Kick - Revision history

Silverwing235: SPAG

2025-10-29T18:09:05Z

SPAG

YourAdHereCZ: /* Kicking dungeon features */ fix my typos, clarify

2025-02-19T12:01:05Z

‎Kicking dungeon features: fix my typos, clarify

YourAdHereCZ: /* Kicking dungeon features */ headstone: mention alignment change for chaotics; pretty fractions

2025-02-19T11:52:26Z

‎Kicking dungeon features: headstone: mention alignment change for chaotics; pretty fractions

YourAdHereCZ: /* Kicking dungeon features */ fountain done, with source ref

2025-02-19T11:29:24Z

‎Kicking dungeon features: fountain done, with source ref

YourAdHereCZ: /* Kicking dungeon features */ headstone done, some thoughts on kicking an altar, a few refs

2025-02-17T20:28:46Z

‎Kicking dungeon features: headstone done, some thoughts on kicking an altar, a few refs

YourAdHereCZ: updated source code references to 3.6.7

2025-02-17T02:32:59Z

updated source code references to 3.6.7

YourAdHereCZ: applied a TODO - this change simply means that altar_wrath(x, y) is applied before the chance to goto ouch, so the altar

2025-02-17T01:19:20Z

applied a TODO - this change simply means that altar_wrath(x, y) is applied before the chance to goto ouch, so the altar

YourAdHereCZ: /* Kicking objects */ kicking a statue trap activates it

2025-02-16T21:18:29Z

‎Kicking objects: kicking a statue trap activates it

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2024-05-08T14:28:15Z

potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-02-11T14:04:39Z

pothole

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 ==Kicking objects==
-If you kick an object, it flies in the direction of kicking, possibly hitting the monsters, except the following:
+If you kick an object, it flies in the direction that you kicked it, possibly hitting the monsters in its path, except the following:
 {| class="prettytable"

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 |-
 |[[Altar]]
-||With a {{frac|3}} probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. If co-aligned, immediately reduces your [[wisdom]] by one point; if cross-aligned, reduces [[luck]] by one or two points. Luckier characters have higher chance to lose two points instead of one.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|2249|nethack=3.6.7}} This potentially useful when trying to avoid [[crowning]], as an alternative to keeping your [[alignment record]] under 20.
+||With a {{frac|3}} probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. If co-aligned, immediately reduces your [[wisdom]] by one point; if cross-aligned, reduces [[luck]] by one or two points. The latter is potentially useful when trying to avoid [[crowning]], as an alternative to keeping your [[alignment record]] under 20. Luckier characters have a higher chance of losing two points instead of one.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|2249|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |-
 |[[Tree]]
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 |-
 |[[Secret door]]
-||May reveal the door.  "Crash!  You kick open a secret door!" or "Crash!  You uncover a secret door!"  If your [[luck]] is low, this may be a faster way to make a suspected secret door appear than [[search]]ing.
+||May reveal the door. "Crash! You kick open a secret door!" or "Crash! You uncover a secret door!" If your [[luck]] is low, this may be a faster way to make a suspected secret door appear than [[search]]ing.
 |-
 |[[Headstone]]

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 |-
 |[[Fountain]]
-||With a 1/3 probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. Otherwise, if wearing boots, a 2/3 probability to [[wet]] them, [[rusting]] them [[iron|if applicable]].{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1067|nethack=3.6.7}}
+||With a {{frac|3}} probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. Otherwise, if wearing boots, a {{frac|2|3}} probability to [[wet]] them, [[rusting]] them [[iron|if applicable]].{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1067|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |-
 |[[Altar]]
-||With a 1/3 probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. If co-aligned, immediately reduces your [[wisdom]] by one point; if cross-aligned, reduces [[luck]] by one or two points. Luckier characters have higher chance to lose two points instead of one.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|2249|nethack=3.6.7}} This potentially useful when trying to avoid [[crowning]], as an alternative to keeping your [[alignment record]] under 20.
+||With a {{frac|3}} probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. If co-aligned, immediately reduces your [[wisdom]] by one point; if cross-aligned, reduces [[luck]] by one or two points. Luckier characters have higher chance to lose two points instead of one.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|2249|nethack=3.6.7}} This potentially useful when trying to avoid [[crowning]], as an alternative to keeping your [[alignment record]] under 20.
 |-
 |[[Tree]]
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 |-
 |[[Headstone]]
-||With a 3/4 probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. Otherwise, the headstone topples over and breaks. A stack of rocks is created on the square, and the engraving is (obviously) removed. This [[abuse|abuses]] wisdom and makes [[Archeologists]], [[Samurai]] and [[lawful]] characters lose one point of [[alignment record]].
+||With a {{frac|3|4}} probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. Otherwise, the headstone topples over and breaks. A stack of rocks is created on the square, and the engraving is (obviously) removed. This [[abuse|abuses]] wisdom and makes [[Archeologists]], [[Samurai]] and [[lawful]] characters lose one point of [[alignment record]]. Chaotic Archeologists and Samurai (normally only available by changing [[alignment]]) gain one point instead.
 |}

