the [[Drow Healer quest]], and its default alignment is [[neutral]]. Its [[base item]] type is a '''tentacle-auraed shackle-entwined''' [[double sword]].
+'''Esscooahlipboourrr''' is the [[drow Healer]] [[quest artifact]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is the prize for completing the [[Drow Healer quest]], and its default alignment is [[neutral]]. Its [[base item]] type is a '''tentacle-auraed shackle-entwined''' [[double sword]] that has somewhat better base damage.
 ==Generation==

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    |bonusversus=<ul><li>targets without [[drain resistance]]</li></ul>
    |affiliation=<ul><li>[[neutral]]</li><li>[[Drow Healer]]</li><li>[[Intelligent artifacts|intelligent]]</li></ul>
-   |whencarried=<ul><li>[[read]] to learn {{+ of|mass healing}}</li><li>[[apply]] when non-cursed to heal friendly monsters<br>or inflict ailments on hostile ones</li><li>[[apply]] when non-cursed to inflict ailments<br>on friendly monsters or heal hostile ones</li></ul>
+   |whencarried=<ul><li>[[read]] to learn {{+ of|mass healing}}</li><li>[[apply]] when non-cursed to heal friendly monsters<br>or inflict ailments on hostile ones</li><li>[[apply]] when non-cursed to inflict ailments<br>on friendly monsters or heal hostile ones</li><li>cannot be put in [[container]]</li></ul>
-   |whenwielded=<ul><li>[[automatic searching]]</li><li>[[drain resistance]]</li><li>improves success rate of [[healing spells]]<br>and [[matter spells]]</li><li>[[level drain]] on hit</li><li>absorbs and stores [[magical item]]s<br>(does not anger [[shopkeeper]]s)</li><li>cannot be put in [[container]]</li><li>100% damage bonus when consecutively<br>hitting the same target</li></ul>
+   |whenwielded=<ul><li>[[automatic searching]]</li><li>[[drain resistance]]</li><li>improves success rate of [[healing spells]]<br>and [[matter spells]]</li><li>[[level drain]] on hit</li><li>absorbs and stores [[magical item]]s<br>(does not anger [[shopkeeper]]s)</li><li>100% damage bonus when consecutively<br>hitting the same target</li></ul>
-   |wheninvoked=<ul><li>behaves as [[container]] for magical items only</li></ul>
+   |wheninvoked=<ul><li>[[loot]] as a [[container]] (for magical items only)</li></ul>
    |cost=4000
    |weight=80
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 While [[wielded]], Esscooahlipboourrr grants [[automatic searching]] and [[drain resistance]] while acting as a [[spellcasting focus]] for [[healing spells]] and [[matter spells]], and has +1d20 [[to-hit]], +1d10 damage bonuses and drains levels on each hit against monsters without drain resistance&mdash;this life-draining applies a further +1d8 damage to the target's current and maximum HP, and restores half of that damage to the wielder's current HP. Additionally, a 100% damage bonus is applied on consecutive hits from the artifact against the same target.
-A wielded Esscooahlipboourrr passively steals [[magical item]]s from adjacent hostile monsters and acts as a [[container]] that stores them weightlessly, and it will also pick up magical items from the floor as well; picking up [[shop]] items this way will not anger [[shopkeeper]]s. Esscooahlipboourrr itself cannot physically be stored inside other containers. [[Invoking]] Esscooahlipboourrr allows the hero to interact with the artifact as a container, though it will only allow magical items to be stored.
+A wielded Esscooahlipboourrr passively steals [[magical item]]s from adjacent hostile monsters and acts as a [[container]] that stores them weightlessly, and it will also pick up magical items from the floor as well; picking up [[shop]] items this way will not anger [[shopkeeper]]s. Esscooahlipboourrr itself cannot physically be stored inside other containers. [[Invoking]] Esscooahlipboourrr allows the hero to interact with the artifact as a container and is subject to the invocation cooldown timer, though Esscooahlipboourrr will only allow magical items to be stored this way.
 [[Reading]] Esscooahlipboourrr teaches the {{+ of|mass healing}} spell. [[Applying]] Esscooahlipboourrr can cure status ailments for the wielder or other allied monsters similar to a [[unicorn horn]], as with [[The Staff of Aesculapius]], and inflicts status ailments on opposing monsters while completely ignoring [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]]&mdash;this is reversed if the artifact is cursed, and in all cases skips over ailments that do not apply (for curing) or else cannot be applied (for inflicting). The status ailments cured or applied in order of priority are: blindness, [[deafness]], [[stunning]] and [[confusion]], [[sleep]], [[paralysis]], [[cancellation]], and [[Plague victim|plague]].

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 Esscooahlipboourrr cannot be [[wish]]ed for as with other quest artifacts, though it can be found in [[bones]].
-For drow Healers, Esscooahlipboourrr will always generate on the drow Healer quest goal level, where the [[artifact]] is created in the possession of [[Blibdoolpoolp's mindgraven champion]], which a monster summoned by [[Mad Grazi]] using a [[crystal skull]] containing the Champion's spirit and the artifact. If a drow Healer loads a bones level containing the quest artifact, it will always be reverted to its base item.
+For drow Healers, Esscooahlipboourrr will always generate on the drow Healer quest goal level, where the [[artifact]] is created in the possession of [[Blibdoolpoolp's mindgraven champion]], a monster summoned by [[Mad Grazi]] using a [[crystal skull]] that contains the Champion's spirit and the artifact. If a drow Healer loads a bones level containing the quest artifact, it will always be reverted to its base item.
 ==Description==