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		<title>Tjr: /* &quot;ElberethElbereth&quot; */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;ElberethElbereth&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l15&quot; &gt;Line 15:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.045% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.045% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;: In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;: In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;::Somebody  [http://nethackwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Water_demon&amp;amp;curid=1834&amp;amp;diff=86423&amp;amp;oldid=85245&amp;amp;rcid=35099 removed the entire section again], without any comment. However, lots of people die to water demon, and even experienced players often don't realize they can flee, lock away the demon, and avoid the risk of a chain summon. If there's no comment here, I'm going to restore it on 2013-07-30. -[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 05:04, 25 July 2013 (UTC)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Tjr: /* &quot;ElberethElbereth&quot; */</title>
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		<updated>2013-05-30T11:04:21Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;ElberethElbereth&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;45&lt;/del&gt;% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;045&lt;/ins&gt;% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;: In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;: In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Tjr: /* &quot;ElberethElbereth&quot; */</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.45% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level. In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.45% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;: &lt;/ins&gt;In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Water_demon&amp;diff=85472&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Tjr: /* &quot;ElberethElbereth&quot; */</title>
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		<updated>2013-05-30T11:02:28Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;ElberethElbereth&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;:&lt;/del&gt;When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.45% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level. In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* &lt;/ins&gt;When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.45% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level. In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Water_demon&amp;diff=85471&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Tjr: why double E</title>
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		<updated>2013-05-30T11:01:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;why double E&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:When I encounter a water demon in my own games, it's usually by a very vulnerable wizard. This is my course of action. 1) Step away and gain momentary safety from Elbereth. Since the demon is as fast as I am, it will always be in melee range while I retreat and engrave. My character is guaranteed to survive one turn of attacks (but very rarely two). So I take damage engraving ElberethElbereth, then (hopefully with success) a second single Elbereth if necessary. With this strategy, I have (1-0.7265)^3 = 2.45% chance that all the Elbereth fail, which means certain death on the second turn of attacks. The &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; strategy is to engrave two single Elbereth, and die to the second turn of attacks if both are misspelt. This means a (1-0.7265)^2 = 7.48% chance of death. In summary, double Elbereth noticeably lowers the chance of death. 2) Lock away the demon with gold coins on Elbereth. I will drop a coin and add (single or double) Elbereth until stepping off the square will not smudge all of them. While the demon a few tiles away due to Elbereth, I walk to corridor entrances and other strategic spots. Those precious turns until the demon comes in melee range are enough to engrave a few ElberethElbereth. 3) After the demon is safely jailed in the fountain room, I can explore and leave the rest of the level. In conclusion, a water demon encounter is 97.95% survivable if you work with double-Elbereth. I feel the article should point this strategy out in some concise way. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] ([[User talk:Tjr|talk]]) 11:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Bulwersator: /* &quot;ElberethElbereth&quot; */ * I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &quot;engrave ElberethElbereth&quot; would be far better, as at least for me &quot;use Elbereth&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2013-05-25T08:45:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;ElberethElbereth&amp;quot;: &lt;/span&gt; * I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Elbereth&quot; title=&quot;Elbereth&quot;&gt;ElberethElbereth&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Elbereth&quot; title=&quot;Elbereth&quot;&gt;Elbereth&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* I am not convinced that is it so good idea to mention here that it is possible to engrave multiple Elbereths, but phrasing it as &amp;quot;engrave [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; would be far better, as at least for me &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use strategy of engraving text Elbereth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;use something called ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; what is a bit confusing [[User:Bulwersator|Bulwersator]] ([[User talk:Bulwersator|talk]]) 08:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Bulwersator</name></author>
		
