Potion of booze - Revision history

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Booze doesn't ever link to potion

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Madpeople]] start each game with 2-4 uncursed potions of booze, [[Pirate]]s start each game with 3-6 potions of booze and [[Troubador]]s start each game with 5-6 potions of booze. [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifiers]] in roles that start with potions of booze have them replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]], while [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]] have them replaced with [[Human (monster)|human]] [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]], and [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork automatons]] have them replaced with {{! of|oil}}.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Madpeople]] start each game with 2-4 uncursed potions of booze, [[Pirate/dNetHack|Pirates]] start each game with 3-6 potions of booze, and [[Troubador]]s start each game with 5-6 potions of booze. [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifiers]] in roles that start with potions of booze have them replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]], while [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]] have them replaced with [[Human (monster)|human]] [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]], and [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork automatons]] have them replaced with {{! of|oil}}.
 Quaffing a potion of booze grants 130 points of nutrition if uncursed, 140 if blessed, and 120 if cursed, along with healing the hero for HP equal to their level regardless of beatitude. However, drinking a cursed potion will render the hero [[nauseous]] for 20-35 turns afterwards. Quaffing potions of booze also raises the hero's [[sanity]] by 5 points per potion, as well as raising their "[[drunkenness]]" stat. However, once drunkenness is capped out at 3 potions per [[experience level]], drinking booze can no longer raise sanity above 50&mdash;see the article linked in the previous line for more on drunkenness and how it functions.
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 In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, various roles start with potions of booze:
-* The Bard role starts with 5-6 potions of booze as in dNetHack.
+* The [[Bard/SlashTHEM|Bard]] starts with 5-6 potions of booze as in dNetHack.
 * The [[Chef]] starts out with 2-4 potions of booze.
 * The [[Corsair]] starts out with 2-4 potions of booze.
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 The [[Booze (technique)|booze]] [[technique]] allows a hero to simulate the effects of the potion, including any added benefits for particular roles or races (i.e. Drunks), and generates more potions of booze. Drunks start with the technique, while Bards gain the technique at experience level 10.
-Player monster [[Bard (player monster)|bards]] generate with five or six potions of booze.
+Player monster [[Bard (SlashTHEM monster)|bards]] generate with five or six potions of booze.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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-A '''potion of booze''' is a type of non-[[magical item|magical]] [[potion]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The default [[randomized appearance]] associated with the potion is a "brown potion".{{refsrc|src/objects.c|813|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+[[Samurai]] know the potion as a '''potion of sake'''.{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|59|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==
 [[Wizard]]s may be given a potion of booze as any of the three random potions in their starting inventory.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|166|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Potions of booze make up {{frac|21|500}} (4.2%) of all randomly-generated potions. General [[store]]s, liquor emporiums and delicatessens can sell potions of booze: there is a {{frac|25}} chance of each square in a delicatessen containing a potion of booze.{{refsrc|src/shknam.c|267|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Potions of booze make up {{frac|21|500}} (4.2%) of all potions that are randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Liquor emporiums and delicatessens can also stock potions of booze, and there is a {{frac|25}} chance of a delicatessen generating a potion of booze on each square.{{refsrc|src/shknam.c|267|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-[[Mine's End#The Gnome King's Wine Cellar|The Gnome King's Wine Cellar]] variant of [[Mine's End]] always generates 2 potions of booze in each of the potion stacks within the eponymous cellar at level creation.
+In [[Mine's End]], the map for The Gnome King's Wine Cellar generates 2 pairs of booze potions among the potion stacks within the eponymous cellar during level creation.
 [[Mixing]] a [[potion of fruit juice]] with a [[potion of speed]] or {{! of|enlightenment}} can create a diluted uncursed potion of booze.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1848|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1860|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Mixing a [[potion of confusion]] with a [[potion of gain energy]] or {{! of|gain level}} can create either a potion of booze or a potion of enlightenment.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1831|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
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 ==Description==
-Quaffing a potion of booze provides [[nutrition]], abuses [[wisdom]] and may [[confuse]] the [[hero]] dependent on its beatitude:{{refsrc|src/potion.c|694|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a blessed potion grants 30 nutrition and does not confuse the hero, an uncursed potion grants 20 nutrition and confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns, and a cursed potion grants 10 nutrition, confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns and renders them unconscious for up to 15 turns. Non-diluted potions also restore 1 hit point when quaffed. Monsters will not use this potion.
+A [[hero]] [[quaffing]] a potion of booze gains [[nutrition]], abuses [[wisdom]] and may become [[confused]] dependent on the potion's [[beatitude]]:{{refsrc|src/potion.c|694|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a blessed potion grants 30 nutrition and does not confuse the hero, an uncursed potion grants 20 nutrition and confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns, and a cursed potion grants 10 nutrition and confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns while rendering them unconscious for up to 15 turns. Non-diluted potions also restore 1 [[hit point]] when quaffed. Monsters will not use this potion.
 A monster hit with the potion will become confused if they fail a check versus their [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]].{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1467|nethack=3.6.7}} A hero hit with the potion or subjected to its [[vapors]] will become confused for up to five (more) turns.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1701|nethack=3.6.7}}
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 Mixing a potion of booze with a potion of gain level or gain energy can create a [[potion of hallucination]].{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1831|nethack=3.6.7}} Mixing a potion of booze with a potion of enlightenment can creates a potion of confusion.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1868|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Dipping an [[amethyst]] into a potion of booze will turn the potion into a potion of fruit juice.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1827|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} This is a reference to the gem's name coming from the Greek ἀμέθυστος ("not drunk"). See [[Amethyst|the article on amethysts]] for more details.
+Dipping an [[amethyst]] into a potion of booze will turn the potion into a potion of fruit juice.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1827|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} This is a reference to the gem's name coming from the Greek ἀμέθυστος ("not drunk").
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The duration of confusion from booze depends on your hunger: confusion from booze lasts for 2d8 (more) turns when you are satiated, plus an additional d8 per hunger level below satiated.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|e44de714999705422e94b5217fc29bab16da20d2}}, the duration of confusion from quaffing non-blessed booze is changed to be dependent on the hero's nutrition level when they quaffed it&mdash;a satiated hero is confused for 2d8 (more) turns, with an extra die added for each hunger level below satiated (i.e. 3d8 when not satiated, 4d8 when hungry, 5d8 when weak, etc.}}
 ==Strategy==
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   junk → water → sickness → fruit juice → booze → blessed booze
-It is considered a tradition for some players to take an [[ice box]] filled with potions of booze to the [[Astral Plane]] in preparation for the [[demigod bar]] as a form of bragging rights, though this much less frequent is recent versions.
+It is considered a tradition for some players to take an [[ice box]] filled with potions of booze to the [[Astral Plane]] in preparation for the [[demigod bar]] as a form of bragging rights, though this is less frequent is recent versions.
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
-Many variants associate [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarves]] with drinking, to the point of often generating them with booze when encountered outside of the [[Gnomish Mines]] (with the likely-shared assumption that dwarves always mine responsibly).
+Many variants associate [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarves]] with drinking, to the point of generating them with booze when creating them outside of the [[Gnomish Mines]] (with the likely-shared assumption that dwarves always mine responsibly).
 ===SLASH'EM===

