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ChasonBot at 04:39, 21 December 2015

2015-12-21T04:39:19Z

Kalon: Neither nymphs nor unicorns truly teleport IN to a safe area...

2008-11-18T00:38:11Z

Neither nymphs nor unicorns truly teleport *IN* to a safe area...

Ray Chason: More on blocked-off rooms (which need not be in the Dungeons of Doom)

2007-08-18T13:07:37Z

More on blocked-off rooms (which need not be in the Dungeons of Doom)

68.83.108.41: The second sentence didn't make much sense. I turned it into something that did.

2007-08-17T19:35:14Z

The second sentence didn't make much sense. I turned it into something that did.

Andronikus at 17:13, 20 June 2007

2007-06-20T17:13:06Z

Kernigh: This page had been a redirect to sanctuary, but our two links to "safe area" were in a different context. Create this strategy page that lists both sanctuary and other types of safe area.

2007-06-20T00:49:04Z

This page had been a redirect to sanctuary, but our two links to "safe area" were in a different context. Create this strategy page that lists both sanctuary and other types of safe area.

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−	A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. They are typically used ~~to allow~~ the [[~~player\|adventurer~~]] and [[pet]]s to retreat to ~~regenerate~~ [[HP]], to [[~~identification\|~~identify]] ~~that stack of unknown [[potion]]s~~, to store or manage a [[stash]], ~~or to~~ perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.	+	A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. They are typically used as a destination for the [[hero]] and any [[pet]]s to retreat to in order to recover [[HP]], to [[identify]] items, store or manage a [[stash]], and perform other actions away from the threat of hostile monsters.

	There are multiple strategies to locate or create a safe area, including:		There are multiple strategies to locate or create a safe area, including:

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−	A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. They are typically used to allow the [[adventurer]] and [[pet]]s to retreat to regenerate [[HP]], to [[identification\|identify]] that stack of unknown [[potion]]s, to store or manage a [[stash]], or to perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.	+	A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. They are typically used to allow the [[player\|adventurer]] and [[pet]]s to retreat to regenerate [[HP]], to [[identification\|identify]] that stack of unknown [[potion]]s, to store or manage a [[stash]], or to perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.

	There are multiple strategies to locate or create a safe area, including:		There are multiple strategies to locate or create a safe area, including:

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 A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards.  They are typically used to allow the [[adventurer]] and [[pet]]s to retreat to regenerate [[HP]], to [[identification|identify]] that stack of unknown [[potion]]s, to store or manage a [[stash]], or to perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.
-There are multiple [[strategy|strategies]] to locate or create a safe area, including:
+There are multiple strategies to locate or create a safe area, including:
 * Locate a [[sanctuary]] - a co-aligned temple. Monsters will not attack you in a sanctuary, but will flee from you, but with a few exceptions.
 * After completing the first level of [[Sokoban]], use the spare boulders to block off the part of the room that contains the down [[staircase]]. There are several good reasons to use Sokoban as a safe area. ''See [[Sokoban#Strategy]]''
 * Hide in a [[closet]] and [[lock]] the [[door]]. A closet is too small to bring your pet with you, but large enough to hide from most monsters during an emergency, provided that you can lock the door before some [[kobold]] opens it and blocks the door [[square]]. Be careful to not choose a closet that contains a trap.
-* Find a [[room]] that features doors in all its doorways, and lock the doors. This is not a common strategy, because such rooms are rare and often at inconvenient places. If you happen to have a [[wand of locking]] or the spell of [[wizard lock]], then you can also put locked doors in the open doorways. A [[boulder]] can also block a doorway, but will not stop a ranged attack. You also have to worry about teleporting monsters (such as [[tengu]]), [[xorn]]s (which can [[phasing|phase]] through rock), tunneling monsters such as [[Dwarf (monster)|dwarves]] and [[rock mole]]s, and [[giant]]s (which can break doors and lift boulders).
+* Find a [[room]] that features doors in all its doorways, and lock the doors. This is not a common strategy, because such rooms are rare and often at inconvenient places. If you happen to have a [[wand of locking]] or the {{+ of|wizard lock}} spell, then you can also put locked doors in the open doorways. A [[boulder]] can also block a doorway, but will not stop a ranged attack. You also have to worry about teleporting monsters (such as [[tengu]]), [[xorn]]s (which can [[phasing|phase]] through rock), tunneling monsters such as [[Dwarf (monster)|dwarves]] and [[rock mole]]s, and [[giant]]s (which can break doors and lift boulders).
 A safe area with a downward staircase can be especially valuable, once you have cleared the level that contains it; you can withdraw into it when badly injured from combat in the level below.

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 * After completing the first level of [[Sokoban]], use the spare boulders to block off the part of the room that contains the down [[staircase]]. There are several good reasons to use Sokoban as a safe area. ''See [[Sokoban#Strategy]]''
 * Hide in a [[closet]] and [[lock]] the [[door]]. A closet is too small to bring your pet with you, but large enough to hide from most monsters during an emergency, provided that you can lock the door before some [[kobold]] opens it and blocks the door [[square]]. Be careful to not choose a closet that contains a trap.
-* Find a [[room]] that features doors in all its doorways, and lock the doors. This is not a common strategy, because such rooms are rare and often at inconvenient places. If you happen to have a [[wand of locking]] or the spell of [[wizard lock]], then you can also put locked doors in the open doorways. A [[boulder]] can also block a doorway, but will not stop a ranged attack. You also have to worry about teleporting monsters (such as [[tengu]]), [[xorn]]s (which can [[phasing|phase]] through rock), tunneling monsters such as [[dwarf|dwarves]] and [[rock mole]]s, and [[giant]]s (which can break doors and lift boulders).
+* Find a [[room]] that features doors in all its doorways, and lock the doors. This is not a common strategy, because such rooms are rare and often at inconvenient places. If you happen to have a [[wand of locking]] or the spell of [[wizard lock]], then you can also put locked doors in the open doorways. A [[boulder]] can also block a doorway, but will not stop a ranged attack. You also have to worry about teleporting monsters (such as [[tengu]]), [[xorn]]s (which can [[phasing|phase]] through rock), tunneling monsters such as [[Dwarf (monster)|dwarves]] and [[rock mole]]s, and [[giant]]s (which can break doors and lift boulders).
 A safe area with a downward staircase can be especially valuable, once you have cleared the level that contains it; you can withdraw into it when badly injured from combat in the level below.

