Polymorph control - Revision history

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 If the hero has lycanthropy or are in vampire form, and a transformation is triggered by means outside of polymorph magic (such as the random chance per turn or unholy water for lycanthropy, or the [[Monster (extended command)|#monster]] [[extended command]] for vampire forms), a prompt is instead generated asking whether or not you want to shift from the hero's current form, and declining will not transform them.{{refsrc|src/were.c|183|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Option to change as a werecreature when you have polymorph control}}{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|540|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Option to change when using #monster as a vampire.}}
-Choosing to [[Polymorph#Polymorphing into your own race|polymorph into a monster of the hero's own species]] will cause random adjustments to their [[attributes]] and [[experience level]], while polymorphing into the hero's own species while in the form of another monster will return them to their base form, with both transformations printing the same messages. There is also a {{frac|5}} chance that a polymorph will cause the hero to  turn into their own species regardless of if they have polymorph control.{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|268|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<code>newman()</code>}}
+Choosing to [[Polymorph#Polymorphing into your own race|polymorph into a monster of the hero's own species]] will cause random adjustments to their [[attributes]] and [[experience level]], while polymorphing into the hero's own species while in the form of another monster will return them to their base form. Both of these transformations yield the same messages. There is also a {{frac|5}} chance that a polymorph will cause the hero to turn into their own species regardless of whether they have polymorph control.{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|268|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<code>newman()</code>}}
 ==Strategy==

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 ===Permanently self-polymorphing===
-By wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]] after polymorphing, the player can permanently stay in a polymorphed form. This can be useful, as many monsters have powerful traits that an unpolymorphed player cannot otherwise gain access to such as [[flight]], [[phasing]], and [[stoning resistance]]. In addition, most monsters have a lower base AC than the default of 10, and many have unique attacks or [[Monster (command)|monster abilities]] that provide an edge in combat. However, the player must be very careful in choosing what monster to polymorph into, as the drawbacks of most monster forms vastly outweigh the benefits: compared to an unpolymorphed player, most monsters have a low base HP, do not move as fast, and cannot use all the equipment and tools available, and all monster forms with [[bite]] attacks that lack stoning resistance have a particular weakness to instadeath caused by attacking [[cockatrices]]. Furthermore, in versions [[3.6.7]] and earlier, [[silver-hating]] forms such as [[major demons]] and [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are unable to use the [[Bell of Opening]]&mdash;which is required to complete the [[invocation ritual]]&mdash;and thus are unable to win the game without unpolymorphing. This is especially worth consideration when choosing a polymorph form for permanent use early in the run, as any stats gained while polymorphed are lost upon unpolymorphing and do not return even if the player resumes the same form afterwards, so a careless player could wind up being forced to perform the invocation and enter the hardest portion of the game with their stats suddenly reset to whatever they were before they assumed their form.
+By wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]] after polymorphing, the player can permanently stay in a polymorphed form. This can be useful, as many monsters have powerful traits that an unpolymorphed player cannot otherwise gain access to such as [[flight]], [[phasing]], and [[stoning resistance]]. In addition, most monsters have a lower base AC than the default of 10, and many have unique attacks or [[Monster (command)|monster abilities]] that provide an edge in combat. However, the player must be very careful in choosing what monster to polymorph into, as the drawbacks of most monster forms vastly outweigh the benefits: compared to an unpolymorphed player, most monsters have a low base HP, regenerate HP much slower (unless they have the regeneration trait), cannot use all the equipment and tools available, and all monster forms with [[bite]] attacks that lack stoning resistance have a particular weakness to instadeath caused by attacking [[cockatrices]]. Furthermore, in versions [[3.6.7]] and earlier, [[silver-hating]] forms such as [[major demons]] and [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]] are unable to use the [[Bell of Opening]]&mdash;which is required to complete the [[invocation ritual]]&mdash;and thus are unable to win the game without unpolymorphing. This is especially worth consideration when choosing a polymorph form for permanent use early in the run, as any stats gained while polymorphed are lost upon unpolymorphing and do not return even if the player resumes the same form afterwards, so a careless player could wind up being forced to perform the invocation and enter the hardest portion of the game with their stats suddenly reset to whatever they were before they assumed their form.
