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   |used=worn
   |whenused=<ul><li>[[magic resistance]]</li><li>[[telepathy]]</li></ul>
-  |wheninvoked=<ul><li>branchport</li></ul>
+  |wheninvoked=<ul><li>[[branchport]]</li></ul>
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 ==Generation==
-For Wizards, The Eye of the Aethiopica is always generated on the goal level of the Wizard quest, where it is placed on the same square as the [[Dark One]].
+For Wizards, The Eye of the Aethiopica is always generated on the goal level of the Wizard quest, where it is placed on the square of the [[Dark One]] at level creation.
 ==Description==

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 The ''Aethiopica'' is known for its rapid succession of events, a variety of characters, vivid descriptions of manners and of scenery, a simple elegant writing style, and the fact that the novel opens in the middle of the story ("in medias res"), tying the plot together with various characters describing their prior adventures through retrospective narratives or dialogues. Homer utilized the aforementioned techniques in both his epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the novel had clear influences on the structure, events, and themes of the European adventure novel genre in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 {{featured}}
 {{nethack-367}}
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 ==History==
-The Eye of the Aethiopica is introduced along with most of the other quest artifacts in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including variants based on those versions, The Eye of the Aethiopica grants magic resistance while carried, and branchporting to Sokoban or Vlad's Tower would always bring the hero to the branch's bottom floor.{{refsrc|src/do.c|1083|version=NetHack 3.4.3}}
+The Eye of the Aethiopica is introduced along with most of the other quest artifacts in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including variants based on those versions, The Eye of the Aethiopica grants magic resistance while carried, and branchporting to Sokoban or Vlad's Tower would always bring the hero to the branch's bottom floor.{{refsrc|src/do.c|1083|version=NetHack 3.4.3}} The Dark One also gains magic resistance upon picking up the artifact, though he is not much more difficult for a quest-ready Wizard in these versions.
 ==Origin==

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 ==Description==
-While carried, The Eye of the Aethiopica grants [[half spell damage]] and fast [[power]] regeneration that restores at least one point of power per turn. While worn, the Eye also grants [[magic resistance]] alongside the base item's normal extrinsic [[telepathy]]., it further grants [[magic resistance]]. [[Invoking]] The Eye of the Aethiopica allows the hero to [[branchport]], which can warp them to another [[dungeon branch]] that they have visited.
+While carried, The Eye of the Aethiopica grants [[half spell damage]] and fast [[power]] regeneration that restores at least one point of power per turn. While worn, the Eye also grants [[magic resistance]] alongside the base item's normal extrinsic [[telepathy]]. [[Invoking]] The Eye of the Aethiopica allows the hero to [[branchport]], which can warp them to another [[dungeon branch]] that they have visited.
 ==Strategy==

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	==Strategy==		==Strategy==
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	The Eye of the Aethiopica is a powerful artifact for Wizards, especially compared to the relative weakness of the Dark One they must retrieve it from: since the artifact must be worn to grant magic resistance, they can easily dispose of him with a [[wand of death]] or [[finger of death]] among various other methods. See the Dark One's article for more details.		The Eye of the Aethiopica is a powerful artifact for Wizards, especially compared to the relative weakness of the Dark One they must retrieve it from: since the artifact must be worn to grant magic resistance, they can easily dispose of him with a [[wand of death]] or [[finger of death]] among various other methods. See the Dark One's article for more details.

