NetHack 3.6.1 - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Significant changes */ potholes

2024-10-08T08:30:08Z

‎Significant changes: potholes

2023-06-08T09:16:14Z

pothole

2022-08-24T10:09:42Z

linkfix

2021-05-24T19:58:11Z

2021-01-20T00:19:46Z

remove unnecessary offset from topright badge

2020-12-29T05:23:09Z

2020-12-29T05:20:04Z

‎Significant changes

2018-11-07T10:17:35Z

‎Significant changes: precise Vlad buff

2018-11-07T00:15:29Z

‎Significant changes: tougher Vlad

2018-04-30T20:28:08Z

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 ** The Master Key also warns about adjacent undetected floor traps when wielded without gloves.
 * Naming [[Sting]] or [[Orcrist]] breaks [[illiterate]] conduct.
-* [[Iron bars]] can be dissolved by wielding a [[potion of acid]] and [[fight]]ing the bars.
+* [[Iron bars]] can be dissolved by wielding a [[potion of acid]] and [[force-fight]]ing in the direction the bars.
-* Poison breath attacks leave a trail of [[poison cloud|poison gas]].
+* Poison breath attacks leave a trail of [[poison cloud]]s.
 * Stoning, strangulation, deafness, levitation, flying, and riding are all now shown on the status line.
 * The [[vibrating square]] now appears as {{magenta|~}} instead of {{yellow|^}}.

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 ** Closed a loophole that allowed you to generate free credit in shops.
 ** The chest in the [[castle]] with the [[wand of wishing]] will never be generated as trapped.
-** [[Chameleons]] that imitate vampires now eventually shapeshift into another random monster instead of staying in that form.
+** [[Chameleon]]s that imitate vampires now eventually shapeshift into another random monster instead of staying in that form.
 ** [[Gelatinous cube]]s won't eat [[scroll of scare monster|scrolls of scare monster]].
 ** Fire and cold explosions from the {{spell of|fireball}} or {{spell of|cone of cold}} spells don't disregard walls anymore.

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 * [[Vlad the Impaler]] has been made significantly stronger: he is faster (speed 18 → 26, now second-fastest monster in the game), hits harder (1d10+1d10 → 2d10+1d12), has better AC (-3 → -6) and a lot more hit points (base level 14 → 28, which means 17d8..21d8≈85 → 28d8..30d8≈130 HP).
 * Many bug fixes, including:
-** Genociding [[vampires]] kills shapeshifted vampires instead of making them unkillable.
+** Genociding [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] kills shapeshifted vampires instead of making them unkillable.
 ** Sleep resistance is now respected when reading a dull spellbook.
 ** Closed a loophole that allowed you to generate free credit in shops.

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 ** [[Dragonbane]] grants [[reflection]] while wielded.
 ** [[Cleaver]] attacks in an arc, and may hit monsters to the left and right of the target monster.
-** The [[Master Key of Thievery]] always finds traps on doors and chests when blessed (for non-rogues) and non-cursed (for rogues), and offers to disarm them with 100% success. This duplicates the invoke effect, and the invoke effect may be changed in the future.
+** The [[Master Key of Thievery]] always finds traps on doors and chests when blessed (for non-Rogues) and non-cursed (for Rogues), and offers to disarm them with 100% success. This duplicates the invoke effect, and the invoke effect may be changed in the future.
 ** The Master Key also warns about adjacent undetected floor traps when wielded without gloves.
 * Naming [[Sting]] or [[Orcrist]] breaks [[illiterate]] conduct.
 * [[Iron bars]] can be dissolved by wielding a [[potion of acid]] and [[fight]]ing the bars.
-* Poison breath attacks leave a trail of [[stinking cloud|poison gas]].
+* Poison breath attacks leave a trail of [[poison cloud|poison gas]].
 * Stoning, strangulation, deafness, levitation, flying, and riding are all now shown on the status line.
 * The [[vibrating square]] now appears as {{magenta|~}} instead of {{yellow|^}}.

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 ** [[Peaceful]] monsters may react (possibly fleeing or turning hostile) when they see you attack another peaceful.
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 ** It will ''not'' erode or try to erode when scaring a monster
 ** It will immediately vanish when the player makes a hostile action, such as attacking, firing, or zapping a wand, additionally causing a -5 alignment penalty.
-* Fixed the bug where monsters casting Aggravate Monster on Rodney's level would wake the wizard. Now the Aggravate Monster is limited to either outside or inside of the Wizard's tower.
+* Fixed the bug where monsters casting aggravate nonster on Rodney's level would wake the Wizard. Now the spell's range is limited to either outside or inside of the Wizard's tower.
 * When [[travel]]ing, you will automatically displace pets if they can be displaced, instead of stopping.
 * [[Autopickup]] no longer works on unpaid items in shops.
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 * A warning is given before [[levitation]] from the spell or potion is about to expire.
 * The calculation for the result of a [[Foocubus]] encounter now uses the sum of [[Intelligence]] and [[Charisma]] capped at 32, which results in a minimum chance of 2/35 (~5.7%) for a negative effect.
-* [[Vlad the Impaler]] has been made significantly stronger: he is faster, hits harder, has better AC and a lot more hit points.
+* [[Vlad the Impaler]] has been made significantly stronger: he is faster (speed 18 → 26, now second-fastest monster in the game), hits harder (1d10+1d10 → 2d10+1d12), has better AC (-3 → -6) and a lot more hit points (base level 14 → 28, which means 17d8..21d8≈85 → 28d8..30d8≈130 HP).
 * Many bug fixes, including:
 ** Genociding [[vampires]] kills shapeshifted vampires instead of making them unkillable.