Stoning - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Delayed stoning */ detail

2025-12-03T10:36:28Z

‎Delayed stoning: detail

Umbire the Phantom: /* Instant stoning */ potholes, etc.

2025-12-03T10:30:14Z

‎Instant stoning: potholes, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: pothole, word choice

2025-04-11T09:02:27Z

pothole, word choice

Umbire the Phantom: clarify

2025-04-01T05:35:10Z

clarify

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ dt flag

2025-03-31T11:57:41Z

‎Description: dt flag

Cathartes: /* Prevention */ the fact that it technically takes 5 turns is practically irrelevant; say 2 turns here so readers don't get confused and think they have 5 turns to act

2025-03-05T16:33:57Z

‎Prevention: the fact that it technically takes 5 turns is practically irrelevant; say 2 turns here so readers don't get confused and think they have 5 turns to act

Umbire the Phantom: note stoning through resistance bug

2025-02-26T16:24:09Z

note stoning through resistance bug

YourAdHereCZ: /* Instant stoning */ add commit to upcoming

2025-02-26T16:20:09Z

‎Instant stoning: add commit to upcoming

Umbire the Phantom: /* Instant stoning */ upcoming

2025-02-26T13:59:55Z

‎Instant stoning: upcoming

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ copyedit

2025-02-26T11:39:49Z

‎SLASH'EM: copyedit

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 * Eating a cockatrice egg, or else being hit by a thrown one.
 * Being hit by a cockatrice corpse.
-* The brain-sucking attacks of a mind flayer or master mind flayer - both delayed and instant stoning occur, so this is only seen if life saving prevents the instant stoning.
+* The intelligence-draining attacks of a mind flayer or master mind flayer&mdash;''both'' delayed and instant stoning occur in this instance, so this is only seen if life saving prevents the instant stoning.
 Delayed stoning prints the following messages based on how much of the hero's body is stone and how many turns they have left to live:{{refsrc|src/timeout.c|125|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>stoned_dialogue()</tt>}}{{refsrc|src/timeout.c|102|nethack=3.6.7|comment=messages for stoning process}}

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 ** [[Holding attack]]s while not wearing gloves and a [[cloak]].
 ** [[Kicking]] via the [[command]] or monster attack while not wearing [[boots]].
-** Using headbutt attacks while not wearing a [[helm]].
+** Using [[headbutt]] attacks while not wearing a [[helm]].
-** Bite or sting attacks, including the seduction attack of a [[foocubus]].
+** [[Bite attack|Bite]] or [[sting attack]]s, including the seduction attack of a [[foocubus]].
-** Tentacle attacks, including the [[intelligence drain]] attacks of a [[mind flayer]] or [[master mind flayer]].
+** [[Tentacle attack]]s, which consist of the [[intelligence drain]] attacks used by the [[mind flayer]] and [[master mind flayer]].
 * Attempting to [[saddle]] a live footrice without wearing gloves, or else having the hero's [[steed]] [[polymorph]]ed into one while they are riding it.
 * Attempting to [[untrap]] a live footrice from a [[pit]] or [[spiked pit]] without wearing gloves.
 * Picking up, throwing or wielding a footrice corpse without wearing gloves.
 ** This includes having worn gloves removed or destroyed while wielding the corpse, or else polymorphing from a form with stoning resistance to one without the property while wielding one.
-* Placing a footrice corpse in a [[container]] or remove it from a container without wearing gloves.
+* Placing a footrice corpse in a [[container]] or removing it from a container without wearing gloves.
 * Kicking a footrice corpse without wearing boots.
-* Falling down into a pit, spiked pit, [[hole]], [[trap door]], or a set of [[stairs]] (from [[fumbling]], being [[encumbered]] or being [[punished]]) while wielding one, including fainting from lack of [[nutrition]].
+* Falling down into a pit, spiked pit, [[hole]], [[trap door]], or a set of [[stairs]] (from [[fumbling]], being [[encumbered]] or being [[punished]]) while wielding a footrice corpse, including fainting from lack of [[nutrition]].
-* [[Flying]] down a hole or trap door while wielding one.
+* [[Flying]] down a hole or trap door while wielding a footrice corpse.
-* Falling onto a [[sink]] while [[levitating]] or flying and wielding one.
+* Falling onto a [[sink]] while [[levitating]] or flying and wielding a footrice corpse.
 * Tripping over a footrice corpse on the ground while fumbling without wearing boots.
 * [[Eating]] a footrice corpse or tin.

