Medical kit - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: touch-ups

2025-10-24T08:06:34Z

touch-ups

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2025-10-07T18:40:40Z

tweaks

Ion frigate: actually a major advantage

2024-11-02T07:00:03Z

actually a major advantage

Ion frigate: reword a bit

2024-11-02T06:58:54Z

reword a bit

Ion frigate: turn counter is the way to go, really

2024-11-02T06:57:34Z

turn counter is the way to go, really

Ion frigate: wordsmithing a bit, trying to keep "technique" confined to repeating indefinitely

2024-11-02T06:53:55Z

wordsmithing a bit, trying to keep "technique" confined to repeating indefinitely

Ion frigate: will put my awful python code in talk

2024-11-01T06:26:05Z

will put my awful python code in talk

Ion frigate: bypass disambig

2024-11-01T05:06:55Z

bypass disambig

Ion frigate: a word

2024-11-01T05:02:17Z

a word

Ion frigate: rework: doing it indefinitely is little more than a curiosity, but looking on them as tedious magic lamps is actually pretty useful

2024-11-01T04:59:59Z

rework: doing it indefinitely is little more than a curiosity, but looking on them as tedious magic lamps is actually pretty useful

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 A '''medical kit''' is a type of [[tool]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]], and is also a [[defunct features (SpliceHack)|defunct item]] that appears in early versions of [[SpliceHack]]. It is a special type of [[container]] that is made of [[leather]]. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, it appears as a '''leather bag''' while [[Identification|unidentified]], and in Hack'EM it appears as a [[bag]] while unidentified due to the [[Object materials (Hack'EM)|object materials]] system.
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 ===Burying===
-Due to one of [[Bug Hall of Fame#SLASH'EM|SLASH'EM's more infamous bugs]], it is actually possible (if tedious) to directly access the items in a medical kit.  Burying the kit by dropping it in a [[pit#Buried objects|pit]] and filling it in with a [[boulder]] will eventually cause the kit to rot away, after a random period of 250 to 500 turns{{refsrc|dig.c|1450|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}.  Unearthing the kit early will restart the timer, while unearthing it too late will cause the pills and bandages to themselves rot away.  The [[Options#time|time option]] (which can be switched in-game) is usually necessary to know when the kit has rotted away; [[object detection]], if available, allows one to "check on" the kit without disturbing it.  Once the kit has rotted away, the items can be unearthed and directly added to the character's inventory.
+Due to one of [[Bug Hall of Fame#SLASH'EM|SLASH'EM's more infamous bugs]], it is actually possible (if tedious) to directly access the items in a medical kit. Burying the kit by dropping it in a [[pit#Buried objects|pit]] and filling it in with a [[boulder]] will eventually cause the kit to rot away, after a random period of 250 to 500 turns{{refsrc|dig.c|1450|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}. Unearthing the kit early will restart the timer, while unearthing it too late will cause the pills and bandages to themselves rot away. The [[Options#time|time option]] (which can be switched in-game) is usually necessary to know when the kit has rotted away; a source of [[object detection]] allows a player to "check on" the kit without disturbing it. Once the kit has rotted away, the items can be unearthed and directly added to the character's inventory.
-The bandages and phials are useless on their own, but the [[pill]]s are in fact the same pink pills that are occasionally found as food items, complete with {{frac|7}} chance apiece of producing a [[wish]] when eaten; as the pills will always be old enough to be [[rotten food|rotten]] when unearthed, this chance is reduced to {{frac|6|49}} in practice.  This means a kit containing 10 pills has a roughly 73% chance of producing at least one wish.  Players will need to be able resist or mitigate the negative effects of the pills: [[poison resistance]] or a [[unicorn horn]] is a must to resist/restore the strength drain, and without [[sleep resistance]], players will want to create a safe place to consume the pills.
+The bandages and phials are useless on their own, but the [[pill]]s are in fact the same pink pills that are occasionally found as food items, complete with {{frac|7}} chance apiece of producing a [[wish]] when eaten; as the pills will always be old enough to be [[rotten food|rotten]] when unearthed, this chance is reduced to {{frac|6|49}} in practice. This means a kit containing 10 pills has a roughly 73% chance of producing at least one wish. Players will need to be able resist or mitigate the negative effects of the pills: [[poison resistance]] or a [[unicorn horn]] is a must to resist/restore the strength drain, and without [[sleep resistance]], players will want to create a safe place to consume the pills.
