Priest/SLASH'EM - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: Umbire the Phantom moved page Cleric/SLASH'EM to Priest/SLASH'EM over redirect: move back until such time as the variant renames the role (if ever)

2026-05-05T04:03:39Z

Umbire the Phantom moved page Cleric/SLASH'EM to Priest/SLASH'EM over redirect: move back until such time as the variant renames the role (if ever)

Umbire the Phantom: Umbire the Phantom moved page Priest/SLASH'EM to Cleric/SLASH'EM: same as Cave Dweller, NetHack 5 update

2026-05-05T04:02:43Z

Umbire the Phantom moved page Priest/SLASH'EM to Cleric/SLASH'EM: same as Cave Dweller, NetHack 5 update

Umbire the Phantom: lede, roles

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lede, roles

Umbire the Phantom: pothole, note lack of to-hit for Doomblade

2025-05-10T22:18:25Z

pothole, note lack of to-hit for Doomblade

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit

2025-05-09T23:09:02Z

copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-05-08T23:03:40Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-04-08T11:54:17Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* Special rules */ pothole

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‎Special rules: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* Starting equipment */ cap

2025-01-23T09:17:01Z

‎Starting equipment: cap

Umbire the Phantom: /* Starting equipment */ specify book beatitude

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‎Starting equipment: specify book beatitude

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 {{tocright}}
 In [[SLASH'EM]], the '''Priest''' or '''Priestess''', abbreviated as '''Pri''', is one of the [[role]]s from ''[[NetHack]]'' that is available to the [[hero]].
-Priests and Priestesses can be [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelgangers]], [[Drow (starting race)#SLASH'EM|drow]], [[Hobbit (starting race)|hobbits]], or [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], and can be of any [[alignment]].
+Priests and Priestesses can be [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelgangers]], [[Drow (starting race)#SLASH'EM|drow]], [[Hobbit (starting race)|hobbits]], or [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], and can be of any appropriate [[alignment]].
 ==Starting equipment==

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 * Lawful Priests can easily obtain (and use) [[Excalibur]] without breaking any conducts, due to the role's ability to train [[long sword]]s. A Priest that can obtain Excalibur will be very unlikely to need any further gifts beyond their first, since only the very situational [[Reaper]] exceeds Excalibur's flat +10 damage bonus against all monsters. As far as artifact [[wish]] candidates go, [[The Sceptre of Might (SLASH'EM)|The Sceptre of Might]] is a much weaker wish in SLASH'EM, with a flat +3 [[to-hit]] and +5 damage against cross-aligned monsters, but can still be worthwhile for slotless [[conflict]] and [[magic resistance]].
 * While neutral Priests also have new options, none of them are especially noteworthy&mdash;they are also unlikely to outperform sacrifice gifts such as [[Mjollnir]], which is a two-handed [[heavy hammer]] with better base damage than in ''NetHack'' and a flat +24 damage bonus against monsters lacking [[shock resistance]]; similarly, they will most often pale in comparison to artifact wishes such as [[The Staff of Aesculapius]], which loses its [[drain resistance]] but is still incredibly useful and can be supplemented with other sources of the property.
-* Chaotic Priests can sacrifice for [[Plague]] or [[Hellfire (SLASH'EM)|Hellfire]] to use in ranged combat and deal extra damage with Plague's auto-poisoned arrows or Hellfire's explosive bolts. They can also obtain new high damage weapons such as the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]], which has a flat +20 damage against all monsters, and [[Doomblade]], which does a flat +10 extra damage with a {{frac|4}} chance of an additional +5d4 damage bonus.
+* Chaotic Priests can sacrifice for [[Plague (SLASH'EM)|Plague]] or [[Hellfire (SLASH'EM)|Hellfire]] to use in ranged combat, dealing extra damage with Plague's auto-poisoned arrows or Hellfire's explosive bolts. They can also obtain new high damage weapons such as the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]], which has a flat +20 damage against all monsters, and [[Doomblade]], which does a flat +10 extra damage with a {{frac|4}} chance of an additional +5d4 damage bonus, though it lacks a to-hit bonus.
 ==References==

