Scroll of reverse identify - Revision history

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‎Strategy

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Cherokee Jack: Based on implementation in Slash'EM Extended

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Based on implementation in Slash'EM Extended

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{{scroll|name=reverse identify|cost=300|ink=7-13}}

The '''scroll of reverse identify''' is a [[scroll]] in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] which also appears in [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SLASHTHEM]]. It provides a novel way to [[identify]] items you may not have picked up or even seen in your game.

When read, the scroll of reverse identify prompts you for an item to identify. Instead of asking you to select an item in your main inventory, as with a standard [[scroll of identify]], it will ask you to enter the ''name'' of a generic item ([[gauntlets of power]]) or an item ''description'' ([[hiking boots]]). Entering the name of an item returns its appearance in the game, and entering a description returns the identity of the item with that [[randomized appearance]]. In either case, you do not need to have an example of the item in your inventory.

This prompt offers more liberty for [[Discoveries|discovering]] new items than the regular scroll: you can learn the appearance of an item you want so you can recognize it when you see it (an alternative to [[wish]]ing for the item), or you can retroactively identify an item you saw or picked up and lost (useful for unidentified scrolls and potions lost to [[fire]] or [[wet]]ting, or rings destroyed by [[Shock|electricity]]).

If your scroll is noncursed, you may be prompted to reverse-identify more than one item:

{|class="wikitable"
!Case
!Number
|-
|blessed
|1-5
|-
|uncursed
|1-3
|-
|cursed
|1
|}

==References==
* Slash'EM Extended objects.c 1653
* Slash'EM Extended read.c 3587
* Slash'EM Extended write.c 76

[[Category: Scrolls]]
[[Category: NetHack: The Next Generation]]
[[Category: Slash'EM Extended items]]
[[Category: SLASHTHEM]]

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 Unidentified scrolls and potions lost to [[fire]] or [[wet]]ting, or rings destroyed by [[shock]] damage, are also ideal candidates to reverse identify using the scroll and see if they are worth replacing.
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:NetHack: The Next Generation scrolls]]
 [[Category:SlashTHEM scrolls]]

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 {{scroll|name=reverse identify|cost=300|ink=7-13}}
-The '''scroll of reverse identify''' is a [[scroll]] that appears in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]], [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SlashTHEM]].
+The '''scroll of reverse identify''' is a [[scroll]] that appears in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] and [[SlashTHEM]].
 ==Description==

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 ==Strategy==
-The scroll provides a more novel way to [[Discoveries|discover]] and identify new items than the regular scroll: you can learn the appearance of any item including those that you want so you can recognize them later on, or an item you previously saw or picked up and lost.
+The scroll provides a more novel way to [[Discoveries|discover]] and identify new items than the regular scroll: you can learn the appearance of any item including those that you want so you can recognize them later on, or an item(s) you previously saw or picked up and lost that you wish to replace.
 Using scrolls of reverse identify for the former can save [[wish]]es if used effectively: For example, if a player had not identified scrolls of [[charging]] and [[genocide]] but had a scroll of reverse identify, they could enter the name of those scrolls to have them formally identified. Wishing for a [[magic marker]] then lets them reliably write the scrolls and save the customary wish for them.

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 {{scroll|name=reverse identify|cost=300|ink=7-13}}
-The '''scroll of reverse identify''' is a [[scroll]] in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]] which also appears in [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It provides a novel way to [[identify]] items you may not have picked up or even seen in your game.
+The '''scroll of reverse identify''' is a [[scroll]] that appears in [[NetHack: The Next Generation]], [[Slash'EM Extended]] and [[SlashTHEM]].
-When read, the scroll of reverse identify prompts you for an item to identify. Instead of asking you to select an item in your main inventory, as with a standard [[scroll of identify]], it will ask you to enter the ''name'' of a generic item ([[gauntlets of power]]) or an item ''description'' ([[hiking boots]]). Entering the name of an item returns its appearance in the game, and entering a description returns the identity of the item with that [[randomized appearance]]. In either case, you do not need to have an example of the item in your inventory.
+==Description==
+When read, the scroll of reverse identify does the ''reverse'' of a standard [[scroll of identify]] and prompts you to enter the name of a item ([[gauntlets of power]]) or an item [[randomized appearance|appearance]] ([[hiking boots]]), whether or not you have the item in inventory. The item with the given name or appearance will be fully identified. How many items you can identify this way depends on the scroll's [[beatitude]]:
 {|class="wikitable"
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 |}
-==References==
+==Strategy==
-* Slash'EM Extended objects.c 1653
+The scroll provides a more novel way to [[Discoveries|discover]] and identify new items than the regular scroll: you can learn the appearance of any item including those that you want so you can recognize them later on, or an item you previously saw or picked up and lost.
-* Slash'EM Extended read.c 3587
-* Slash'EM Extended write.c 76
+Using scrolls of reverse identify for the former can save [[wish]]es if used effectively: For example, if a player had not identified scrolls of [[charging]] and [[genocide]] but had a scroll of reverse identify, they could enter the name of those scrolls to have them formally identified. Wishing for a [[magic marker]] then lets them reliably write the scrolls and save the customary wish for them.
-[[Category: Scrolls]]
+Unidentified scrolls and potions lost to [[fire]] or [[wet]]ting, or rings destroyed by [[shock]] damage, are also ideal candidates to reverse identify using the scroll and see if they are worth replacing.
-[[Category: NetHack: The Next Generation]]
+{{variant-343}}
-[[Category: Slash'EM Extended items]]
+[[Category:NetHack: The Next Generation scrolls]]
-[[Category: SlashTHEM]]
+[[Category:SlashTHEM scrolls]]

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 When read, the scroll of reverse identify prompts you for an item to identify. Instead of asking you to select an item in your main inventory, as with a standard [[scroll of identify]], it will ask you to enter the ''name'' of a generic item ([[gauntlets of power]]) or an item ''description'' ([[hiking boots]]). Entering the name of an item returns its appearance in the game, and entering a description returns the identity of the item with that [[randomized appearance]]. In either case, you do not need to have an example of the item in your inventory.
 This prompt offers more liberty for [[Discoveries|discovering]] new items than the regular scroll: you can learn the appearance of an item you want so you can recognize it when you see it (an alternative to [[wish]]ing for the item), or you can retroactively identify an item you saw or picked up and lost (useful for unidentified scrolls and potions lost to [[fire]] or [[wet]]ting, or rings destroyed by [[Shock|electricity]]).
 If your scroll is noncursed, you may be prompted to reverse-identify more than one item: