Immunity to sickness - Revision history

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Convict/dNetHack|Convicts]] start with intrinsic immunity to sickness.
-Immunity to sickness can be obtained extrinsically by [[wearing]] green dragon scales or green dragon-scaled armor, a [[body glove]], a [[healer uniform]], or an [[amulet versus sickness]].
+Immunity to sickness can be obtained extrinsically by [[wearing]] green dragon scales, green dragon scale mail, a [[green dragon scale shield]], a [[body glove]], a [[healer uniform]], or an [[amulet versus sickness]].
 ===FIQHack===

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[nootdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Convict/dNetHack|Convicts]] start with intrinsic immunity to sickness.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Convict/dNetHack|Convicts]] start with intrinsic immunity to sickness.
 Immunity to sickness can be obtained extrinsically by [[wearing]] green dragon scales or green dragon-scaled armor, a [[body glove]], a [[healer uniform]], or an [[amulet versus sickness]].

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 A hero that has immunity to sickness is completely immune to both [[food poisoning]] from tainted corpses and [[disease]] attacks from monsters like [[Juiblex]]. There are no items or corpses that confer immunity to sickness, but a hero can obtain the immunity by [[polymorph]]ing into a [[ghoul]] or any type of [[fungus or mold]].{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|77|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<tt>AD_DISE</tt> has no cases laid out in mhitm.c}} Monsters cannot obtain this property, but disease attacks cannot sicken or deal damage to other monsters regardless due to an oversight in their code.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|017a8687e0b541a8e5848ef3037e25dc819208ca}}, disease attacks can now damage other monsters unless they are a fungus or mold, a ghoul, or else have extrinsic sickness resistance&mdash;this is done to address [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/594 issue #594].
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|017a8687e0b541a8e5848ef3037e25dc819208ca}}, disease attacks can now damage and sicken other monsters unless they are a fungus or mold, a ghoul, or else have extrinsic sickness resistance&mdash;this is done to address [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/594 issue #594].
-[[Green dragon scale mail]] and [[green dragon scales]] provide immunity to sickness.}}
+[[Green dragon scale mail]] and [[green dragon scales]] provide immunity to sickness while [[worn]].}}
 ==Strategy==
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 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], Convicts start with intrinsic immunity to sickness.
+In [[UnNetHack]], [[Convict/UnNetHack|Convicts]] start with intrinsic immunity to sickness.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], Convicts start with intrinsic immunity to sickness.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[nootdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Convict/dNetHack|Convicts]] start with intrinsic immunity to sickness.
-Immunity to sickness can be obtained extrinsically by wearing green dragon scales or green dragon-scaled armor, a [[body glove]], a [[healer uniform]], or an [[amulet versus sickness]].
+Immunity to sickness can be obtained extrinsically by [[wearing]] green dragon scales or green dragon-scaled armor, a [[body glove]], a [[healer uniform]], or an [[amulet versus sickness]].
 ===FIQHack===
-In [[FIQHack]], immunity to sickness is one of the intrinsic properties a non-cursed [[potion of wonder]] can confer when quaffed; dipping an appropriate item in a non-cursed potion also has a chance to randomly bestow immunity to sickness as an object property.
+In [[FIQHack]], immunity to sickness is one of the intrinsic properties a non-cursed [[potion of wonder]] can grant when quaffed; dipping an appropriate item in a non-cursed potion also has a chance of randomly bestowing immunity to sickness as an object property.
 ===EvilHack===
 In [[EvilHack]], immunity to sickness is made a much more commonplace property, though it is still relatively rare. Monsters can be affected by disease attacks and can obtain proper sickness resistance, either from their monster type or else via items.
-In addition to fungi and ghouls having immunity to sickness, the following monsters also have sickness resistance:
+The property can be obtained intrinsically through the following methods:
 * all unliving monsters
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 * all [[major demon]]s
 * all [[Rider]]s
 ==References==

