Troll (starting race) - Revision history

Joes: fractions

2025-05-25T12:10:31Z

fractions

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2025-05-23T14:56:07Z

potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: no, no fire resistance.

2024-04-03T04:15:40Z

no, no fire resistance.

Joes: fixes

2024-03-31T15:51:06Z

fixes

Umbire the Phantom: lede

2024-03-15T20:05:54Z

lede

Joes: role/align, hostile, polearm, attrs

2024-03-15T17:21:22Z

role/align, hostile, polearm, attrs

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2023-12-12T17:12:24Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: Umbire the Phantom moved page Trollor to Troll (starting race) over redirect

2023-12-12T17:11:05Z

Umbire the Phantom moved page Trollor to Troll (starting race) over redirect

Umbire the Phantom: small touch ups

2023-12-12T17:10:56Z

small touch ups

Umbire the Phantom: note

2022-10-04T23:30:10Z

note

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 The '''troll''' is a playable race in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is derived from the '''"trollor"''' race inherited from [[Slash'EM Extended]].
-Trolls are always chaotic and can be a [[Barbarian]], [[Convict/SlashTHEM|Convict]], [[Diver]], [[Lunatic]] or [[Undead Slayer]]. They start with intrinsic [[sickness resistance]] and [[regeneration]] but cannot have [[fire resistance]]. If a troll dies and is at least [[experience level]] 3, there is a 75% chance of reviving (similar to the [[life saving]] effect), but this will [[level drain|drain]] two character levels.
+Trolls are always chaotic and can be a [[Barbarian]], [[Convict/SlashTHEM|Convict]], [[Diver]], [[Lunatic]] or [[Undead Slayer]]. They start with intrinsic [[sickness resistance]] and [[regeneration]] but cannot have [[fire resistance]]. If a troll dies and is at least [[experience level]] 3, there is a {{frac|3|4}} chance of reviving (similar to the [[life saving]] effect), but this will [[level drain|drain]] two character levels.
 Troll characters that are not Convicts also start with one of a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], like other [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]], and their [[polearm]] skill is raised to at least Skilled to match (allowing them to hit a knight's move away).
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 Troll characters are hard to kill, thanks to regeneration and their ability to "cheat death" by reviving. However, they will take a significant hit to their maximum [[hit points]] and [[energy]] in the process, possibly making it easier for monsters to kill them again, and there is always a {{frac|4}} risk of the revival effect failing. Also, a troll hero will get next to no hit points or energy on leveling up, so they may want to do some [[nurse dancing]], eat lots of [[newt]] corpses and quaff [[potions]] that increase their maximum values.
-Having an [[amulet of life saving]] is very useful as a troll, because the {{3|4}} chance of auto-reviving is checked prior to the check for the worn amulet, ensuring that such amulets remain useful as failsafes if natural revival does not occur.
+Having an [[amulet of life saving]] is very useful as a troll, because the {{frac|3|4}} chance of auto-reviving is checked prior to the check for the worn amulet, ensuring that such amulets remain useful as failsafes if natural revival does not occur.
 Using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] and targeting trolls will result in [[instadeath]] for a troll hero, with no chance at all of reviving.

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-The '''troll''' is a playable race in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is derived from the "trollor" race inherited from [[Slash'EM Extended]].
+The '''troll''' is a playable race in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is derived from the '''"trollor"''' race inherited from [[Slash'EM Extended]].
-Trolls are always chaotic and can be a [[Barbarian]], [[Convict]], [[Diver]], [[Lunatic]] or [[Undead Slayer]]. They start with intrinsic [[sickness resistance]] and [[regeneration]] but cannot have [[fire resistance]]. If a troll dies and is at least [[experience level]] 3, there is a 75% chance of reviving (similar to the [[life saving]] effect), but this will [[level drain|drain]] two character levels.
+Trolls are always chaotic and can be a [[Barbarian]], [[Convict/SlashTHEM|Convict]], [[Diver]], [[Lunatic]] or [[Undead Slayer]]. They start with intrinsic [[sickness resistance]] and [[regeneration]] but cannot have [[fire resistance]]. If a troll dies and is at least [[experience level]] 3, there is a 75% chance of reviving (similar to the [[life saving]] effect), but this will [[level drain|drain]] two character levels.
-Troll characters that are not [[Convict]]s also start with one of a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], like other [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]], and their [[polearm]] skill is raised to at least Skilled to match (allowing them to hit a knight's move away).
+Troll characters that are not Convicts also start with one of a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], like other [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]], and their [[polearm]] skill is raised to at least Skilled to match (allowing them to hit a knight's move away).
 Elven, human, and orcish monsters are always hostile.
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 ==Strategy==
-Troll characters are hard to kill, thanks to regeneration and their ability to "cheat death" by reviving. However, they will take a significant hit to their maximum [[hit points]] and [[energy]] in the process, making it easier for monsters to kill them again, and there is always a 25% risk of the revival effect failing. Also, a trolls will get next to no hit points or energy on leveling up, so they may want to do some [[nurse dancing]], eat lots of [[newt]] corpses and quaff [[potions]] that increase their maximum values.
+Troll characters are hard to kill, thanks to regeneration and their ability to "cheat death" by reviving. However, they will take a significant hit to their maximum [[hit points]] and [[energy]] in the process, possibly making it easier for monsters to kill them again, and there is always a {{frac|4}} risk of the revival effect failing. Also, a troll hero will get next to no hit points or energy on leveling up, so they may want to do some [[nurse dancing]], eat lots of [[newt]] corpses and quaff [[potions]] that increase their maximum values.
-Having an [[amulet of life saving]] is very useful as a troll, because the 75% chance of auto-reviving gets checked prior to the AoLS check. So if the character auto-revives, the amulet will still be there, allowing the character to die again at least once without ending the game.
+Having an [[amulet of life saving]] is very useful as a troll, because the {{3|4}} chance of auto-reviving is checked prior to the check for the worn amulet, ensuring that such amulets remain useful as failsafes if natural revival does not occur.
-Using a blessed [[genocide]] on T will result in [[instadeath]] as usual for a troll character, with no chance of reviving.
+Using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] and targeting trolls will result in [[instadeath]] for a troll hero, with no chance at all of reviving.
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← Older revision		Revision as of 04:15, 3 April 2024
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	The '''troll''' is a playable race in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is derived from the "trollor" race inherited from [[Slash'EM Extended]].		The '''troll''' is a playable race in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is derived from the "trollor" race inherited from [[Slash'EM Extended]].