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 |[[Sink]]
 ||May create a [[foocubus]] (always of the opposite gender), a [[black pudding]], or a random [[ring]].{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1163|nethack=3.6.7}} Only one of each can come from a given sink.
 |-
 |[[Altar]]
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 ||With a 3/4 probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. Otherwise, the headstone topples over and breaks. A stack of rocks is created on the square, and the engraving is (obviously) removed. This [[abuse|abuses]] wisdom and makes [[Archeologists]], [[Samurai]] and [[lawful]] characters lose one point of [[alignment record]].
 |}
 ==Kicking monsters==

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 |-
 |Empty space
-||Has a chance of [[Abuse|abusing]] [[strength]] and [[wounded legs|wounding your leg]].  ("Dumb move!  You strain a muscle.")
+||Has a chance of [[Abuse|abusing]] [[strength]] and [[wounded legs|wounding your leg]]. ("Dumb move!  You strain a muscle."){{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1249|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |-
 |Closed [[door]]
-||May break the door, leaving an empty doorway.  Breaking a [[shop]] door will anger the [[shopkeeper]] unless you immediately pay 400 zorkmids.  The act of kicking [[exercise]]s [[dexterity]].  Successfully breaking doors exercises [[strength]].
+||May break the door, leaving an empty doorway. Breaking a [[shop]] door will anger the [[shopkeeper]] unless you immediately pay 400 zorkmids.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1296|nethack=3.6.7}} The act of kicking [[exercise]]s [[dexterity]]. Successfully breaking doors exercises [[strength]].{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1287|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1291|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |-
 |[[Sink]]
-||May create a [[foocubus]] (always of the opposite gender), a [[black pudding]], or a random [[ring]].  Only one of each can come from a given sink.
+||May create a [[foocubus]] (always of the opposite gender), a [[black pudding]], or a random [[ring]].{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1163|nethack=3.6.7}} Only one of each can come from a given sink.
 |-
 |[[Altar]]
-||With a 1/3 probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. If co-aligned, immediately reduces your [[wisdom]] by one point; if cross-aligned, reduces [[luck]] by one point.
+||With a 1/3 probability, hurts you as if you were kicking a wall. If co-aligned, immediately reduces your [[wisdom]] by one point; if cross-aligned, reduces [[luck]] by one or two points. Luckier characters have higher chance to lose two points instead of one.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|2249|nethack=3.6.7}} This potentially useful when trying to avoid [[crowning]], as an alternative to keeping your [[alignment record]] under 20.
 |-
 |[[Tree]]
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 |-
 |[[Throne]]
-||May knock loose some [[gold]] and [[gem]]s (only once per throne) or send you to a lower dungeon level.  If the throne has already produced gems and gold or your [[luck]] is negative, kicking may destroy it.
+||May knock loose some [[gold]] and [[gem]]s (only once per throne) or send you to a lower dungeon level. If the throne has already produced gems and gold or your [[luck]] is negative, kicking may destroy it.
 |-
 |[[Secret door]]
 ||May reveal the door.  "Crash!  You kick open a secret door!" or "Crash!  You uncover a secret door!"  If your [[luck]] is low, this may be a faster way to make a suspected secret door appear than [[search]]ing.
 |}
-{{todo|Fountains and gravestones also have specific outcomes.}}
+{{todo|Fountains also have specific outcomes.}}
 ==Kicking monsters==

