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'''Intense pain''' is a [[damage type]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] and uses the '''<tt>AD_PAIN</tt>''' flag. It is essentially a stronger form of [[strength]]-draining [[poison]] that can also cause the victim to [[Screaming (dNetHack)|scream in pain]], and is primarily used by [[monster]]s.

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==Description==
A [[hero]] or monster hit by an attack that causes intense pain will begin screaming if applicable, awakening any monsters sleeping nearby, before subjecting them to strength-draining poison which behaves as normal—monsters that scream will lose 6 movement points for their next action, while a hero will be unable to [[spellcast]], [[chat]], or [[read]] any [[scroll]]s or [[spellbook]]s other than the [[syllable]]s of power. Attacks that inflict pain will not cause screaming against a target that is [[nonliving]], an [[Android (monster attribute)|android]], a race of [[Elemental (monster attribute)|elemental]], a [[Great Old One]], or a [[tomb herd]] monster.

As with poison attacks, a hero that does not block the pain-causing attack, prevent it with [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|magic cancellation]] or otherwise avoid it has a {{frac|8}} chance of the poison triggering, which has a further {{frac|6}} chance of decreasing strength, a {{frac|30}} chance of being fatal outright, and otherwise deals {{rn1|10|6}} extra damage. A monster that does not block or avoid the attack has a {{frac|8}} chance of the poison taking effect, with a further {{frac|10}} chance of being outright fatal and otherwise dealing {{rn1|10|6}} extra damage. [[Poison resistance]] blocks the strength-draining effects of the attack (with a message printed accordingly), and magic cancellation can block the poison of melee attack types that inflict intense pain.

===List of monsters===
A small handful of monsters have attacks that cause intense pain:

* The [[ancient of thought]] has four 6d6 painful [[sting attack]]s.
* The [[jellyfish]] has a 3d3 painful sting attack that replaces its normal poisonous sting from ''[[NetHack]]''.
* The [[chorister jelly]] has a 6d6 painful sting attack.
* The [[desert seer]] has a 6d6 painful [[wide gaze]] attack.
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 A [[hero]] or monster hit by an attack that causes intense pain will begin screaming if applicable, awakening any monsters sleeping nearby, before subjecting them to strength-draining poison which behaves as normal&mdash;monsters that scream will lose 6 movement points for their next action, while a hero will be unable to [[spellcast]], [[chat]], or [[read]] any [[scroll]]s or [[spellbook]]s other than the [[syllable]]s of power for two turns. Attacks that inflict pain will not cause screaming against a target that is [[nonliving]], an [[Android (monster attribute)|android]], a race of [[Elemental (monster attribute)|elemental]], a [[Great Old One]], or a [[tomb herd]] monster.
-As with poison attacks, a hero that does not block the pain-causing attack, prevent it with [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|magic cancellation]] or otherwise avoid it has a {{frac|8}} chance of the poison triggering, which has a further {{frac|6}} chance of decreasing strength by 3-6 points, a {{frac|30}} chance of decreasing constitution by 3-6 points, and always deals {{rn1|10|6}} extra damage. A monster that does not block or avoid the attack has a {{frac|8}} chance of the poison taking effect, with a further {{frac|10}} chance of being outright fatal and otherwise dealing {{rn1|10|6}} extra damage. [[Poison resistance]] blocks the attribute draining effects of the attack (with a message printed accordingly) and halves the poison damage taken, and magic cancellation can block the poison of melee attack types that inflict intense pain.
+As with poison attacks, a hero that does not block the pain-causing attack, prevent it with [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|magic cancellation]] or otherwise avoid it has a {{frac|8}} chance of the poison triggering, which always deals {{rn1|10|6}} extra damage and has a further {{frac|6}} chance of decreasing strength by 3-6 points, along with a {{frac|30}} chance of decreasing constitution by 3-6 points. A monster that does not block or avoid the attack has a {{frac|8}} chance of the poison taking effect, with a further {{frac|10}} chance of being outright fatal and otherwise dealing {{rn1|10|6}} extra damage. [[Poison resistance]] blocks the attribute-draining effects of the attack (with a message printed accordingly) and halves the poison damage taken, and magic cancellation can block the poison of melee attack types that inflict intense pain.
-The damage dealt by the intense pain attack is mundane physical damage, and applies regardless of whether they resisted the pain or poison, identical to normal poison attacks.
+The damage dealt by the intense pain attack is mundane [[physical damage]], and applies regardless of whether they resisted the pain or poison, identical to normal poison attacks.
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 * The [[ancient of thought]] has four 6d6 painful [[sting attack]]s.
 * The [[jellyfish]] has a 3d3 painful sting attack that replaces its normal poisonous sting from ''[[NetHack]]''.
-* The [[chorister jelly]] has a 6d6 painful sting attack. Similar to long worms, their bell does not need to be directly adjacent to the player for them to use this attack.
+* The [[chorister jelly]] has a 6d6 painful sting attack. Similar to [[long worm]]s, their bell does not need to be directly adjacent to the player for them to use this attack.
-* The [[desert seer]] has a 6d6 painful [[wide gaze]] attack, but this gaze requires direct eye contact from both parties. Since desert seers always spawn with a cursed faceless hood covering their face, so they will not be able to use this attack unless their armor is somehow is destroyed or removed.
+* The [[desert seer]] has a 6d6 painful [[wide gaze]] attack, but this gaze requires direct eye contact from both parties. As desert seers are normally [[always generated with]] a cursed [[faceless hood]] covering their face, they will not be able to use this attack unless the hood is destroyed or removed.
-* Tongue-puppet monsters have an additional 1d3 tongue attack, on top of their base attack. This attack can have multiple different effects, but has a 1/6 chance to act as an intense pain attack.
+* Tongue-puppet monsters have an additional 1d3 tongue attack, on top of their base attack. This attack can have multiple different effects, but has a {{frac|6}} chance of acting as an intense pain attack.
 * The parasitology research path of the Choir, normally followed by neutral [[Undead Hunter]]s, allows players to gain intense pain auto-attacks by embedding parasites to "sting adjacent enemies". These attacks target up to 2 adjacent monsters per parasite used, making 1 attack roll per 3 parasites used (rounded up), and dealing flat damage equal to the total number of parasites used.
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