Sacrifice - Revision history

Nethacknoob: Released version

2026-06-16T16:14:30Z

Released version

Umbire the Phantom: /* Ordinary sacrifice */ word choice

2026-05-11T12:40:21Z

‎Ordinary sacrifice: word choice

Phol ende wodan: the monster difficulty article is not the "main" article for ordinary sacrifice

2026-05-11T12:36:10Z

the monster difficulty article is not the "main" article for ordinary sacrifice

Umbire the Phantom: think we have enough mon diff links, tbh

2026-05-11T12:20:50Z

think we have enough mon diff links, tbh

LarryFluke: Added a link to Monster Difficulty

2026-05-10T19:06:48Z

Added a link to Monster Difficulty

Quietust: /* Messages */ I only count ''three'' messages here (indeed, the sources do ``if (Hallucination) switch (rn2(3))``)

2026-04-18T17:43:40Z

‎Messages: I only count ''three'' messages here (indeed, the sources do ``if (Hallucination) switch (rn2(3))``)

Poppepopp: cloud => plume since i just got this message

2026-03-16T21:36:24Z

cloud => plume since i just got this message

CamelCasedSnivy: /* Description */ Apparently they changed this a while back so the hallucinatory messages are reachable again.

2026-03-14T23:32:19Z

‎Description: Apparently they changed this a while back so the hallucinatory messages are reachable again.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Sacrifice to the hero's god */ adjust table for visibility

2026-01-10T16:10:08Z

‎Sacrifice to the hero's god: adjust table for visibility

Ais523: /* Same-race sacrifice */ if one demon lord was already summoned, the other one can still be summoned

2026-01-08T18:08:47Z

‎Same-race sacrifice: if one demon lord was already summoned, the other one can still be summoned

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 ==Messages==
 {{message|Nothing happens.|A corpse was too old to be sacrificed.}}
-{{message|Your sacrifice is consumed in a <flash of light/burst of flame>!|The standard message indicating a successful sacrifice. Lawful heroes see a flash of light, while others see a burst of flame. If it is not followed by any other message, it is safe to pray; otherwise, see below.}}
+{{message|Your sacrifice is consumed in a <flash of light/plume of smoke/burst of flame>!|The standard message indicating a successful sacrifice. Lawful heroes see a flash of light, while neutral heroes see a plume of smoke and chaotic heroes see a burst of flame. If it is not followed by any other message, it is safe to pray; otherwise, see below.}}
 {{message|Your sacrifice disappears!|As above, if lawful and blind.}}
 {{message|Your sacrifice sprouts wings and a propeller and roars away!}}

