Tinker - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: lede, word choice

2023-07-10T14:32:38Z

lede, word choice

Umbire the Phantom: Hack'EM + touch ups

2023-06-15T18:00:13Z

Hack'EM + touch ups

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy /

2022-10-26T10:46:58Z

‎Strategy: *

Ion frigate: couple typos

2022-10-26T04:15:24Z

couple typos

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit - the technique is exclusive to gnomes so no need to single them out

2022-10-26T02:49:08Z

copyedit - the technique is exclusive to gnomes so no need to single them out

Ion frigate: It's possible for oilskin as well

2022-10-26T02:20:44Z

It's possible for oilskin as well

Ion frigate: Added tip on overenchanting cloak of magic resistance

2022-10-26T02:19:45Z

Added tip on overenchanting cloak of magic resistance

Ion frigate: I had that wrong, how oilskin works - it (and elven) is either a "downgrade" from a magical cloak or an "upgrade" from a crappy cloak (dwarvish, orcish); clarified that orcish helms are a two-step upgrade

2022-10-26T02:15:15Z

I had that wrong, how oilskin works - it (and elven) is either a "downgrade" from a magical cloak or an "upgrade" from a crappy cloak (dwarvish, orcish); clarified that orcish helms are a two-step upgrade

Umbire the Phantom: followup

2022-10-25T21:21:04Z

followup

Umbire the Phantom: upgrade article

2022-10-25T21:16:30Z

upgrade article

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-'''Tinker''' is a [[technique]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]], and is used to [[upgrade]] and improve certain [[item]]s. All [[gnome (starting race)|gnomes]] obtain the technique at [[experience level]] 7.
+'''Tinker''' is a [[technique]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]].
 ==Description==
 To use the technique, you must not be [[blind]]ed and [[wield]] an applicable object - see [[upgrading objects]] for a list of eligible items. When used, you will become [[occupation|occupied]] until you either complete the technique (which takes [150-technique level] turns) or you are interrupted; there is no specific cooldown afterward, though you will fail to upgrade the object if you are interrupted. The chances of actually upgrading an object after finishing the technique without interruption are dependent on [[Luck]].
-Using the tinker technique does not break any [[conduct]], such as [[polypileless]].  Items produced will have the same enchantment and [[BUC]] status as the original item.
+Using the tinker technique does not break any [[conduct]], such as [[polypileless]]. Items produced will have the same enchantment and [[beatitude]] status as the original item.
 ==Strategy==
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 * A [[bag of holding]] can be obtained with a {{frac|5}} chance from upgrading a [[sack]], and the remainder of the time you will get an [[oilskin sack]], which always becomes a bag of holding when upgraded.
 * Upgrading a [[dwarvish iron helm]] will produce either a [[helm of brilliance]] or a [[helm of telepathy]], with an equal probability for each. An [[orcish helm]] can always be upgraded to a dwarvish iron helm.
-* An ordinary [[robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]] can be upgraded into a [[robe of power]] with a {{frac|2}} chance.
+* An ordinary [[Robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]] can be upgraded into a [[robe of power]] with a {{frac|2}} chance.
 Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: for gnomes that settle on [[dragon scale mail]] the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
-All upgraded items can be reverted back to their "un-upgraded" form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - this also means that even with high Luck, many of the above upgrades will require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
+All upgraded items can be "upgraded" again to a previous form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - this also means that even with high Luck, many of the above upgrades will require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
 Since tinkering may require multiple tries to obtain a given item, ensure that you will not be interrupted before you can complete your occupation, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food if upgrading multiple items this way. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen across one.