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 * Placing a footrice corpse in a [[container]] or remove it from a container without wearing gloves.
 * Kicking a footrice corpse without wearing boots.
-* Falling down into a pit, spiked pit, [[hole]], [[trap door]], or a set of [[stairs]] (from [[fumbling]], being [[encumbered]] or being [[punished]]) while wielding one, including fainting from [[hunger]].
+* Falling down into a pit, spiked pit, [[hole]], [[trap door]], or a set of [[stairs]] (from [[fumbling]], being [[encumbered]] or being [[punished]]) while wielding one, including fainting from lack of [[nutrition]].
 * [[Flying]] down a hole or trap door while wielding one.
 * Falling onto a [[sink]] while [[levitating]] or flying and wielding one.

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 * Tripping over a footrice corpse on the ground while fumbling without wearing boots.
 * [[Eating]] a footrice corpse or tin.
-* Snagging a wielded footrice corpse from a monster by using a [[bullwhip]] or [[grappling hook]] without wearing gloves&mdash;using the bullwhip to pick one up from the ground is fine.
+* Snagging a wielded footrice corpse from a monster by using a [[bullwhip]] or [[grappling hook]] without wearing gloves&mdash;using either item to pick one up from the ground is fine.
 * Stealing a footrice corpse directly from a monster's inventory without wearing gloves.
 * [[Sacrificing]] a footrice corpse at an [[altar]] without wearing gloves.

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 * {{monsymlink|Medusa}}, whose [[gaze]] and flesh can petrify the hero.
-The term "footrice" can refer to either the chickatrice, the cockatrice or both monsters, due to the similarities they share. All monster attacks that can turn victims to stone use the '''AD_STON''' [[damage type]].
+The term "footrice" can refer to either the chickatrice, the cockatrice or both monsters, due to the similarities they share. All monster attacks that can turn victims to stone use the '''<tt>AD_STON</tt>''' [[damage type]] flag.
 [[Stoning resistance]] is a property that prevents any form of stoning from occurring. [[Golem]]s that do not possess stoning resistance (i.e. all except for the [[stone golem]]) will instead transform into a stone golem when they would be petrified, including a hero in the form of a golem. [[Vampire (monster class)|Vampires]] in shapeshifted form that would turn to stone will resurrect into their vampire forms, as they do when otherwise "killed" while shapeshifted. Medusa is special-cased to only be vulnerable to stoning from her own [[reflected]] gaze, and is otherwise completely immune.{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|2180|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}

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 Naturally, one of the best methods to deal with any form of stoning is to avoid it in the first place: wearing gloves is strongly recommended when dealing with footrices, and a source of [[blindness]] or reflection will block Medusa's gaze. Lizard corpses never rot or become tainted, and it is always worth carrying at least one or two in open inventory for emergencies, even as a hero observing the [[vegetarian]] or [[vegan]] [[conduct]] (in order to lower the odds of a footrice stoning you). Curing stoning also does not require that the hero finish the corpse, and whatever was turning them to stone will likely interrupt the process by attacking again, so a single lizard corpse can save the hero from stoning a few times before it is fully consumed.
-One of the more critical factors in being able to cure stoning is the ability to act quickly: the process takes 5 turns ''and'' robs the hero of intrinsic speed, and being [[burdened]] or worse will further reduce what little time they have to act. If at all possible, try to remain unencumbered and keep a backup source of speed on hand&mdash;if you are encumbered from using a [[bag]] or other [[container]] to carry a lot of items, you should ideally be able to drop it at a moment's notice if you encounter a stoning threat. An extrinsic source of speed is not required, but can prove convenient, and keeping track of prayer timeout is valuable as well; if all else fails, a worn amulet of life saving can reverse the process. Eating a glob of green slime is a last resort, since the hero will then have to cure the sliming process before it irreversibly transforms them, and life saving from sliming will still temporarily polymorph them into a green slime and destroy their body armor.
+One of the more critical factors in being able to cure stoning is the ability to act quickly: the process cannot be stopped after 2 turns ''and'' robs the hero of intrinsic speed, and being [[burdened]] or worse will further reduce what little time they have to act. If at all possible, try to remain unencumbered and keep a backup source of speed on hand&mdash;if you are encumbered from using a [[bag]] or other [[container]] to carry a lot of items, you should ideally be able to drop it at a moment's notice if you encounter a stoning threat. An extrinsic source of speed is not required, but can prove convenient, and keeping track of prayer timeout is valuable as well; if all else fails, a worn amulet of life saving can reverse the process. Eating a glob of green slime is a last resort, since the hero will then have to cure the sliming process before it irreversibly transforms them, and life saving from sliming will still temporarily polymorph them into a green slime and destroy their body armor.
 For heroes determined to maintain vegan or vegetarian conducts, identifying and holding onto potions of acid, being able to reliably cast stone to flesh, or obtaining and blessing tins of acidic monsters are some viable alternatives&mdash;all of these methods also have significant tradeoffs, however:

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 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|7efba965d9f369c39aa09669231d6f17bf9e4e7c}}, manually flying down a hole or trap door while wielding a footrice corpse will no longer turn the hero to stone.
-Per {{commit|9c554895b1af9fd67bd7f9d6aabb2158fff4289c}}, if you [[wish]] for a cockatrice (or chickatrice) corpse while being unable to safely handle it, it will appear on the floor at your feet instead of being placed into your inventory.}}
+Per {{commit|9c554895b1af9fd67bd7f9d6aabb2158fff4289c}}, if you [[wish]] for a cockatrice (or chickatrice) corpse while being unable to safely handle it, it will appear on the floor at your feet instead of being placed into your inventory.
 ===Delayed stoning===

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 * Meeting the gaze of Medusa, biting into her corpse, subjecting her to a digestion attack, or consuming a tin of her meat.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Manually flying down a hole or trap door while wielding a footrice corpse will no longer turn the hero to stone.
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|7efba965d9f369c39aa09669231d6f17bf9e4e7c}}, manually flying down a hole or trap door while wielding a footrice corpse will no longer turn the hero to stone.
 Per {{commit|9c554895b1af9fd67bd7f9d6aabb2158fff4289c}}, if you [[wish]] for a cockatrice (or chickatrice) corpse while being unable to safely handle it, it will appear on the floor at your feet instead of being placed into your inventory.}}

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 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], there are two additional monsters that cause stoning: the thick-hided [[Basilisk (SLASH'EM)|basilisk]] and the small frequently-[[hiding]] [[asphynx]]. Both are significantly higher-level than the cockatrice; on average, fights against them will be longer, increasing the chance that one of their attacks may start turning you to stone. They also use different glyphs than cockatrices, meaning that a blessed scroll of genocide is no longer an easy solution.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], there are two additional monsters that cause stoning: the thick-hided [[Basilisk (SLASH'EM)|basilisk]] and the small frequently-[[hiding]] [[asphynx]]. Both are significantly higher-level than the cockatrice; on average, fights against them will be longer, increasing the chance that one of their attacks may start turning the hero to stone. They also use different glyphs than cockatrices, meaning that a blessed scroll of genocide is no longer an easy solution.
-SLASH'EM also introduces the [[amulet versus stone]], which will save your life against stoning in the same manner as an [[amulet of life saving]], costing a point of constitution and incrementing the "killed" counter. The amulet, however, is not destroyed in the process unless it is cursed; otherwise, its [[beatitude]] changes from uncursed to cursed, or from blessed to uncursed. Thus, with a sufficient supply of [[holy water]], one amulet can prevent many stoning [[YASD]]s.
+SLASH'EM also introduces the [[amulet versus stone]], which will save the wearer's life against stoning in the same manner as an [[amulet of life saving]], costing a point of constitution and incrementing the "killed" counter. However, an amulet versus stone is not destroyed in the process unless it is cursed, and otherwise its [[beatitude]] changes from uncursed to cursed, or from blessed to uncursed. Thus, with a sufficient supply of [[holy water]], one amulet can prevent many stoning deaths.
 ===UnNetHack===