-While slow, getting the wish(es) requires nothing more than a medical kit, a pick-axe, a boulder, and some time.  Kits with more than 10 or so pills can be regarded as items akin to inconvenient [[magic lamp]]s: expensive, with a high chance of producing a wish, and unlike a magic lamp they do not need to be blessed to do so.  This is particularly useful for early [[healer]]s, who in addition to starting with a medical kit, also start with poison resistance.  Be sure to check the number of pills in the kit (with the #loot command) before burying it: kits containing very few pills are generally not worth burying.
+While slow, getting the wish(es) requires nothing more than a medical kit, a pick-axe, a boulder, and some time. Kits with more than 10 or so pills can be regarded as items akin to inconvenient [[magic lamp]]s: expensive, with a high chance of producing a wish, and unlike a magic lamp they do not need to be blessed to do so.  This is particularly useful for early [[healer]]s, who in addition to starting with a medical kit, also start with poison resistance.  Be sure to check the number of pills in the kit (with the #loot command) before burying it: kits containing very few pills are generally not worth burying.
-====Indefinite wishes====
+===Indefinite wishes===
-Theoretically, burying medical kits produces slightly more than one wish per kit on average (approximately 1.23), meaning it could be carried on indefinitely by wishing for more medical kits. However, due to the high variance in the number of pills per kit and wishes per pill, this technique has a good chance of "fizzling out" without producing a single wish: an individual kit has a roughly 36% chance of providing zero wishes.
+Theoretically, burying medical kits as described above produces slightly more than one wish per kit on average (approximately 1.23), meaning it could be carried on indefinitely by wishing for more medical kits. However, due to the high variance in the number of pills per kit and wishes per pill, this technique has a good chance of "fizzling out" without producing a single wish: an individual kit has a roughly 36% chance of providing zero wishes.
 Producing two or more wishes from a single kit (i.e. to get anything other than another medical kit) occurs approximately {{frac|3}} of the time, meaning a player may have to perform this technique several times before getting a useful wish. A character truly desiring to carry this out indefinitely will also need a source of boulders: wishing for [[scrolls of earth]] is a possibility, but makes the technique even less efficient. A monster capable of casting [[summon nasties]] can produce an indefinite number of [[fire giant]]s, as the spell does not respect [[extinction]], and they may be generated with boulders. Overall, the slow speed of the technique combined with the availability of wishes through [[Gypsy#Farming wishes|gypsies]] makes it impractical in a real game.
 ==External links==
-* [https://sites.google.com/view/evasroguelikegamessite/tools-in-slashem This spoiler on tools in SLASH'EM] has more detail on medical kits.
+* [https://sites.google.com/view/evasroguelikegamessite/tools-in-slashem Eva's tools spoiler for SLASH'EM], which has more detail on medical kits.
 ==References==

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 ====Indefinite wishes====
-Theoretically, burying medical kits produces slightly more than one wish per kit on average (approximately 1.23), meaning it could be carried on indefinitely by wishing for more medical kits.  However, due to the high variance in the number of pills per kit and wishes per pill, this technique has a good chance to "fizzle out" without producing a single wish: an individual kit has a roughly 36% chance of providing zero wishes.  Producing two or more wishes from a single kit (i.e. to get anything other than another medical kit) occurs approximately {{frac|3}} of the time, meaning one may have to perform this technique several times before getting a useful wish.  A character truly desiring to carry this out indefinitely will also need a source of boulders: wishing for [[scrolls of earth]] is a possibility, but makes the technique even less efficient.  A monster capable of casting [[summon nasties]] can produce an indefinite number of [[fire giant]]s, as the spell does not respect [[extinction]], and they may be generated with boulders.  Overall, the slow speed of the technique combined with the availability of wishes through [[Gypsy#Farming_wishes|gypsies]] makes it impractical in a real game.
+Theoretically, burying medical kits produces slightly more than one wish per kit on average (approximately 1.23), meaning it could be carried on indefinitely by wishing for more medical kits. However, due to the high variance in the number of pills per kit and wishes per pill, this technique has a good chance of "fizzling out" without producing a single wish: an individual kit has a roughly 36% chance of providing zero wishes.
 ==External links==

