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Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ pothole

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‎Description: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

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potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: word choice

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word choice

Umbire the Phantom: nndnh + copyedit

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ScienceBall: /* Strategy */ redundant word

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Umbire the Phantom: follow-up

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{{artifact
|color=metal color
|glyph=<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|tile= 
|base=ruby or gold ring
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[Elf (starting race)|elves]]</li><li>[[intelligent artifact]]s</li></ul>
|used=worn
|whencarried=none
|whenused=<ul><li>standard effects for rings of that appearance</li><li>+1d10 [[fire]] damage on each attack, minus spells and spell-like abilities</li><li>[[fire resistance]]</li><li>lowers [[fireball]] and [[Spellbook of firestorm|firestorm]] failure rate</li></ul>
|wheninvoked=none
|cost=0
|weight=6
|material=mithril
}}

'''Narya''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]] and [[Elf (starting race)|elf]]-favoring, and its [[base item]] is a [[ring]] with the [[randomized appearance]] of a "ruby ring". If the ruby ring is a [[ring of polymorph]] in the current game, then Narya will appear as a gold ring instead.

==Description==
While worn, Narya has the usual effects conferred by the ring whose appearance it matches, and additionally confers [[fire resistance]]. Each attack made in melee or with a thrown/fired weapon while wearing Narya adds +1d10 [[fire]] damage. Pets are "emboldened" while wearing Narya, which causes them to exit [[scared]] states much faster.

Wearing Narya also massively lowers the failure rate of the [[fireball]] and [[Spellbook of firestorm|firestorm]] spells, guaranteeing the ability to cast either spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.

In addition, wearing Narya also applies a [[charisma]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Cha-11)|2}} to the wearer's saves versus [[sanity]] loss, along with pet [[to-hit]] and damage, and rolls a die of that modifier's size and adds the result to pet [[AC]].
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 While worn, Narya has the usual effects conferred by the ring whose appearance it matches, and additionally confers [[fire resistance]]. Each attack made in melee or with a thrown/fired weapon while wearing Narya adds +1d10 [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage. Pets are "emboldened" while wearing Narya, which causes them to exit [[scared]] states in {{frac|4}} of the time it would take otherwise - this does not stack for monsters that are already naturally bold.
-Wearing Narya also massively lowers the failure rate of the {{+ of|fireball}} and {{+ of|firestorm}} spells, guaranteeing the ability to cast either spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.
+Wearing Narya also massively lowers the failure rate of the {{+ of|fireball}} and {{+ of|fire storm}} spells, guaranteeing the ability to cast either spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.
 In addition, wearing Narya also applies a [[charisma]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Cha-11)|2}} to the wearer's successful saves versus [[sanity]] loss, usually significantly reducing the sanity damage taken, and always prevent the secondary effects of [[Sanity#Temporary madnesses|temporary madnesses]]. The modifier is also applied to pet [[to-hit]] and damage, and rolls a die of that modifier's size and adds the result to each pet [[AC]].

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    |used=worn
    |whencarried=none
-   |whenused=<ul><li>standard effects for rings of that appearance</li><li>+1d10 [[fire]] damage on each attack<br>(minus spells and spell-like abilities)</li><li>[[fire resistance]]</li><li>lowers [[fireball]] and [[Spellbook of firestorm|firestorm]] failure rate</li></ul>
+   |whenused=<ul><li>standard effects for rings of that appearance</li><li>+1d10 [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage on each attack<br>(minus spells and spell-like abilities)</li><li>[[fire resistance]]</li><li>lowers {{+ of|fireball}} and {{+ of|firestorm}} failure rate</li></ul>
    |wheninvoked=none
    |cost=0
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 ==Description==
-While worn, Narya has the usual effects conferred by the ring whose appearance it matches, and additionally confers [[fire resistance]]. Each attack made in melee or with a thrown/fired weapon while wearing Narya adds +1d10 [[fire]] damage. Pets are "emboldened" while wearing Narya, which causes them to exit [[scared]] states in {{frac|4}} of the time it would take otherwise - this does not stack for monsters that are already naturally bold.
+While worn, Narya has the usual effects conferred by the ring whose appearance it matches, and additionally confers [[fire resistance]]. Each attack made in melee or with a thrown/fired weapon while wearing Narya adds +1d10 [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage. Pets are "emboldened" while wearing Narya, which causes them to exit [[scared]] states in {{frac|4}} of the time it would take otherwise - this does not stack for monsters that are already naturally bold.
-Wearing Narya also massively lowers the failure rate of the [[fireball]] and [[Spellbook of firestorm|firestorm]] spells, guaranteeing the ability to cast either spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.
+Wearing Narya also massively lowers the failure rate of the {{+ of|fireball}} and {{+ of|firestorm}} spells, guaranteeing the ability to cast either spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.
 In addition, wearing Narya also applies a [[charisma]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Cha-11)|2}} to the wearer's successful saves versus [[sanity]] loss, usually significantly reducing the sanity damage taken, and always prevent the secondary effects of [[Sanity#Temporary madnesses|temporary madnesses]]. The modifier is also applied to pet [[to-hit]] and damage, and rolls a die of that modifier's size and adds the result to each pet [[AC]].