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 ** Fire vampires can wear all types of armor, give out radius 2 [[light]], have 24 speed, a base level of 12 (same as a [[vampire lord]]), a base AC of 0, and additional attacks including a fire touch and level-draining bite.
 ** Star vampires can wear all types of armor excluding body armor (shirt, suit/robe, cloak), have 18 speed, base AC of &minus;5, a base level of 18, and can easily mow down enemies, doing up to 12d6 damage with six tentacle attacks per turn.
-* [[Gug]]s can wear all regular things, and have a paralyzing attack and 18 speed.
+* [[Gug (SLASH'EM)|Gugs]] can wear all armor and wield weapons, and have a paralyzing attack and 18 speed.
 Note that in SLASH'EM, forms that have a contact attack (bite, tentacle, claw, touch, etc.) will refrain from using that contact attack against a monster with a passive [[stoning]] attack ([[cockatrice]], [[chickatrice]], [[Basilisk (SLASH'EM)|basilisk]], or [[asphynx]]), but you still need to exercise caution. Contact attacks will be disabled ''only'' if: (1) you attack with a wielded weapon, and (2) the monster is in the same form for the first attack and subsequent attacks. Thus, clawing, biting, or butting a cockatrice without wielding a weapon will stone you, but hitting one with a sword as a master mind flayer or vampire will not; that is, unless the cockatrice was polymorphed into (for example) a troll, and an early attack caused the troll to drop below 1 hp and revert to cockatrice form, in which case the subsequent attacks will still hit the cockatrice and result in a stoning instadeath. This latter case may be a bug. Note further that this limits polyself options for doppleganger monks who are attempting the weaponless conduct; they will always attempt their contact attacks.

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 Another way to gain intrinsics is to polymorph into a [[metallivore]] or [[gelatinous cube]] and [[Eating jewelry|eat rings and amulets]]. This way, you do not have to wear those items to enjoy their benefits. Note that some items cannot be eaten, some intrinsics cannot ever be gained, and some items have unwanted side effects. For example, the intrinsic from a [[ring of regeneration]] will also cause you to burn nutrition faster, even when your HP is full. Interestingly, it is possible to get both intrinsic [[polymorphitis]] and polymorph control from rings, allowing you to polymorph from time to time like a [[shapeshifter]] monster.
-Polymorph control is also useful for temporary intrinsics and other properties, such as a [[silver dragon]] form to deal with a [[Gnome With the Wand of Death]], or a [[winged gargoyle]] form to pick up a cockatrice [[corpse]] without gloves - one common such use is the [[xorn]] form's phasing ability to move more efficiently on [[non-teleport level]]s, e.g. to get the Castle's [[wand of wishing]] without having to fight the army inside. Other similar uses include turning into a [[nymph]] to steal items from other monsters, becoming a [[cockatrice]] to petrify monsters, or turning into a [[major demon]] to summon tame demons as you attack enemies bare-handed.
+Polymorph control is also useful for temporary intrinsics and other properties, such as a [[silver dragon]] form to deal with a [[Gnome With the Wand of Death]], or a [[winged gargoyle]] form to pick up a cockatrice [[corpse]] without gloves - one common such use is the [[xorn]] form's phasing ability to move more efficiently on [[non-teleport level]]s, e.g. to get the Castle's [[wand of wishing]] without having to fight the army inside. Other similar uses include turning into a [[Nymph (monster class)|nymph]] to steal items from other monsters, becoming a [[cockatrice]] to petrify monsters, or turning into a [[major demon]] to summon tame demons as you attack enemies bare-handed.
 ===Other uses===

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 * [[Crystal golem]]s are too large to wear body armor, but intrinsically possess magic resistance, reflection, fire, cold, sleep and shock resistance. They will always have 300 HP as well. While their melee attack only does the damage of your wielded weapon/bare-handed combat abilities, they also possess a random breath weapon, possibly including disintegration.
 * [[Master mind flayer]]s are still a good choice, but in SLASH'EM they oddly have fewer brain-eating attacks than normal mind flayers.
