Tentacle attack - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ pothole

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‎dNetHack: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ word choice

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‎SLASH'EM: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ word choice

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‎dNetHack: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* Hack'EM */ grammar

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‎Hack'EM: grammar

Umbire the Phantom: /* notnotdNetHack */ rephrase

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‎notnotdNetHack: rephrase

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

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‎SLASH'EM: detail

ScienceBall: /* Description */ Grammar

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‎Description: Grammar

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ pseudonatural

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‎dNetHack: pseudonatural

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

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Umbire the Phantom: potholes

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 In [[dNetHack]], a hero that has the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Iris]] or [[Yog-Sothoth]] bound gains tentacle attacks. [[The Black Mother]] has some madnesses and mutations that can grant tentacle attacks to a hero, and one such mutation also makes it possible to grant passive tentacle attacks to [[Dirge (dNetHack)|Dirge]] if it is wielded or in the offhand.
-Wearing the [[Ringed Brass Armor]] can grant the wearer passive tentacle attacks that deal [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage.
+[[Wearing]] the [[Ringed Brass Armor]] can grant the wearer passive tentacle attacks that deal [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage.
 The mind flayer and master mind flayer have their amount of tentacle attacks reduced to one and three respectively, and many other monsters have tentacle attacks:

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 * [[Cthulhu (SLASH'EM)|Cthulhu]] has an intelligence-draining tentacle attack.
-Wearing a [[ring of free action]] grants additional protection against tentacle attacks from mind flayers and master mind flayers dependent on the hero's [[luck]], ranging from a {{frac|2}} chance at 0 luck to {{frac|9|10}} at maximum luck.
+A hero that [[puts on]] a [[ring of free action]] gains additional protection against tentacle attacks from mind flayers and master mind flayers dependent on the hero's [[luck]], ranging from a {{frac|2}} chance at 0 luck to {{frac|9|10}} at maximum luck.
 ===UnNetHack===

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 In [[dNetHack]], a hero that has the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Iris]] or [[Yog-Sothoth]] bound gains tentacle attacks. [[The Black Mother]] has some madnesses and mutations that can grant tentacle attacks to a hero, and one such mutation also makes it possible to grant passive tentacle attacks to [[Dirge (dNetHack)|Dirge]] if it is wielded or in the offhand.
-Wearing the [[Ringed Brass Armor]] can grant passive tentacle attacks that deal [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage.
+Wearing the [[Ringed Brass Armor]] can grant the wearer passive tentacle attacks that deal [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage.
-The mind flayer and master mind flayer have their amount of tentacle attacks reduced to one and three respectively, and several other monsters have tentacle attacks:
+The mind flayer and master mind flayer have their amount of tentacle attacks reduced to one and three respectively, and many other monsters have tentacle attacks:
 * Any monster with the [[pseudonatural]] monster template is given a single 1d4 intelligence-draining tentacle attack.

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 * All the monsters listed above for EvilHack ''except'' the Dark One retain their tentacle attacks.
 * A [[Star vampire (Hack'EM)|star vampire]] has six tentacle attacks which alternate between dealing physical damage and life draining, similar to their incarnations in SLASH'EM.
-* [[Cthulhu (Hack'EM)|Cthulhu]] has an intelligence-draining tentacle attack, similar to their incarnations in SLASH'EM.
+* [[Cthulhu (Hack'EM)|Cthulhu]] has an intelligence-draining tentacle attack, similar to their incarnation in SLASH'EM.
 ===notnotdNetHack===

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 ===notnotdNetHack===
-In [[notnotdNetHack]], in addition to notdNetHack details, [[Octopode (starting race)|octopode]] heroes have a tentacle attack that can [[Holding attack|hold victims in place]], and can drown monsters if performed while the hero is over a [[pool]] or moat of water.
+In [[notnotdNetHack]], in addition to notdNetHack details, [[Octopode (starting race)|octopode]] heroes have a tentacle attack that can [[Holding attack|hold victims in place]], and can drown monsters if performed while the hero is over a [[pool]] or moat of water&mdash;the [[Octopode (monster)|octopode]] monster corresponding to the playable race has the same attack.
 ==References==

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 In [[SLASH'EM]], a hero in the form of a monster with a tentacle attack will have the attack(s) automatically suppressed against hazardous targets such as cockatrices, '''unless''' they are performing an unarmed attack.
-The mind flayer and master mind flayer have their amount of tentacle attacks switched compared to ''NetHack'', and some other monsters are given tentacle attacks:
+The mind flayer and master mind flayer have their amount of tentacle attacks switched compared to ''NetHack'' (i.e. the mind flayer has five while the master mind flayer has three), and some other monsters are given tentacle attacks:
 * A [[Star vampire (SLASH'EM)|star vampire]] has six tentacle attacks which alternate between dealing [[physical damage]] and [[life drain]]ing.

