Talk:Crystal golem - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: re: vorpal J

2025-04-25T23:42:37Z

re: vorpal J

Umbire the Phantom: reply

2024-10-17T10:29:15Z

Aximili: Should there be variant-specific sections?

2024-10-17T04:02:12Z

Should there be variant-specific sections?

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== Should there be variant-specific sections? ==

The article as it currently exists reads:

: Crystal golems have a powerful weapon attack, and a strong breath weapon that selects a damage type at random akin to that of the Chromatic Dragon - in Hack'EM, the weapon attack is changed to a claw attack. Crystal golems possess fire resistance, cold resistance, shock resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance, magic resistance, and reflection; in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, they also possess drain resistance, while in Hack'EM they possess acid resistance. A crystal golem that is subjected to stoning will become a stone golem.

Normally for a monster in vanilla NetHack, we would have a "Variants" section. Since crystal golems don't appear in vanilla NetHack, I can see why that might be awkward. But for this article and others with non-vanilla content, I think there should still be a way to move variant-specific data to a section.

A very different approach is taken in the [[vorpal jabberwock]] article, where almost all the data is in variant-specific sections. But that article also does not have subsections for strategy. --[[User:Aximili|Aximili]] ([[User talk:Aximili|talk]]) 04:02, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

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	:Far as the [[vorpal jabberwock]] article, that's overdue for the split treatment I've given [[beholder]]s and other similar defunct-in-vanilla monsters. --[[User:Umbire the Phantom\|Umbire the Phantom]] ([[User talk:Umbire the Phantom\|talk]]) 10:29, 17 October 2024 (UTC)		:Far as the [[vorpal jabberwock]] article, that's overdue for the split treatment I've given [[beholder]]s and other similar defunct-in-vanilla monsters. --[[User:Umbire the Phantom\|Umbire the Phantom]] ([[User talk:Umbire the Phantom\|talk]]) 10:29, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	::UPDATE - that's finally been done, about six months later. --[[User:Umbire the Phantom\|Umbire the Phantom]] ([[User talk:Umbire the Phantom\|talk]]) 23:42, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

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	A very different approach is taken in the [[vorpal jabberwock]] article, where almost all the data is in variant-specific sections. But that article also does not have subsections for strategy. --[[User:Aximili\|Aximili]] ([[User talk:Aximili\|talk]]) 04:02, 17 October 2024 (UTC)		A very different approach is taken in the [[vorpal jabberwock]] article, where almost all the data is in variant-specific sections. But that article also does not have subsections for strategy. --[[User:Aximili\|Aximili]] ([[User talk:Aximili\|talk]]) 04:02, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	:What I've taken to doing is creating variant-specific articles for differentiated-enough variant monsters. This is an instance where I judged it (somewhat arbitrarily, mind) as not being ''enough'' differences between versions to fully split them - obviously, this isn't set in stone and is very subject to change, especially if or when someone decides to write up how they figure into Hack'EM strategy.
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		+	:Far as the [[vorpal jabberwock]] article, that's overdue for the split treatment I've given [[beholder]]s and other similar defunct-in-vanilla monsters. --[[User:Umbire the Phantom\|Umbire the Phantom]] ([[User talk:Umbire the Phantom\|talk]]) 10:29, 17 October 2024 (UTC)