Puddingbane - Revision history

Uchronia at 02:57, 2 July 2020

2020-07-02T02:57:47Z

2019-12-12T20:13:14Z

Vlad is stronger now

2019-11-09T18:43:01Z

Page doesn't need updates since pudding farming is obsolete

2019-09-04T23:19:46Z

‎History

2019-09-04T23:18:21Z

‎Mechanics

2019-09-04T23:14:39Z

‎Creation

2019-09-04T23:14:04Z

‎Creation: Trying to fix some poor sentences

2019-03-16T01:42:19Z

2017-08-10T20:26:19Z

-4 is less than -3, not more.

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 '''Puddingbane''' was a nickname for a -3 small iron weapon (normally a dagger, orcish dagger, or knife) that was used for [[pudding farming]] before [[NetHack 3.6.0]]. Its damage is always just 1.
-Today, the primary use of a weapon like this, is to help maintain [[pacifist]] conduct. An other possible use is to split a pudding pet before polymorphing it.
+Today, the primary use of a weapon like this is to help maintain [[pacifist]] conduct. Another possible use is to split a pudding pet before polymorphing it.
 ==History==

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 '''Puddingbane''' was a nickname for a -3 small iron weapon (normally a dagger, orcish dagger, or knife) that was used for [[pudding farming]] before [[NetHack 3.6.0]]. Its damage is always just 1.
-Today, the primary use of a weapon like this, is to help maintain [[pacifist]] conduct. You can also used it to kill [[Vlad the Impaler]] (as a makeshift Vladbane), if you are so inclined. An other possible use is to split a pudding pet before polymorphing it.
+Today, the primary use of a weapon like this, is to help maintain [[pacifist]] conduct. An other possible use is to split a pudding pet before polymorphing it.
 ==History==
 Historically, a poor iron weapon was used to split [[black pudding|black]] and [[brown pudding|brown]] puddings in [[pudding farming]] (hence its name) while doing minimum damage: it might eventually kill a pudding, but it would split a lot of them first.
 ==Creation==

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 [[Category:Strategy]]
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 ==History==
-Historically, it was used to split [[black pudding|black]] and [[brown pudding|brown]] puddings in [[pudding farming]] (hence its name) while doing minimum damage; it could kill them, but it would split them a lot first.
+Historically, a poor iron weapon was used to split [[black pudding|black]] and [[brown pudding|brown]] puddings in [[pudding farming]] (hence its name) while doing minimum damage: it might eventually kill a pudding, but it would split a lot of them first.
 ==Creation==

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 ==Mechanics==
-Any damage roll of 1 after [[enchantment]] will not add [[strength]], so with a -3 (or less) dagger or knife, it doesn't matter how high strength is, the damage will still always be 1. [[erosion|Corroding]] is optional.
+[[Strength]] is not added to a damage roll of 1 after [[enchantment]], so with a -3 (or less) dagger or knife, the damage will still always be 1 regardless of strength. [[erosion|Corroding]] is optional.
 ==[[SLASH'EM]]==
 In slashem, a Puddingbane can still be used for some very limited [[pudding farming]].

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 ==Creation==
-A puddingbane can be created by [[engrave|engraving]] with an edged weapon to reduce its enchantment to -3. An enchantment of less than -3 is not needed for a dagger or knife, but a stronger or blunt weapon would require some cursed scrolls of enchant weapon.
+A puddingbane can be created by [[engrave|engraving]] with an iron weapon to reduce its enchantment to -3. An enchantment of less than -3 is not needed for a dagger or knife, but a stronger or blunt weapon would require some cursed scrolls of enchant weapon.
 ==Mechanics==

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 Any damage roll of 1 after [[enchantment]] will not add [[strength]], so with a -3 (or less) dagger or knife, it doesn't matter how high strength is, the damage will still always be 1. [[erosion|Corroding]] is optional.
-Any non-weapon iron item, such as a key, will do d2 damage (if corroded min of 1) plus any bonus to damage from [[strength]] of 16 or more or [[ring of increase damage|rings of increase damage]].
+Any non-weapon iron item, such as a key, will do d2 damage (if corroded min of 1) plus any bonus to damage from [[strength]] of 16 or more or [[ring of increase damage|rings of increase damage]]. Note that for pacifism, this is not as good as a -3 dagger or knife that will always do 1 point of damage no matter what your damage bonus. However, it will preserve [[weaponless]] conduct.
 ==[[SLASH'EM]]==
-In slashem, a puddingbane can still be used for some very limited [[pudding farming]].
+In slashem, a Puddingbane can still be used for some very limited [[pudding farming]].
 ==See also==