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Ardub23: Small revision to risk-mitigation tip

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Small revision to risk-mitigation tip

Gufier: Corrected style; clarified wand-using monster type

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Corrected style; clarified wand-using monster type

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 The Gnome With the Wand of Death represents an existential threat to a player character that will not have found any means of defense at that point, especially in the [[Gnomish Mines]]. This is by no means restricted to gnomes - [[hobbit]]s, [[goblin]]s and [[kobold]]s are just as capable of picking up what turns out to be a powerful wand and blasting you to death as soon as they get a turn. Even [[magic resistance]] is no guarantee of safety, as it does not protect against elemental wands like the [[wand of cold]] and [[wand of lightning]].
-To lessen the risk of this occurring, [[pick up]] any unknown wands you find on the floor and [[engrave]]-test them to [[Wand#Engrave-identification|identify]] the wands. At worst, you will identify non-threatening wands that can be put to use for other tasks. Intelligent hostile monsters such as [[foocubi]], [[nymph]]s, and [[nurse]]s may still attack you with wands even if their normal attacks would not damage you - nymphs are particularly dangerous and capable of stealing wands from you to zap, especially on [[non-teleport level]]s.
+To lessen the risk of this occurring, [[pick up]] any unknown wands you find on the floor and [[engrave]]-test them to [[Wand#Engrave-identification|identify]] the wands. At worst, you will identify non-threatening wands that can be put to use for other tasks. Intelligent hostile monsters such as [[foocubi]], [[Nymph (monster class)|nymphs]], and [[nurse]]s may still attack you with wands even if their normal attacks would not damage you - nymphs are particularly dangerous and capable of stealing wands from you to zap, especially on [[non-teleport level]]s.
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 The Gnome With the Wand of Death represents an existential threat to a player character that will not have found any means of defense at that point, especially in the [[Gnomish Mines]]. This is by no means restricted to gnomes - [[hobbit]]s, [[goblin]]s and [[kobold]]s are just as capable of picking up what turns out to be a powerful wand and blasting you to death as soon as they get a turn. Even [[magic resistance]] is no guarantee of safety, as it does not protect against elemental wands like the [[wand of cold]] and [[wand of lightning]].
-To lessen the risk of this occurring, [[pick up]] any unknown wands you find on the floor and [[engrave]]-test them to [[Wand#Engrave-identification|identify]] the wands. At worst, you will identify non-threatening wands that can be put to use for other tasks. Intelligent hostile monsters that lack damaging attacks, such as [[foocubi]], [[nymphs]], and [[nurses]], may still attack you with wands - nymphs are particularly dangerous and capable of stealing wands from you to zap, especially on [[non-teleport level]]s.
+To lessen the risk of this occurring, [[pick up]] any unknown wands you find on the floor and [[engrave]]-test them to [[Wand#Engrave-identification|identify]] the wands. At worst, you will identify non-threatening wands that can be put to use for other tasks. Intelligent hostile monsters such as [[foocubi]], [[nymph]]s, and [[nurse]]s may still attack you with wands even if their normal attacks would not damage you - nymphs are particularly dangerous and capable of stealing wands from you to zap, especially on [[non-teleport level]]s.
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-In ''NetHack'', [[intelligent monster]]s can make use of attack [[wand]]s; this includes both very weak monsters and very powerful wands. While the most powerful wands cannot generate in the inventories of most early intelligent monsters, there is nothing stopping one from appearing on the ground where any such monster is free to pick it up. In the most extreme case, the [[Random Number God]] will dispatch a [[gnome (monster)|gnome]] that came across a [[wand of death]] &ndash; this proverbial '''"gnome with the wand of death''' represents the classic [[YASD|unfair death]].
+In ''NetHack'', [[intelligent monster]]s can make use of attack [[wand]]s; this includes both very weak monsters and very powerful wands. While the most powerful wands cannot generate in the inventories of most early intelligent monsters, there is nothing stopping one from appearing on the ground where any such monster is free to pick it up. In the most extreme case, the [[Random Number God]] will dispatch a [[gnome (monster)|gnome]] that came across a [[wand of death]] &ndash; this proverbial '''"gnome with the wand of death"''' represents the classic [[YASD|unfair death]].
 ==Description==
 The Gnome With the Wand of Death represents an existential threat to a player character that will not have found any means of defense at that point, especially in the [[Gnomish Mines]]. This is by no means restricted to gnomes - [[hobbit]]s, [[goblin]]s and [[kobold]]s are just as capable of picking up what turns out to be a powerful wand and blasting you to death as soon as they get a turn. Even [[magic resistance]] is no guarantee of safety, as it does not protect against elemental wands like the [[wand of cold]] and [[wand of lightning]].

