Gauntlets of Defense - Revision history

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96.51.68.145 at 18:27, 29 April 2012

2012-04-29T18:27:29Z

Gordon schumway: Added (Monk) to affiliation.

2011-06-05T18:54:03Z

Added (Monk) to affiliation.

Ilmari Karonen: fix missing apostrophe and name in infobox

2011-01-03T12:25:12Z

fix missing apostrophe and name in infobox

Gordon schumway: It's not 'The Gauntlets ...'

2011-01-03T06:46:19Z

It's *not* 'The Gauntlets ...'

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 The '''Gauntlets of Defense''' are an [[artifact]] pair of [[gloves]] that appear in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. They are [[neutral]]-aligned, and their [[base item]] is a pair of [[gauntlets of dexterity]].
 ==Generation==
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 The Gauntlets of Defense are an excellent sacrifice gift and commonly-desired item for [[ascension kit]]s, and may even be valuable to cross-aligned players since they are not an [[intelligent artifact]]. The Gauntlets are a tantalizing early [[wish]] for any early neutral character - although they do not grant [[magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] like [[dragon scale mail]]s, the half physical damage, invisibility and dexterity bonuses to AC can be a life-saver, especially for casters like [[Wizard]]s who typically lack armor and [[hit point]]s.
-However, their utility and value as a wish decrease quite a bit over time - the Gauntlets are little better in the late game than standard gauntlets of dexterity, as the invisibility is easily superseded, and the always-available [[Hand of Vecna]] provides half physical damage as well as hungerless [[regeneration]].
+However, their utility and value as a wish decrease quite a bit over time - the Gauntlets are little better in the late game than standard gauntlets of dexterity, as the invisibility is easily superseded; [[The Hand of Vecna (SLASH'EM)|The Hand of Vecna]] is always available to all characters, and provides half physical damage as well as hungerless [[regeneration]].
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 ==Generation==
-A randomly-generated pair of gauntlets of dexterity has a {{frac|20}} chance to be made into the Gauntlets of Defense. They can be given as a [[sacrifice gift]] to neutral characters, and are the first sacrifice gift for [[Monk]]s.
+A randomly-generated pair of gauntlets of dexterity has a {{frac|20}} chance of being made into the Gauntlets of Defense. They can be given as a [[sacrifice gift]] to neutral characters, and are the first sacrifice gift for [[Monk]]s.
 ==Description==

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    |color=brown
    |glyph=[
-   |affiliation=<ul><li>neutral</li><li>[[Monk|(Monk)]]</li></ul>
+   |affiliation=<ul><li>neutral</li><li>[[Monk]]</li></ul>
    |base=gauntlets of dexterity
    |tile=[[Image:Fencing gloves.png]]
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 }}
-The '''Gauntlets of Defense''' are an [[artifact]] pair of [[gloves]] that appear in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. They are [[neutral]], and their [[base item]] is a pair of [[gauntlets of dexterity]]. They are the first [[sacrifice gift]] for [[Monk]]s.
+The '''Gauntlets of Defense''' are an [[artifact]] pair of [[gloves]] that appear in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. They are [[neutral]]-aligned, and their [[base item]] is a pair of [[gauntlets of dexterity]].
 ==Description==
-In addition to the regular effects of gauntlets of dexterity, the Gauntlets of Defense provide half physical damage while worn and can be [[invoke]]d to toggle [[invisibility]] if you do not already have the property.
+In addition to the regular effects of gauntlets of dexterity, the Gauntlets of Defense provide [[half physical damage]] while worn and can be [[invoke]]d to toggle [[invisibility]] if the character does not already have the [[property]].
 ==Strategy==
-In SLASH'EM, the Gauntlets of Defense are an excellent sacrifice gift and commonly-desired item for [[ascension kit]]s, and may even be valuable to cross-aligned players since they are not an [[intelligent artifact]]. The Gauntlets are a tantalizing early first wish for any neutral character - although they do not grant [[magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] like [[dragon scale mail]]s, the half physical damage, invisibility and dexterity bonuses to AC can be a life-saver for an early character, especially casters like [[Wizard]]s who typically lack armor and hit points.
+The Gauntlets of Defense are an excellent sacrifice gift and commonly-desired item for [[ascension kit]]s, and may even be valuable to cross-aligned players since they are not an [[intelligent artifact]]. The Gauntlets are a tantalizing early [[wish]] for any early neutral character - although they do not grant [[magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] like [[dragon scale mail]]s, the half physical damage, invisibility and dexterity bonuses to AC can be a life-saver, especially for casters like [[Wizard]]s who typically lack armor and [[hit point]]s.
 However, their utility and value as a wish decrease quite a bit over time - the Gauntlets are little better in the late game than standard gauntlets of dexterity, as the invisibility is easily superseded, and the always-available [[Hand of Vecna]] provides half physical damage as well as hungerless [[regeneration]].

