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 ==Strategy==
-Vampire mages are excellent at wreaking havoc in the later stages of the game: in addition to their draining abilities, they wield a suite of especially dangerous monster spells. Additionally, the opera cloaks they generate with can potentially be a [[cloak of magic resistance]], making it difficult to damage them with non-elemental magic - thankfully, they are still vulnerable to [[fireball]] and [[cone of cold]].
+Vampire mages are excellent at wreaking havoc in the later stages of the game: in addition to their draining abilities, they wield a suite of especially dangerous monster spells. Additionally, the opera cloaks they generate with can potentially be a [[cloak of magic resistance]], making it difficult to damage them with non-elemental magic&mdash;thankfully, they are still vulnerable to the {{+ of|fireball}} and {{+ of|cone of cold}} spells.
-A fleeing vampire mage will often continue to cast spells at you, which often results in repeated castings of summon nasties that fills the nearby area with monsters and make them incredibly difficult to reach - this is all the more pronounced on open, [[no-teleport]] levels such as [[Juiblex's Swamp]] or [[Moloch's Sanctum]]. Vampire mages are usually priority targets to eliminate with prejudice, and it is not uncommon for players to target vampire mages for uncursed [[genocide]].
+A fleeing vampire mage will often continue to cast spells at you, which often results in repeated castings of summon nasties that fills the nearby area with monsters and make them incredibly difficult to reach&mdash;this is all the more pronounced on open, [[no-teleport]] levels such as [[Juiblex's Swamp]] or [[Moloch's Sanctum]]. Vampire mages are usually priority targets to eliminate with prejudice, and it is not uncommon for players to target vampire mages with an uncursed [[genocide]].
 ===As pets===
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 A vampire mage can easily be kept fed and high in tameness since they can drain blood from corpses, which also leaves them edible for heroes that are not observing [[conduct]]s such as [[atheist]], [[foodless]] or [[vegan]], or else are feeding other carnivorous pets. Unfortunately, vampire mages may turn traitor, particularly if you are much weaker than them or else abuse them.
-When outfitting a vampire mage, remember that he cannot wear blessed armor - vampires in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM avoid blessed items as most pets do cursed items.
+When outfitting a vampire mage, remember that he cannot wear blessed armor&mdash;vampires in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM avoid blessed items as most other pets do cursed items.
 ==References==

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 {{otheruses|monster as it appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM|the monster in the original code or other variants|vampire mage}}
-A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] - he is a blood-drinking [[carnivore]] that shares the same traits as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[M2 LORD|lord]] to his kind. A tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
+A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]]&mdash;he is a blood-drinking [[carnivore]] that shares the same [[Vampire (monster attribute)|traits]] as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to his kind. A [[tame]] vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
 A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can each [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] during each of his turns. Vampire mages [[Need +x weapon to hit|can only be hit by +3 or better weapons]], and implicitly [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as +3 weapons]] themselves. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]].

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 {{otheruses|monster as it appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM|the monster in the original code or other variants|vampire mage}}
-A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] - he shares the same traits as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[M2 LORD|lord]] to his kind.
+A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] - he is a blood-drinking [[carnivore]] that shares the same traits as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[M2 LORD|lord]] to his kind. A tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
-A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages [[Need +x weapon to hit|can only be hit by +3 or better weapons]], and implicitly hits as a +3 weapon themmselves. Vampire mages also possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]]. A tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
+A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can each [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] during each of his turns. Vampire mages [[Need +x weapon to hit|can only be hit by +3 or better weapons]], and implicitly [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as +3 weapons]] themselves. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]].
 ==Generation==
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 Vampire mages also appear among the random {{white|V}} generated in the [[Chaotic Quest]] at level creation.
-A vampire mage is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] an [[opera cloak]] and either a [[potion of blood]] or a [[potion of vampire blood]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|1148|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+A vampire mage is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] an [[opera cloak]] and has a {{frac|2}} chance of generating with either a [[Potion of blood (SLASH'EM)|potion of blood]] or a [[Potion of vampire blood (SLASH'EM)|potion of vampire blood]], with the potion selected depending on the monster's [[Monster level|level]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|1148|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 A vampire mage leaves an [[old]] [[Human (monster)|human]] [[corpse]] behind upon death.{{refsrc|mon.c|63|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|name="undead_to_corpse"|comment=Converting monster index of undead to corpses of their living counterparts}}{{refsrc|mon.c|77|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|comment=<code>undead_to_corpse</code> case for vampires}}{{refsrc|mon.c|228|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|name="make_corpse"|comment=Undead corpses and their ages are handled with other "special" death drops}}
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 ===As pets===
-Vampire mages are stellar [[pet]]s: they possess [[regeneration]], healing spells, low base AC combined with the ability to wear all armor, and immunity to weapons that are not +3 or better, including monsters that hit as +3 weapons. A basic vampire can be tamed and quickly raised to a vampire mage in a few levels.
+Vampire mages are stellar [[pet]]s: they possess regeneration, healing spells, and low base AC combined with the ability to wear all armor, and are immune to weapons or monster attacks that are not +3 or better. A basic vampire can be tamed and quickly raised to a vampire mage in a few levels.
-A vampire mage can easily be kept fed and high in tameness since they can drain blood from corpses, which also leaves them edible for characters that are not observing [[conduct]]s such as [[atheist]], [[foodless]] or [[vegan]], or else are feeding other carnivorous pets. Unfortunately, vampire mages may turn traitor, particularly if you are much weaker than them or else abuse them.
+A vampire mage can easily be kept fed and high in tameness since they can drain blood from corpses, which also leaves them edible for heroes that are not observing [[conduct]]s such as [[atheist]], [[foodless]] or [[vegan]], or else are feeding other carnivorous pets. Unfortunately, vampire mages may turn traitor, particularly if you are much weaker than them or else abuse them.
 When outfitting a vampire mage, remember that he cannot wear blessed armor - vampires in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM avoid blessed items as most pets do cursed items.