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 * You are [[polymorph]]ed into a [[Lizard (monster class)|reptile]], a monster that is [[tiny]] or one that lacks legs (e.g. a [[slithy]] creature).
-Trying to kick while [[underwater]] has a 50% chance of failing ("Your slow motion kick doesn't hit anything."){{refsrc|src/dokick.c|791|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+Trying to kick while [[underwater]] has a 50% chance of failing ("Your slow motion kick doesn't hit anything."){{refsrc|src/dokick.c|812|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 If you kick while [[levitation|levitating]] and hit something (a monster, a wall), you will [[hurtle]] in the opposite direction.
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 |-
 |[[Stack]] of [[gold]]
-||Scatters the gold pieces across surrounding tiles.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|634|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+||Scatters the gold pieces across surrounding tiles.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|656|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 |-
 |Immobile objects (too heavy, against a wall, fixed in place)
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 ===Maximal distance===
-The distance the kicked object moves is S/2 - W/40{{refsrc|src/dokick.c||version=NetHack 3.6.0}}, where S is the player's strength, W is the object's weight, with the following caveats:
+The distance the kicked object moves is S/2 - W/40{{refsrc|src/dokick.c||version=NetHack 3.6.7}}, where S is the player's strength, W is the object's weight, with the following caveats:
-* If the player's strength is 18/01 to 18/31, S=18{{refsrc|src/attrib.c||version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+* If the player's strength is 18/01 to 18/31, S=18{{refsrc|src/attrib.c||version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 * If the player's strength is 18/32 to 19 inclusively, S is effectively 20
 * Each of the following adds [[rn1|1-3]] to the kicking distance:
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 * If you are wearing [[blessed]] boots, you deal an additional 1d4 damage against [[major demon]]s and [[undead]] creatures.
 * The enchantment of your boots is added to the total damage amount, plus the enchantment of any [[ring of increase damage|rings of increase damage]] you are wearing or have [[eating jewelry|eaten]].
-* [[Thick-skinned]] monsters like [[dragon]]s and [[mumak]]il take no base damage from a kick.  Rings of increase damage, enchanted boots, and blessed boots will still cause their normal damage.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|49|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+* [[Thick-skinned]] monsters like [[dragon]]s and [[mumak]]il take no base damage from a kick. Rings of increase damage, enchanted boots, and blessed boots will still cause their normal damage.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|49|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 * If you attempt to kick a [[shade]] with unblessed boots, your foot will pass through it, doing no damage. You can only damage a shade by kicking if your boots are blessed, and even then the only damage comes from the 1d4 bonus versus undead.
 If you are [[polymorph]]ed into a [[sasquatch]], you will get a bonus to kicking because you are (a) 'bigfoot'.
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 Kicking a [[cockatrice]] without wearing [[boots]] will result in [[stoning]].
-Kicking a [[pet]] is considered [[Tameness#Abuse|abuse]].{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|75|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+Kicking a [[pet]] is considered [[Tameness#Abuse|abuse]].{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|73|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==See also==
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 <references/>
-{{nethack-360}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Commands]]
 [[Category:Monster attacks]]

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 |[[Cockatrice]] or [[chickatrice]] [[corpse]]
 ||If you are not wearing [[boots]], results in immediate [[stoning]].
 |}

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-In ''[[NetHack]]'', you can '''kick''' objects, monsters, and dungeon features using {{kbd|ctrl|d}} (or {{kbd|k}}, if the [[number_pad]] [[option]] is on). Kicking anything (an object, a monster, or a dungeon feature) makes [[noise]] that wakes up nearby monsters and attracts pets.
+In ''[[NetHack]]'', a [[player]] character can '''kick''' objects, monsters, and dungeon features using {{kbd|ctrl|d}} (or {{kbd|k}}, if the [[number_pad]] [[option]] is on). Kicking makes [[noise]] that wakes up nearby monsters and attracts pets.
 Some monsters kick as part of their [[attack]] sequence. If you are [[polymorph]]ed into such a monster, you will kick enemies automatically when you attack them in [[melee]] - you can use the kick command if you only want to kick the enemy without using other attacks such as a [[pony]]'s bite or a [[unicorn]]'s headbutt.
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 ||May release the object ("The <item> comes loose!") and deposit it on the floor where you are standing.  This is an alternative to [[digging]] the object loose.
 |-
-|[[Cockatrice corpse]]
+|[[Cockatrice]] or [[chickatrice]] [[corpse]]
 ||If you are not wearing [[boots]], results in immediate [[stoning]].
 |}

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 ** [[Fumbling]].
 * If you are a [[martial arts|martial artist]] ([[monk]] or [[samurai]]), there is a random damage bonus between 0 and half your [[dexterity]].  This exercises the martial arts skill, but the skill level does not affect the amount of bonus damage.
-* If you are wearing [[blessed]] boots, you deal an additional 1d4 damage against [[demon]]s and [[undead]] creatures.
+* If you are wearing [[blessed]] boots, you deal an additional 1d4 damage against [[major demon]]s and [[undead]] creatures.
 * The enchantment of your boots is added to the total damage amount, plus the enchantment of any [[ring of increase damage|rings of increase damage]] you are wearing or have [[eating jewelry|eaten]].
 * [[Thick-skinned]] monsters like [[dragon]]s and [[mumak]]il take no base damage from a kick.  Rings of increase damage, enchanted boots, and blessed boots will still cause their normal damage.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|49|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
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 If you are [[polymorph]]ed into a [[sasquatch]], you will get a bonus to kicking because you are (a) 'bigfoot'.
-There is a +1 [[to hit]] bonus to kicking, even if you are unskilled in martial arts, so it may be a useful strategy for fighting a monster you are having trouble hitting (like a [[ghost]]).
+There is a +1 [[to-hit]] bonus to kicking, even if you are unskilled in martial arts, so it may be a useful strategy for fighting a monster you are having trouble hitting (like a [[ghost]]).
 Kicking a [[sleep]]ing monster will wake it up. (As usual, the [[noise]] from kicking wakes up all sleeping monsters nearby.)