Skills (NetHack brass) - Revision history

130.15.43.110: /* Maximum skills */ fixed missing "is", made a sentence a bit less awkward to read

2013-10-02T13:37:25Z

‎Maximum skills: fixed missing "is", made a sentence a bit less awkward to read

Paxed: Text replace - "Nethack" to "NetHack"

2012-02-14T15:18:02Z

Text replace - "Nethack" to "NetHack"

Toyohime at 16:32, 5 May 2009

2009-05-05T16:32:48Z

Toyohime at 16:30, 5 May 2009

2009-05-05T16:30:50Z

Kernigh: Oops. Actually you can look up your maximum skills with the #skills command, too.

2006-09-23T18:04:55Z

Oops. Actually you can look up your maximum skills with the #skills command, too.

83.23.55.175: /* Table of maximum skills */

2006-09-22T07:27:32Z

‎Table of maximum skills

Jayt: Skills moved to Skills (NetHack brass): A page called "skills" is too confusable with the vanilla NetHack skill system

2006-09-20T09:18:31Z

Skills moved to Skills (NetHack brass): A page called "skills" is too confusable with the vanilla NetHack skill system

Kernigh: Start work on a brass #skills page.

2006-09-19T05:28:28Z

Start work on a brass #skills page.

New page

''This article concerns the '''#skills''' [[extended command]] of [[NetHack brass]]. Players of [[vanilla]] and [[SLASH'EM]] use instead the #[[enhance]] command; see [[skill]].''
----
<div class="thumb tright">
{| class="prettytable" style="margin: 0;"
|+ ''as in include/skills.h''
!| Level
!| Percentage
|-
|| Restricted || 0%
|-
|| Unskilled || 0%
|-
|| Minimum || 25%
|-
|| Basic || 50%
|-
|| Skilled || 75%
|-
|| Expert || 100%
|-
|| Master || 110%
|-
|| Grand Master || 120%
|}
</div>
In [[NetHack brass]], skills use [[percentage]]s. Those of you familiar with the #enhance command will not find it here!

[[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated vanilla and SLASH'EM players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.

To ''enhance'' a skill, do gain an [[experience level]], and the menu will appear allowing you to choose one skill. (It is like [[ADOM]] but less complex!)

== In source code ==
The [[source code]] for brass still contains constants like <tt>P_BASIC</tt> and <tt>P_EXPERT</tt>, and you might apply some patch to [[weapon.c]] that still uses the <tt>skill_level_name</tt> function. Consult the table here. The constant <tt>P_BASIC</tt> contains 50, while <tt>skill_level_name</tt> will reckon anything from 50 to 74 to be Basic.

Note that <tt>P_ISRESTRICTED</tt> and <tt>P_UNSKILLED</tt> are both 0. A skill is only restricted if its ''max skill'' is zero. If the skill is 0 but not maxed, then it will still show in the skills menu, but only when leveling up. In brass, a skill unrestricted by a [[god]] is capped at <tt>P_MINIMUM</tt> or 25%.

== Table of maximum skills ==
''From src/[[u_init.c]], NetHack brass 2004''

{| class="prettytable" style="width: 100%; overflow: auto;"
|| || [[Dagger]] || [[Knife]]
|| [[Short blade] || [[Long blade]]
|| [[Saber]] || [[Crushing]]
|| [[Flail]] || [[Staff]]
|| [[Polearm]] || [[Spear]]
|| [[Pick-axe]] || [[Whip]]
|| [[Bow]] || [[Firearm]]
|| [[Throwing]]
|-
|| [[Archaeologist]] || 50% Basic || 50% Basic
|| 50% Basic || 0% Restricted
|| 100% Expert || 75% Skilled
|| 0% Restricted ||
|}

{{stub|Finish table. Also, roles should be columns while skills are rows, so do a swap?}}

[[Category:Extended commands]]

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 [[Image:brass skills example.png|A screenshot of "show weapon capability" subscreen of #skills command.]]
-For groups marked <tt>(++)</tt>, the maximum expert 100%; for groups marked <tt>(+)</tt>, the max is skilled 75%; other groups max at basic 50%.
+For groups marked <tt>(++)</tt>, the maximum is expert (100%); for groups marked <tt>(+)</tt>, the max is skilled (75%); other groups max at basic (50%).
 [[Category:Extended commands of NetHack brass]]

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 In [[NetHack brass]], skills use [[percentage]]s. Those of you familiar with the #[[enhance]] command will not find it here!
-[[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated [[vanilla]] and [[SLASH'EM]] players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.  (It should also be noted that Nethack brass consolidates many skills, for instance grouping [[scimitar]]s and [[saber]]s under the ''saber'' group.)
+[[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated [[vanilla]] and [[SLASH'EM]] players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.  (It should also be noted that NetHack brass consolidates many skills, for instance grouping [[scimitar]]s and [[saber]]s under the ''saber'' group.)
 To ''enhance'' a skill, gain an [[experience level]] and a menu will prompt you to add 15% to any one skill--10% instead for skills at or over 50%, 5% for skills at or over 75%. Always choose a skill; unlike in vanilla, there is no limit where enhancing one skill might prevent you from enhancing another. In letting you choose a skill upon leveling, NetHack brass almost feels like [[ADOM]], though ADOM is certainly more complex.  (Note that if you lose a level and regain it, you may not claim the free skill points a second time.)