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 {{otheruses|monster as it appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM|the monster in the original code or other variants|vampire mage}}
-A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. The vampire mage is a type of [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] that is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] - he shares the same traits as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[M2 LORD|lord]] to his kind.
+A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] - he shares the same traits as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[M2 LORD|lord]] to his kind.
-Vampire mages possess a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. A vampire mage [[Need +x weapon to hit|can only be hit by +3 or better weapons]], and implicitly hits as a +3 weapon himself. Vampire mages also possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]]. A tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
+A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages [[Need +x weapon to hit|can only be hit by +3 or better weapons]], and implicitly hits as a +3 weapon themmselves. Vampire mages also possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]]. A tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
 ==Generation==

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 ==Generation==
 Randomly generated vampire mages are always hostile. A vampire lord can [[grow up]] into a vampire mage.
 Vampire mages appear among the random {{white|V}} that make up the second [[quest]] [[monster class]] for [[Undead Slayer]]s, and makes up {{frac|6|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Undead Slayer quest]].
 Vampire mages also appear among the random {{white|V}} generated in the [[Chaotic Quest]] at level creation.
 A vampire mage leaves an [[old]] [[Human (monster)|human]] [[corpse]] behind upon death.{{refsrc|mon.c|63|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|name="undead_to_corpse"|comment=Converting monster index of undead to corpses of their living counterparts}}{{refsrc|mon.c|77|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|comment=<code>undead_to_corpse</code> case for vampires}}{{refsrc|mon.c|228|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|name="make_corpse"|comment=Undead corpses and their ages are handled with other "special" death drops}}

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 {{otheruses|monster as it appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM|the monster in the original code or other variants|vampire mage}}
-A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. A vampire mage is a type of [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] that is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] and capable of casting [[monster spells]].
+A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. The vampire mage is a type of [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] that is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] and capable of casting [[monster spells]].
 Vampire mages possess a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one arcane monster spell for each round of combat. A vampire mage [[Need +x weapon to hit|can only be hit by +3 or better weapons]], and implicitly hits as a +3 weapon himself. Vampire mages also possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[drain resistance]]. A tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
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 ==Generation==
 Randomly generated vampire mages are always hostile. A vampire lord can [[grow up]] into a vampire mage.
 ==Strategy==
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 A vampire mage can easily be kept fed and high in tameness since they can drain blood from corpses, which also leaves them edible for characters that are not observing [[conduct]]s such as [[atheist]], [[foodless]] or [[vegan]], or else are feeding other carnivorous pets. Unfortunately, vampire mages may turn traitor, particularly if you are much weaker than them or else abuse them.
-When outfitting a vampire mage, remember that he cannot wear blessed armor - vampires avoid blessed items as most pets do cursed items.
+When outfitting a vampire mage, remember that he cannot wear blessed armor - vampires in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM avoid blessed items as most pets do cursed items.
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-{{otheruses|monster as it appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM|the monster in the original code or other variants|Vampire mage (disambiguation)}}
+{{otheruses|monster as it appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM|the monster in the original code or other variants|vampire mage}}
 A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], and is implemented from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. A vampire mage is a type of [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] that is considerably stronger than a [[vampire lord]] and capable of casting [[monster spells]].