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−	A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. ~~It would be nice is there was a safe area~~ to ~~which~~ the [[adventurer]] and [[pet]]s ~~could~~ retreat to regenerate [[HP]], to [[identification\|identify]] that stack of unknown [[potion]]s, to store or manage a [[stash]], or to perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.	+	A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. They are typically used to allow the [[adventurer]] and [[pet]]s to retreat to regenerate [[HP]], to [[identification\|identify]] that stack of unknown [[potion]]s, to store or manage a [[stash]], or to perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.

	There are multiple [[strategy\|strategies]] to locate or create a safe area, including:		There are multiple [[strategy\|strategies]] to locate or create a safe area, including:

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 A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. It would be nice is there was a safe area to which the [[adventurer]] and [[pet]]s could retreat to regenerate [[HP]], to [[identification|identify]] that stack of unknown [[potion]]s, to store or manage a [[stash]], or to perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.
-There are multiple [[strategy|strategies]] to locate or create a safe area; here follow some:
+There are multiple [[strategy|strategies]] to locate or create a safe area, including:
-* Locate a [[sanctuary]] - a co-aligned temple. Monsters will not attack you in a sanctuary, but will flee from you, but with a few exceptions. ''See [[sanctuary]]''
+* Locate a [[sanctuary]] - a co-aligned temple. Monsters will not attack you in a sanctuary, but will flee from you, but with a few exceptions.
 * After completing the first level of [[Sokoban]], use the spare boulders to block off the part of the room that contains the down [[staircase]]. There are several good reasons to use Sokoban as a safe area. ''See [[Sokoban#Strategy]]''
-* Hide in a [[closet]] and [[lock]] the [[door]]. A closet is too small to bring your pet with you, but large enough to hide from most monsters during an emergency, provided that you can lock the door before some [[kobold]] opens it and blocks the door [[square]]. Be careful to not choose a closet that contains a trap. ''See [[closet]]''
+* Hide in a [[closet]] and [[lock]] the [[door]]. A closet is too small to bring your pet with you, but large enough to hide from most monsters during an emergency, provided that you can lock the door before some [[kobold]] opens it and blocks the door [[square]]. Be careful to not choose a closet that contains a trap.
-* Find a [[room]] in the [[Dungeons of Doom]] that features doors upon all its doorways, and lock the doors. This is not a common strategy, because such rooms are rare and often at inconvenient places. If you happen to have a [[wand of locking]] or the spell of [[wizard lock]], then you can also put locked doors in the open doorways. You also have to worry about teleporting monsters (such as [[nymph]]s and hostile [[unicorns]]). When you leave the safe room, the [[RNG]] may send in some monsters.
+* Find a [[room]] in the [[Dungeons of Doom]] that features doors in all its doorways, and lock the doors. This is not a common strategy, because such rooms are rare and often at inconvenient places. If you happen to have a [[wand of locking]] or the spell of [[wizard lock]], then you can also put locked doors in the open doorways. You also have to worry about teleporting monsters (such as [[nymph]]s and hostile [[unicorns]]). When you leave the safe room, the [[RNG]] may send in some monsters.
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−	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[~~sanctuary~~]]	+	A '''safe area''' is a place that is (relatively) free of [[monster]]s or other hazards. It would be nice is there was a safe area to which the [[adventurer]] and [[pet]]s could retreat to regenerate [[HP]], to [[identification\|identify]] that stack of unknown [[potion]]s, to store or manage a [[stash]], or to perform other actions away from the threat of monsters.
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		+	There are multiple [[strategy\|strategies]] to locate or create a safe area; here follow some:
		+	* Locate a [[sanctuary]] - a co-aligned temple. Monsters will not attack you in a sanctuary, but will flee from you, but with a few exceptions. ''See [[sanctuary]]''
		+	* After completing the first level of [[Sokoban]], use the spare boulders to block off the part of the room that contains the down [[staircase]]. There are several good reasons to use Sokoban as a safe area. ''See [[Sokoban#Strategy]]''
		+	* Hide in a [[closet]] and [[lock]] the [[door]]. A closet is too small to bring your pet with you, but large enough to hide from most monsters during an emergency, provided that you can lock the door before some [[kobold]] opens it and blocks the door [[square]]. Be careful to not choose a closet that contains a trap. ''See [[closet]]''
		+	* Find a [[room]] in the [[Dungeons of Doom]] that features doors upon all its doorways, and lock the doors. This is not a common strategy, because such rooms are rare and often at inconvenient places. If you happen to have a [[wand of locking]] or the spell of [[wizard lock]], then you can also put locked doors in the open doorways. You also have to worry about teleporting monsters (such as [[nymph]]s and hostile [[unicorns]]). When you leave the safe room, the [[RNG]] may send in some monsters.
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		+	[[Category:Strategy]]