-* [[Fire vampire]]s and [[star vampire]]s are [[breathless]], [[regenerate|regenerating]], [[flying]], and make excellent fighting forms. Fire vampires can wear all types of armor, give out radius 2 [[light]], have 24 speed, a base level of 12 (same as a [[vampire lord]]), a base AC of 0, and additional attacks including a fire touch and level-draining bite. Star vampires can wear all types of armor excluding body armor (shirt, suit/robe, cloak), have 18 speed, base AC of &minus;5, a base level of 18, and can easily mow down enemies, doing up to 12d6 damage with six tentacle attacks per turn. Note that if you are playing the [[Vampire_(starting_race_in_SLASH%27EM)|vampire race]], any attempt to transform into any vampiric form will always result in failure, with the "You feel like a new (wo)man!" message and its attendant effects.
+* [[Fire vampire]]s and [[Star vampire (SLASH'EM)|star vampires]] are [[breathless]], [[regeneration]], [[flying]], and make excellent fighting forms&mdash;they are also considered same-race (and thus unusable) for a [[Vampire (starting race in SLASH%'EM)|vampire]] hero.
 * [[Gug]]s can wear all regular things, and have a paralyzing attack and 18 speed.

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 * [[Gug]]s can wear all regular things, and have a paralyzing attack and 18 speed.
-Note that in SLASH'EM, forms that have a contact attack (bite, tentacle, claw, touch, etc.) will refrain from using that contact attack against a monster with a passive [[stoning]] attack ([[cockatrice]], [[chickatrice]], [[basilisk]], or [[asphynx]]), but you still need to exercise caution. Contact attacks will be disabled ''only'' if: (1) you attack with a wielded weapon, and (2) the monster is in the same form for the first attack and subsequent attacks. Thus, clawing, biting, or butting a cockatrice without wielding a weapon will stone you, but hitting one with a sword as a master mind flayer or vampire will not; that is, unless the cockatrice was polymorphed into (for example) a troll, and an early attack caused the troll to drop below 1 hp and revert to cockatrice form, in which case the subsequent attacks will still hit the cockatrice and result in a stoning instadeath. This latter case may be a bug. Note further that this limits polyself options for doppleganger monks who are attempting the weaponless conduct; they will always attempt their contact attacks.
+Note that in SLASH'EM, forms that have a contact attack (bite, tentacle, claw, touch, etc.) will refrain from using that contact attack against a monster with a passive [[stoning]] attack ([[cockatrice]], [[chickatrice]], [[Basilisk (SLASH'EM)|basilisk]], or [[asphynx]]), but you still need to exercise caution. Contact attacks will be disabled ''only'' if: (1) you attack with a wielded weapon, and (2) the monster is in the same form for the first attack and subsequent attacks. Thus, clawing, biting, or butting a cockatrice without wielding a weapon will stone you, but hitting one with a sword as a master mind flayer or vampire will not; that is, unless the cockatrice was polymorphed into (for example) a troll, and an early attack caused the troll to drop below 1 hp and revert to cockatrice form, in which case the subsequent attacks will still hit the cockatrice and result in a stoning instadeath. This latter case may be a bug. Note further that this limits polyself options for doppleganger monks who are attempting the weaponless conduct; they will always attempt their contact attacks.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], [[notnotdNetHack]], both [[The Silver Key]] and [[The Hand-Mirror of Cthylla]] (an equivalent artifact to the Silver Key for [[Binder]]s) grant polymorph control while carried.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], both [[The Silver Key]] and [[The Hand-Mirror of Cthylla]] (an equivalent artifact to the Silver Key for [[Binder]]s) grant polymorph control while carried.
 [[Spirits (dNetHack)#The Alignment Thing|The Alignment Thing]] is a spirit that confers polymorph control while bound.

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 The only source of the property is wearing or [[Eating jewelry|eating]] the [[ring of polymorph control]].
