Magic 8-Ball - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ details

2024-07-20T03:37:19Z

‎Strategy: details

Umbire the Phantom: snp

2024-05-24T00:59:58Z

snp

Umbire the Phantom: strat

2024-05-24T00:59:47Z

strat

Umbire the Phantom: expand + copyedit

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expand + copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: word choice, gen

2023-12-25T03:37:38Z

word choice, gen

Umbire the Phantom: expand + encyc

2022-12-18T06:34:04Z

expand + encyc

Umbire the Phantom at 05:54, 7 June 2022

2022-06-07T05:54:22Z

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */

2022-05-18T01:29:26Z

‎Origin

K2: /* Description */

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‎Description

Umbire the Phantom at 01:32, 15 March 2022

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 The Magic 8-Ball is highly sought after as a source of slotless warning, which can be used to spot lethal hostile monsters such as [[Beholder (EvilHack)|beholders]], [[gelatinous cube]]s, [[water elemental]]s, and the various [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombies]] - many of the listed monsters and others considered especially dangerous cannot be seen with [[telepathy]].
-Many players consider it worth killing the Oracle for, either directly or through the use of a [[pet]]: while even some of the strongest pets will struggle to directly withstand the Oracle's wrath and kill her without dying in the process, directly angering the Oracle means contending with her [[Monster spell|spellcasting]] abilities and [[magic missile]] passive, as well as her gaining mobility and the ability to break boulders obstructing her path.
+Many players consider it worth killing the Oracle for, either directly or through the use of a [[pet]]: while even some of the strongest pets will struggle to directly withstand the Oracle's wrath and kill her without dying in the process, directly angering the Oracle means contending with her [[Monster spell|spellcasting]] abilities and [[magic missile]] passive, as well as her gaining mobility along with [[covetous]] warping and the ability to break [[boulder]]s obstructing her path.
 ==Origin==

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-==References==
+<!--{{variant-36X}}-->
 [[Category:EvilHack artifacts]]

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-The '''Magic 8-Ball''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[EvilHack]]''. It is unaligned, and its [[base item]] is an [[eight ball]].
+The '''Magic 8-Ball''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is an [[eight ball]].
 ==Generation==
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 ==Description==
-The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge.<ref>[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.7.1/include/artilist.h#L216 EvilHack 0.7.1 include/artilist.h, line 216]</ref> It grants [[warning]] while carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-Ball will grant the user a [[wish]], which causes it to disappear afterward.
+The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge. It grants [[warning]] while carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-Ball will grant the user a [[wish]], which causes it to disappear afterward.
 [[Read]]ing the Magic 8-Ball randomly generates one of twenty responses that have no effect.
 ==Origin==

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-The '''Magic 8-Ball''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[EvilHack]]''. It is unaligned, and its base item is a [[plastic]] [[eight ball]].
+The '''Magic 8-Ball''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in ''[[EvilHack]]''. It is unaligned, and its [[base item]] is an [[eight ball]].
 ==Generation==
-The Magic 8-Ball cannot be [[wish]]ed for due to its generation method, but does not affect wishing for other artifacts.
+The Magic 8-Ball cannot be [[wish]]ed for, and reverts to its base item if left in [[bones]].
-The Magic 8-Ball is always found in the possession of the [[Oracle]] on her level.
+[[Oracle (monster)|The Oracle]] is always generated with the Magic 8-Ball during the creation of [[Oracle (monster)|her level]].
 ==Description==
-The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge.<ref>[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.7.1/include/artilist.h#L216 EvilHack 0.7.1 include/artilist.h, line 216]</ref> It grants [[warning]] while carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-Ball will grant the user a [[wish]], which causes it to disappear.
+The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge.<ref>[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.7.1/include/artilist.h#L216 EvilHack 0.7.1 include/artilist.h, line 216]</ref> It grants [[warning]] while carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-Ball will grant the user a [[wish]], which causes it to disappear afterward.
 [[Read]]ing the Magic 8-Ball randomly generates one of twenty responses that have no effect.
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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Magic 8-Ball}}
-A Magic 8-Ball is a plastic sphere made to look like an oversized billiards eight-ball, used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman, and is currently manufactured by Mattel; originally designed as a paperweight, it has since become a popular office toy and children's toy. The Magic 8-Ball contains a blue twenty-sided die with white letters in a pool of blue liquid; the user asks a yes–no question to the ball, then turns it over to reveal an answer in a window on the ball.
+A Magic 8-Ball is a plastic sphere made to look like an oversized billiards eight-ball, used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman, and is currently manufactured by Mattel - originally designed as a paperweight, it has since become a popular office toy and children's toy. The Magic 8-Ball contains a blue twenty-sided die with white letters in a pool of blue liquid; the user asks a yes–no question to the ball, then turns it over to reveal an answer in a window on the ball.
-In fiction, the Magic 8-Ball is often used for humor, with it giving very accurate, very inaccurate, or otherwise statistically improbable answers. The standard Magic 8-Ball has 20 possible responses when read - 10 affirmative answers, 5 non-committal answers, and 5 negative answers - that the artifact in EvilHack uses.
+In fiction, the Magic 8-Ball is often used for humor, with it giving very accurate, very inaccurate, or otherwise statistically improbable answers. The standard Magic 8-Ball has 20 possible responses when read: 10 affirmative answers, 5 non-committal answers, and 5 negative answers. The artifact in EvilHack uses these standard responses when read, and one of them is used as the [[encyclopedia]] entry.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Generation==
-The Magic 8-Ball is always found in the possession of the [[Oracle]] on her level. It cannot be [[wish]]ed for due to its generation method, but does not affect wishing for other artifacts.
+The Magic 8-Ball cannot be [[wish]]ed for due to its generation method, but does not affect wishing for other artifacts.
 ==Description==
-The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge.<ref>[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.7.1/include/artilist.h#L216 EvilHack 0.7.1 include/artilist.h, line 216]</ref> It grants [[warning]] when carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-Ball will grant the user a [[wish]], which causes it to disappear.
+The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge.<ref>[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.7.1/include/artilist.h#L216 EvilHack 0.7.1 include/artilist.h, line 216]</ref> It grants [[warning]] while carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-Ball will grant the user a [[wish]], which causes it to disappear.
 [[Read]]ing the Magic 8-Ball randomly generates one of twenty responses that have no effect.

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 ==Description==
-The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge.<ref>[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.7.1/include/artilist.h#L216 EvilHack 0.7.1 include/artilist.h, line 216]</ref> It grants [[warning]] when carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-ball will grant the user a wish. Getting a wish from the Magic 8-Ball will cause it to disappear.
+The Magic 8-Ball is implied to be the source of the Oracle's knowledge.<ref>[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.7.1/include/artilist.h#L216 EvilHack 0.7.1 include/artilist.h, line 216]</ref> It grants [[warning]] when carried, and can be [[applied]] to divulge a random [[rumor]] - the rumor will be true or false based on the artifact's [[beatitude]]: true if blessed, false if cursed, and an equal probability of each if uncursed. Additionally, there is a {{frac|100,000}} chance that applying the blessed Magic 8-ball will grant the user a wish; getting a wish from the Magic 8-Ball will cause it to disappear.
 [[Read]]ing the Magic 8-Ball randomly generates one of twenty responses that have no effect.