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 * Lawful Priests can easily obtain (and use) [[Excalibur]] without breaking any conducts, due to the role's ability to train [[long sword]]s. A Priest that can obtain Excalibur will be very unlikely to need any further gifts beyond their first, since only the very situational [[Reaper]] exceeds Excalibur's flat +10 damage bonus against all monsters. As far as artifact [[wish]] candidates go, [[The Sceptre of Might (SLASH'EM)|The Sceptre of Might]] is a much weaker wish in SLASH'EM, with a flat +3 [[to-hit]] and +5 damage against cross-aligned monsters, but can still be worthwhile for slotless [[conflict]] and [[magic resistance]].
-* While neutral Priests also have new options, none of them are especially noteworthy - they are also unlikely to outperform sacrifice gifts such as [[Mjollnir]], which is a two-handed [[heavy hammer]] with better base damage and a flat +24 damage against monsters lacking [[shock resistance]], or artifact wishes such as [[The Staff of Aesculapius]], which loses its [[drain resistance]] but is still incredibly useful and can be supplemented with other sources of the property.
+* While neutral Priests also have new options, none of them are especially noteworthy&mdash;they are also unlikely to outperform sacrifice gifts such as [[Mjollnir]], which is a two-handed [[heavy hammer]] with better base damage than in ''NetHack'' and a flat +24 damage bonus against monsters lacking [[shock resistance]]; similarly, they will most often pale in comparison to artifact wishes such as [[The Staff of Aesculapius]], which loses its [[drain resistance]] but is still incredibly useful and can be supplemented with other sources of the property.
-* Chaotic Priests can sacrifice for [[Plague]] or [[Hellfire]] to use in ranged combat and deal extra damage with Plague's auto-poisoned arrows or Hellfire's explosive bolts. They can also obtain new high damage weapons such as the [[Bat from Hell]], which has a flat +20 damage against all monsters, and [[Doomblade]], which does a flat +10 extra damage with a {{frac|4}} chance of an additional +5d4 damage bonus.
+* Chaotic Priests can sacrifice for [[Plague]] or [[Hellfire (SLASH'EM)|Hellfire]] to use in ranged combat and deal extra damage with Plague's auto-poisoned arrows or Hellfire's explosive bolts. They can also obtain new high damage weapons such as the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]], which has a flat +20 damage against all monsters, and [[Doomblade]], which does a flat +10 extra damage with a {{frac|4}} chance of an additional +5d4 damage bonus.
 ==References==

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 * one of the following:
 ** an uncursed [[magic marker]] ({{frac|10}} chance or 10%), otherwise;{{refsrc|u_init.c|1148|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
-** an uncursed [[oil lamp]] or an uncursed set of 1-2 [[torch]]es, with an equal chance of each light source ({{frac|10}} chance, or effectively 9%){{refsrc|u_init.c|1149|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+** an uncursed [[oil lamp]] or an uncursed set of 1-2 [[Torch (SLASH'EM)|torches]], with an equal chance of each light source ({{frac|10}} chance, or effectively 9%){{refsrc|u_init.c|1149|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 Elven Priests are additionally given a random non-[[Magical item|magical]] [[instrument]].{{refsrc|u_init.c|1380|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}

