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Useful information for players of slash'em extended v170 or greater

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The appearance aptness was introduced in version v170 of [[Slash'EM Extended]] or there-abouts, and means that certain types of armor with randomized appearances will have special attributes. Such attributes can be good or bad, and may influence the player's decisions when building their ascension kit. In almost all cases the randomized appearance of items will only have their special effect if the player is actually wearing them.

* angelic cloak: All [[Angel|A]] have a 99% chance of spawning [[peaceful]].
* deadly cloak: The player will randomly take damage while wearing it.
* demonic cloak: All [[Demon|&]] have a 50% chance of spawning peaceful.
* ghostly cloak: Can randomly spawn hostile [[ghost]]s of deceased players and terrify the player character.
* godless cloak: Whenever the player tries to [[pray]], even if everything's alright there's still a slight chance of the prayer failing and [[anger]]ing their [[god]].
* jarring cloak: Causes annoying sounds sometimes, [[Aggravate_monster|aggravating]] nearby monsters.
* mysterious cloak: Occasionally pseudo-identifies items in the player's main inventory.
* opera cloak: [[Vampire]]s will always spawn with these. This means that a sizable amount of them can be collected in graveyards, which translates to "whatever cloak happens to be an opera cloak will be very abundant".
* petrified cloak: If the player "hears the [[cockatrice]]'s hissing!", the chance of [[petrification|turning to stone]] is reduced by 75%.
* politician cloak: Makes the player appear so unlikable that all monsters will be generated [[hostile]]. This does not apply retroactively to monsters that already exist, though.
* shrouded cloak: Grants 10% [[displacement]] while worn.
* straitjacket cloak: Heavily curses itself when worn.
* vampiric cloak: Grants 10% [[Drain_resistance|drain resistance]] while worn.
* void cloak: Monsters attempting to [[Monster_spellcasting|cast spells]] will fail more often.
* weeb cloak: Most characters won't receive any special effects from this, but the [[Mahou_Shoujo|Mahou Shoujo]] gains a significant decrease in the amount of mana required to cast spells.

* aluminium helmet: Prevents [[telepathy]].
* anti-government helmet: [[Kop]]s spawn in lower numbers, especially when the player commits acts that summon a bunch of them. It also reduces the chance of kops respawning somewhere on the level when they're killed.
* complete helmet: Provides immunity to [[beheading]] from the [[Vorpal_Blade|Vorpal Blade]] and similar artifacts.
* filtered helmet: Provides 50% gas resistance, i.e. gas-based bad effects only affect the player every other time.
* frequent helmet: More likely to get generated, which is especially noticeable if its base item type normally has a very low chance of spawning.
* internet helmet: Allows you to connect to the internet, where some webcams are trying to capture the monsters' movements. This means you will detect some of the monsters on the current level.
* orange visored helmet: Protects from [[blindness]] attacks.
* radio helmet: Listening to the Dungeons of Doom's radio broadcasts can be educational, and occasionally the locations of some of the [[trap]]s will be given.
* RNG helmet: Very low chance of random bad effects happening.
* scuba helmet: The player's entire inventory is protected from getting [[wet]]. Take note that this does not necessarily allow the player to survive in water!
* visored helmet: Protects from blindness attacks.
* water-pipe helmet: Player gains 10 (more) points of [[nutrition]] when [[quaff]]ing anything.

* boxing gloves: Increases [[Martial_arts|martial arts]] damage by 1.
* brand-new gloves: Highly resistant to [[erosion]], which means this pair of gloves will get eroded 75% less often.
* clumsy gloves: Projectiles [[firing|fired]] by the player will occasionally misfire, and always have a -3 to-hit penalty.
* comfortable gloves: [[Prayer timeout]] reduces more quickly, so the player may pray more often.
* fencing gloves: Grants bonus damage if the player is attacking with [[sword]]s. [[Fencer]]s get double bonus damage compared to all other roles, and the base damage bonus depends on the player's [[skill]] with whatever sword they happen to be using.
* graffiti gloves: The player randomly drops their weapon.
* grey-shaded gloves: Certain nasty monster-versus-player attacks will trigger more often.
* mirrored gloves: Monsters' [[gaze]] attacks are less likely to affect the player.
* polnish gloves: Higher chance of success for the #[[borrow]] command.
* riding gloves: Improves the chances of [[saddle|saddling]] a [[steed]].
* slippery gloves: The player may sometimes slip free from monsters' [[Holding attack|holding attacks]].
* vampiric gloves: Occasionally drains some [[experience]] points, but not if they're very low already so it's never fatal.

* ankle boots: Count as high heels.
* battle boots: +5 [[kick]]ing damage.
* block-heeled boots: Count as high heels.
* clunky heels: Count as high heels.
* combat boots: The player's kicks are much less likely to be "clumsy".
* explosive boots: This footwear will eventually self-destruct, dealing large amounts of damage to the player wearing them.
* fin boots: Prevents [[drowning]] instadeaths.
* fleecy boots: [[Cold]] attacks cannot freeze and shatter [[potion]]s. This also applies to potions in enemy's inventories though.
* hot boots: Allow the player to survive in [[lava]].
* hugging boots: The player will trigger heaps of shit even while [[flying]] or [[levitation|levitating]].
* irregular boots: Count as high heels, and the turn counter increments half as quickly while the player wears them. However, walking in them isn't actually very easy, and so the player may occasionally [[fumble]].
* jungle boots: The player can kick [[tree]]s without the large chance of hurting their legs.
* persian boots: A sentient piece of footwear that can sometimes badly hurt the wearer, but very occasionally they also grant a bonus to the player's maximum health.
* plateau boots: Kicking a monster may [[stun]] it.
* platform boots: Kicking a monster may stun it.
* profiled boots: Stepping into a heap of shit will [[speed]] up the player instead of the usual plethora of bad effects.
* rainbow boots: Monsters are more likely to move towards the player instead of in a random direction.
* riding boots: Improve the chances of saddling a steed.
* snow boots: The player can walk on [[ice]] without slipping.
* velcro boots: Autocurse when worn. Kicking a monster will always stun it. Every now and then, worn velcro boots will randomly hurt the player's legs and deal damage.
* wedge boots: Count as high heels.
* winter boots: The player can walk on ice without slipping.
* winter stilettos: Count as high heels, and the player can also walk on ice without slipping.