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-[[Image:Gwtwod.png|thumb|400px|The wrath of the RNG]]
+In ''NetHack'', [[intelligent monster]]s can make use of attack [[wand]]s; this includes both very weak monsters and very powerful wands. While the most powerful wands cannot generate in the inventories of most early intelligent monsters, there is nothing stopping one from appearing on the ground where any such monster is free to pick it up. In the most extreme case, the [[Random Number God]] will dispatch a [[gnome (monster)|gnome]] that came across a [[wand of death]] &ndash; this proverbial '''"gnome with the wand of death''' represents the classic [[YASD|unfair death]].
-[[Intelligent monster]]s can make use of attack [[wand]]s; this includes both very weak monsters and very powerful wands. In the extreme case, the [[Random Number God]] will dispatch a [[gnome (monster)|gnome]] that came across a [[wand of death]] &ndash; a proverbial unfair way to die. In the webcomic ''[[Dudley's dungeon]]'', this gnome is formally named the '''Gnome With The Wand Of Death''', or '''GWTWOD'''.
+==Description==
-Such well-armed creatures sometimes appear very early in the game when the [[player]] has no means of defense, especially in the [[Gnomish Mines]].
+To lessen the risk of this occurring, [[pick up]] any unknown wands you find on the floor and [[engrave]]-test them to [[Wand#Engrave-identification|identify]] the wands. At worst, you will identify non-threatening wands that can be put to use for other tasks. Intelligent hostile monsters that lack damaging attacks, such as [[foocubi]], [[nymphs]], and [[nurses]], may still attack you with wands - nymphs are particularly dangerous and capable of stealing wands from you to zap, especially on [[non-teleport level]]s.
 ==Origin==
-The idea of a gnome with a wand of death has been about for some considerable time; [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/df380142b739519c the first use of the meme] in [[rgrn]] appears to have been by [[Torsten Edelmann]] in 1996, and it is [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/519c9b8dc397ab4a described as ''proverbial''] by 2002.
+==Dudley's dungeon==
 [[Category:Dudley's dungeon]]

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 Such well-armed creatures sometimes appear very early in the game when the [[player]] has no means of defense, especially in the [[Gnomish Mines]].
-To lessen the risk, pick up any unknown wands you find on the floor. Do not make the mistake of allowing some [[kobold]] to later grab that wand and zap you with {{of|wand|lightning}}. When it's convenient for you, [[Wand#Engrave-identification|engrave-ID]] the wands you have collected to determine which ones are safe to leave lying around.
+To lessen the risk, [[pick up]] any unknown wands you find on the floor. Do not make the mistake of allowing some [[kobold]] to later grab that wand and zap you with {{of|wand|lightning}}. When it's convenient for you, [[Wand#Engrave-identification|engrave-ID]] the wands you have collected to determine which ones are safe to leave lying around.
 Intelligent hostile monsters that lack damaging attacks, such as [[foocubi]], [[nymphs]], and [[nurses]], may still attack you with wands. Nymphs are particularly dangerous, because they may steal a wand from you and then zap it at you, especially on [[non-teleport level]]s.

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 ''Tip:'' Whenever you find an unknown wand on the floor, take it and add it to your inventory. Do not make the mistake of allowing some [[kobold]] to later grab that wand and zap you with [[lightning]].
-Note, that all hostile monsters use wands against you, even if the monster cannot damage you otherwise, like a [[succubus]], [[nymph]] or [[nurse]]. Nymphs are particulary dangerous, because they may steal a wand from you and then zap it at you, especially on [[no teleport]] levels.
+Note that intelligent hostile monsters not possessing damaging attacks, such as [[foocubi]], [[nymphs]], and [[nurses]], may still attack you with wands. Nymphs are particularly dangerous, because they may steal a wand from you and then zap it at you, especially on [[no teleport]] levels.
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	''Tip:'' Whenever you find an unknown wand on the floor, take it and add it to your inventory. Do not make the mistake of allowing some [[kobold]] to later grab that wand and zap you with [[lightning]].		''Tip:'' Whenever you find an unknown wand on the floor, take it and add it to your inventory. Do not make the mistake of allowing some [[kobold]] to later grab that wand and zap you with [[lightning]].
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		+	Note, that all hostile monsters use wands against you, even if the monster cannot damage you otherwise, like a [[succubus]], [[nymph]] or [[nurse]]. Nymphs are particulary dangerous, because they may steal a wand from you and then zap it at you, especially on [[no teleport]] levels.

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