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 ==Ordinary sacrifice==
-Assuming a sacrifice to the hero's own deity, a corpse with positive value will please them or reduce their [[anger]], and a corpse may have a negative value if sacrificing it would anger them. The value of the sacrifice is typically the [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] of the former monster + 1, and partly eaten corpses have their value decreased by an amount roughly corresponding to the portion of the corpse that was eaten.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1370|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1372-L1374|nethack=3.6.7|comment=calls <tt>eaten_stat</tt> function}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|3220|nethack=3.6.7|<tt>eaten_stat</tt> function}} If the hero attempts to sacrifice a corpse with no value, usually a corpse that is too old as described above, nothing happens regardless of the altar's deity.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1591|nethack=3.6.7}} [[Undead]] corpses sacrificed by a non-chaotic hero have +1 additional value{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1459|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;this only applies to [[wraith]] corpses in practice, as any other undead monsters that leave corpses at all will drop corpses of their living counterparts, which are too old for sacrifice outside of [[#Same-race sacrifice|specific circumstances]].
+Assuming a sacrifice to the hero's own deity, a corpse with positive value will please them or reduce their [[anger]], and a corpse may have a negative value if sacrificing it would anger them. The value of the sacrifice is typically the [[Monster difficulty|difficulty value]] of the former monster + 1, and partly eaten corpses also have their value decreased by an amount roughly corresponding to the portion of the corpse that was eaten.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1370|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1372-L1374|nethack=3.6.7|comment=calls <tt>eaten_stat()</tt> function}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|3220|nethack=3.6.7|<tt>eaten_stat()</tt> function}} If the hero attempts to sacrifice a corpse with no value, usually a corpse that is too old as described above, nothing happens regardless of who the altar's deity is.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1591|nethack=3.6.7}} [[Undead]] corpses that are eligible for sacrifice and are sacrificed by a non-chaotic hero have +1 additional value{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1459|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;this only applies to [[wraith]] corpses in practice, as any other undead monsters that leave corpses at all will drop corpses of their living counterparts, which are too old for sacrifice outside of [[#Same-race sacrifice|specific circumstances]].
 ===Sacrifice to the hero's god===
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 The effects of the hero's god accepting a sacrifice of positive value on their altar are detailed in the table below, with the effects depending on their anger level, the hero's [[alignment record]] and prayer timeout. Sacrificing the corpse of a [[unicorn]], a former [[pet]] that died while [[tame]] or a monster belonging to the hero's race has differing and often drastic adjustments to its value, including whether or not the sacrifice is to the hero's god or another god &ndash; these are covered in the sections below this one. Sacrifices at cross-aligned altars are also covered in later sections.
-The table also details if it is potentially safe to pray after a particular sacrifice; a player can verify the current prayer timeout and safety of prayer by offering another valid sacrifice, or else through another method such as [[enlightenment]]. Remember that these actions only affect base luck, and luck can still be negative due to modifiers from cursed [[luck item]]s.
+The table also details if it is potentially safe to pray after a particular sacrifice, which a player can verify by offering another valid sacrifice, or else through another method such as [[enlightenment]]. Remember that these actions only affect the hero's base luck stat, which can still be negative due to modifiers from cursed [[luck item]]s.
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	==Ordinary sacrifice==		==Ordinary sacrifice==
−	~~{{Main\|Monsters (by difficulty)}}~~
	Assuming a sacrifice to the hero's own deity, a corpse with positive value will please them or reduce their [[anger]], and a corpse may have a negative value if sacrificing it would anger them. The value of the sacrifice is typically the [[Monster difficulty\|difficulty]] of the former monster + 1, and partly eaten corpses have their value decreased by an amount roughly corresponding to the portion of the corpse that was eaten.{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1370\|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1372-L1374\|nethack=3.6.7\|comment=calls <tt>eaten_stat</tt> function}}{{refsrc\|src/eat.c\|3220\|nethack=3.6.7\|<tt>eaten_stat</tt> function}} If the hero attempts to sacrifice a corpse with no value, usually a corpse that is too old as described above, nothing happens regardless of the altar's deity.{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1591\|nethack=3.6.7}} [[Undead]] corpses sacrificed by a non-chaotic hero have +1 additional value{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1459\|nethack=3.6.7}}—this only applies to [[wraith]] corpses in practice, as any other undead monsters that leave corpses at all will drop corpses of their living counterparts, which are too old for sacrifice outside of [[#Same-race sacrifice\|specific circumstances]].		Assuming a sacrifice to the hero's own deity, a corpse with positive value will please them or reduce their [[anger]], and a corpse may have a negative value if sacrificing it would anger them. The value of the sacrifice is typically the [[Monster difficulty\|difficulty]] of the former monster + 1, and partly eaten corpses have their value decreased by an amount roughly corresponding to the portion of the corpse that was eaten.{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1370\|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1372-L1374\|nethack=3.6.7\|comment=calls <tt>eaten_stat</tt> function}}{{refsrc\|src/eat.c\|3220\|nethack=3.6.7\|<tt>eaten_stat</tt> function}} If the hero attempts to sacrifice a corpse with no value, usually a corpse that is too old as described above, nothing happens regardless of the altar's deity.{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1591\|nethack=3.6.7}} [[Undead]] corpses sacrificed by a non-chaotic hero have +1 additional value{{refsrc\|src/pray.c\|1459\|nethack=3.6.7}}—this only applies to [[wraith]] corpses in practice, as any other undead monsters that leave corpses at all will drop corpses of their living counterparts, which are too old for sacrifice outside of [[#Same-race sacrifice\|specific circumstances]].

