Star-Emperor's Ring - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ more tweaks still

2026-05-08T11:44:13Z

‎Description: more tweaks still

Umbire the Phantom: some tweaks

2026-05-08T11:43:18Z

some tweaks

ScienceBall: /* Description */ Typo

2026-01-10T15:08:37Z

‎Description: Typo

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit

2026-01-10T07:28:11Z

copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: potholes, word choice, etc.

2025-04-18T16:52:57Z

potholes, word choice, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: further...

2024-08-24T12:11:08Z

further...

Umbire the Phantom: touch this up

2024-08-24T11:55:47Z

touch this up

Umbire the Phantom: word choice

2024-04-24T19:51:52Z

word choice

Noisytoot: It's not intelligent (or the Stranger wouldn't be able to touch it due to being neither an elf nor a madperson)

2024-04-23T19:55:59Z

It's not intelligent (or the Stranger wouldn't be able to touch it due to being neither an elf nor a madperson)

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ tweak

2024-04-20T23:17:10Z

‎Description: tweak

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 The Star-Emperor's Ring has several effects while worn, in additional to its base item's normal effects:
-* The hero gains an [[experience level]]-based bonus of +{{frac|XL|10}} to [[DR]] for their head slot.
+* The hero gains an [[experience level]]-based bonus of +{{sfrac|XL|10}} to [[DR]] for their head slot.
 * Each attack the hero makes in melee or with a thrown/fired weapon while wearing the Star-Emperor's Ring adds +1d20 to-hit and +1d20 [[silver]] damage.
 * Attacks made by the hero with their [[bare hands]] while wearing the Star-Emperor's ring are instead replaced with a "floating spiritual silver starlight rapier" attack that deal 4d8 damage.
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 ** These attacks are considered non-contact, and are always counted as dealing +1d20 silver damage, but do not obtain any other relevant bonuses, e.g. [[strength]] or [[skill]] from wielded weapon, gloves and rings from unarmed combat bonuses, etc.
 ** The hero can [[twoweapon]] with an empty offhand slot, which uses the same spiritual rapier as unarmed attacks&mdash;this 'weapon' is not affected by a lack of two-weapon combat skill, and only requires a free hand.
-* The Ring will passively "lash out" at adjacent hostile monsters that it can target for a number of starlight rapier attacks equal to the wearer's [[experience level]] divided by 10 (i.e. 0 at XL 1-9, up to 3 at XL 30). These have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of attacking a particular adjacent monster and deal 4d4 damage.
+* The Ring will passively "lash out" at adjacent hostile monsters that it can target for a number of starlight rapier attacks equal to the wearer's [[experience level]] divided by 10 and rounded down (i.e. 0 at XL 1-9, up to 3 at XL 30). These have a {{frac|2|3}} chance each of attacking an adjacent monster, and deal 4d4 damage.
 [[Zapping]] the Star-Emperor's Ring spends 15 [[power]] to fire a [[ray]] of energy in a given direction: the ray deals damage based on the hero's [[Wands Balance Patch|wand skill]], with an additional 1d20 of silver damage, and ignores [[reflection]].

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    |material=gemstone
 }}
-The '''Star-Emperor's Ring''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is a [[ring of wishes]] that always has two [[charge]]s.
+The '''Star-Emperor's Ring''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is a [[ring of wishes]].
 ==Generation==
 For an [[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Madperson]], the Star-Emperor's Ring is always generated on the floor of the [[Madman quest]] that contains the [[quest artifact]] at level creation, and is [[Monster starting inventory|generated in the possession of]] [[The Stranger]].