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-{{todo|Troll playable race with similar traits exists in [[SlashTHEM]] - retool accordingly}}
+{{todo|no fire resistance also in THEM?}}
 The '''troll''' is a playable race in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is derived from the "trollor" race inherited from [[Slash'EM Extended]].
 Trolls are always chaotic and can be a [[Barbarian]], [[Convict]], [[Diver]], [[Lunatic]] or [[Undead Slayer]]. They start with intrinsic [[sickness resistance]] and [[regeneration]] but cannot have [[fire resistance]]. If a troll dies and is at least [[experience level]] 3, there is a 75% chance of reviving (similar to the [[life saving]] effect), but this will [[level drain|drain]] two character levels.
-Troll characters that are not Convics also start with one of a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], like other [[Troll (monster class]|trolls]], and their [[polearm]] skill is raised to at least Skilled to match (allowing them to hit a knight's move away).
+Troll characters that are not [[Convict]]s also start with one of a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], like other [[Troll (monster class)|trolls]], and their [[polearm]] skill is raised to at least Skilled to match (allowing them to hit a knight's move away).
-Elves, humans, and orcs are always hostile.
+Elven, human, and orcish monsters are always hostile.
 Their maximum stats are as follows:
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 Having an [[amulet of life saving]] is very useful as a troll, because the 75% chance of auto-reviving gets checked prior to the AoLS check. So if the character auto-revives, the amulet will still be there, allowing the character to die again at least once without ending the game.
-Using a blessed genocide on T will result in [[instadeath]] as usual for a troll character, with no chance of reviving.
+Using a blessed [[genocide]] on T will result in [[instadeath]] as usual for a troll character, with no chance of reviving.
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 {{variant-343}}
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 Trolls are always chaotic and can be a [[Barbarian]], [[Convict]], [[Diver]], [[Lunatic]] or [[Undead Slayer]]. They start with intrinsic [[sickness resistance]] and [[regeneration]] but cannot have [[fire resistance]]. If a troll dies and is at least [[experience level]] 3, there is a 75% chance of reviving (similar to the [[life saving]] effect), but this will [[level drain|drain]] two character levels.
-Like other [[troll (monster class]|trolls]], they also start with one of a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], if they are not a Convict. Their [[polearm]] skill is raised to at least Skilled to match (allowing them to hit a knight's move away).
+Troll characters that are not Convics also start with one of a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], like other [[Troll (monster class]|trolls]], and their [[polearm]] skill is raised to at least Skilled to match (allowing them to hit a knight's move away).
 Elves, humans, and orcs are always hostile.

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← Older revision	Revision as of 17:11, 12 December 2023
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 {{todo|Troll playable race with similar traits exists in [[SlashTHEM]] - retool accordingly}}
-The trollor (subspecies of [[troll]]) is a playable race specific to [[Slash'EM Extended]]. They can be any role and alignment, and they start with intrinsic [[sickness resistance]] and [[regeneration]] but cannot have [[fire resistance]]. If a trollor dies and is at least [[experience level]] 3, there is a 75% chance of reviving (similar to the [[life saving]] effect), but this will [[level drain|drain]] two character levels.
+The '''troll''' is a playable race that appears in [[SlashTHEM]]. It is derived from the "trollor" race inherited from [[Slash'EM Extended]].
 Their maximum stats are as follows:
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-== Strategy ==
+==Strategy==
+Troll characters are hard to kill thanks to regeneration and their ability to "cheat death" by reviving. However, they will take a significant hit to their maximum [[hit points]] and [[energy]] in the process, making it easier for monsters to kill them again, and there is always a 25% risk of the revival effect failing. Also, a trollor will get next to no hit points or energy on leveling up, so they may want to do some [[nurse dancing]], eat lots of [[newt]] corpses and quaff [[potions]] that increase their max values.
-Using a blessed genocide on T will [[instadeath|instantly]] [[YASD|kill]] a trollor character, with no chance of reviving.
+Having an [[amulet of life saving]] is very useful as a troll, because the 75% chance of auto-reviving gets checked prior to the AOLS check. So if the player auto-revives, the amulet will still be there, allowing the player to die again at least once without ending the game.
-[[Category:SlashTHEM]]
+Using a blessed genocide on T will result in [[instadeath]] as usual for a troll character, with no chance of reviving.
 [[Category:SlashTHEM races]]