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 ==Variants==
 Many variants associate [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarves]] with drinking, to the point of often generating them with booze when encountered outside of the [[Gnomish Mines]] (with the likely-shared assumption that dwarves always mine responsibly).
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], dwarves have a {{frac|6|7}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|generating with]] a potion of booze.
+In [[UnNetHack]], dwarves generated outside of the Gnomish Mines have a {{frac|6|7}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|generating with]] a potion of booze.
 ===dNetHack===
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 Quaffing a potion of booze grants 130 points of nutrition if uncursed, 140 if blessed, and 120 if cursed, along with healing the hero for HP equal to their level regardless of beatitude. However, drinking a cursed potion will render the hero [[nauseous]] for 20-35 turns afterwards. Quaffing potions of booze also raises the hero's [[sanity]] by 5 points per potion, as well as raising their "[[drunkenness]]" stat. However, once drunkenness is capped out at 3 potions per [[experience level]], drinking booze can no longer raise sanity above 50&mdash;see the article linked in the previous line for more on drunkenness and how it functions.
-Dwarves encountered outside the Gnomish Mines always have potions of booze, and [[Player monster (dNetHack)|player monster]] [[Troubador (player monster)|troubadors]] and [[Pirate (player monster)|pirates]] can generate with them as well.
+Dwarves generated outside of the Gnomish Mines always have potions of booze, and [[Player monster (dNetHack)|player monster]] [[Troubador (player monster)|troubadors]] and [[Pirate (player monster)|pirates]] can generate with them as well.
 ===xNetHack===
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 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], various roles start with potions of booze:
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, various roles start with potions of booze:
 * The Bard role starts with 5-6 potions of booze as in dNetHack.
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 * The Pirate starts with 3-6 potions of booze.
-As in dNetHack, incantifiers in roles that start with potions of booze have them replaced with scrolls of food detection, and clockwork automata have them replaced with oil.
+As in dNetHack and its derivatives, incantifiers in roles that start with potions of booze have them replaced with scrolls of food detection, and clockwork automata have them replaced with oil.
 A Drunk that quaffs a potion of booze gains an extra 100 points of nutrition and heal up to [[rnz]](20 + [[experience level]]) hit points.