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Aethiopica}}
-The artifact is likely named for the ''Aethiopica'' (Αἰθιοπικά, ''Aithiopiká'' or "Ethiopian Stories"), an ancient Greek novel which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD and is the only known work by Heliodorus of Emesa. The novel takes place in ancient Ethiopia (or Aethiopia) at various points, and follows an eloping couple: Chariclea, the daughter of King Calasiris and Queen Persinna of Aethiopia, and Theagenes, a noble from Thessaly.
+The artifact is likely named for the ''Aethiopica'' (Αἰθιοπικά, ''Aithiopiká'' or "Ethiopian Stories"), a highly-influential ancient Greek novel which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD and is the only known work by Heliodorus of Emesa. The novel takes place in ancient Ethiopia (or Aethiopia) at various points, and follows an eloping couple: Chariclea, the daughter of King Calasiris and Queen Persinna of Aethiopia, and Theagenes, a noble from Thessaly.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 {{artifact
-|color = metal color
+ |color=metal color
-|glyph = "
+ |glyph="
-|tile = [[Image:Circular amulet.png]]
+ |tile=[[Image:Circular amulet.png]]
-|base = amulet of ESP
+ |base=amulet of ESP
-|affiliation = <ul><li>[[neutral]]</li><li>[[Wizard]]</li><li>[[intelligent artifacts|intelligent]]</li></ul>
+ |affiliation=<ul><li>[[neutral]]</li><li>[[Wizard]]</li><li>[[Intelligent artifacts|intelligent]]</li></ul>
-|whencarried = <ul><li>faster [[energy]] regeneration</li><li>[[half spell damage]]</li></ul>
+ |whencarried=<ul><li>faster [[energy]] regeneration</li><li>[[half spell damage]]</li></ul>
-|used = worn
+ |used=worn
-|whenused = <ul><li>[[magic resistance]]</li><li>[[telepathy]]</li></ul>
+ |whenused=<ul><li>[[magic resistance]]</li><li>[[telepathy]]</li></ul>
-|wheninvoked = <ul><li>branchport</li></ul>
+ |wheninvoked=<ul><li>branchport</li></ul>
-|cost = 4000
+ |cost=4000
-|weight = 20
+ |weight=20
 }}
-'''The Eye of the Aethiopica''' is the [[Wizard]] [[quest artifact]]. It is the prize for completing the [[wizard quest]], and is [[neutral]] for [[wish]]ing purposes. Its [[base item]] is an [[amulet of ESP]].
+'''The Eye of the Aethiopica''' is the [[Wizard]] [[quest artifact]]. It is the prize for completing the [[Wizard quest]], and its default alignment is [[neutral]]. Its [[base item]] is an [[amulet of ESP]].
-==Effects==
+==Generation==
-While carried, the Eye provides [[half spell damage]] and fast [[power]] regeneration. While worn, in addition to normal extrinsic [[telepathy]], it further confers [[magic resistance]]. With fast power regeneration, you restore at least one power per turn. You can #[[invoke]] the Eye to '''branchport''', which immediately [[teleport]]s you to another [[dungeon branch]] that you have visited.
+For Wizards, The Eye of the Aethiopica is always generated on the goal level of the Wizard quest, where it is placed on the same square as the [[Dark One]].
-===Branchporting===
+==Description==
-If the topmost level for the target branch is at or deeper than your current level, then you arrive at the entry level. Otherwise, you arrive at the deepest previously-visited level of the target branch.{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|1558|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} For example:
+While carried, The Eye of the Aethiopica grants [[half spell damage]] and fast [[power]] regeneration that restores at least one point of power per turn. While worn, the Eye also grants [[magic resistance]] alongside the base item's normal extrinsic [[telepathy]]., it further grants [[magic resistance]]. [[Invoking]] The Eye of the Aethiopica allows the hero to [[branchport]], which can warp them to another [[dungeon branch]] that they have visited.
-Attempting to branchport to the branch you are currently in (or from the [[End Game]] or while carrying the [[Amulet of Yendor]]) gives the message "You feel very disoriented for a moment" and has no effect. Adjacent monsters that normally [[follow]] you up stairs will follow you through the gate into the new branch.
+==Strategy==
-A typical branchport menu might look like:
+A Wizard with The Eye of the Aethiopica is not only well guarded against a majority of magical damage, but can cast spells much more frequently due to its power regeneration, making them a mystical tour de force that can use {{+ of|magic missile}}s to blast their way through most hostiles with ease and more efficiently utilize higher-level spells such as {{+ of|cancellation}} and {{+ of|polymorph}}. The power regeneration, magic resistance, half spell damage, and telepathy also makes the Eye of the Aethiopica a highly sought-after artifact wish for neutral spellcasting builds&mdash;if you plan to wish for it, take note of the second "the" in its name.
-==Strategy==
+Branchporting using the Eye is a common method to transport [[wraith]]s from the [[Valley of the Dead]], so they are more likely to leave corpses, and it makes [[Sokoban]] a more accessible and ideal [[stash]] location. Since this is at quite a shallow depth, you can usually return quickly by digging down with a pick-axe, or else branchporting back to the last dungeon level you were previously on. You can also transport [[foocubi]] to Sokoban or another level where a lack of armor is less instantly hazardous.
 ==History==
-In [[NetHack 3.4.3]], the Eye of the Aethiopica also conferred magic resistance when carried in the inventory, and branchporting to Sokoban or Vlad's Tower would always bring you to the branch's bottom floor.{{refsrc|src/do.c|1083|version=NetHack 3.4.3}}
+The Eye of the Aethiopica is introduced along with most of the other quest artifacts in [[NetHack 3.1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including variants based on those versions, The Eye of the Aethiopica grants magic resistance while carried, and branchporting to Sokoban or Vlad's Tower would always bring the hero to the branch's bottom floor.{{refsrc|src/do.c|1083|version=NetHack 3.4.3}}
-==Mythology==
+==Origin==
-''Aethiopica'' (Αἰθιοπικά) simply means "Ethiopian" in Ancient Greek. The name is most likely a reference to the influential ancient Greek novel ''Aethiopica'', which takes place in ancient Ethiopia at various points; Charicleia, one of the main characters, has a dream about an eye being cut out.
+{{wikipedia|Aethiopica}}
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
 This is a powerful amulet of ESP.  In addition to its standard powers, it regenerates the energy of anyone who carries it, allowing them to cast spells more often.  It also reduces any spell damage to the person who carries it by half, and protects from magic missiles.  Finally, when invoked it has the power to instantly open a portal to any other area of the dungeon, allowing its invoker to travel quickly between areas.
 }}
 {{featured}}
-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Amulets|Eye of the Aethiopica]]
 [[Category:Quest artifacts|Eye of the Aethiopica]]