Spellcasting (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: touchups

2026-01-10T07:00:50Z

touchups

Umbire the Phantom: hatnote

2025-10-07T20:37:53Z

hatnote

Umbire the Phantom: lede

2025-01-15T17:56:21Z

lede

Bobbysue22: Fix spellcasting limits for samurai

2024-07-21T22:41:19Z

Fix spellcasting limits for samurai

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2023-10-25T11:05:18Z

potholes

Tomsod: /* Spellbook charges */ actually charges are not conserved on overwriting

2017-01-22T19:12:08Z

‎Spellbook charges: actually charges are not conserved on overwriting

Netzhack: "chance to" = opportunity; "chance of" = probability

2016-12-29T10:44:31Z

"chance to" = opportunity; "chance of" = probability

95.220.1.251: turns out MAX_SPELL_STUDY == 30 in SLASH'EM

2016-05-18T20:59:13Z

turns out MAX_SPELL_STUDY == 30 in SLASH'EM

50.206.35.98: non-cursed was correct - because this was talking about both uncursed and blessed.

2016-03-14T18:22:34Z

non-cursed was correct - because this was talking about both uncursed and blessed.

95.221.211.180: added charges info

2016-03-14T16:11:06Z

added charges info

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 ==Spellbook charges==
-Spellbooks are [[charge]]able in SLASH'EM, much like wands or tools.  Contrary to what one might expect, charges do not represent how many times the book can be read before fading (it's always 30 times).  Instead, charged spellbooks can be read more easily: when reading a non-cursed charged spellbook, one charge is consumed, and ''"The words on the page seem to glow faintly."''  This allows you to read the spellbook normally should you fail the reading roll (for uncursed spellbooks), and triples the reading speed otherwise.
+Spellbooks in SLASH'EM have [[charge]]s much like wands or tools: these charges do not represent how many times the book can be read before fading (which is always 30), but instead allows them to be read more easily&mdash;when reading a non-cursed charged spellbook, one charge is consumed, and the hero will read the spellbook normally should they fail the reading roll (for uncursed spellbooks), while a hero that succeeds at the reading roll reads the book at three times the normal rate. (''"The words on the page seem to glow faintly."'')
 Spellbooks are normally generated with 2-4 charges.  They follow the same recharging rules as [[charging#Wands|wands]] (including the distinction between directional and non-directional spells, strangely enough), except that a recharge has only a 50% chance of incrementing the recharge counter.  Blanked or faded spelbooks retain their charges and recharge count, although both will be set to zero after [[magic marker|writing]] on them.
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 ==Casting from health==
-If you do not have enough energy to cast a spell and are at least skilled in that school, you will be prompted to cast the spell anyway{{refsrc|spell.c|894|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}. Doing so will drain all of your remaining power. For each additional point of power needed to cast the spell you will lose 1 HP and 2 nutrition, however this will not drain your nutrition below 1. If you are killed by the HP loss, the cause of death will be given as "spellcasting exhaustion". Finally, if you are not an expert you will also abuse wisdom.
+If you do not have enough energy to cast a spell and are at least skilled in that school, you will be prompted to cast the spell anyway{{refsrc|spell.c|894|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}. Doing so will drain all of your remaining power. For each additional point of power needed to cast the spell you will lose 1 HP and 2 nutrition, which always leaves you at a minimum of 1 nutrition. If you are killed by the HP loss, the cause of death will be given as "spellcasting exhaustion". Finally, if you are not an expert you will also abuse wisdom.
 ==Roles and skills==

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		+	{{otheruses\|the protection spell school and other spell schools\|the protection spell itself\|spellbook of protection}}
	In [[SLASH'EM]], '''[[spellcasting]]''' is much different from vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' in a number of ways. SLASH'EM adds new spells, changes the difficulty and school of some existing spells, and has different limits on which roles can cast which spells.		In [[SLASH'EM]], '''[[spellcasting]]''' is much different from vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' in a number of ways. SLASH'EM adds new spells, changes the difficulty and school of some existing spells, and has different limits on which roles can cast which spells.

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−	~~'''Spellcasting in~~ [[SLASH'EM]]''' ~~is different from~~ [[~~Spellcasting\|that~~]] in vanilla [[NetHack]] in a number of ways. SLASH'EM adds new spells, changes the difficulty of some existing spells, and has different limits on which roles can cast which spells.	+	In [[SLASH'EM]], '''[[spellcasting]]''' is much different from vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' in a number of ways. SLASH'EM adds new spells, changes the difficulty and school of some existing spells, and has different limits on which roles can cast which spells.

