Scroll of blank paper - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ more details...

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‎Variants: more details...

Umbire the Phantom: lede, variants

2026-03-27T15:38:53Z

lede, variants

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ detail

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‎Description: detail

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ word choice

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‎Generation: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ re-org, mention why you carry them in the first place

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‎Strategy: re-org, mention why you carry them in the first place

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ pothole

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‎Variants: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit, message

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copyedit, message

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ fractional odds

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‎Generation: fractional odds

Umbire the Phantom: grunt

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grunt

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit + update pass

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copyedit + update pass

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], some scrolls of blank paper may be placed on the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]] level containing the head of the River Lethe during level creation.
-The [[Rite of Detestation]] is an [[artifact]] scroll of blank paper that is associated with the [[Madperson]] role.
+The [[Rite of Detestation]] is an [[artifact]] scroll of blank paper that is associated with the [[Madperson]] role&mdash;it cannot be written on and transformed into another scroll, and doing so will simply waste magic marker charges.
 ===SlashTHEM===
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 As in SlashTHEM, attempting to wish for a scroll of acquirement will only produce a blank scroll.
 ==References==

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    |tile=[[Image:Scroll of blank paper.png]]
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+A '''scroll of blank paper''' is a type of [[scroll]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is the only scroll to not be a [[magical item]], and appears as an '''unlabeled scroll''' when unidentified.
 ==Generation==
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 ===GruntHack===
 In [[GruntHack]], writing on a scroll of blank paper with a [[felt marker]] will always fail, but does not use up the scroll in the process.
 ==References==

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 ==Description==
-"[[Read]]ing" a scroll of blank paper simply [[auto-identifies]] it without using up the scroll or breaking the [[illiterate]] [[conduct]]. Attempting to read a previously-seen scroll of blank paper while [[blind]] will print a specific message.
+A hero "[[reading]]" a scroll of blank paper simply [[auto-identifies]] it without using up the scroll or breaking the [[illiterate]] [[conduct]]. Attempting to read a previously-seen scroll of blank paper while [[blind]] will print a specific message. [[Monster]]s will not use this scroll.
 Scrolls of blank paper can be used to write other scrolls by applying a [[magic marker]] to them, and the [[beatitude]] of the resulting scroll is affected by the beatitude of both the scroll of blank paper and the magic marker:

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 ==Generation==
-Scrolls of blank paper make up {{frac|7|250}} (2.8%) of all randomly-generated scrolls, and are excluded from random scroll selection when generating a [[hero]]'s starting inventory.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|1006|nethack=3.6.7|comment=list of ineligible starting items}} General [[store]]s, second-hand bookstores and rare books shops can sell scrolls of blank paper.
+Scrolls of blank paper make up {{frac|7|250}} (2.8%) of all scrolls randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as death drops, and they are excluded from random scroll selection when generating a [[hero]]'s starting inventory.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|1006|nethack=3.6.7|comment=list of ineligible starting items}} Second-hand bookstores and rare books shops can also stock scrolls of blank paper.
-Scrolls of blank paper can be created by getting other scrolls [[wet]] or zapping them with a [[wand of cancellation|wand]] or [[spell of cancellation]].
+Scrolls of blank paper can be created by getting other scrolls [[wet]], or by zapping them with a [[wand of cancellation|wand]] or [[spell of cancellation]].
 Two scrolls of blank paper can be found next to a [[throne]] hidden in the locate level of the [[Tourist quest]], and two scrolls of blank paper can be found outside the southern-most island's dwelling on the third [[raven]]-filled variant of [[Medusa's Island]].

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 ==Strategy==
 {{main|Wet}}
 The scroll of blank paper and the [[scroll of enchant weapon]] are the only scrolls with a base cost of 60 [[zm]], making [[price identification]] of the latter trivial.
 ==History==

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 ==Variants==
-In variants that add a [[scroll of flood]] or [[scroll of water]], those scrolls cannot be made into blank paper by wetting them.
+In ''NetHack'' [[variant]]s that add a [[scroll of flood]] or [[scroll of water]], those scrolls cannot be made into blank paper by wetting them.
 ===GruntHack===