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 A hero that has immunity to sickness is completely immune to both [[food poisoning]] from tainted corpses and [[disease]] attacks from monsters like [[Juiblex]]. There are no items or corpses that confer immunity to sickness, but a hero can obtain the immunity by [[polymorph]]ing into a [[ghoul]] or any type of [[fungus or mold]].{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|77|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<tt>AD_DISE</tt> has no cases laid out in mhitm.c}} Monsters cannot obtain this property, but disease attacks cannot sicken or deal damage to other monsters regardless due to an oversight in their code.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|017a8687e0b541a8e5848ef3037e25dc819208ca}}, disease attacks can now damage other monsters unless they are a fungus or mold, ghoul, or else have extrinsic sickness resistance, addressing [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/594 issue #594].
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|017a8687e0b541a8e5848ef3037e25dc819208ca}}, disease attacks can now damage other monsters unless they are a fungus or mold, a ghoul, or else have extrinsic sickness resistance&mdash;this is done to address [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/594 issue #594].
 [[Green dragon scale mail]] and [[green dragon scales]] provide immunity to sickness.}}

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 ==Description==
-A hero that has immunity to sickness is completely immune to both [[food poisoning]] from tainted corpses and [[disease]] attacks from monsters like [[Juiblex]]. There are no items or corpses that confer immunity to sickness, but a hero can obtain the immunity by [[polymorph]]ing into a [[ghoul]] or any type of [[fungus or mold]].{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|77|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<tt>AD_DISE</tt> attacks do not affect monsters in this version}} Monsters cannot obtain this property, but disease attacks cannot sicken or deal damage to other monsters regardless due to an oversight in their code.
+A hero that has immunity to sickness is completely immune to both [[food poisoning]] from tainted corpses and [[disease]] attacks from monsters like [[Juiblex]]. There are no items or corpses that confer immunity to sickness, but a hero can obtain the immunity by [[polymorph]]ing into a [[ghoul]] or any type of [[fungus or mold]].{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|77|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<tt>AD_DISE</tt> has no cases laid out in mhitm.c}} Monsters cannot obtain this property, but disease attacks cannot sicken or deal damage to other monsters regardless due to an oversight in their code.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|017a8687e0b541a8e5848ef3037e25dc819208ca}}, disease attacks can now damage other monsters unless they are a fungus or mold, ghoul, or else have extrinsic sickness resistance, addressing [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/594 issue #594].

