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Umbire the Phantom: /* Encyclopedia entry */ tweak

2024-08-28T10:25:25Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: tweak

Umbire the Phantom: disambig now that info's been moved

2024-08-04T13:10:29Z

disambig now that info's been moved

Umbire the Phantom: style guide on variant templates

2024-01-20T19:16:14Z

style guide on variant templates

Umbire the Phantom: fix upcoming

2023-09-09T19:24:03Z

fix upcoming

Netzhack: /* Encyclopedia entry */ Soft line break

2023-02-16T08:47:00Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: Soft line break

Actual-nh: /* Characteristics */ Upcoming - resistances change affects strategy

2021-09-11T16:53:15Z

‎Characteristics: Upcoming - resistances change affects strategy

Actual-nh: /* Characteristics */ Grammar/style

2021-07-26T15:40:14Z

‎Characteristics: Grammar/style

Thidwick: 3.7 inventory items and shock resistance

2021-07-26T12:32:09Z

3.7 inventory items and shock resistance

Thidwick: /* Characteristics */

2021-07-26T12:28:45Z

‎Characteristics

Actual-nh: /* Characteristics */ Grammar/style

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‎Characteristics: Grammar/style

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
-{{encyclopedia|
+{{encyclopedia|The attack by those who want to die -- this is the attack against which you cannot prepare a perfect defense.
                         --Human aphorism
 |[ The Dosadi Experiment, by Frank Herbert ]

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-{{monster
+On NetHackWiki, '''sphere''' may refer to any of the following monsters:
-==SLASH'EM==
+* The [[flaming sphere]]
-In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Pet|tame]] flame and freezing spheres can be summoned by spells of {{spell of|flame sphere}} and {{spell of|freeze sphere}} respectively.  A monster attacked by one of your spheres is treated as if you had attacked it directly: peaceful monsters are angered, XP is awarded to you for a kill, etc. They are, of course, useless if the opposing monsters resist fire or cold. Too much use can also cause swift extinction of the species.
+* The [[freezing sphere]]
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 |[ The Dosadi Experiment, by Frank Herbert ]
 }}
+{{nethack-367}}
-==References==
+{{disambig}}

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 ==References==
 <references />
 {{nethack-360}}
 [[Category:Body parts]]
 [[Category:Monster classes]]

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 Gas spores ({{monsym|gas_spore}}) are different in that they will never attack you and explode only if killed. However, gas spores explosions cover 3-by-3 square, thus even if a [[player|character]] survives the blast, other monsters might be killed.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Spheres now create actual explosions with their attacks. These affect a 3×3 area around their target, and can hit other monsters. Notably, they can now also destroy carried and dropped items within the blast. Previous to [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/9942b65df78dd55a7806ec6ea2821693a7131c97 this commit], resistances would not protect inventory items with one exception: a ring of shock resistance would protect itself, but nothing else. (From observation, this increased the likelihood of players [[genocide|genociding]] at least shocking spheres, likely mainly due to the item damage threat.) Now, resistances from worn or wielded items have a 99% chance of protecting your inventory, and thanks to [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/67295bc706525934c461a0d940ca0da39fc302d2 this commit] wearing non-metallic gloves will protect worn rings. If you polymorph into a sphere and explode, the explosion will not affect your own inventory.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Spheres now create actual explosions with their attacks. These affect a 3×3 area around their target and can hit other monsters, as well as eroding or destroying carried and dropped items within the blast radius. If you polymorph into a sphere and explode, the explosion will not affect your own inventory.
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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
-The attack by those who want to die -- this is the attack
+The attack by those who want to die -- this is the attack against which you cannot prepare a perfect defense.
-against which you cannot prepare a perfect defense.
+                       --Human aphorism
 |[ The Dosadi Experiment, by Frank Herbert ]
 }}

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 [[Dexterity|Dextrous]] players can sometimes dodge the explosions partially or completely, while players with the correct [[resistance]] might not be harmed by the blast.
-Flaming, freezing, and shocking spheres will actively seek you out and explode when next to you.  If you manage to kill them before they can do this, they will not explode.  The explosion does not affect other nearby creatures.  Items in your inventory are not damaged.
+Flaming, freezing, and shocking spheres will actively seek you out and explode when next to you.  If you manage to kill them before they can do this, they will not explode and items in your inventory are not damaged.  The explosion does not affect other nearby creatures.
 Gas spores ({{monsym|gas_spore}}) are different in that they will never attack you and explode only if killed. However, gas spores explosions cover 3-by-3 square, thus even if a [[player|character]] survives the blast, other monsters might be killed.