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 ** As spiritual weapons, they bypass [[AC]] and [[DR]] of worn armor and are guaranteed to hit insubstantial monsters such as [[Shade (monster class)|shades]] and [[Sharab Kamerel]], much like armor-phasing weapons.
 ** These attacks are considered non-contact, and are always counted as dealing +1d20 silver damage, but do not obtain any other relevant bonuses, e.g. [[strength]] or [[skill]] from wielded weapon, gloves and rings from unarmed combat bonuses, etc.
-** The hero can [[twoweapon]] with an empty offhand slot, which uses the same spiritual rapier as unarmed attacks&mdash;this 'weapong' is not affected by a lack of two-weapon combat skill, and only requires a free hand.
+** The hero can [[twoweapon]] with an empty offhand slot, which uses the same spiritual rapier as unarmed attacks&mdash;this 'weapon' is not affected by a lack of two-weapon combat skill, and only requires a free hand.
 * The Ring will passively "lash out" at adjacent hostile monsters that it can target for a number of starlight rapier attacks equal to the wearer's [[experience level]] divided by 10 (i.e. 0 at XL 1-9, up to 3 at XL 30). These have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of attacking a particular adjacent monster and deal 4d4 damage.

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    |material=gemstone
 }}
 The '''Star-Emperor's Ring''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is a [[ring of wishes]] that always has two [[charge]]s.
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 ** As spiritual weapons, they bypass [[AC]] and [[DR]] of worn armor and are guaranteed to hit insubstantial monsters such as [[Shade (monster class)|shades]] and [[Sharab Kamerel]], much like armor-phasing weapons.
 ** These attacks are considered non-contact, and are always counted as dealing +1d20 silver damage, but do not obtain any other relevant bonuses, e.g. [[strength]] or [[skill]] from wielded weapon, gloves and rings from unarmed combat bonuses, etc.
-** The hero can [[twoweapon]] with an empty offhand slot, which also uses a spiritual rapier - this rapier is not affected by a lack of twoweapon skill, only requiring a free hand.
+** The hero can [[twoweapon]] with an empty offhand slot, which uses the same spiritual rapier as unarmed attacks&mdash;this 'weapong' is not affected by a lack of two-weapon combat skill, and only requires a free hand.
-* The Ring will passively "lash out" at adjacent hostile monsters that it can target for a number of starlight rapier attacks equal to the wearer's [[experience level]] divided by 10 (i.e. 0 at XL 1-9, up to 3 at XL 30) - the attacks deal 4d4 damage and have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of attacking a particular adjacent monster.
+* The Ring will passively "lash out" at adjacent hostile monsters that it can target for a number of starlight rapier attacks equal to the wearer's [[experience level]] divided by 10 (i.e. 0 at XL 1-9, up to 3 at XL 30). These have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of attacking a particular adjacent monster and deal 4d4 damage.
 [[Zapping]] the Star-Emperor's Ring spends 15 [[power]] to fire a [[ray]] of energy in a given direction: the ray deals damage based on the hero's [[Wands Balance Patch|wand skill]], with an additional 1d20 of silver damage, and ignores [[reflection]].
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 * Make a [[wish]] as normal&ndash;the Ring allows for a single artifact wish to be made using either of the 2 wishes, and making an artifact wish this way does not increment the artifact wish counter.
-* Summon a [[pet]] of the hero's choice&ndash;this can be done a maximum of twice per game, and the pet will be created loyal (i.e. it does not count towards the [[charisma]]-based pet limit and will not turn [[traitor]]), with the [[constellation]] monster template applied. This functions similar to a [[candle of invocation]], but does not restrict the hero to extraplanar beings such as angels and demons: the chosen monster must still be valid for [[taming]], must not possess the <code>MG_NOWISH</code> flag, and must not be from the future (i.e. no androids or star elves).
+* Summon a [[pet]] of the hero's choice&ndash;this can be done a maximum of twice per game, and the pet will be created loyal (i.e. it does not count towards the [[charisma]]-based pet limit and will not turn [[traitor]]), with the [[constellation]] monster template applied. This functions similar to a [[candle of invocation]], but does not restrict the hero to extraplanar beings such as angels and demons: the chosen monster must still be valid for [[taming]], must not possess the <tt>MG_NOWISH</tt> flag, and must not be from the future (i.e. no androids or star elves).
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:dNetHack artifacts]]
 [[Category:notdNetHack artifacts]]
 [[Category:notnotdNetHack artifacts]]