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 Priests in SLASH'EM seeking an artifact weapon as their primary form of melee offense will have many more factors to consider: their first gift Disrupter is only of situational use, but its +30 bonus damage against undead allows them to smash their way through many of the undead monsters in each stage of the game - an enchanted Disrupter is a valuable secondary weapon against particularly threatening ones such as [[Lich (monster class)|liches]] and [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mages]]. Their inability to [[twoweapon]] also means that sacrificing further upon receiving an artifact gift may be of questionable value. Each alignment of Priest has access to the following artifact weapons:
-* Lawful Priests can easily obtain (and use) [[Excalibur]] without breaking any conducts, due to the role's ability to train [[long sword]]s. A Priest that can obtain Excalibur will be very unlikely to need any further gifts beyond their first, since only the very situational [[Reaper]] exceeds Excalibur's flat +10 damage bonus against all monsters. As far as artifact [[wish]] candidates go, [[The Sceptre of Might]] is a much weaker wish in SLASH'EM, with a flat +3 [[to-hit]] and +5 damage against cross-aligned monsters, but can still be worthwhile for slotless [[conflict]] and [[magic resistance]].
+* Lawful Priests can easily obtain (and use) [[Excalibur]] without breaking any conducts, due to the role's ability to train [[long sword]]s. A Priest that can obtain Excalibur will be very unlikely to need any further gifts beyond their first, since only the very situational [[Reaper]] exceeds Excalibur's flat +10 damage bonus against all monsters. As far as artifact [[wish]] candidates go, [[The Sceptre of Might (SLASH'EM)|The Sceptre of Might]] is a much weaker wish in SLASH'EM, with a flat +3 [[to-hit]] and +5 damage against cross-aligned monsters, but can still be worthwhile for slotless [[conflict]] and [[magic resistance]].
 * While neutral Priests also have new options, none of them are especially noteworthy - they are also unlikely to outperform sacrifice gifts such as [[Mjollnir]], which is a two-handed [[heavy hammer]] with better base damage and a flat +24 damage against monsters lacking [[shock resistance]], or artifact wishes such as [[The Staff of Aesculapius]], which loses its [[drain resistance]] but is still incredibly useful and can be supplemented with other sources of the property.
 * Chaotic Priests can sacrifice for [[Plague]] or [[Hellfire]] to use in ranged combat and deal extra damage with Plague's auto-poisoned arrows or Hellfire's explosive bolts. They can also obtain new high damage weapons such as the [[Bat from Hell]], which has a flat +20 damage against all monsters, and [[Doomblade]], which does a flat +10 extra damage with a {{frac|4}} chance of an additional +5d4 damage bonus.

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 ==Special rules==
-Priests have inherent knowledge of an item's beatitude, whether or not they can see or even touch it. (The <tt>[[implicit_uncursed]]</tt> option is set by default, so an item with no shown beatitude is uncursed - setting <tt>!implicit_uncursed</tt> in your [[options]] will display uncursed beatitude for items.)
+Priests have inherent knowledge of an item's [[beatitude]], whether or not they can see or even touch it. (The <tt>[[implicit_uncursed]]</tt> option is set by default, so an item with no shown beatitude is uncursed - setting <tt>!implicit_uncursed</tt> in your [[options]] will display uncursed beatitude for items.)
 Priests only take {{frac|5}} damage from [[breaking wands]] by [[applying]] them.{{refsrc|explode.c|243|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}

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 ** an uncursed [[oil lamp]] or an uncursed set of 1-2 [[torch]]es, with an equal chance of each light source ({{frac|10}} chance, or effectively 9%){{refsrc|u_init.c|1149|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
-Elven priests are additionally given a random non-[[Magical item|magical]] [[instrument]].{{refsrc|u_init.c|1380|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+Elven Priests are additionally given a random non-[[Magical item|magical]] [[instrument]].{{refsrc|u_init.c|1380|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 Priests start with knowledge of the [[potion of water]] and any applicable racial equipment.

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 * 1-2 blessed [[sprigs of wolfsbane]]
 * a [[spellbook of healing]]
-* a random [[spellbook]] from a list of the following, with an equal probability of each:{{refsrc|u_init.c|1135|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+* a random blessed [[spellbook]] from a list of the following, with an equal probability of each:{{refsrc|u_init.c|1135|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ** {{+ of|force bolt}}
 ** {{+ of|sleep}}