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		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Water_demon&amp;diff=85242&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Bcode: /* &quot;ElberethElbereth&quot; */ new section</title>
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		<updated>2013-05-25T08:08:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;ElberethElbereth&amp;quot;: &lt;/span&gt; new section&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 08:08, 25 May 2013&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l2&quot; &gt;Line 2:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 2:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:No, not necessarily; a water demon is base level 8, so will have 8d8 hit points (average 36hp).  A wand of cold will do 9d6 damage against them, as they are not cold resistant but fire resistant, which increases the damage done; that's an average of 31.5 damage.  So, on average it will take two shots, although of course one beam can hit the demon twice if you bounce it off a wall. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 17:10, April 20, 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:No, not necessarily; a water demon is base level 8, so will have 8d8 hit points (average 36hp).  A wand of cold will do 9d6 damage against them, as they are not cold resistant but fire resistant, which increases the damage done; that's an average of 31.5 damage.  So, on average it will take two shots, although of course one beam can hit the demon twice if you bounce it off a wall. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 17:10, April 20, 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;::I think Anonymous was considering turning him to an ice statue (a variation of [[Stone|stoning]]?).  More likely, you're lucky a wand of cold doesn't turn it into an [[Ice devil]]. --[[User:FJH|FJH]] 19:47, 22 November 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;::I think Anonymous was considering turning him to an ice statue (a variation of [[Stone|stoning]]?).  More likely, you're lucky a wand of cold doesn't turn it into an [[Ice devil]]. --[[User:FJH|FJH]] 19:47, 22 November 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== &amp;quot;ElberethElbereth&amp;quot; ==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(Context: [{{fullurl:Water demon|diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=85186}} edit] by [[User:Bulwersator]], [{{fullurl:Water demon|diff=next&amp;amp;oldid=85201}} edit] by [[User:Tjr]])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I think saying &amp;quot;use [[Elbereth|ElberethElbereth]]&amp;quot; does make the text a bit strange, though it is good to point out you can engrave two Elbereths at once.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I'd prefer a less strange text over stating explicitly what to engrave directly like that, especially as [[Elbereth]] has speed notes ''and'' the text already states you can engrave two Elbereths per turn (it even specifies when not to do so). (Admittedly, the &amp;quot;Yes, …&amp;quot; would seem out of place without the Elbereth duplication before; that should probably be changed.)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thoughts? —[[User:bcode|bcode]]&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:bcode|talk]]&amp;amp;nbsp;|&amp;amp;nbsp;[[Special:EmailUser/Bcode|mail]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Water_demon&amp;diff=57448&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>FJH: Let's all eat cockatrice eggs!</title>
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		<updated>2010-11-22T19:47:55Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#039;s all eat cockatrice eggs!&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:47, 22 November 2010&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will zapping a wand of cold at a water demon kill him instantly? --Anonymous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will zapping a wand of cold at a water demon kill him instantly? --Anonymous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:No, not necessarily; a water demon is base level 8, so will have 8d8 hit points (average 36hp).  A wand of cold will do 9d6 damage against them, as they are not cold resistant but fire resistant, which increases the damage done; that's an average of 31.5 damage.  So, on average it will take two shots, although of course one beam can hit the demon twice if you bounce it off a wall. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 17:10, April 20, 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:No, not necessarily; a water demon is base level 8, so will have 8d8 hit points (average 36hp).  A wand of cold will do 9d6 damage against them, as they are not cold resistant but fire resistant, which increases the damage done; that's an average of 31.5 damage.  So, on average it will take two shots, although of course one beam can hit the demon twice if you bounce it off a wall. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 17:10, April 20, 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;::I think Anonymous was considering turning him to an ice statue (a variation of [[Stone|stoning]]?).  More likely, you're lucky a wand of cold doesn't turn it into an [[Ice devil]]. --[[User:FJH|FJH]] 19:47, 22 November 2010 (UTC)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>FJH</name></author>
		
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		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Water_demon&amp;diff=48085&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Ion frigate at 21:22, 20 April 2010</title>
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		<updated>2010-04-20T21:22:16Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will zapping a wand of cold at a water demon kill him instantly? --Anonymous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will zapping a wand of cold at a water demon kill him instantly? --Anonymous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:No, not necessarily; a water demon is base level 8, so will have 8d8 hit points (average 36hp).  A wand of cold will do 9d6 damage against them, as they are not cold resistant but fire resistant, which increases the damage done; that's an average of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;30&lt;/del&gt;.5 damage.  So, on average it will take two shots, although of course one beam can hit the demon twice if you bounce it off a wall. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 17:10, April 20, 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:No, not necessarily; a water demon is base level 8, so will have 8d8 hit points (average 36hp).  A wand of cold will do 9d6 damage against them, as they are not cold resistant but fire resistant, which increases the damage done; that's an average of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;31&lt;/ins&gt;.5 damage.  So, on average it will take two shots, although of course one beam can hit the demon twice if you bounce it off a wall. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 17:10, April 20, 2010 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ion frigate</name></author>
		
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		<id>https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Water_demon&amp;diff=48081&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Ion frigate at 17:10, 20 April 2010</title>
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		<updated>2010-04-20T17:10:43Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will zapping a wand of cold at a water demon kill him instantly? --Anonymous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will zapping a wand of cold at a water demon kill him instantly? --Anonymous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:No, not necessarily; a water demon is base level 8, so will have 8d8 hit points (average 36hp).  A wand of cold will do 9d6 damage against them, as they are not cold resistant but fire resistant, which increases the damage done; that's an average of 30.5 damage.  So, on average it will take two shots, although of course one beam can hit the demon twice if you bounce it off a wall. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 17:10, April 20, 2010 (UTC)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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