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 || Greater than zero{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1688|nethack=3.6.7}}
 || Any
-|| If you are lawful or neutral and sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 7 [[monster difficulty]] or higher, or otherwise (as a chaotic) sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 11 difficulty or higher, your god's anger is decreased by a portion of the sacrifice's value, with a cap of 24 value:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1355|nethack=3.6.7|name=maxvalue}} {{frac|8}} rounded down if you are lawful or neutral, and {{frac|12}} rounded down if you are chaotic.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1690|nethack=3.6.7|comment=Chaotic gods are harder to appease}}<ol><li>If your god is pacified, your base luck is set to zero if negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1705|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>If your god's anger is reduced but they are not pacified, your base luck is increased by 1 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1698|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>Otherwise, if your sacrifice does not have enough value, a message is printed and nothing else happens.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1708|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ol>
+|| If you are lawful or neutral and sacrifice a corpse from a monster with a difficulty of 7 or higher, or otherwise (as a chaotic) sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 11 difficulty or higher, your god's anger is decreased by a portion of the sacrifice's value, with a cap of 24 value:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1355|nethack=3.6.7|name=maxvalue}} {{frac|8}} rounded down if you are lawful or neutral, and {{frac|12}} rounded down if you are chaotic.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1690|nethack=3.6.7|comment=Chaotic gods are harder to appease}}<ol><li>If your god is pacified, your base luck is set to zero if negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1705|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>If your god's anger is reduced but they are not pacified, your base luck is increased by 1 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1698|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>Otherwise, if your sacrifice does not have enough value, a message is printed and nothing else happens.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1708|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ol>
 ||<ol><li>Maybe</li><li>No</li><li>No</li></ol>
 ||If your god is pacified and you are hallucinating: '''<Deity> seems cosmic (not a new fact).'''<br>And otherwise: '''<Deity> seems mollified.'''<br>If your god is less angry and you are hallucinating: '''<Deity> seems groovy.'''<br>And otherwise: '''<Deity> seems slightly mollified.'''<br>If their anger has not lowered and you are hallucinating: '''The gods seem tall.'''<br>And otherwise: '''You have a feeling of inadequacy.'''
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 ==History==
-The modern system for sacrifice is introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], along with altars. In versions previous to NetHack 3.0.0, sacrifice allowed for the use of all types of food including corpses: the value of a sacrifice is based on the offering's nutritional value and whether it was less than 50 moves old, making it trivial to attain maximized luck by offering a [[food ration]] as noted by a comment in <tt>pray.c</tt>{{refsrc|pray.c|680|nethack=3.0.0}}&mdash;NetHack 3.0.0 fixes it so that the gods only accept corpses, with their value based on [[Monster difficulty|the monster's difficulty]], and also implements punishments for "human sacrifice" (i.e. same-race sacrifice) as well as sacrificing co-aligned unicorns.
+The modern system for sacrifice is introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], along with altars. In versions previous to NetHack 3.0.0, sacrifice allowed for the use of all types of food including corpses: the value of a sacrifice is based on the offering's nutritional value and whether it was less than 50 moves old, making it trivial to attain maximized luck by offering a [[food ration]] as noted by a comment in <tt>pray.c</tt>{{refsrc|pray.c|680|nethack=3.0.0}}&mdash;NetHack 3.0.0 fixes it so that the gods only accept corpses, with their value based on the monster's difficulty, and also implements punishments for "human sacrifice" (i.e. same-race sacrifice) as well as sacrificing co-aligned unicorns.
 From NetHack 3.0.0 to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including some variants based on those versions, if no artifacts are eligible for a hero's first sacrifice gift, they will not receive any artifacts for the entire game unless they change alignment. This most commonly occurs with elven Priests or Rangers who name Sting and Orcrist in the hope of guaranteeing [[Stormbringer]] as their first gift, only to fail because Stormbringer has been generated in a [[bones]] level prior. In these versions, changing alignment also gives an alignment bonus or penalty based on the hero's starting alignment, rather than uniformly resetting their alignment record to zero.