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 ==Description==
-A monster that has a tentacle attack, including a [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into such a monster, performs the attack by attempting to strike the target in melee range using the tentacles on their's head.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2462|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2509|nethack=3.6.7|comment=per comment below, "assumes mind flayer's tentacles-on-head rather than [[sea monster]]'s tentacle-as-arm"}}{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|389|nethack=3.6.7}} This is because the code explicitly assumes that the attacker is either a [[mind flayer]] or [[master mind flayer]], who both use [[intelligence-draining]] tentacle attacks&mdash;while [[magic cancellation]] can block tentacle attacks of certain [[damage type]]s in theory, intelligence drain is not a valid damage type that it can block.
+A monster that has a tentacle attack, including a [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into such a monster, performs the attack by attempting to strike the target in melee range using the tentacles on their head.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2462|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2509|nethack=3.6.7|comment=per comment below, "assumes mind flayer's tentacles-on-head rather than [[sea monster]]'s tentacle-as-arm"}}{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|389|nethack=3.6.7}} This is because the code explicitly assumes that the attacker is either a [[mind flayer]] or [[master mind flayer]], who both use [[intelligence-draining]] tentacle attacks&mdash;while [[magic cancellation]] can block tentacle attacks of certain [[damage type]]s in theory, intelligence drain is not a valid damage type that it can block.
 A tentacle attack will cause [[passive attack]]s from the defender to trigger. Using a tentacle attack on a [[cockatrice]] or [[chickatrice]] will turn the attacker to stone{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1786|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|2837|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1769|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2809|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;monsters will avoid doing so against such targets when possible, unless they are [[confused]] or attacking a hero in the form of either monster.{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|398|nethack=3.6.7}} In the case of a hero polymorphed into a (master) mind flayer, the tentacle attack will cause both instant stoning ''and'' delayed stoning, which is only seen if [[life saving]] revives the hero from the former.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2567|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Tentacle attacks have no effect on [[shade]]s.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|2537|nethack=3.6.7|comment=shade vulnerability; tentacle attacks have no <tt>specialdmg</tt> variable}}

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], a hero that has the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Iris]] or [[Yog-Sothoth]] bound gains tentacle attacks.
+In [[dNetHack]], a hero that has the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Iris]] or [[Yog-Sothoth]] bound gains tentacle attacks. [[The Black Mother]] has some madnesses and mutations that can grant tentacle attacks to a hero, and one such mutation also makes it possible to grant passive tentacle attacks to [[Dirge (dNetHack)|Dirge]] if it is wielded or in the offhand.
 Wearing the [[Ringed Brass Armor]] can grant passive tentacle attacks that deal [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage.
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 The mind flayer and master mind flayer have their amount of tentacle attacks reduced to one and three respectively, and several other monsters have tentacle attacks:
 * [[Semblance]]s, the [[Mad Grazi]], [[alabaster cactoid]]s, [[parasitized android]]s, [[parasitized gynoid]]s, [[parasitized operator]]s, [[parasitized commander]]s, [[parasitic mind flayer]]s, and the [[parasitized embraced alider]] each have a single intelligence-draining tentacle attack.
 * [[Alhoon (dNetHack)|Alhoons]] have an intelligence-draining tentacle attack and two life-draining tentacle attacks.

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 * [[Mouths of the goat]] and [[dark young]] have two [[poisonous]] tentacle attacks that drain [[strength]].
 * [[Carcosan courtier]]s have a single poisonous tentacle attack that drains [[dexterity]].
-* [[Charybdisone]]s have a single drowning tentacle attack.
+* [[Charybdisone]]s have a single [[drowning]] tentacle attack.
 ===notdNetHack===
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 ===notnotdNetHack===
-In [[notnotdNetHack]], in addition to notdNetHack details, [[Octopode (starting race)|octopode]] heroes have a tentacle attack that can [[Holding attack|hold victims in place]], and can [[drown]] monsters if performed while the hero is over a [[pool]] or moat of water.
+In [[notnotdNetHack]], in addition to notdNetHack details, [[Octopode (starting race)|octopode]] heroes have a tentacle attack that can [[Holding attack|hold victims in place]], and can drown monsters if performed while the hero is over a [[pool]] or moat of water.
-An [[Octopode (monster)|octopode]] has a [[drowning]] tentacle attack.
+An [[Octopode (monster)|octopode]] has a drowning tentacle attack.
 ==References==