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|The blessed [[potion of polymorph]] gives a controlled polymorph when quaffed, as a form of temporary "polymorph control".}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|486ed290779a35d24b785a711d094194d3db8eaf}}, blessed potions of polymorph grant a controlled polymorph when quaffed.}}
 ==Description==
-If you polymorph while you have polymorph control, and you are not [[stun]]ned or unconscious, a prompt will appear asking what type of [[monster]] you want to become: you can type the name of that monster and confirm, then you will attempt to polymorph into that monster. This will always prevent [[system shock]] from occurring, and also overrides the special cases for polymorph where you would otherwise become a predetermined target &ndash; i.e. polymorphing while wearing [[dragon scales]] or a [[dragon scale mail]], or else polymorphing while you are a [[vampire (monster class)|vampire]] or [[werecreature]]; you will still be allowed to choose your polymorph form in these cases.{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|404|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Polymorph control prevents system shock}}{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|419|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Getting hit by polymorph magic while wearing dragon armor, or being a werecreature or vampire, and having polymorph control, overrides the normal case in the following <code>else</code> statement.}} If you have lycanthropy or are in vampire form, and your transformation is triggered by means that are not polymorph magic (such as the random chance per turn or unholy water for lycanthropy, or #monster for vampire form), you are instead asked whether or not you want to shift from your current form, and declining will not transform you.{{refsrc|src/were.c|183|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Option to change as a werecreature when you have polymorph control}}{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|540|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Option to change when using #monster as a vampire.}}
+If the hero polymorphs while they have polymorph control, and is not [[stun]]ned or unconscious, a prompt will appear asking what type of [[monster]] they want to become: once you type the name of that monster and confirm, the hero will attempt to polymorph into that monster. This will always prevent [[system shock]] from occurring, and allows a form to be chosen even in special cases where the hero would otherwise become a predetermined target (i.e. polymorphing while wearing [[dragon scales]] or a [[dragon scale mail]], or else polymorphing while you are a [[vampire (monster class)|vampire]] or [[werecreature]]).{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|404|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Polymorph control prevents system shock}}{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|419|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Getting hit by polymorph magic while wearing dragon armor, or being a werecreature or vampire, and having polymorph control, overrides the normal case in the following <code>else</code> statement.}}
-Choosing to [[Polymorph#Polymorphing into your own race|polymorph into a monster of your own species]] will cause random adjustments to your [[attributes]] and [[experience level]] change to your scores; polymorphing into your own species while in the form of another monster will return you to your base form. Both transformations give the same message. There is also a {{frac|5}} chance that a polymorph will cause you to turn into your own species and shuffle your stats, regardless of if you have polymorph control.{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|268|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=<code>newman()</code>}}
+If the hero has lycanthropy or are in vampire form, and a transformation is triggered by means outside of polymorph magic (such as the random chance per turn or unholy water for lycanthropy, or the [[Monster (extended command)|#monster]] [[extended command]] for vampire forms), a prompt is instead generated asking whether or not you want to shift from the hero's current form, and declining will not transform them.{{refsrc|src/were.c|183|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Option to change as a werecreature when you have polymorph control}}{{refsrc|src/polyself.c|540|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=Option to change when using #monster as a vampire.}}
 ==Strategy==
 There are many reasons for a player to want control over their polymorphs, whether it is gaining advantages and special abilities in combat, obtaining otherwise-rare pets, obtain hard-to-get intrinsics, or even making travel less of a hassle.
-=== Advantage in combat ===
+===Advantage in combat===
-:''See also: [[Monsters (by speed)]]''
+{{main|Monsters (by speed)}}
 Polyself has vastly improved the record for game-time [[speed ascension]]s. Some species have higher speed that lets you move, attack and react faster to enemies&mdash;in short, deal more damage per turn. Some species also have multiple or additional attacks, dealing extra damage. Whenever you attempt to hit a monster, you use all of your form's attacks. If the monster has no weapon attacks but can wield a weapon, you typically get your weapon damage added to the first attack (which may be a claw move); if a monster has multiple weapon attacks, you hit with your weapon multiple times.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2394|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} High-level monsters often have a lower base [[AC]], effectively giving you an AC bonus if you turn into one. If killed by HP loss while polymorphed, reverting to original form is a "free" [[amulet of life saving]].
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 ** The brain-sucking attack adds nutrition on each hit, making it possible to become oversatiated very quickly - this results in frequent [[dexterity]] abuse and also puts you at the risk of [[instadeath]] by [[choking]] if you eat any comestible while oversatiated, including [[wraith]] [[corpse]]s. Choking and dying will '''''not''''' revert you to original form - among other things, this means that curing delayed stoning in this state (e.g. eating a cockatrice [[egg]]) will require non-comestible means, such as a [[potion of acid]] or polymorphing into a form with [[stoning resistance]].