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 However, their utility and value as a wish decrease quite a bit over time - the Gauntlets are little better in the late game than standard gauntlets of dexterity, as the invisibility is easily superseded, and the always-available [[Hand of Vecna]] provides half physical damage as well as hungerless [[regeneration]].
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 * [[gauntlets of power]]
 * [[gauntlets of dexterity]]
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-[[Category:SLASH'EM Artifacts]]
+[[Category:SLASH'EM artifacts]]
 [[Category:SlashTHEM artifacts]]

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 {{Artifact
    |color=brown
-   |glyph = [
+   |glyph=[
-   |affiliation = <ul><li>neutral</li><li>[[Monk|(Monk)]]</li></ul>
+   |affiliation=<ul><li>neutral</li><li>[[Monk|(Monk)]]</li></ul>
    |base=gauntlets of dexterity
    |tile=[[Image:Fencing gloves.png]]
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    |slot=gloves
    |ac=1
-   |whencarried = ''(none)''
+   |whencarried=''(none)''
-   |used = worn
+   |used=worn
    |whenused=<ul><li>[[dexterity]] bonus</li><li>[[half physical damage]]</li></ul>
    |wheninvoked=<ul><li>toggle [[invisibility]]</li></ul>
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 }}
-In [[SLASH'EM]], the '''Gauntlets of Defense''' is a neutral-aligned artifact whose base type is a pair of [[gauntlets of dexterity]].  In addition to the regular effect of gauntlets of dexterity, it provides half physical damage if worn and can be [[invoke]]d to toggle [[invisibility]] for the wearer.  Note that the latter feature is available only to players who don't have the invisibility [[property]] already.
+==Description==
-It is the guaranteed first [[sacrifice]] gift for [[monk]]s.
+==Strategy==
-Due to its powerful features, it is a common item for [[ascension kit]]s.  Since this is something that will be worn almost all the time and rarely removed, and is not an [[intelligent artifact]], it may be valuable even to characters that are not neutral-aligned, and is a good first wish for any neutral-aligned character - although they do not grant [[magic resistance]] or [[reflection]] like [[dragon scale mail]]s, the half physical damage reduction and [[invisibility]] can be a life-saver for an early character, especially for [[Wizard]]s, as they start the game with [[magic resistance]] (from the guaranteed [[Cloak of magic resistance]] in a Wizard's starting inventory), but have no armor and few hitpoints. Note that in [[SLASH'EM]] high dexterity will further improve your AC.
+However, their utility and value as a wish decrease quite a bit over time - the Gauntlets are little better in the late game than standard gauntlets of dexterity, as the invisibility is easily superseded, and the always-available [[Hand of Vecna]] provides half physical damage as well as hungerless [[regeneration]].
-However, it should be noted that in the later game, this item is little better than a regular pair of gauntlets of dexterity.  The invisibility is easily superseded, and the [[Hand of Vecna]] provides half physical damage as well as hungerless regeneration.  Since half physical damage does not stack, there is no additional benefit for having two half physical damage artifacts.  Thus, while it is an excellent early game wish or sacrifice gift, the Gauntlets of Defense are not worth wishing or sacrificing for after obtaining the Hand of Vecna.
+==See also==
 * [[gauntlets of power]]
 * [[gauntlets of dexterity]]
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 [[Category:SLASH'EM Artifacts]]
-[[Category:SLASH'EM]]
+[[Category:SlashTHEM artifacts]]