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{{artifact
|color=metal color
|glyph=<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|tile= 
|base=sapphire or brass ring
|affiliation=<ul><li>[[Elf (starting race)|elves]]</li><li>[[intelligent artifact]]s</li></ul>
|used=worn
|whencarried=none
|whenused=<ul><li>standard effects for rings of that appearance</li><li>up to 20 levels of [[study]] on each attack</li><li>[[shock resistance]]</li><li>[[warning]]</li><li>[[stealth]]</li><li>[[magical breathing]]</li></ul>
|wheninvoked=none
|cost=0
|weight=6
|material=mithril
}}

'''Vilya''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]] and favors [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], and its [[base item]] is a [[ring]] with the [[randomized appearance]] of a "sapphire ring" - if the sapphire ring is a [[ring of polymorph]] in a given ring, then Vilya will appear as a brass ring instead.

==Description==
While worn, Vilya has the usual effects conferred by the ring whose appearance it matches, and additionally confers [[shock resistance]], [[warning]], [[stealth]] and [[magical breathing]] - each attack made while wearing Vilya has a {{frac|2}} chance of putting target monster(s) to sleep for up to 8 turns, subject to [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]]. Wearing Vilya also strongly lowers the failure rate of [[healing spells]], and applies an [[intelligence]]-based modifier of {{frac|(X-11)|2}} (where ''X'' is the character's INT) to normal [[hit point]] [[regeneration]], [[sanity]] regeneration, pet HP regeneration, and pet [[AC]]; this modifier will not cause a character to have negative HP regeneration, but will worsen any existing negative HP regeneration.
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 Wearing Vilya also massively lowers the failure rate of [[healing spells]], guaranteeing the ability to cast any healing spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.
-In addition, wearing Vilya applies an [[intelligence]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Int-11)|2}} to normal [[hit point]] [[regeneration]], [[sanity]] regeneration, [[pet]] HP regeneration, and pet [[AC]]. This modifier can be negative, which will worsen each of these stats and can potentially kill pets if the modifier low enough, but the modifier will not ''cause'' negative hit point regeneration for the [[hero]], and instead worsens existing regeneration to a minimum of 0 unless it was already negative.
+In addition, wearing Vilya applies an [[intelligence]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Int-11)|2}} to normal [[hit point]] [[regeneration]], [[sanity]] regeneration, [[pet]] HP regeneration, and pet [[AC]]. This modifier can be negative, which will worsen each of these stats and can potentially kill pets if the modifier is low enough, but the modifier will not ''cause'' negative hit point regeneration for the [[hero]], and instead worsens existing regeneration to a minimum of 0 unless it was already negative.
 ==Strategy==