 ** If polymorphing into a (master) mind flayer as a human, eating the brains of [[soldier]]s counts as [[cannibalism]], hurting your [[Luck]] and making any subsequent Luck-reliant actions riskier.
-* [[Jabberwock]]s likely deal the most damage per turn of all polyforms (without an enchanted artifact weapon), can wield weapons, and are capable of flight. However, they can only wear non-body armor and cannot cast spells; in addition, jabberwocks wielding [[footrice]] corpses in 3.4.3 will not petrify monsters with them.
+* [[Jabberwock]]s likely deal the most damage per turn of all polyforms (without an enchanted artifact weapon), can wield weapons, and are capable of flight. However, they can only wear non-body armor and cannot cast spells.
 * [[Minotaur]]s are a good compromise between speed and damage output.
-* [[Titan]]s can fly, have base AC &minus;3, and are faster than the other recommendations. They can also manipulate [[boulder]]s, and cannot be [[engulfing|engulfed]].
+* [[Titan]]s can fly, have base AC &minus;3, and are faster than the other recommendations. They can also pick up [[boulder]]s, and cannot be [[engulfed]].
 * [[Elvenking]]s are speed 12, base AC 10 (same as you) and HD 9. They allow you to hit with your weapon damage twice per move, with a 2d4 bonus to each attack. Note, however, that elven characters cannot use this form.
 * [[Vampire lord]]s are speed 14 with base AC 0 and HD 12. They regenerate and are unbreathing. This allows you to swim, and you cannot choke to death from wraith corpses (e.g. when oversatiated due to brain-eating in mmf form). Both V can see any @ on the same level as you, as if telepathic, without needing to be blind. Useful for finding shops and temples. Note however that V are silver-hating, and cannot wield silver sabers. (They can however throw silver daggers.) Before polymorphing to a V, check that rings of polymorph control don't happen to be silver rings.
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 ===Special abilities===
-When polymorphed into certain species, you can use their abilities with the [[monster (command)|#monster]] command:
+When polymorphed into certain species, you can use their abilities with the #monster command:
 * A [[dragon]]'s [[breath]]. The black dragon's [[disintegration]] beam is a particular favorite, since few monsters are disintegration-resistant. For example, a [[monk]] can [[monk quest|defeat Master Kaen]] by flying over lava and breathing a blast of disintegration at him.
 * A [[gremlin]]'s ability to split near a source of water. This results in tame gremlins.
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], both [[The Silver Key]] and [[The Hand-Mirror of Cthylla]] (equivalent artifact to the Silver Key for [[Binder]]s) grant polymorph control while carried. [[Spirits (dNetHack)#The Alignment Thing|The Alignment Thing]] is a spirit that confers polymorph control while bound.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], [[notnotdNetHack]], both [[The Silver Key]] and [[The Hand-Mirror of Cthylla]] (an equivalent artifact to the Silver Key for [[Binder]]s) grant polymorph control while carried.
 ===SlashTHEM===

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-'''Polymorph control''' is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that allows [[you]] to maintain control over the form you take whenever you [[polymorph]].
+'''Polymorph control''' is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that allows the [[hero]] to maintain control over the form they take whenever they [[polymorph]].
 The only source of the property is wearing or [[Eating jewelry|eating]] the [[ring of polymorph control]].
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 Possible choices include:
 * [[Master mind flayer]]s have 0 base AC and can fly. They have five brain-sucking attacks; each one causes d10 damage to monsters with brains. This is one of the best forms to rack up damage in melee, and they can wear a cloak or armor for [[magic cancellation]]. However, mind flayer attacks also have some dangers:
-** '''Accidentally attacking/bumping a [[trice]] is a common [[stoning]] instadeath when in the form of a mind flayer:''' the mind flayer's tentacles are bare skin, and no armor can cover them. Similarly, eating Medusa's brain will result in delayed stoning, while eating any Rider's brain will kill you instantly.