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 || Greater than zero{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1688|nethack=3.6.7}}
 || Any
-|| If you are lawful or neutral and sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 7 difficulty or higher, or otherwise (as a chaotic) sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 11 difficulty or higher, your god's anger is decreased by a portion of the sacrifice's value, with a cap of 24 value:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1355|nethack=3.6.7|name=maxvalue}} {{frac|8}} rounded down if you are lawful or neutral, and {{frac|12}} rounded down if you are chaotic.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1690|nethack=3.6.7|comment=Chaotic gods are harder to appease}}<ol><li>If your god is pacified, your base luck is set to zero if negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1705|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>If your god's anger is reduced but they are not pacified, your base luck is increased by 1 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1698|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>Otherwise, if your sacrifice does not have enough value, a message is printed and nothing else happens.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1708|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ol>
+|| If you are lawful or neutral and sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 7 [[monster difficulty]] or higher, or otherwise (as a chaotic) sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 11 difficulty or higher, your god's anger is decreased by a portion of the sacrifice's value, with a cap of 24 value:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1355|nethack=3.6.7|name=maxvalue}} {{frac|8}} rounded down if you are lawful or neutral, and {{frac|12}} rounded down if you are chaotic.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1690|nethack=3.6.7|comment=Chaotic gods are harder to appease}}<ol><li>If your god is pacified, your base luck is set to zero if negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1705|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>If your god's anger is reduced but they are not pacified, your base luck is increased by 1 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1698|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>Otherwise, if your sacrifice does not have enough value, a message is printed and nothing else happens.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1708|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ol>
 ||<ol><li>Maybe</li><li>No</li><li>No</li></ol>
 ||If your god is pacified and you are hallucinating: '''<Deity> seems cosmic (not a new fact).'''<br>And otherwise: '''<Deity> seems mollified.'''<br>If your god is less angry and you are hallucinating: '''<Deity> seems groovy.'''<br>And otherwise: '''<Deity> seems slightly mollified.'''<br>If their anger has not lowered and you are hallucinating: '''The gods seem tall.'''<br>And otherwise: '''You have a feeling of inadequacy.'''

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 {{message|Your sacrifice sprouts wings and a propeller and roars away!}}
 {{message|Your sacrifice puffs up, swelling bigger and bigger, and pops!}}
-{{message|Your sacrifice collapses into a cloud of dancing particles and fades away!|One of these four messages is printed for a successful sacrifice while hallucinating. Which message you receive is randomly selected.}}
+{{message|Your sacrifice collapses into a cloud of dancing particles and fades away!|One of these three messages is printed for a successful sacrifice while hallucinating. Which message you receive is randomly selected.}}
 {{message|You feel appropriately <alignment>.}}
 {{message|You feel you are thoroughly on the right path.|You sacrificed a cross-aligned unicorn on a co-aligned altar, gaining 5 alignment record. The second message indicates you were already at maximum alignment record.}}

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 Whether or not the sacrifice is received well (if at all) depends on the value of the sacrifice, as well as the god whose altar it is offered on versus the one the hero serves. As in many other instances, [[hallucination]] will change {{sa|Messages|the resulting messages}}.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|If the hero is [[confused]], [[stunned]], or [[hallucinating]], they are considered too impaired to offer anything. Note that this makes a number of the hallucinatory messages in the linked section below unreachable.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|If the hero is [[confused]] or [[stunned]], they are considered too impaired to offer anything.}}
 ==Ordinary sacrifice==