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-A '''potion of booze''' is a type of non-[[magical item|magical]] potion that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The default [[randomized appearance]] associated with the potion is a "brown potion".{{refsrc|src/objects.c|813|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+A '''potion of booze''' is a type of non-[[magical item|magical]] [[potion]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The default [[randomized appearance]] associated with the potion is a "brown potion".{{refsrc|src/objects.c|813|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 [[Samurai]] see the potion as a '''potion of sake'''.{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|59|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}

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 ==Description==
-Quaffing a potion of booze provides [[nutrition]], abuses [[wisdom]] and may [[confuse]] the [[hero]] dependent on its beatitude:{{refsrc|src/potion.c|694|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a blessed potion grants 30 nutrition and does not confuse the hero, an uncursed potion grant 20 nutrition and confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns, and a cursed potion grants 10 nutrition, confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns and renders them unconscious for up to 15 turns. Non-diluted potions also restore 1 hit point when quaffed. Monsters will not use this potion.
+Quaffing a potion of booze provides [[nutrition]], abuses [[wisdom]] and may [[confuse]] the [[hero]] dependent on its beatitude:{{refsrc|src/potion.c|694|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a blessed potion grants 30 nutrition and does not confuse the hero, an uncursed potion grants 20 nutrition and confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns, and a cursed potion grants 10 nutrition, confuses them for 3d8 (more) turns and renders them unconscious for up to 15 turns. Non-diluted potions also restore 1 hit point when quaffed. Monsters will not use this potion.
 A monster hit with the potion will become confused if they fail a check versus their [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]].{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1467|nethack=3.6.7}} A hero hit with the potion or subjected to its [[vapors]] will become confused for up to five (more) turns.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1701|nethack=3.6.7}}

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 ===SpliceHack===
-In [[SpliceHack]], Pirates start each game with 3-6 potions of booze, and know the potion as a '''potion of rum'''. [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] heroes that start the game with potions of fruit juice will have them replaced with booze. Drinking alcohol of any kind is tracked as a conduct.
+In [[SpliceHack]], Pirates start each game with 3-6 potions of booze, and know the potion as a '''potion of rum'''. [[Dwarf (starting race)|Dwarven]] heroes that start the game with potions of fruit juice will have them replaced with booze. Drinking alcohol of any kind is tracked as a conduct.
 A hero that is [[afraid]] and quaffs a potion of booze will clear the status, and monsters can quaff the potion for the same effect. Dwarven monsters and pirates will also quaff potions of booze if they are not confused, becoming confused similar to the hero quaffing the potion (including passing out for the same duration from a cursed potion).