+** '''Accidentally attacking/bumping a [[cockatrice]] is a common [[stoning]] instadeath when in the form of a mind flayer:''' the mind flayer's tentacles are bare skin, and no armor can cover them. Similarly, eating Medusa's brain will result in delayed stoning, while eating any Rider's brain will kill you instantly.
-** The brain-sucking attack adds nutrition on each hit, making it possible to become oversatiated very quickly - this results in frequent [[dexterity]] abuse and also puts you at the risk of [[instadeath]] by [[choking]] if you eat any comestible while oversatiated, including [[wraith]] corpses. Choking and dying will '''''not''''' revert you to original form - among other things, this means that curing delayed stoning in this state (e.g. eating a [[cockatrice]] egg) will require non-comestible means, such as a [[potion of acid]] or polymorphing into a form with [[stoning resistance]].
+** The brain-sucking attack adds nutrition on each hit, making it possible to become oversatiated very quickly - this results in frequent [[dexterity]] abuse and also puts you at the risk of [[instadeath]] by [[choking]] if you eat any comestible while oversatiated, including [[wraith]] [[corpse]]s. Choking and dying will '''''not''''' revert you to original form - among other things, this means that curing delayed stoning in this state (e.g. eating a cockatrice [[egg]]) will require non-comestible means, such as a [[potion of acid]] or polymorphing into a form with [[stoning resistance]].
 ** If polymorphing into a (master) mind flayer as a human, eating the brains of [[soldier]]s counts as [[cannibalism]], hurting your [[Luck]] and making any subsequent Luck-reliant actions riskier.
-* [[Jabberwock]]s likely deal the most damage per turn of all polyforms (without an enchanted artifact weapon), can wield weapons, and are capable of flight. However, they can only wear non-body armor and cannot cast spells; in addition, jabberwocks wielding footrice corpses in 3.4.3 will not petrify monsters with them.
+* [[Jabberwock]]s likely deal the most damage per turn of all polyforms (without an enchanted artifact weapon), can wield weapons, and are capable of flight. However, they can only wear non-body armor and cannot cast spells; in addition, jabberwocks wielding [[footrice]] corpses in 3.4.3 will not petrify monsters with them.
 * [[Minotaur]]s are a good compromise between speed and damage output.
-* [[Titan]]s can fly, have base AC &minus;3, and are faster than the other recommendations. As [[H|giants]], they can also manipulate [[boulder]]s, and cannot be [[engulfing|engulfed]].
+* [[Titan]]s can fly, have base AC &minus;3, and are faster than the other recommendations. They can also manipulate [[boulder]]s, and cannot be [[engulfing|engulfed]].
 * [[Elvenking]]s are speed 12, base AC 10 (same as you) and HD 9. They allow you to hit with your weapon damage twice per move, with a 2d4 bonus to each attack. Note, however, that elven characters cannot use this form.
 * [[Vampire lord]]s are speed 14 with base AC 0 and HD 12. They regenerate and are unbreathing. This allows you to swim, and you cannot choke to death from wraith corpses (e.g. when oversatiated due to brain-eating in mmf form). Both V can see any @ on the same level as you, as if telepathic, without needing to be blind. Useful for finding shops and temples. Note however that V are silver-hating, and cannot wield silver sabers. (They can however throw silver daggers.) Before polymorphing to a V, check that rings of polymorph control don't happen to be silver rings.
-Out of the above monsters, only elvenkings, master mind flayers and vampire lords are medium-sized, and thus can wear all forms of [[armor]]. Jabberwocks and minotaurs are large, and titans are huge, so they cannot wear torso armor. They cannot benefit from the extra AC of that armor, nor from the [[magic resistance]], [[reflection]] or [[magic cancellation]] they provide.
+Out of the above monsters, only Elvenkings, master mind flayers and vampire lords are medium-sized, and thus can wear all forms of [[armor]]. Jabberwocks and minotaurs are large, and titans are huge, so they cannot wear torso armor. They cannot benefit from the extra AC of that armor, nor from the [[magic resistance]], [[reflection]] or [[magic cancellation]] they provide.
 Pay attention to the base level of the species, as this determines your resulting HP. If it is not enough to survive combat, you may need to [[HP#Player|increase it]]. This is only worthwhile if you plan to be [[amulet of unchanging|unchanging]], as the increase is lost when you transform back. You also regenerate HP at the same rate as your species, so having [[regeneration]] or healing magic is useful.