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 ==Generation==
-Both Narya and the [[Ring of Thror]] have the same fallback appearance, but since they will both only become gold rings if the ruby ring is a ring of polymorph, at most one of the two artifacts will be a gold ring in a given game.
+Both Narya and the [[Ring of Thror]] have the same fallback appearance, but since they will both only become gold rings if their primary ring appearance is used for the ring of polymorph, at most one of the two artifacts will be a gold ring in a given game.
 ==Description==

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-'''Narya''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]] and [[Elf (starting race)|elf]]-favoring, and its [[base item]] is a [[ring]] with the [[randomized appearance]] of a "ruby ring". If the ruby ring is a [[ring of polymorph]] in the current game, then Narya will appear as a gold ring instead.
+'''Narya''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]] and [[Elf (starting race)|elf]]-favoring, and its [[base item]] is a [[ring]] with the [[randomized appearance]] of a "ruby ring". If the ruby ring is a [[ring of polymorph]] in the current game, then Narya will appear as a gold ring instead.
 ==Generation==
-Both Narya and the [[Ring of Thror]] have the same fallback appearance, but since they will both only become gold rings if their primary appearance is polymorph, at most one of the two will be a gold ring in a given game.
+Both Narya and the [[Ring of Thror]] have the same fallback appearance, but since they will both only become gold rings if the ruby ring is a ring of polymorph, at most one of the two artifacts will be a gold ring in a given game.
 ==Description==
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 ==Strategy==
-The effectiveness of all of the elf rings depends on their base item type in that game. If you're lucky enough to have a game where ruby rings are free action, then Narya is obviously much better than when it's a ring of hunger. Despite this, if you have a free ring slot and decent charisma it's possibly worth wearing.
+The effectiveness of all of the elf rings depends on their base item type in that game, e.g. Narya is obviously much better in a game where ruby rings are [[Ring of free action|free action]] than in games where they are [[Ring of hunger|hunger]]. Despite this, Narya is possibly worth wearing for characters with a free ring slot and decent charisma.
-For melee or ranged builds, Narya is possibly the least useful out of the elf rings. You benefit from the minor additional fire damage, but if you're not using pets or spells then you're not likely to make good use of the other properties. Guaranteed casting of fireball and firestorm are nice, but if you lack [[The Magic Mirror of Merlin#Double damage|double spell damage]] then it's most likely not worth using them anyway. The benefit to saves versus sanity loss is nice, but has little to no effect without high charisma, and if you don't have high wisdom already (used for the base save modifier) then it's likely not going to make a huge difference.
+For melee or ranged builds, Narya is likely the least useful out of the elf rings: Though they benefit from the minor additional fire damage, they will not be able to make good use of the other properties if they are not using pets or spells. Guaranteed casting of fireball and firestorm are nice, but the spells themselves are unlikely to be cast without [[double spell damage]] (e.g. from [[The Magic Mirror of Merlin]]). The benefit to saves versus sanity loss is nice, but has little to no effect without high charisma, and characters that do not already have high wisdom (used for the base save modifier against sanity loss) will not notice a huge difference.
-For spellcaster builds, Narya can be helpful but is rather one-note - similar to weapon-based builds. You don't get much out of the bonus fire damage, but care more about the fail-less fire spells and the sanity saves. However, since Narya only benefits fire spells rather than all spells, you'd probably already have low fail rates on every spell you'd like to cast anyway, including fireball and firestorm.
+For spellcaster builds, Narya can be helpful but is rather one-note as with weapon-based builds: the bonus fire damage is less important for them than the reliable casting of fireball and firestorm, as well as the sanity saves. Narya only benefits fire spells rather than all spells, however, and casting builds ideally already have low fail rates on the spells they want to cast, including fireball and firestorm.
-For pet-based builds, Narya is possibly the best out of the elf rings. You will most likely have high charisma, since it raises pet capacity, and you make excellent use out of the emboldening along with the bonus damage, accuracy, and AC on pets. The extra fire damage or fire spells is less useful, but potentially decent if you'd like to support your pets by attacking yourself. The sanity save modifier is around as useful as it ever is - but you're much more likely to have a meaningful modifier size than builds without high charisma.
+For pet-based builds, Narya is possibly the best out of the elf rings: these builds will most likely have high charisma to maximize pet capacity, and can make excellent use out of the emboldening along with the bonus damage, accuracy and AC for pets. The extra fire damage or fire spells is less useful, but potentially decent for characters supporting their pets with offensive spells. The sanity save modifier is no more or less useful, though pet-focused builds are much more likely to have a meaningful modifier size than builds without high charisma.
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 For spellcaster builds, Narya can be helpful but is rather one-note - similar to weapon-based builds. You don't get much out of the bonus fire damage, but care more about the fail-less fire spells and the sanity saves. However, since Narya only benefits fire spells rather than all spells, you'd probably already have low fail rates on every spell you'd like to cast anyway, including fireball and firestorm.
-For pet-based builds, Narya is possibly the most best out of the elf rings. You will most likely have high charisma, since it raises pet capacity, and you make excellent use out of the emboldening along with the bonus damage, accuracy, and AC on pets. The extra fire damage or fire spells is less useful, but potentially decent if you'd like to support your pets by attacking yourself. The sanity save modifier is around as useful as it ever is - but you're much more likely to have a meaningful modifier size than builds without high charisma.
+For pet-based builds, Narya is possibly the best out of the elf rings. You will most likely have high charisma, since it raises pet capacity, and you make excellent use out of the emboldening along with the bonus damage, accuracy, and AC on pets. The extra fire damage or fire spells is less useful, but potentially decent if you'd like to support your pets by attacking yourself. The sanity save modifier is around as useful as it ever is - but you're much more likely to have a meaningful modifier size than builds without high charisma.
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