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{{potion|name=Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster|cost=300}}
The '''potion of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster''' is a very distinctive [[potion]] in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] which also appears in [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SLASHTHEM]].

Quaffing a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster will make you feel "like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." This will have the practical effect of making you [[confused]] for [[D notation|6d7]] turns. (Significantly the maximum number of turns that can be rolled is [[Douglas Adams|42]].) If the potion is cursed, it has a 25% chance of lowering your [[intelligence]] by one point as well.

A blessed Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster may have some beneficial effects. It has a 25% chance of curing [[lycanthropy]], like [[wolfsbane]] or [[holy water]] (naturally lycanthropic races in [[Slash'EM Extended]] will revert to their humanoid forms, unless they have [[unchanging]]), and restoring your [[health]] to its maximum. This will give the message "You feel remembered of very, very strong liquor." (Or, if [[hallucinating]], "You feel remembered of Zaphod Breeblebrox.")

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster}}
The Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is a notorious cocktail from the series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' by [[Douglas Adams]]. Invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, sometime President of the Galaxy, the drink's recipe uses ingredients from various planets, including the [[tooth of an algolian suntiger]], which spreads "the fires of the Algolian suns deep into the heart of the drink."

The series, its adaptations, and interviews with Douglas Adams indicate not only that consumption of the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster might be detrimental to human health, but also that preparing it on Earth might be prohibited by various environmental and weapons treaties, and by the laws of physics.

==References==
* Slash'EM Extended potion.c 2402
* Slash'EM Extended objects.c 1525
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 {{potion|name=Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster|cost=300}}
-The '''potion of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster''' is a very distinctive [[potion]] in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] which also appears in [[SlashTHEM]].
+The '''potion of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster''' is a type of [[potion]] that appears in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] and [[SlashTHEM]].
-Quaffing a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster will make you feel "like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." This will have the practical effect of making you [[confused]] for [[D notation|6d7]] turns. (Significantly the maximum number of turns that can be rolled is [[Douglas Adams|42]].) If the potion is cursed, it has a 25% chance of lowering your [[intelligence]] by one point as well.
+==Description==
-A blessed Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster may have some beneficial effects. It has a 25% chance of curing [[lycanthropy]], like [[wolfsbane]] or [[holy water]], and restoring your [[health]] to its maximum. This will give the message "You feel remembered of very, very strong liquor." (Or, if [[hallucinating]], "You feel remembered of Zaphod Beeblebrox.")
+If the potion is cursed, it has a {{frac|4}} chance of additionally lowering your [[intelligence]] by one point. If the potion is blessed, it has a {{frac|4}} chance of additionally restoring your [[health]] to its maximum, as well as curing [[lycanthropy]] and returning you to your normal form if possible (i.e. unless you are a [[Lunatic]] or have [[unchanging]]).
 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster}}
-The Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is a notorious cocktail from the series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' by [[Douglas Adams]]. Invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, sometime President of the Galaxy, the drink's recipe uses ingredients from various planets, including the [[tooth of an algolian suntiger]], which spreads "the fires of the Algolian suns deep into the heart of the drink."
+The Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is a notorious cocktail from ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series of works by [[Douglas Adams]]. Invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, former President of the Galaxy, the drink's recipe uses multiple, incredibly specific ingredients from various planets, including the [[tooth of an algolian suntiger]]. In an interview, Douglas Adams stated that there are a number of environmental and weapons treaties, as well as laws of physics, which prevent the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster from being mixed on Earth. The Guide also implies that there are multiple voluntary organisations available to rehabilitate those who would try the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.
-[[Category:Potions]]
+The Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is described in the series as "the alcoholic equivalent of a mugging" whose effect "is like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick" (as helpfully quoted when quaffing one in either NetHack: The Next Generation or SlashTHEM); in the film, its potency is such that even the Guide simply explaining the drink and its effects causes Ford Prefect and Zaphod to yell in pain after. In the television series, two Gargle Blaster drinkers collapse in open-eyed unconsciousness after drinking, and the spilled drink then burns a hole in the floor.
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 {{potion|name=Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster|cost=300}}
-The '''potion of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster''' is a very distinctive [[potion]] in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] which also appears in [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SLASHTHEM]].
+The '''potion of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster''' is a very distinctive [[potion]] in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] which also appears in [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SlashTHEM]].
 Quaffing a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster will make you feel "like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." This will have the practical effect of making you [[confused]] for [[D notation|6d7]] turns. (Significantly the maximum number of turns that can be rolled is [[Douglas Adams|42]].) If the potion is cursed, it has a 25% chance of lowering your [[intelligence]] by one point as well.
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 Quaffing a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster will make you feel "like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." This will have the practical effect of making you [[confused]] for [[D notation|6d7]] turns. (Significantly the maximum number of turns that can be rolled is [[Douglas Adams|42]].) If the potion is cursed, it has a 25% chance of lowering your [[intelligence]] by one point as well.
-A blessed Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster may have some beneficial effects. It has a 25% chance of curing [[lycanthropy]], like [[wolfsbane]] or [[holy water]] (naturally lycanthropic races in [[Slash'EM Extended]] will revert to their humanoid forms, unless they have [[unchanging]]), and restoring your [[health]] to its maximum. This will give the message "You feel remembered of very, very strong liquor." (Or, if [[hallucinating]], "You feel remembered of Zaphod Breeblebrox.")
+A blessed Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster may have some beneficial effects. It has a 25% chance of curing [[lycanthropy]], like [[wolfsbane]] or [[holy water]] (naturally lycanthropic races in [[Slash'EM Extended]] will revert to their humanoid forms, unless they have [[unchanging]]), and restoring your [[health]] to its maximum. This will give the message "You feel remembered of very, very strong liquor." (Or, if [[hallucinating]], "You feel remembered of Zaphod Beeblebrox.")
 ==Origin==