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 !width="10%"| Prayer timeout
 !width="30%"| Effect
 !width="30%"| Message
 |-
 | Any
 || Greater than zero{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1688|nethack=3.6.7}}
 || Any
-|| If you are lawful or neutral and sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 7 difficulty or higher, or otherwise (as a chaotic) sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 11 difficulty or higher, your god's anger is decreased by a portion of the sacrifice's value, with a cap of 24 value:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1355|nethack=3.6.7|name=maxvalue}} {{frac|8}} rounded down if you are lawful or neutral, and {{frac|12}} rounded down if you are chaotic.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1690|nethack=3.6.7|comment=Chaotic gods are harder to appease}}<ul><li>If your god is pacified, your base luck is set to zero if negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1705|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>If your god's anger is reduced but they are not pacified, your base luck is increased by 1 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1698|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>Otherwise, if your sacrifice does not have enough value, a message is printed and nothing else happens.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1708|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ul>
+|| If you are lawful or neutral and sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 7 difficulty or higher, or otherwise (as a chaotic) sacrifice a corpse from a monster of 11 difficulty or higher, your god's anger is decreased by a portion of the sacrifice's value, with a cap of 24 value:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1355|nethack=3.6.7|name=maxvalue}} {{frac|8}} rounded down if you are lawful or neutral, and {{frac|12}} rounded down if you are chaotic.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1690|nethack=3.6.7|comment=Chaotic gods are harder to appease}}<ol><li>If your god is pacified, your base luck is set to zero if negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1705|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>If your god's anger is reduced but they are not pacified, your base luck is increased by 1 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1698|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>Otherwise, if your sacrifice does not have enough value, a message is printed and nothing else happens.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1708|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ol>
 ||If your god is pacified and you are hallucinating: '''<Deity> seems cosmic (not a new fact).'''<br>And otherwise: '''<Deity> seems mollified.'''<br>If your god is less angry and you are hallucinating: '''<Deity> seems groovy.'''<br>And otherwise: '''<Deity> seems slightly mollified.'''<br>If their anger has not lowered and you are hallucinating: '''The gods seem tall.'''<br>And otherwise: '''You have a feeling of inadequacy.'''
 |-
 | Negative
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 || Variable
 || Your alignment is increased by the lowest of the following values:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1714|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>ugod_is_angry</tt> tests for negative alignment record}}<ul><li>24 points.</li><li>The value required to bring your alignment record to zero.</li><li>The value of the sacrifice.</li></ul>
 || '''You feel partially absolved.'''{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1720|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |-
 | 0 or greater
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 || Greater than 0{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1721|nethack=3.6.7}}
 || Your prayer timeout is decreased depending on the value of your sacrifice (represented by ''x''), with the minimum for possible timeout being zero:{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1724|nethack=3.6.7}}<ul><li>If you are lawful or neutral, prayer timeout is decreased by {{frac|25''x''|2}}, or 12.5 times the sacrifice's value.</li><li>Otherwise (if you are chaotic), your prayer timeout is decreased by {{frac|125''x''|6}}, or ~20.8 times the sacrifice's value.</li></ul>A message is printed, and you gain luck depending on whether or not your prayer timeout is now zero:<br><ol><li>If your prayer timeout is set to 0 after this, your base luck is set to 0 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1739|nethack=3.6.7}}</li><li>If your prayer timeout is not set to 0 after this, your base luck is increased by 1 if it is negative.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1732|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ol>
 ||<ol><li>Yes (if overall luck is positive)</li><li>No</li></ol>
 |-
 | Greater than 0
 || None
 || 0
-|| One of the following occurs:<ul><li>If your base luck is 0 or greater and you are at least at [[experience level]] 3, you have a chance of receiving an [[artifact]] as a [[#Sacrifice gifts|gift]].{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1749|nethack=3.6.7|name=may_get_gift}}</li><li>Otherwise, your base luck is increased by {{frac|5|24}} of the sacrifice value (rounded down), and if it is still negative, it will be set to 0.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1774|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ul>
+|| One of the following occurs:<ol><li>If your base luck is 0 or greater and you are at least at [[experience level]] 3, you have a chance of receiving an [[artifact]] as a [[#Sacrifice gifts|gift]].{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1749|nethack=3.6.7|name=may_get_gift}}</li><li>Otherwise, your base luck is increased by {{frac|5|24}} of the sacrifice value (rounded down), and if it is still negative, it will be set to 0.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1774|nethack=3.6.7}}</li></ol>
-|| '''Your sacrifice is consumed in a burst of <light/flame>!'''<br>If you receive a sacrifice gift:<br>'''An object appears at your feet!'''<br>'''The voice of <deity> <thunders/booms/rings out>: "Use my gift wisely!"'''<br>If your luck is increased and you are blind:<br>'''You think something brushed your <feet>.'''<br>If this occurs while you are hallucinating and ''not'' blind:<br>'''You see crabgrass at your <feet>. A funny thing in a dungeon.'''<br>Otherwise:<br>'''You glimpse a four-leaf clover at your <feet>.'''
+|| <ol><li>No</li><li>Yes (if overall luck is positive)</li></ol>
-|| <ul><li>No</li><li>Yes (if overall luck is positive)</li></ul>
+|| '''Your sacrifice is consumed in a burst of <light/flame>!'''<br>
 |}