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 ===Laying eggs===
-Female characters who polymorph into [[oviparous]] monsters can [[sit|#sit]] to lay [[egg]]s, which hatch into [[pet]]s of the same species. This can be used to gain pets of powerful species, such as [[dragon]]s and [[purple worm]]s, although they usually hatch into baby forms that take a while to [[grow up]].
+Female characters who polymorph into [[oviparous]] monsters can use the #[[sit]] command to lay eggs, which hatch into [[pet]]s of the same species. This can be used to gain pets of powerful species, such as [[dragon]]s and [[purple worm]]s, although they usually hatch into baby forms that take a while to [[grow up]].
 You can then kill the dragons after they grow up and take [[dragon scales|their scales]]. However, dragons only leave their scales {{frac|3}} of the time.
-Another tactic is to lay [[cockatrice egg]]s and use them later to petrify enemies. Note that your [[Luck]] is penalized by &minus;1 each time you break your own eggs, to a maximum of &minus;5.<!-- Clarify: does the penalty stop occurring when your Luck is −5, or when you've been penalized 5 times? -->
+Another tactic is to lay cockatrice eggs and use them later to petrify enemies. Note that your [[Luck]] is penalized by &minus;1 each time you break your own eggs, to a maximum of &minus;5.<!-- Clarify: does the penalty stop occurring when your Luck is −5, or when you've been penalized 5 times? -->
 ===Gaining intrinsics===
 Most of your attributes are reset when you return to original form, but you keep any intrinsics gained while in monster form. For example, if you eat poisonous corpses that damage your [[strength]], you may gain [[poison resistance]] and still keep your original strength when you change back.
-Another way to gain intrinsics is to polymorph into a [[metallivore]] or [[gelatinous cube]] and [[eating jewelry|eat rings and amulets]]. This way, you do not have to wear those items to enjoy their benefits. Note that some items cannot be eaten, some intrinsics cannot ever be gained, and some items have unwanted side effects. For example, the intrinsic from a [[ring of regeneration]] will also cause you to burn nutrition faster, even when your HP is full. Interestingly, it is possible to get both intrinsic [[polymorphitis]] and polymorph control from rings, allowing you to polymorph from time to time like a [[shapeshifter]] monster.
+Another way to gain intrinsics is to polymorph into a [[metallivore]] or [[gelatinous cube]] and [[Eating jewelry|eat rings and amulets]]. This way, you do not have to wear those items to enjoy their benefits. Note that some items cannot be eaten, some intrinsics cannot ever be gained, and some items have unwanted side effects. For example, the intrinsic from a [[ring of regeneration]] will also cause you to burn nutrition faster, even when your HP is full. Interestingly, it is possible to get both intrinsic [[polymorphitis]] and polymorph control from rings, allowing you to polymorph from time to time like a [[shapeshifter]] monster.
-Polymorph control is also useful for temporary intrinsics and other properties, such as a [[silver dragon]] form to deal with a [[Gnome With the Wand of Death]], or a [[winged gargoyle]] form to pick up a [[cockatrice corpse]] without gloves - one common such use is the [[xorn]] form's phasing ability to move more efficiently on [[non-teleport level]]s, e.g. to get the Castle's [[wand of wishing]] without having to fight the army inside. Other similar uses include turning into a [[nymph]] to steal items from other monsters, becoming a [[cockatrice]] to petrify monsters, or turning into a [[major demon]] to summon tame demons as you attack enemies bare-handed.
+Polymorph control is also useful for temporary intrinsics and other properties, such as a [[silver dragon]] form to deal with a [[Gnome With the Wand of Death]], or a [[winged gargoyle]] form to pick up a cockatrice [[corpse]] without gloves - one common such use is the [[xorn]] form's phasing ability to move more efficiently on [[non-teleport level]]s, e.g. to get the Castle's [[wand of wishing]] without having to fight the army inside. Other similar uses include turning into a [[nymph]] to steal items from other monsters, becoming a [[cockatrice]] to petrify monsters, or turning into a [[major demon]] to summon tame demons as you attack enemies bare-handed.
 ===Other uses===