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 == Armor ==
-Remember that there is a guaranteed set of crystal plate mail in Vlad's Tower.
+Remember that there is a guaranteed set of crystal plate mail in Vlad's Tower, whose entrance is now located at the top of the Gnomish Mines.
 Plate mail and bronze plate mail grant MC3, and can be enchanted to +5.

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	Be very wary of drows and hedrows in the midgame -- they come in groups, are organized with a frontline that hits hard in melee as spellcasters in the back casts mage spells (hedrow) or clerical spells (drow) at you. Spellcasters beware: you can't aim your Fire/Frost Storm if they hide your surroundings with darkness, putting out your lights. This will put out lightsabers as well, and with the ability to keep casting this virtually infinitely they can be deadly if you don't have another weapon handy.		Be very wary of drows and hedrows in the midgame -- they come in groups, are organized with a frontline that hits hard in melee as spellcasters in the back casts mage spells (hedrow) or clerical spells (drow) at you. Spellcasters beware: you can't aim your Fire/Frost Storm if they hide your surroundings with darkness, putting out your lights. This will put out lightsabers as well, and with the ability to keep casting this virtually infinitely they can be deadly if you don't have another weapon handy.
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		+	Edderkops are mid-to-late game enemies which are constantly surrounded by a large darkness effect. They have powerful melee and ranged attacks that pierce armor. A character that can take on a group of drow may be in grave danger if they're instead fighting a small group of edderkops.
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		+	Inspect creatures you don't recognize with the [[farlook]] command. There are three random horrors whose abilities and attacks are randomized each game, so inspecting them this way is the only (safe) way to know what they'll do.
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		+	If you happen to be in a position to wish for a figurine of an [[Archon]] (or summon one via a candle of invocation), note that they are called Throne Archons in dNethack.

	== Armor ==		== Armor ==

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	Sets of dragon scales can now be made into a dragon scale shield by reading confused enchant armor. Combining DSM and a shield of the same dragon color allows you access to said dragon's breath with #monster if the invocation timer for the items are good.		Sets of dragon scales can now be made into a dragon scale shield by reading confused enchant armor. Combining DSM and a shield of the same dragon color allows you access to said dragon's breath with #monster if the invocation timer for the items are good.
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		+	Flying boots (which replaced boots of levitation) can be as useful as speed boots, particularly in the endgame where there are enemies that might create pits.

	== Wards ==		== Wards ==

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 Remember that there is a guaranteed set of crystal plate mail in Vlad's Tower.
-Plate mail and bronze plate mail grant MC3, and can be enchanted to +7.
+Plate mail and bronze plate mail grant MC3, and can be enchanted to +5.
-Crystal plate mail grants MC2, but enchantment is doubled (it can be enchanted to +7, which translates to +14)
+Crystal plate mail grants MC2, but can be enchanted to +7 and its enchantment is much more effective than for other armor (improving AC and DR by +1 per point)
 Sets of dragon scales can now be made into a dragon scale shield by reading confused enchant armor. Combining DSM and a shield of the same dragon color allows you access to said dragon's breath with #monster if the invocation timer for the items are good.

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 Vampire life drain is much more dangerous than in vanilla: It ignores [[MC]]. Use the Circle of Acheron to keep Vampires out of melee.
-Be very wary of drows and hedrows in the midgame -- they come in groups, are organized with a frontline that hits hard in melee as spellcasters in the back casts mage spells (hedrow) or clerical spells (drow) at you.  Spellcasters (and lightsabers) beware: you can't aim your Fire/Frost Storm if they hide your surroundings with darkness, putting out your lights.
+Be very wary of drows and hedrows in the midgame -- they come in groups, are organized with a frontline that hits hard in melee as spellcasters in the back casts mage spells (hedrow) or clerical spells (drow) at you.  Spellcasters beware: you can't aim your Fire/Frost Storm if they hide your surroundings with darkness, putting out your lights. This will put out lightsabers as well, and with the ability to keep casting this virtually infinitely they can be deadly if you don't have another weapon handy.
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 == Monster spellcasting ==
-Spellcasters has been made significantly more dangerous -- most of their spells can be cast at a distance now. There is also a selection of new spells.
+Spell-casters have been made significantly more dangerous -- most of their spells can be cast at a distance now. There is also a selection of new spells.
-*Geyser (clerical spell) now does water damage, potentially ruining valuable scrolls, Acid Rain does strong acid damage, corrodes items and blank items. Geyser can be countered with water walking, Acid Rain with sedge hats. Oilskin cloaks prevent blanking of items of both spells, and also of engulfing from water elementals
+*Geyser (clerical spell) now does water damage, potentially ruining valuable scrolls, Acid Rain does strong acid damage, corrodes items and blank items. Geyser can be countered with water walking, Acid Rain with sedge hats. Oilskin cloaks prevent blanking of items of both spells, and also of engulfing from water elementals.
-*Carry lizard corpses, at least 2 in open inventory and as many as possible in the bag -- Gehennom spellcasters has a new toy to mess with, Flesh to Stone. Watch out for The Dark One using this as well
+*Carry lizard corpses, at least 2 in open inventory and as many as possible in the bag -- Gehennom spell-casters have a new toy to mess with, Flesh to Stone. Watch out for The Dark One using this as well.  This is resisted by having up to 2 lizards in open inventory, but can be cured by any normal means.
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 Quests start easy and get harder. It is usually safe to explore the first level of an alignment quest branch as soon as you find it.
 The Neutral quest is harder than the other two, and contrary to the name, your alignment (neutral or not) matters very little.
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 Lawful and chaotic players will find their own quests to be somewhat easier.
-The Chaos quest has a big jump in difficulty at the very end, and the neutral quest gets _significantly_ harder around the 1/3 mark (after the golems, at the beginning of the lethe). The lawful quest is arguably hardest at the very beginning, but isn't that hard if you have resistances.  You'll need cold, sleep, and drain to get past Axus, and you'll want reflection to deal with the mass of soldiers (at least one of which will likely have a wand of death), and the appropriate resistance for Oona.
+The Chaos quest has a big jump in difficulty at the very end, and the Neutral quest gets 'significantly' harder with the Lost Cities (after the argentum (silver) golems). The Law quest is arguably hardest at the very beginning, but isn't that hard if you have resistances.  You'll need cold, sleep, and drain to get past Axus, and you'll want reflection to deal with the mass of soldiers (at least one of which will likely have a wand of death), and the appropriate resistance for Oona.
-*The chaos quest entry is full of traps.  It has many teleporters and worse, level teleporters.  Watch out if you have pets: you don't want to have to search the entire dungeon for them.  The first level has some unaligned altars, and Sir Garland is a pushover (but drops a lance and plate mail when killed).
+In short, bring your resistances for Oona and the end of the Chaos quest.  The neutral quest is safe to explore, but tread carefully once you reach the river.
 == Ranged Attacks ==