	==SLASH'EM spellbooks==		==SLASH'EM spellbooks==

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 |[[Protection spells|Protection]] || b || - || - || b || b || ''S'' || ''S'' || '''E''' || - || ''S'' || - || - || ''S'' || - || ''S'' || - || ''S'' || ''S''
 |-
-|[[Body spells|Body]] || b || ''S'' || - || ''S'' || b || b || b || b || - || b || b || ''S'' || - || ''S'' || ''S'' || b || ''S'' || b
+|[[Body spells|Body]] || b || ''S'' || - || ''S'' || b || b || b || b || - || b || b || ''S'' || b || ''S'' || ''S'' || b || ''S'' || b
 |-
-|[[Matter spells|Matter]] || ''S'' || - || ''S'' || '''E''' || b || E || - || b || E || b || - || ''S'' || b || - || b || E || ''S'' || -
+|[[Matter spells|Matter]] || ''S'' || - || ''S'' || '''E''' || b || E || - || b || E || b || - || ''S'' || - || - || b || E || ''S'' || -
 |-
 |[[Attribute|Stat]] || I || I || I || I || W || I || W || W || I || W || I || I || I || I || W || W || I || W

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 ** If casting a spell from Healing school, add value from "Healing" column ("Emergency" column if using table from NetHack spellcasting article).
 ** If wearing a shield, add value from "Shield" column.
-** If wearing any suit other than [[robe]], [[robe of power]] or [[robe of protection]], add 5.
+** If wearing any suit other than a [[Robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]], [[robe of power]] or [[robe of protection]], add 5.
 ** If wearing a [[metal]]lic [[suit]], add value from "Suit" column.
 ** Add 6 if wearing metallic [[gloves]], 4 if wearing a metallic [[helmet]] other than [[helm of brilliance]], and 2 if wearing metallic [[boots]].
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 ** If penalty < 5, set it to 5.
 * Calculate difficulty and actual chance as in NetHack.
-Overall, the [[robe of power]] is less than half as effective than a [[robe]] in NetHack, and doesn't boost success rates for already good spellcasters (unless they're wearing metallic armor). Due to that, [[Barbarian]]s can't ever achieve reliable casting, and [[Caveman|Cavemen]] can only achieve reliable casting with their special spell while wearing a robe of power.
+Overall, the [[robe of power]] is less than half as effective than a [[robe]] in NetHack, and doesn't boost success rates for already good spellcasters (unless they're wearing metallic armor). Due to that, [[Barbarian]]s can't ever achieve reliable casting, and [[Cavemen]] can only achieve reliable casting with their special spell while wearing a robe of power.
 == Miscellaneous differences from vanilla NetHack ==

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 Spellbooks are [[charge]]able in SLASH'EM, much like wands or tools.  Contrary to what one might expect, charges do not represent how many times the book can be read before fading (it's always 30 times).  Instead, charged spellbooks can be read more easily: when reading a non-cursed charged spellbook, one charge is consumed, and ''"The words on the page seem to glow faintly."''  This allows you to read the spellbook normally should you fail the reading roll (for uncursed spellbooks), and triples the reading speed otherwise.
-Spellbooks are normally generated with 2-4 charges.  They follow the same recharging rules as [[charging#Wands|wands]] (including the distinction between directional and non-directional spells, strangely enough), except that a recharge has only a 50% chance of incrementing the recharge counter.  Blanked or faded spelbooks retain their charges and recharge count.
+Spellbooks are normally generated with 2-4 charges.  They follow the same recharging rules as [[charging#Wands|wands]] (including the distinction between directional and non-directional spells, strangely enough), except that a recharge has only a 50% chance of incrementing the recharge counter.  Blanked or faded spelbooks retain their charges and recharge count, although both will be set to zero after [[magic marker|writing]] on them.
 ==Spell timeout==

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 Reading a non-cursed spellbook is always successful in SLASH'EM, unless it has no charges (see below).  Cursed spellbooks still have the usual negative effects, though.
 ===Attack spells===
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 ==Spellbook charges==
-Spellbooks are [[charge]]able in SLASH'EM, much like wands or tools.  Contrary to what one might expect, charges do not represent how many times the book can be read before fading (it's always 4 times).  Instead, charged spellbooks can be read more easily: when reading a non-cursed charged spellbook, one charge is consumed, and ''"The words on the page seem to glow faintly."''  This allows you to read the spellbook normally should you fail the reading roll (for uncursed spellbooks), and triples the reading speed otherwise.
+Spellbooks are [[charge]]able in SLASH'EM, much like wands or tools.  Contrary to what one might expect, charges do not represent how many times the book can be read before fading (it's always 30 times).  Instead, charged spellbooks can be read more easily: when reading a non-cursed charged spellbook, one charge is consumed, and ''"The words on the page seem to glow faintly."''  This allows you to read the spellbook normally should you fail the reading roll (for uncursed spellbooks), and triples the reading speed otherwise.
 Spellbooks are normally generated with 2-4 charges.  They follow the same recharging rules as [[charging#Wands|wands]] (including the distinction between directional and non-directional spells, strangely enough), except that a recharge has only a 50% chance to increment the recharge counter.  Blanked or faded spelbooks retain their charges and recharge count.

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 SLASH'EM spells are listed below, with the type and level the spell has in vanilla NetHack if that is different.
-Reading an uncursed spellbook is always successful in SLASH'EM, unless it has no charges (see below).  Cursed spellbooks still have the usual negative effects, though.
+Reading a non-cursed spellbook is always successful in SLASH'EM, unless it has no charges (see below).  Cursed spellbooks still have the usual negative effects, though.
 ===Attack spells===