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 * deadly cloak: The player will randomly take damage while wearing it.
 * deep cloak: Provides partial displacement and drain resistance (inferior to items that grant those extrinsics).
-* demonic cloak: All [[Demon|&]] have a 50% chance of spawning peaceful.
+* demonic cloak: All [[Demon (monster class)|&]] have a 50% chance of spawning peaceful.
 * difficult cloak: Allows higher-level monsters to spawn more often.
 * dnethack cloak: While wearing it, the player will have a harder time when using melee, ranged or spellcasting abilities.

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 * angelic cloak: All [[Angel|A]] have a 99% chance of spawning [[peaceful]].
 * deadly cloak: The player will randomly take damage while wearing it.
 * demonic cloak: All [[Demon|&]] have a 50% chance of spawning peaceful.
 * ghostly cloak: Can randomly spawn hostile [[ghost]]s of deceased players and terrify the player character.
 * godless cloak: Whenever the player tries to [[pray]], even if everything's alright there's still a slight chance of the prayer failing and [[anger]]ing their [[god]].
 * jarring cloak: Causes annoying sounds sometimes, [[Aggravate_monster|aggravating]] nearby monsters.
 * mysterious cloak: Occasionally pseudo-identifies items in the player's main inventory.
 * opera cloak: [[Vampire]]s will always spawn with these. This means that a sizable amount of them can be collected in graveyards, which translates to "whatever cloak happens to be an opera cloak will be very abundant".
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 * aluminium helmet: Prevents [[telepathy]].
 * anti-government helmet: [[Kop]]s spawn in lower numbers, especially when the player commits acts that summon a bunch of them. It also reduces the chance of kops respawning somewhere on the level when they're killed.
 * complete helmet: Provides immunity to [[beheading]] from the [[Vorpal_Blade|Vorpal Blade]] and similar artifacts.
 * filtered helmet: Provides 50% gas resistance, i.e. gas-based bad effects only affect the player every other time.
 * frequent helmet: More likely to get generated, which is especially noticeable if its base item type normally has a very low chance of spawning.
 * internet helmet: Allows you to connect to the internet, where some webcams are trying to capture the monsters' movements. This means you will detect some of the monsters on the current level.
 * orange visored helmet: Protects from [[blindness]] attacks.
 * radio helmet: Listening to the Dungeons of Doom's radio broadcasts can be educational, and occasionally the locations of some of the [[trap]]s will be given.
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 * visored helmet: Protects from blindness attacks.
 * water-pipe helmet: Player gains 10 (more) points of [[nutrition]] when [[quaff]]ing anything.
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 * clumsy gloves: Projectiles [[firing|fired]] by the player will occasionally misfire, and always have a -3 to-hit penalty.
 * comfortable gloves: [[Prayer timeout]] reduces more quickly, so the player may pray more often.
 * fencing gloves: Grants bonus damage if the player is attacking with [[sword]]s. [[Fencer]]s get double bonus damage compared to all other roles, and the base damage bonus depends on the player's [[skill]] with whatever sword they happen to be using.
 * graffiti gloves: The player randomly drops their weapon.
 * grey-shaded gloves: Certain nasty monster-versus-player attacks will trigger more often.
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 * polnish gloves: Higher chance of success for the #[[borrow]] command.
 * riding gloves: Improves the chances of [[saddle|saddling]] a [[steed]].
 * slippery gloves: The player may sometimes slip free from monsters' [[Holding attack|holding attacks]].
 * vampiric gloves: Occasionally drains some [[experience]] points, but not if they're very low already so it's never fatal.
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 * ankle boots: Count as high heels.
 * battle boots: +5 [[kick]]ing damage.
 * block-heeled boots: Count as high heels.
 * clunky heels: Count as high heels.
 * combat boots: The player's kicks are much less likely to be "clumsy".
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 * irregular boots: Count as high heels, and the turn counter increments half as quickly while the player wears them. However, walking in them isn't actually very easy, and so the player may occasionally [[fumble]].
 * jungle boots: The player can kick [[tree]]s without the large chance of hurting their legs.
 * persian boots: A sentient piece of footwear that can sometimes badly hurt the wearer, but very occasionally they also grant a bonus to the player's maximum health.
 * plateau boots: Kicking a monster may [[stun]] it.
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 * rainbow boots: Monsters are more likely to move towards the player instead of in a random direction.
 * riding boots: Improve the chances of saddling a steed.
 * snow boots: The player can walk on [[ice]] without slipping.
 * velcro boots: Autocurse when worn. Kicking a monster will always stun it. Every now and then, worn velcro boots will randomly hurt the player's legs and deal damage.