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-'''Tinker''' is a [[technique]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is used to improve certain [[item]]s. All [[gnome (starting race)|gnomes]] obtain the technique at [[experience level]] 7.
+'''Tinker''' is a [[technique]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]], and is used to [[upgrade]] and improve certain [[item]]s. All [[gnome (starting race)|gnomes]] obtain the technique at [[experience level]] 7.
 ==Description==
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 ==Strategy==
-The tinker technique grants gnomes in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM access to several common ascension kit items while preserving conducts and saving several [[wish]]es. Below is a list of common candidates and the items you can tinker with to obtain them:
+The tinker technique grants gnomes much earlier access to many common ascension kit items while preserving conducts and saving several [[wish]]es. Below is a list of common candidates and the items you can tinker with to obtain them:
-* The [[cloak of magic resistance]] can be obtained by tinkering with an [[elven cloak]] or an [[oilskin cloak]], with a {{frac|4}} chance.  [[Dwarvish cloak|Dwarvish]] and [[Orcish cloak|orcish cloak]]s can always be upgraded to elven or [[oilskin cloak]]s.
+* The [[cloak of magic resistance]] can be obtained by tinkering with an [[elven cloak]] or an [[oilskin cloak]], with a {{frac|4}} chance. [[Dwarvish cloak|Dwarvish]] and [[orcish cloak]]s can always be upgraded to elven or oilskin cloaks.
-* An [[oilskin cloak]] can be obtained, with a {{frac|2}} chance, from upgrading any of the following cloaks: magic resistance, [[cloak of protection|protection]], [[cloak of displacement|displacement]], [[cloak of invisibility|invisiblity]], dwarvish, or orcish. You can safely enchant an elven cloak to +7 before upgrading it into an oilskin cloak or cloak of magic resistance.
+* An oilskin cloak can be obtained with a {{frac|2}} chance from upgrading any of the following cloaks: magic resistance, [[cloak of protection|protection]], [[cloak of displacement|displacement]], [[cloak of invisibility|invisiblity]], dwarvish, or orcish. You can safely enchant an elven cloak to +7 before upgrading it into an oilskin cloak or cloak of magic resistance.
 * [[Gauntlets of dexterity]] can be obtained with a {{frac|2}} chance from upgrading [[leather gloves]].
 * A [[bag of holding]] can be obtained with a {{frac|5}} chance from upgrading a [[sack]], and the remainder of the time you will get an [[oilskin sack]], which always becomes a bag of holding when upgraded.
-* Upgrading a [[dwarvish iron helm]] will produce either a [[helm of brilliance]] or a [[helm of telepathy]], with an equal probability for each.  An [[orcish helm]] can always be upgraded to a dwarvish iron helm.
+* Upgrading a [[dwarvish iron helm]] will produce either a [[helm of brilliance]] or a [[helm of telepathy]], with an equal probability for each. An [[orcish helm]] can always be upgraded to a dwarvish iron helm.
 * An ordinary [[robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]] can be upgraded into a [[robe of power]] with a {{frac|2}} chance.
-Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
+Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: for gnomes that settle on [[dragon scale mail]] the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
-All upgrades are reversible in that you can use the tinker technique to revert the item back to an un-upgraded form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - this also means that even with high Luck, many of the above upgrades will require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
+All upgraded items can be reverted back to their "un-upgraded" form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - this also means that even with high Luck, many of the above upgrades will require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
-As tinkering may require multiple tries to obtain a given item, ensure that you will not be interrupted before you can complete your occupation, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen across one.
+Since tinkering may require multiple tries to obtain a given item, ensure that you will not be interrupted before you can complete your occupation, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food if upgrading multiple items this way. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen across one.
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 Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
-All upgrades are reversible in that you can use the tinker technique to revert the item back to an un-upgraded form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - with this in mind, even with high Luck many of the above upgrades may require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or to complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
+All upgrades are reversible in that you can use the tinker technique to revert the item back to an un-upgraded form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - this also means that even with high Luck, many of the above upgrades will require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
-When tinkering, ensure that you will not be interrupted before you can complete your occupation, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen to find one.
+As tinkering may require multiple tries to obtain a given item, ensure that you will not be interrupted before you can complete your occupation, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen across one.
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 * The [[cloak of magic resistance]] can be obtained by tinkering with an [[elven cloak]] or an [[oilskin cloak]], with a {{frac|4}} chance.  [[Dwarvish cloak|Dwarvish]] and [[Orcish cloak|orcish cloak]]s can always be upgraded to elven or [[oilskin cloak]]s.
-* An [[oilskin cloak]] can be obtained, with a {{frac|2}} chance, from upgrading any of the following cloaks: magic resistance, [[cloak of protection|protection]], [[cloak of displacement|displacement]], [[cloak of invisibility|invisiblity]], dwarvish, or orcish. You can safely enchant an elven claok to +7 before upgrading it into an oilskin cloak or cloak of magic resistance.
+* An [[oilskin cloak]] can be obtained, with a {{frac|2}} chance, from upgrading any of the following cloaks: magic resistance, [[cloak of protection|protection]], [[cloak of displacement|displacement]], [[cloak of invisibility|invisiblity]], dwarvish, or orcish. You can safely enchant an elven cloak to +7 before upgrading it into an oilskin cloak or cloak of magic resistance.
 * [[Gauntlets of dexterity]] can be obtained with a {{frac|2}} chance from upgrading [[leather gloves]].
 * A [[bag of holding]] can be obtained with a {{frac|5}} chance from upgrading a [[sack]], and the remainder of the time you will get an [[oilskin sack]], which always becomes a bag of holding when upgraded.
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 Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
-All upgrades are reversible in that you can use the tinker technique to revert the item back to an un-upgraded form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and roduce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - with this in mind, even with high Luck many of the above upgrades may require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or to complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
+All upgrades are reversible in that you can use the tinker technique to revert the item back to an un-upgraded form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - with this in mind, even with high Luck many of the above upgrades may require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or to complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
 When tinkering, ensure that you will not be interrupted before you can complete your occupation, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen to find one.