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 The bandages and phials are useless on their own, but the [[pill]]s are in fact the same pink pills that are occasionally found as food items, complete with {{frac|7}} chance apiece of producing a [[wish]] when eaten; as the pills will always be old enough to be [[rotten food|rotten]] when unearthed, this chance is reduced to {{frac|6|49}} in practice.  This means a kit containing 10 pills has a roughly 73% chance of producing at least one wish.  Players will need to be able resist or mitigate the negative effects of the pills: [[poison resistance]] or a [[unicorn horn]] is a must to resist/restore the strength drain, and without [[sleep resistance]], players will want to create a safe place to consume the pills.
-While slow, getting the wish(es) requires nothing more than a medical kit, a pick-axe, a boulder, and some time.  Kits with more than 10 or so pills can be regarded as items akin to inconvenient [[magic lamp]]s: expensive, with a high chance of producing a wish.  This is particularly useful for early [[healer]]s, who in addition to starting with a medical kit, also start with poison resistance.  Be sure to check the number of pills in the kit (with the #loot command) before burying it: kits containing very few pills are generally not worth burying.
+While slow, getting the wish(es) requires nothing more than a medical kit, a pick-axe, a boulder, and some time.  Kits with more than 10 or so pills can be regarded as items akin to inconvenient [[magic lamp]]s: expensive, with a high chance of producing a wish, and unlike a magic lamp they do not need to be blessed to do so.  This is particularly useful for early [[healer]]s, who in addition to starting with a medical kit, also start with poison resistance.  Be sure to check the number of pills in the kit (with the #loot command) before burying it: kits containing very few pills are generally not worth burying.
 ====Indefinite wishes====

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 The bandages and phials are useless on their own, but the [[pill]]s are in fact the same pink pills that are occasionally found as food items, complete with {{frac|7}} chance apiece of producing a [[wish]] when eaten; as the pills will always be old enough to be [[rotten food|rotten]] when unearthed, this chance is reduced to {{frac|6|49}} in practice.  This means a kit containing 10 pills has a roughly 73% chance of producing at least one wish.  Players will need to be able resist or mitigate the negative effects of the pills: [[poison resistance]] or a [[unicorn horn]] is a must to resist/restore the strength drain, and without [[sleep resistance]], players will want to create a safe place to consume the pills.
-While slow, getting the wish(es) requires nothing more than a medical kit, a pick-axe, a boulder, and some time.  Kits with more than 10 or so pills can be regarded as tedious [[magic lamp]]s: expensive items with a high chance of producing a wish.  This is particularly useful for early [[healer]]s, who in addition to starting with a medical kit, also start with poison resistance.  Be sure to check the number of pills in the kit (with the #loot command) before burying it: kits containing very few pills are generally not worth burying.
+While slow, getting the wish(es) requires nothing more than a medical kit, a pick-axe, a boulder, and some time.  Kits with more than 10 or so pills can be regarded as items akin to inconvenient [[magic lamp]]s: expensive, with a high chance of producing a wish.  This is particularly useful for early [[healer]]s, who in addition to starting with a medical kit, also start with poison resistance.  Be sure to check the number of pills in the kit (with the #loot command) before burying it: kits containing very few pills are generally not worth burying.
 ====Indefinite wishes====