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 {{languages}}
-'''Immunity to sickness''' (also known as '''sickness resistance''') is a [[property]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
+'''Immunity to sickness''' (also known as '''sickness resistance''') is a [[property]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is only applied to the [[hero]].
 ==Description==
-A monster with immunity to sickness is completely immune to both [[food poisoning]] from tainted corpses and [[disease]] attacks from monsters like [[Juiblex]]. The following monsters have sickness resistance:
+A hero that has immunity to sickness is completely immune to both [[food poisoning]] from tainted corpses and [[disease]] attacks from monsters like [[Juiblex]]. There are no items or corpses that confer immunity to sickness, but a hero can obtain the immunity by [[polymorph]]ing into a [[ghoul]] or any type of [[fungus or mold]].{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|77|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<tt>AD_DISE</tt> attacks do not affect monsters in this version}} Monsters cannot obtain this property, but disease attacks cannot sicken or deal damage to other monsters regardless due to an oversight in their code.
-* all {{mcsl|F}} [[Fungus or mold|fungi and molds]]
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|017a8687e0b541a8e5848ef3037e25dc819208ca}}, disease attacks can now damage other monsters unless they are a fungus or mold, ghoul, or else have extrinsic sickness resistance, addressing [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/594 issue #594].
 [[Green dragon scale mail]] and [[green dragon scales]] provide immunity to sickness.}}
 ==Strategy==
-While the property itself is highly useful for specific cases (e.g. dealing with [[Pestilence]] and [[Demogorgon]]), the only methods to obtain it are polyself forms that are all but useless for combat and most other purposes.
+While the property itself is highly useful for specific cases (e.g. dealing with [[Pestilence]] and [[Demogorgon]]), the only methods for heroes to obtain it are polyself forms that are all but useless for combat and most other purposes.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Green dragon scales and mail make the property much more accessible, and some builds may consider it for their body armor if all other necessary properties are addressed, or else they are specifically on the hunt for Demogorgon.}}
 ==History==
-In [[NetHack 3.4.3]] and earlier versions, including some variants based on those versions, [[throne farming]] characters that set themselves up by a throne on an [[undiggable]] [[no-teleport]] level (such as a [[quest]] home level) and have enough [[Elbereth]] engravings and/or a [[boulder fort]] prepared may consider turning into a fungus or ghoul to cover the last remaining weakness using their immunity to sickness.
+In [[NetHack 3.4.3]] and earlier versions, including some variants based on those versions, [[throne farming]] heroes that set themselves up by a throne on an [[undiggable]] [[no-teleport]] level (such as a [[quest]] home level) and have enough [[Elbereth]] engravings and/or a [[boulder fort]] prepared may consider turning into a fungus or ghoul to cover the last remaining weakness using their immunity to sickness.
 ==Messages==
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], immunity to sickness is made a much more commonplace property, though it is still quite rare.
+In [[EvilHack]], immunity to sickness is made a much more commonplace property, though it is still relatively rare. Monsters can be affected by disease attacks and can obtain proper sickness resistance, either from their monster type or else via items.
-In addition to the same monster types as ''NetHack'', the following monsters have sickness resistance:
+In addition to fungi and ghouls having immunity to sickness, the following monsters also have sickness resistance:
 * all unliving monsters
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 * [[Healer]]s gain sickness resistance at level 15.
 * [[Monk]]s gain sickness resistance at level 30.
-* [[Crowning]] has a {{frac|10}} chance of granting sickness resistance. [[Infidel]]s that are crowned will gain sickness resistance from their demonic form.
+* [[Crowning]] has a {{frac|10}} chance of granting sickness resistance, and [[Infidel]]s that are crowned will gain sickness resistance from their demonic form.
-* Polymorphing into a monster with sickness resistance confers the property for its duration.
+* Polymorphing into a monster with sickness resistance confers the property for the duration of the polyself.
 The property can be obtained extrinsically through the following methods:
-* [[Green dragon scales]] and green dragon-scaled mail confer sickness resistance while worn.
+* [[Green dragon scales]] and green [[dragon-scaled armor]] confer sickness resistance while worn.
-* [[The Hand of Vecna (EvilHack)|The Hand of Vecna]] confers sickness resistance while bound to the character.
+* [[The Hand of Vecna (EvilHack)|The Hand of Vecna]] confers sickness resistance while bound to the hero.
 * [[The Ring of P'hul]] confers sickness resistance while carried.
 * The [[Hammer of the Gods]] confers sickness resistance while wielded.

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 * {{monsymlink|ghoul}}s
-Disease attacks do not damage monsters regardless of immunity to sickness.
+There are no items or corpses that confer immunity to sickness, but you can obtain the immunity by [[polymorph]]ing into the above monsters.{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|77|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-There are no items or corpses that confer immunity to sickness, but you can obtain the immunity by [[polymorph]]ing into the above monsters.{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|77|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Disease attacks do not damage other monsters, regardless of immunity to sickness.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|017a8687e0b541a8e5848ef3037e25dc819208ca|commit 017a868}}, disease attacks can now damage other monsters unless they have sickness resistance, addressing [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/594 issue #594].
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 ==Strategy==
-While the property itself is highly useful for certain cases (e.g. dealing with [[Pestilence]] and [[Demogorgon]]), the only methods to obtain it are polyself forms that are all but useless for combat and most other purposes.
+While the property itself is highly useful for specific cases (e.g. dealing with [[Pestilence]] and [[Demogorgon]]), the only methods to obtain it are polyself forms that are all but useless for combat and most other purposes.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Green dragon scales and mail make the property much more accessible, and some builds may consider it for their body armor if all other necessary properties are addressed, or else they are specifically on the hunt for Demogorgon.}}
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 * [[Green dragon scales]] and green dragon-scaled mail confer sickness resistance while worn.
-* [[The Hand of Vecna]] confers sickness resistance while bound to the character.
+* [[The Hand of Vecna (EvilHack)|The Hand of Vecna]] confers sickness resistance while bound to the character.
 * [[The Ring of P'hul]] confers sickness resistance while carried.
 * The [[Hammer of the Gods]] confers sickness resistance while wielded.

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 * [[Kathryn the Ice Queen]] and [[Kathryn the Enchantress|her Enchantress form]]
 * [[Convict (player monster)|convict]] [[Player monster (EvilHack)|player monsters]]
-* all [[demon]]s
+* all [[major demon]]s
 * all [[Rider]]s