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    |whencarried=none
    |whenused=<ul><li>+1d20 [[to-hit]]</li><li>+1d20 damage + [[silver]]</li><li>passive attacks</li><li>[[bare-handed combat]] attacks become starblades</li><li>[[zap]] for [[ray]] of physical and silver damage</li></ul>
-   |wheninvoked=<ul><li>obtain a [[wish]]</li><li>gain additional [[artifact]] wish</li><li>summon up to 2 constellation pets</li><li>
+   |wheninvoked=<ul><li>obtain a [[wish]]</li><li>gain additional [[artifact]] wish</li><li>summon up to 2 [[constellation]] pets</li><li>
    |cost=3000
    |weight=3
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 }}
-The '''Star-Emperor's Ring''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is a [[ring of wishes]] that always has two charges.
+The '''Star-Emperor's Ring''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]], and its [[base item]] is a [[ring of wishes]] that always has two [[charge]]s.
 ==Generation==
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 [[Invoking]] the worn Star-Emperor's Ring pulls up a menu that allows the hero to choose between two options:
-* Make a [[wish]] as normal - the Ring allows for a single artifact wish to be made using either of the 2 wishes, and making an artifact wish this way does not increment the artifact wish counter.
+* Make a [[wish]] as normal&ndash;the Ring allows for a single artifact wish to be made using either of the 2 wishes, and making an artifact wish this way does not increment the artifact wish counter.
-* Summon a [[pet]] of your choice, which can be done up to twice - the pet will be created loyal (i.e. it does not count towards the [[charisma]]-based pet limit and will not turn [[traitor]]), and the [[constellation]] monster template is applied. This functions similar to a [[candle of invocation]], but does not restrict the hero to extraplanar beings such as angels and demons: the chosen monster must still be [[tame]]able, must not possess the <code>MG_NOWISH</code> flag, and must not be from the future (i.e. no androids or star elves).
+* Summon a [[pet]] of the hero's choice&ndash;this can be done a maximum of twice per game, and the pet will be created loyal (i.e. it does not count towards the [[charisma]]-based pet limit and will not turn [[traitor]]), with the [[constellation]] monster template applied. This functions similar to a [[candle of invocation]], but does not restrict the hero to extraplanar beings such as angels and demons: the chosen monster must still be valid for [[taming]], must not possess the <code>MG_NOWISH</code> flag, and must not be from the future (i.e. no androids or star elves).
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:dNetHack artifacts]]
 [[Category:notdNetHack artifacts]]
 [[Category:notnotdNetHack artifacts]]

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    |tile=&nbsp;
    |base=ring of wishes
-   |affiliation=<ul><li>[[unaligned]]</li><li>[[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Madperson]]</li><li>[[intelligent artifact]]s</li></ul>
+   |affiliation=<ul><li>[[unaligned]]</li><li>[[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Madperson]]</li></ul>
    |used=worn
    |whencarried=none

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 ** These attacks are considered non-contact, and are always counted as dealing +1d20 silver damage, but do not obtain any other relevant bonuses, e.g. [[strength]] or [[skill]] from wielded weapon, gloves and rings from unarmed combat bonuses, etc.
 ** The character can [[twoweapon]] with an empty offhand slot, which also uses a spiritual rapier - this rapier is not affected by a lack of twoweapon skill, only requiring a free hand.
-* The Ring will passively "lash out" at adjacent hostile monsters that it can target for a number of starlight rapier attacks equal to the wearer's [[experience level]] divided by 10 (i.e. 0 at XL 1, up to 3 at XL 30) - the attacks deal 4d4 damage and have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of attacking a particular adjacent monster.
+* The Ring will passively "lash out" at adjacent hostile monsters that it can target for a number of starlight rapier attacks equal to the wearer's [[experience level]] divided by 10 (i.e. 0 at XL 1-9, up to 3 at XL 30) - the attacks deal 4d4 damage and have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of attacking a particular adjacent monster.
 [[Zapping]] the Star-Emperor's Ring spends 15 [[power]] to fire a [[ray]] of energy in a given direction: the ray deals damage based on the character's [[Wands Balance Patch|wand skill]], with an additional 1d20 of silver damage, and ignores [[reflection]].