Potion of invulnerability - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: formatting + copyedit + update pass - we're way past the era where it was just SLASH'EM and players got too hopped up on OP-cheesing to consider options

2023-11-02T15:34:05Z

formatting + copyedit + update pass - we're way past the era where it was just SLASH'EM and players got too hopped up on OP-cheesing to consider options

Hackemslashem: /* Generation */ Clarify generation in SLASH'EM

2023-11-02T09:08:19Z

‎Generation: Clarify generation in SLASH'EM

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description /

2023-03-07T18:03:30Z

‎Description: *

Ion frigate: strategy: fairly useless

2023-01-30T09:42:59Z

strategy: fairly useless

Aximili: /* Generation */ list some special levels

2022-08-28T03:43:33Z

‎Generation: list some special levels

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */

2021-03-17T02:07:02Z

‎Generation

Umbire the Phantom at 02:06, 17 March 2021

2021-03-17T02:06:27Z

Ardub23: Added base price

2019-08-19T17:50:42Z

Added base price

94.109.74.206 at 23:42, 11 October 2014

2014-10-11T23:42:09Z

199.244.214.111: clarify what is not covered

2013-12-31T16:14:25Z

clarify what is not covered

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-{{potion|name=invulnerability|cost=300}}
+{{potion
-The '''potion of invulnerability''' is a [[potion]] introduced in [[SLASH'EM]].
+A '''potion of invulnerability''' is a type of [[potion]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]].
 ==Generation==
-Several potions of invulnerability are can appear in in the [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|SLASH'EM special levels]], including:
+In addition to random generation, potions of invulnerability can appear on various levels:
-* One guaranteed in a random location on the [[Rat level]]
+* One guaranteed in a random location on the [[rat level]]
-* 10% chance of one and 20% chance of another appearing in random locations in [[Grund's Stronghold]]
+* {{frac|10}} chance of one and {{frac|5}} chance of another appearing in random locations in [[Grund's Stronghold]]
 * Two guaranteed in random locations in [[The Spider Caves]]
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 ==Strategy==
-In general, this potion is fairly useless.  Unlike in some other roguelikes, monsters in NetHack (and SLASH'EM) tend to inflict slow but steady damage over many turns, rather than a large amount in a short period of time.  This potion's duration is simply too short to make much of a difference, and its effectiveness is noticeably less than a burned [[Elbereth]] square.  Overall, it is a good candidate for [[dilution]].
+For almost all other such situations in SLASH'EM, a burned [[Elbereth]] square is often more than sufficient.<!--this is unfortunately all I can manage pending brainstorming its use in other variants-->
 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{slashem-7E7|offset=1}}
-{{stub}}
+{{variant-343}}
 [[Category:SLASH'EM potions]]

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 ==Generation==
-Several potions of invulnerability are guaranteed in the [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|SLASH'EM special levels]], including:
+Several potions of invulnerability are can appear in in the [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|SLASH'EM special levels]], including:
-* 1 on the [[Rat level]]
+* One guaranteed in a random location on the [[Rat level]]
-* 2 in [[Grund's Stronghold]]
+* 10% chance of one and 20% chance of another appearing in random locations in [[Grund's Stronghold]]
-* 2 in [[The Spider Caves]]
+* Two guaranteed in random locations in [[The Spider Caves]]
 ==Description==

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 [[Quaff]]ing a potion of invulnerability will causes the player to become invulnerable for a few turns, with the duration depending on the potion's [[beatitude]]: a blessed potion makes you invulnerable for 12&ndash;15 turns, an uncursed one will make you invulnerable for 8&ndash;11, and a cursed potion only makes you invulnerable for 4&ndash;7.
-The invulnerability from this potion is not the same as the "invulnerability" offered by a successful [[prayer]], and only protects from hit-point loss; the player will still be vulnerable to [[petrification]], [[beheading]], [[illness]], and other methods of [[instadeath]] for its duration.
+The invulnerability from this potion is not the same as the "invulnerability" offered by a successful [[prayer]], and only protects from hit-point loss. A player made invulnerable via this potion will still be vulnerable to [[beheading]], due to its calculations using your maximum HP without inflicting direct HP loss; they are also still susceptible to [[petrification]], [[illness]] and other methods of [[instadeath]].
 ==Strategy==

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	The invulnerability from this potion is not the same as the "invulnerability" offered by a successful [[prayer]], and only protects from hit-point loss; the player will still be vulnerable to [[petrification]], [[beheading]], [[illness]], and other methods of [[instadeath]] for its duration.		The invulnerability from this potion is not the same as the "invulnerability" offered by a successful [[prayer]], and only protects from hit-point loss; the player will still be vulnerable to [[petrification]], [[beheading]], [[illness]], and other methods of [[instadeath]] for its duration.
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		+	==Strategy==
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		+	In general, this potion is fairly useless. Unlike in some other roguelikes, monsters in NetHack (and SLASH'EM) tend to inflict slow but steady damage over many turns, rather than a large amount in a short period of time. This potion's duration is simply too short to make much of a difference, and its effectiveness is noticeably less than a burned [[Elbereth]] square. Overall, it is a good candidate for [[dilution]].

	==References==		==References==

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 ==Generation==
-Several potions of invulnerability are guaranteed in the [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|SLASH'EM special levels]].
+Several potions of invulnerability are guaranteed in the [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|SLASH'EM special levels]], including:
 {{todo|More specific context on this.}}
 ==Description==
 [[Quaff]]ing a potion of invulnerability will causes the player to become invulnerable for a few turns, with the duration depending on the potion's [[beatitude]]: a blessed potion makes you invulnerable for 12&ndash;15 turns, an uncursed one will make you invulnerable for 8&ndash;11, and a cursed potion only makes you invulnerable for 4&ndash;7.

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-'''Potion of invulnerability''' is a [[SLASH'EM]] item which causes the player to become invulnerable for several turns.  This is not the same as the "invulnerability" offered by a successful prayer.  The potion only protects from hit-point loss.  A blessed potion makes you invulnerable for 12-15 turns, uncursed for 8-11, cursed for 4-7.
+'''Potion of invulnerability''' is a [[SLASH'EM]] item which causes the player to become invulnerable for several turns.  This is not the same as the "invulnerability" offered by a successful prayer.  The potion only protects from hit-point loss, which means you're still vulnerable to [[petrification]], [[beheading]], [[illness]], and other methods of [[instadeath]].  A blessed potion makes you invulnerable for 12-15 turns, uncursed for 8-11, cursed for 4-7.
 Several potions of invulnerability are guaranteed in the [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|SLASH'EM special levels]].
 [[Category:SLASH'EM items]]