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-'''Vilya''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]] and [[Elf (starting race)|elf]]-favoring, and its [[base item]] is a [[ring]] with the [[randomized appearance]] of a "sapphire ring". If the sapphire ring is a [[ring of polymorph]] in the current game, then Vilya will appear as a brass ring instead.
+'''Vilya''' is an [[artifact]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[unaligned]] and [[Elf (starting race)|elf]]-favoring, and its [[base item]] is a [[ring]] with the [[randomized appearance]] of a "sapphire ring". If the sapphire ring is a [[ring of polymorph]] in the current game, then Vilya will appear as a brass ring instead.
 ==Description==
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 Wearing Vilya also massively lowers the failure rate of [[healing spells]], guaranteeing the ability to cast any healing spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.
-In addition, wearing Vilya applies an [[intelligence]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Int-11)|2}} to normal [[hit point]] [[regeneration]], [[sanity]] regeneration, [[pet]] HP regeneration, and pet [[AC]]. This modifier can be negative, which will worsen each of these stats: this can potentially kill your pets if low enough, but will not ''cause'' negative hit point regeneration for the player character, and instead worsens existing regeneration to a minimum of 0 unless it was already negative.
+In addition, wearing Vilya applies an [[intelligence]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Int-11)|2}} to normal [[hit point]] [[regeneration]], [[sanity]] regeneration, [[pet]] HP regeneration, and pet [[AC]]. This modifier can be negative, which will worsen each of these stats and can potentially kill pets if the modifier low enough, but the modifier will not ''cause'' negative hit point regeneration for the [[hero]], and instead worsens existing regeneration to a minimum of 0 unless it was already negative.
 ==Strategy==
-The effectiveness of all of the elf rings depends on their base item type in that game. If you're lucky enough to have a game where sapphire rings are [[ring of free action|free action]], then Vilya is obviously much better than when it's a [[ring of hunger]]. Despite this, if you have a free ring slot and decent intelligence it's almost always worth wearing.
+The effectiveness of all of the elf rings depends on their base item type in that game, e.g. Vilya is obviously much better in a game where sapphire rings are [[Ring of free action|free action]] than in games where they are [[Ring of hunger|hunger]]. Despite this, Vilya is almost always worth wearing for characters with a free ring slot and decent intelligence.
-Of the elf rings, Vilya is possibly the second most useful for most characters. The study is effectively an untyped damage bonus for melee or ranged builds, and the healing spell success rate can be very helpful for anybody who would struggle to cast those spells otherwise. With decent intelligence, the regeneration is also a nice side effect, but isn't really enough to save you if you're surrounded or against monsters with high burst damage. Unfortunately, the other resistances and intrinsics are mostly a nice benefit rather than anything essential. As such, for most characters this is not worth wishing, but is a nice artifact to find on the floor.
+Of the elf rings, Vilya is possibly the second-most useful for most characters: The study is effectively an untyped damage bonus for melee or ranged builds, and the boost to casting healing spells can be very helpful for any character that would struggle with them otherwise. With decent intelligence, the regeneration is also a nice side effect, but isn't really enough to save characters that are surrounded or facing monsters with high burst damage. The other resistances and intrinsics are mostly a nice benefit rather than anything essential, making it unlikely to be worth a [[wish]] but a nice find to encounter on the floor.
-For Troubadours, this is possibly the best ring to have (tied with [[Narya]]) because with high intelligence it can seriously boost your pets' defenses, healing them for up to 5-7 HP per turn even without trying to fully maximize your intelligence. However, it's most likely not worth wishing over Narya, if at all, since Narya scales off charisma (which you will already want high for your pet capacity) and boosts your pets (offensively more than defensively) as well.
+For Troubadours, this is possibly the best ring to have paired with a high intelligence stat, since it can seriously boost pets' defenses, healing them for up to 5-7 HP per turn even without trying to fully maximize intelligence. However, these characters are more likely to prefer Narya, as it scales off charisma (which Troubadors and other characters want to maximize for pet purposes) and provides more offensive boosts for pets.
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 ==Description==
-While worn, Vilya has the usual effects conferred by the ring whose appearance it matches, and additionally confers [[shock resistance]], [[warning]], [[stealth]] and [[magical breathing]]. In addition, each attack made while wearing Vilya applies 1d20 turns of [[study]] to the target, stacking with any existing study.
+While worn, Vilya has the usual effects conferred by the ring whose appearance it matches, and additionally confers [[shock resistance]], [[warning]], [[stealth]] and [[magical breathing]]. Each attack made in melee or with a thrown/fired weapon while wearing Vilya applies 1d20 turns of [[study]] to the target, stacking with any existing study.
-Wearing Vilya also massively lowers the failure rate of [[healing spells]], guaranteeing the ability to cast any healing spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character. The bonus is strong enough that it's enough to offset practically any normal collection of penalties, like multiple pieces of metallic armor at once. However, this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons - the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting will block your healing spells regardless.
+Wearing Vilya also massively lowers the failure rate of [[healing spells]], guaranteeing the ability to cast any healing spell at 0% fail rate for almost any character: this does not supersede the inability to cast spells for other reasons, e.g. the influence of the Spire, lacking free hands, or any other effects that block all spellcasting.
-In addition, wearing Vilya applies an [[intelligence]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Int-11)|2}} to normal [[hit point]] [[regeneration]], [[sanity]] regeneration, pet HP regeneration, and pet [[AC]]. This modifier can be negative, which will worsen each of these stats, potentially killing your pets if it's low enough. However, it will never cause you as the player to have negative hit point regeneration, only worsen existing regeneration to a minimum of 0.
+In addition, wearing Vilya applies an [[intelligence]]-based modifier of {{frac|(Int-11)|2}} to normal [[hit point]] [[regeneration]], [[sanity]] regeneration, [[pet]] HP regeneration, and pet [[AC]]. This modifier can be negative, which will worsen each of these stats: this can potentially kill your pets if low enough, but will not ''cause'' negative hit point regeneration for the player character, and instead worsens existing regeneration to a minimum of 0 unless it was already negative.
 The effectiveness of all of the elf rings depends on their base item type in that game. If you're lucky enough to have a game where sapphire rings are [[ring of free action|free action]], then Vilya is obviously much better than when it's a [[ring of hunger]]. Despite this, if you have a free ring slot and decent intelligence it's almost always worth wearing.
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 For Troubadours, this is possibly the best ring to have (tied with [[Narya]]) because with high intelligence it can seriously boost your pets' defenses, healing them for up to 5-7 HP per turn even without trying to fully maximize your intelligence. However, it's most likely not worth wishing over Narya, if at all, since Narya scales off charisma (which you will already want high for your pet capacity) and boosts your pets (offensively more than defensively) as well.
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