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 ==Variants==
-Many variants associate [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarves]] with drinking, to the point of often generating them with booze when not encountered within the [[Gnomish Mines]] (with the likely-shared assumption that dwarves always mine responsibly).
+Many variants associate [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarves]] with drinking, to the point of often generating them with booze when encountered outside of the [[Gnomish Mines]] (with the likely-shared assumption that dwarves always mine responsibly).
 ===UnNetHack===
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 ===dNethack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Bard]]s and [[Pirate]]s start with potions of booze.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Madpeople]] start each game with 2-4 uncursed potions of booze, [[Pirate]]s start each game with 3-6 potions of booze and [[Troubador]]s start each game with 5-6 potions of booze. [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifiers]] in roles that start with potions of booze have them replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]], while [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]] have them replaced with [[Human (monster)|human]] [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]], and [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork automatons]] have them replaced with {{! of|oil}}.
-Quaffing a potion of booze grants 130 points of nutrition if uncursed, 140 if blessed, and 120 if cursed, along with healing the hero for HP equal to their level regardless of beatitude. However, drinking a cursed potion will render the hero [[nauseous]] for 20-35 turns afterwards. Quaffing potions of booze also raises [[sanity]] by 5 points per potion, as well as a hidden "drunkenness" stat (explained below). However, once drunkenness is capped out at 3 potions per [[experience level]], drinking booze can no longer raise sanity above 50.
+Quaffing a potion of booze grants 130 points of nutrition if uncursed, 140 if blessed, and 120 if cursed, along with healing the hero for HP equal to their level regardless of beatitude. However, drinking a cursed potion will render the hero [[nauseous]] for 20-35 turns afterwards. Quaffing potions of booze also raises the hero's [[sanity]] by 5 points per potion, as well as raising their "[[drunkenness]]" stat. However, once drunkenness is capped out at 3 potions per [[experience level]], drinking booze can no longer raise sanity above 50.
-Dwarves encountered outside the Mines always have potions of booze, and [[player monster]] [[Bard (player monster)|bards]] and [[pirate (player monster)|pirate]]s can generate with them as well.
+Dwarves encountered outside the Gnomish Mines always have potions of booze, and [[Player monster (dNetHack)|player monster]] [[Troubador (player monster)|troubadors]] and [[Pirate (player monster)|pirates]] can generate with them as well.
-====Drunkenness====
+===xNetHack===
-dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack has a "drunkenness" counter that tracks the number of potions of booze quaffed by the hero, which is capped at 3 times their [[experience level]]). If the hero is [[stunned]], or is confused with a {{frac|5}} chance, and has drunken more than three potions of booze total, they have a 1 / (number of potions drunk/3 + 1) chance of ''not'' moving where they want to go. The chance of moving unsuccessfully while confused is (formula)&nbsp;/&nbsp;5 and equal to the formula while stunned. In effect, the more drunk the hero, the less likely they are to stumble around while confused or stunned for any reason - this has no effect on their chances of ''becoming'' confused or stunned.
+In [[xNetHack]], dwarves generated outside of the Gnomish Mines have a {{frac|8}} chance of generating with up to 3 potions of booze, and dwarves generated within the Mines have a {{frac|40}} chance of generating with up to 3 potions of booze.
-High levels of drunkenness allow [[Monk]]s to practice drunken boxing, and serve as the prerequisite for the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Naberius]] (e.g., his 'taboo' requires that the hero drink at least one potion of booze per three levels).
+===SpliceHack===
-===xNetHack===
+A hero that is [[afraid]] and quaffs a potion of booze will clear the status, and monsters can quaff the potion for the same effect. Dwarven monsters and pirates will also quaff potions of booze if they are not confused, becoming confused similar to the hero quaffing the potion (including passing out for the same duration from a cursed potion).
-In [[xNetHack]], dwarves frequently generate with booze, and may be carrying up to 3 potions.
-===SpliceHack===
+Many guaranteed potions of booze are generated in the [[Bar (SpliceHack)|Bar]] at level creation.
-There are many guaranteed potions of booze generated in the [[Bar (SpliceHack)|Bar]].
+===EvilHack===
 ===SlashTHEM===
 In [[SlashTHEM]], various roles start with potions of booze:
-* The Bard role starts with 5-6 potions of booze.
+* The Bard role starts with 5-6 potions of booze as in dNetHack.
 * The [[Chef]] starts out with 2-4 potions of booze.
 * The [[Corsair]] starts out with 2-4 potions of booze.
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 * The Pirate starts with 3-6 potions of booze.
-[[Incantifier]]s that would receive booze in their starting inventory have them replaced with scrolls of {{scroll of|food detection}}, and  [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork automatons]] will instead receive potions of {{! of|oil}}.
+As in dNetHack, incantifiers in roles that start with potions of booze have them replaced with scrolls of food detection, and clockwork automata have them replaced with oil.
 A Drunk that quaffs a potion of booze gains an extra 100 points of nutrition and heal up to [[rnz]](20 + [[experience level]]) hit points.
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 The [[Booze (technique)|booze]] [[technique]] allows a hero to simulate the effects of the potion, including any added benefits for particular roles or races (i.e. Drunks), and generates more potions of booze. Drunks start with the technique, while Bards gain the technique at experience level 10.
-Player monster bards generate with five or six potions of booze.
+Player monster [[Bard (player monster)|bards]] generate with five or six potions of booze.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==