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 * The [[cloak of magic resistance]] can be obtained by tinkering with an [[elven cloak]] or an [[oilskin cloak]], with a {{frac|4}} chance.  [[Dwarvish cloak|Dwarvish]] and [[Orcish cloak|orcish cloak]]s can always be upgraded to elven or [[oilskin cloak]]s.
-* An [[oilskin cloak]] can be obtained, with a {{frac|2}} chance, from upgrading any of the following cloaks: magic resistance, [[cloak of protection|protection]], [[cloak of displacement|displacement]], [[cloak of invisibility|invisiblity]], dwarvish, or orcish.
+* An [[oilskin cloak]] can be obtained, with a {{frac|2}} chance, from upgrading any of the following cloaks: magic resistance, [[cloak of protection|protection]], [[cloak of displacement|displacement]], [[cloak of invisibility|invisiblity]], dwarvish, or orcish. You can safely enchant an elven claok to +7 before upgrading it into an oilskin cloak or cloak of magic resistance.
 * [[Gauntlets of dexterity]] can be obtained with a {{frac|2}} chance from upgrading [[leather gloves]].
 * A [[bag of holding]] can be obtained with a {{frac|5}} chance from upgrading a [[sack]], and the remainder of the time you will get an [[oilskin sack]], which always becomes a bag of holding when upgraded.
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 * An ordinary [[robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]] can be upgraded into a [[robe of power]] with a {{frac|2}} chance.
-All of these upgrades are reversible in that you can "upgrade" the item back to an un-upgraded form.  This is useful for the items where the correct result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and produce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again.  In this way, you will only ever need one of the base item.
+Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
-Ensure that you cannot be interrupted when using the tinker technique, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food, since even with high Luck many of the above upgrades may require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or to complete a multi-step chain leading to one. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen to find one.
+All upgrades are reversible in that you can use the tinker technique to revert the item back to an un-upgraded form, which is useful for items where the desired result is not guaranteed: as an example, if you upgrade leather gloves and roduce [[gauntlets of swimming]] rather than gauntlets of dexterity, you can then "upgrade" those gauntlets of swimming back to leather gloves, and try again. In essence, you will only ever need one of the base item - with this in mind, even with high Luck many of the above upgrades may require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or to complete a multi-step chain leading to one.
-Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
+When tinkering, ensure that you will not be interrupted before you can complete your occupation, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room with a stockpile of food. An early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful to this end if you happen to find one.
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-In [[SLASH'EM]], '''Tinker''' is a [[technique]] given to [[gnome (starting race)|gnomes]] at [[experience level|level]] 7.  This will take 150-TECHLEVEL turns.
+'''Tinker''' is a [[technique]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is used to improve certain [[item]]s. All [[gnome (starting race)|gnomes]] obtain the technique at [[experience level]] 7.
-It allows [[item|objects]] to be upgraded into other objects. To use the technique, the object must first be [[wield]]ed. See [[upgrading objects]]. Note that it only has a luck-based chance of working: at 0 Luck an object will very rarely be upgraded on the first try. If you have maxed out your luck by offering corpses on a coaligned [[altar]] or throwing [[gem]]s to a [[unicorn]] of your color, the chance of success will be much higher.
+==Description==
 ==Strategy==
-This technique virtually guarantees that SLASH'EM gnomes will be able to obtain several common ascension kit items, without violating any conducts:
+The tinker technique grants gnomes in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM access to several common ascension kit items while preserving conducts and saving several [[wish]]es. Below is a list of common candidates and the items you can tinker with to obtain them:
-* a [[cloak of magic resistance]], from a [[dwarvish cloak|dwarvish]] or [[elven cloak]]
-* an [[oilskin cloak]], also from a dwarvish or elven cloak.
+* The [[cloak of magic resistance]] and [[oilskin cloak]] can be obtained by tinkering with a [[dwarvish cloak|dwarvish]] or [[elven cloak]], with an equal probability of each.
-* [[gauntlets of dexterity]], from [[leather gloves]]
+* [[Gauntlets of dexterity]] can be obtained with a {{frac|2}} chance from upgrading [[leather gloves]].
-* a [[bag of holding]], from a [[sack]] or [[oilskin sack]]
+* A [[bag of holding]] can be obtained with a {{frac|5}} chance from upgrading a [[sack]], and the remainder of the time you will get an [[oilskin sack]], which always becomes a bag of holding when upgraded.
-* a [[helm of brilliance]], from an [[orcish helm]] or [[dwarvish iron helm]]
+* Upgrading an [[orcish helm]] or [[dwarvish iron helm]] will produce either a [[helm of brilliance]] or a [[helm of telepathy]], with an equal probability for each.
-* a [[helm of telepathy]], also from an orcish or dwarvish iron helm.
+* An ordinary [[robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]] can be upgraded into a [[robe of power]] with a {{frac|2}} chance.
-Gnomes who obtain an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for.  In particular, the guaranteed cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for SLASH'EM gnomes.
+Ensure that you cannot be interrupted when using the tinker technique, e.g. by a hostile monster coming into view - you will generally want to lock yourself in a small room. Even with high Luck, many of the above upgrades may require multiple attempts, whether to obtain a specific desired item or to complete a multi-step chain leading to one; it is usually wise to stockpile food for this purpose, and an early [[ring of slow digestion]] is quite useful if you can find one.
-[[Category:SLASH'EM]]
+Gnomes with an early [[wish]] should take this technique into consideration when choosing what to wish for: the ability to 'guarantee' a cloak of magic resistance makes [[silver dragon scale mail]] a much better [[GDSM versus SDSM|first wish]] for them.
-[[Category:Techniques|Techniques]]
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