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 Scrolls of blank paper make up {{frac|7|250}} (2.8%) of all randomly-generated scrolls, and are excluded from random scroll selection when generating a [[hero]]'s starting inventory.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|1006|nethack=3.6.7|comment=list of ineligible starting items}} General [[store]]s, second-hand bookstores and rare books shops can sell scrolls of blank paper.
-Scrolls of blank paper can be created by [[wet]]ting other scrolls or zapping them with a [[wand of cancellation|wand]] or [[spell of cancellation]].
+Scrolls of blank paper can be created by getting other scrolls [[wet]] or zapping them with a [[wand of cancellation|wand]] or [[spell of cancellation]].
 Two scrolls of blank paper can be found next to a [[throne]] hidden in the locate level of the [[Tourist quest]], and two scrolls of blank paper can be found outside the southern-most island's dwelling on the third [[raven]]-filled variant of [[Medusa's Island]].
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 ==Description==
-"[[Read]]ing" a scroll of blank paper simply [[auto-identifies]] it without using up the scroll or violate the [[illiterate]] [[conduct]].
+"[[Read]]ing" a scroll of blank paper simply [[auto-identifies]] it without using up the scroll or breaking the [[illiterate]] [[conduct]]. Attempting to read a previously-seen scroll of blank paper while [[blind]] will print a specific message.
-Scrolls of blank paper can be used to write other scrolls by applying a [[magic marker]] to them - the [[beatitude]] of the resulting scroll is affected by the beatitude of both the scroll of blank paper and the magic marker:
+Scrolls of blank paper can be used to write other scrolls by applying a [[magic marker]] to them, and the [[beatitude]] of the resulting scroll is affected by the beatitude of both the scroll of blank paper and the magic marker:
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 ==Messages==
 {{message|This scroll seems to be blank.|You "read" a scroll of blank paper.}}
 {{message|You can't write that! It's obscene!|You attempted to "write" a scroll of blank paper.}}

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 ==Generation==
-In addition to random generation, scrolls of blank paper can be created by [[wet]]ting other scrolls or zapping them with a [[wand of cancellation|wand]] or [[spell of cancellation]].
+Scrolls of blank paper make up 2.8% of all randomly-generated scrolls, and are excluded from random scroll selection when generating a [[hero]]'s starting inventory.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|1006|nethack=3.6.7|comment=list of ineligible starting items}} General [[store]]s, second-hand bookstores and rare books shops can sell scrolls of blank paper.
-Two scrolls of blank paper can be found next to a [[throne]] hidden in the locate level of the [[Tourist quest]], and two scrolls of blank paper can be found outside the southern-most island dwelling on the third variant of [[Medusa's Island]].
+Scrolls of blank paper can be created by [[wet]]ting other scrolls or zapping them with a [[wand of cancellation|wand]] or [[spell of cancellation]].
 [[Paper golem]]s leave behind one or more scrolls of blank paper as a special [[death drop]] instead of a [[corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|418|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Description==
-"Reading" a scroll of blank paper simply [[auto-identifies]] it, which does not use up the scroll or violate the [[illiterate]] [[conduct]].
+"[[Read]]ing" a scroll of blank paper simply [[auto-identifies]] it without using up the scroll or violate the [[illiterate]] [[conduct]].
-Scrolls of blank paper can be used to write other scrolls with a [[magic marker]] - the [[beatitude]] of the resulting scroll is affected by the beatitude of both the scroll of blank paper and the magic marker:
+Scrolls of blank paper can be used to write other scrolls by applying a [[magic marker]] to them - the [[beatitude]] of the resulting scroll is affected by the beatitude of both the scroll of blank paper and the magic marker:
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 The scroll of blank paper and the [[scroll of enchant weapon]] are the only scrolls with a base cost of 60 [[zm]], making [[price identification]] of the latter trivial.
-A common method of blanking scrolls is to intentionally walk into a [[moat]] while carrying them - this is much more difficult if you have high [[Luck]], and care should be taken not to blank, dilute or rust any valuable items in your inventory at the same time. Another common and easier method is to drop them all on a square, then zap a wand of cancellation at that square.
+A common method of blanking scrolls is to intentionally walk into a [[moat]] while carrying them - this is much more difficult if you have high [[luck]], and care should be taken not to blank, dilute or rust any valuable items in your inventory at the same time. Another common and easier method is to drop them all on a square, then zap a wand of cancellation at that square.
 ==History==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Scrolls|Blank paper]]