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 [[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated [[vanilla]] and [[SLASH'EM]] players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.  (It should also be noted that Nethack brass consolidates many skills, for instance grouping [[scimitar]]s and [[saber]]s under the ''saber'' group.)
-To ''enhance'' a skill, do gain an [[experience level]], and the menu will appear allowing you to choose one skill. Always choose a skill; unlike in vanilla, there is no limit where enhancing one skill might prevent you from enhancing another. In letting you choose a skill upon leveling, NetHack brass almost feels like [[ADOM]], though ADOM is certainly more complex.
+To ''enhance'' a skill, gain an [[experience level]] and a menu will prompt you to add 15% to any one skill--10% instead for skills at or over 50%, 5% for skills at or over 75%. Always choose a skill; unlike in vanilla, there is no limit where enhancing one skill might prevent you from enhancing another. In letting you choose a skill upon leveling, NetHack brass almost feels like [[ADOM]], though ADOM is certainly more complex.  (Note that if you lose a level and regain it, you may not claim the free skill points a second time.)
 Skill percentages will also increase on their own with practice.  At higher levels, this method becomes a faster way of raising skills than enhancing.

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 In [[NetHack brass]], skills use [[percentage]]s. Those of you familiar with the #[[enhance]] command will not find it here!
-[[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated [[vanilla]] and [[SLASH'EM]] players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.
+[[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated [[vanilla]] and [[SLASH'EM]] players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.  (It should also be noted that Nethack brass consolidates many skills, for instance grouping [[scimitar]]s and [[saber]]s under the ''saber'' group.)
 To ''enhance'' a skill, do gain an [[experience level]], and the menu will appear allowing you to choose one skill. Always choose a skill; unlike in vanilla, there is no limit where enhancing one skill might prevent you from enhancing another. In letting you choose a skill upon leveling, NetHack brass almost feels like [[ADOM]], though ADOM is certainly more complex.
 == In source code ==
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 For groups marked <tt>(++)</tt>, the maximum expert 100%; for groups marked <tt>(+)</tt>, the max is skilled 75%; other groups max at basic 50%.
 [[Category:Extended commands of NetHack brass]]

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 <div class="thumb tright">
 {| class="prettytable" style="margin: 0;"
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 |}
 </div>
-In [[NetHack brass]], skills use [[percentage]]s. Those of you familiar with the #enhance command will not find it here!
+In [[NetHack brass]], skills use [[percentage]]s. Those of you familiar with the #[[enhance]] command will not find it here!
-[[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated vanilla and SLASH'EM players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.
+[[You]] can use '''#skills''' at any time to consult your skills in all groups where you have more than 0%. Further, you can also use it to look up exactly which weapons and spells belong to each skill group. Frustrated [[vanilla]] and [[SLASH'EM]] players may not have known that [[athame]]s belong to [[dagger]] group or that [[broad pick]]s belong to the [[pick-axe]] group, but brass players can easily check.
-To ''enhance'' a skill, do gain an [[experience level]], and the menu will appear allowing you to choose one skill. (It is like [[ADOM]] but less complex!)
+To ''enhance'' a skill, do gain an [[experience level]], and the menu will appear allowing you to choose one skill. Always choose a skill; unlike in vanilla, there is no limit where enhancing one skill might prevent you from enhancing another. In letting you choose a skill upon leveling, NetHack brass almost feels like [[ADOM]], though ADOM is certainly more complex.
 == In source code ==
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 Note that <tt>P_ISRESTRICTED</tt> and <tt>P_UNSKILLED</tt> are both 0. A skill is only restricted if its ''max skill'' is zero. If the skill is 0 but not maxed, then it will still show in the skills menu, but only when leveling up. In brass, a skill unrestricted by a [[god]] is capped at <tt>P_MINIMUM</tt> or 25%.
-== Table of maximum skills ==
+== Maximum skills ==
-''From src/[[u_init.c]], NetHack brass 2004''
+To consult the maximum possible skills for your current [[role]], do the #skills command; then press '''[w]''' for "show weapon capability" or '''[s]''' for "show spellcasting capability", for example:
-{| class="prettytable" style="width: 100%; overflow: auto;"
+[[Image:brass skills example.png|A screenshot of "show weapon capability" subscreen of #skills command.]]
-{{stub|Finish table. Also, roles should be columns while skills are rows, so do a swap?}}
+For groups marked <tt>(++)</tt>, the maximum expert 100%; for groups marked <tt>(+)</tt>, the max is skilled 75%; other groups max at basic 50%.
-[[Category:Extended commands]]
+[[Category:Extended commands of NetHack brass]]

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 {| class="prettytable" style="width: 100%; overflow: auto;"
 ||                   || [[Dagger]]     || [[Knife]]
-                      || [[Short blade] || [[Long blade]]
+                      || [[Short blade]] || [[Long blade]]
                       || [[Saber]]      || [[Crushing]]
                       || [[Flail]]      || [[Staff]]

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