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 * As with regular sacrifice, attempting same-race sacrifice on a high altar that is not chaotic while the hero is not chaotic will immediately raise the anger of that altar's god to maximum and prompt them to smite the hero.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1386|nethack=3.6.7|name=maxdesecration|comment=call <tt>desecrate_high_altar</tt> function}}<ref name="godzap"/>
-Regardless of the hero's own alignment, if the altar is chaotic or unaligned, a [[major demon]] is summoned: this will be either [[Yeenoghu]] or [[Juiblex]] if neither [[demon lord]] has been generated, or a random major demon of the altar's alignment otherwise.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1394-L1433|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/minion.c|365-L378|nethack-3.6.7|comment=<tt>dlord()</tt> function for demon lord summoning}}{{refsrc|src/minion.c|405-L427|nethack-3.6.7|comment=<tt>ndemon()</tt> function for coaligned demon summoning}} For an unaligned altar, this means that performing same-race sacrifice on it will generate a major demon of any alignment. The summoned demon will be generated as peaceful if it has the same alignment as the hero, and will be hostile otherwise.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1426|nethack=3.6.7}} Summoning a demon this way always immobilizes the hero for three turns, ignoring [[free action]].{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1428|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Regardless of the hero's own alignment, if the altar is chaotic or unaligned, a [[major demon]] is summoned: this will be either [[Yeenoghu]] or [[Juiblex]] unless both those [[demon lord]]s have been generated, in which case it will be a random major demon of the altar's alignment.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1394-L1433|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/minion.c|365-L378|nethack-3.6.7|comment=<tt>dlord()</tt> function for demon lord summoning}}{{refsrc|src/minion.c|405-L427|nethack-3.6.7|comment=<tt>ndemon()</tt> function for coaligned demon summoning}} For an unaligned altar, this means that performing same-race sacrifice on it will generate a major demon of any alignment. The summoned demon will be generated as peaceful if it has the same alignment as the hero, and will be hostile otherwise.{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1426|nethack=3.6.7}} Summoning a demon this way always immobilizes the hero for three turns, ignoring [[free action]].{{refsrc|src/pray.c|1428|nethack=3.6.7}}
 The random selection of major demons uses (an alignment-restricted version of) <tt>[[mkclass]]</tt>, and thus the probability of generating a monster is reduced if its [[monster difficulty]] is substantially higher than the [[level difficulty]]. In particular, this means that when not summoning a unique demon, same-race sacrifice in the early game will usually summon a [[succubus]] or [[incubus]] because they have the lowest monster difficulties out of the possible options. However, unlike normal monster generation, valid options have a nonzero chance of appearing even if they would be extremely out of depth.