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 ===Burying===
-Due to one of [[Bug Hall of Fame#SLASH'EM|SLASH'EM's more infamous bugs]], it is actually possible (if tedious) to directly access the items in a medical kit.  Burying the kit by dropping it in a [[pit#Buried objects|pit]] and filling it in with a [[boulder]] will eventually cause the kit to rot away, after a random period of 250 to 500 turns{{refsrc|dig.c|1450|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}.  Unearthing the kit early will restart the timer, while unearthing it too late will cause the pills and bandages to themselves rot away.  A source of [[object detection]] (or a [[wand of probing]]) is useful to "check on" the kit to see when it is ready.  Once the kit has rotted away, the items can be unearthed and directly added to the character's inventory.
+Due to one of [[Bug Hall of Fame#SLASH'EM|SLASH'EM's more infamous bugs]], it is actually possible (if tedious) to directly access the items in a medical kit.  Burying the kit by dropping it in a [[pit#Buried objects|pit]] and filling it in with a [[boulder]] will eventually cause the kit to rot away, after a random period of 250 to 500 turns{{refsrc|dig.c|1450|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}.  Unearthing the kit early will restart the timer, while unearthing it too late will cause the pills and bandages to themselves rot away.  The [[Options#time|time option]] (which can be switched in-game) is usually necessary to know when the kit has rotted away; [[object detection]], if available, allows one to "check on" the kit without disturbing it.  Once the kit has rotted away, the items can be unearthed and directly added to the character's inventory.
 The bandages and phials are useless on their own, but the [[pill]]s are in fact the same pink pills that are occasionally found as food items, complete with {{frac|7}} chance apiece of producing a [[wish]] when eaten; as the pills will always be old enough to be [[rotten food|rotten]] when unearthed, this chance is reduced to {{frac|6|49}} in practice.  This means a kit containing 10 pills has a roughly 73% chance of producing at least one wish.  Players will need to be able resist or mitigate the negative effects of the pills: [[poison resistance]] or a [[unicorn horn]] is a must to resist/restore the strength drain, and without [[sleep resistance]], players will want to create a safe place to consume the pills.

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 While slow, getting the wish(es) requires nothing more than a medical kit, a pick-axe, a boulder, and some time.  Kits with more than 10 or so pills can be regarded as tedious [[magic lamp]]s: expensive items with a high chance of producing a wish.  This is particularly useful for early [[healer]]s, who in addition to starting with a medical kit, also start with poison resistance.  Be sure to check the number of pills in the kit (with the #loot command) before burying it: kits containing very few pills are generally not worth burying.
-Theoretically, this technique produces slightly more than one wish per kit on average, meaning it could be carried on indefinitely by wishing for more medical kits.  However, due to the high variance in the number of pills per kit and wishes per pill, it has a high chance to "fizzle out" without producing a single wish, and producing two wishes from a single kit (i.e. to get anything other than another medical kit) can potentially take quite a long time.  A character truly desiring to carry this technique on indefinitely will also need a source of boulders.  Wishing for [[scrolls of earth]] is a possibility, but makes the technique even less efficient.  A monster capable of casting [[summon nasties]] can produce an indefinite number of [[fire giant]]s, as the spell does not respect [[extinction]], and they may be generated with boulders.  The slow speed of the technique combined with the availability of wishes through [[Gypsy#Farming_wishes|gypsies]] generally makes it impractical in a real game.
+Theoretically, this technique produces slightly more than one wish per kit on average (approximately 1.23), meaning it could be carried on indefinitely by wishing for more medical kits.  However, due to the high variance in the number of pills per kit and wishes per pill, it has a high chance to "fizzle out" without producing a single wish: an individual kit has a roughly 36% chance of providing zero wishes.  Producing two or more wishes from a single kit (i.e. to get anything other than another medical kit) occurs approximately {{frac|3}} of the time, meaning one may have to perform this technique several times before getting a useful wish.  A character truly desiring to carry this technique on indefinitely will also need a source of boulders.  Wishing for [[scrolls of earth]] is a possibility, but makes the technique even less efficient.  A monster capable of casting [[summon nasties]] can produce an indefinite number of [[fire giant]]s, as the spell does not respect [[extinction]], and they may be generated with boulders.  The slow speed of the technique combined with the availability of wishes through [[Gypsy#Farming_wishes|gypsies]] generally makes it impractical in a real game.
 ==External links==