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 * [[Y-cultist matron]]s are always generated with +2 viperwhips that have one coating of either filth-poison (with a {{frac|20}} chance), basic poison (with a {{frac|57|80}} chance) or paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|19|80}} chance)&mdash;the viperwhip has a {{frac|20}} chance of generating with six heads, and otherwise will generate with two.
 * [[Drow matron]]s, [[drow matron-mother]]s and [[yochlol]] are always generated with +2 viperwhips that have one coating of either basic poison (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|4}} chance)&mdash;the viperwhip has a {{frac|20}} chance of generating with 2-4 heads, and  otherwise will generate with 1-3.
-* [[Desert seer]]s have a {{frac|6}} chance of generating with a [[metal]] viperwhip, which has an equal chance of being paired with either a metal [[elven scimitar]] or a metal [[elven sickle]].
+* [[Desert seer]]s have an effective {{frac|6}} chance of generating with a [[metal]] viperwhip, which has an equal probability of being paired with either a metal [[elven scimitar]] or a metal [[elven sickle]].
 * [[Kuo toa whip]]s have an effective {{frac|30}} chance of generating with a rustproofed and medium-sized [[iron]] viperwhip that has an [[enchantment]] ranging from +1 to +7, and will have 3 coatings of either [[Potion of hallucination|ergot-poison]] or basic poison with an equal probability for each.
 * [[Deminymph]]s can generate with viperwhips in various instances.

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 Viperwhips make up {{frac|500}} (0.2%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Antique weapon outlets and used armor dealerships can also stock viperwhips.
-Three separate blessed and four-headed +3 [[bone]] viperwhips with the "poison-secreting" and "living weapon" [[object properties]] are generated in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]], where they are placed inside the [[statue]] of a [[God (dNetHack)|god]] named "Shub-Nugganoth, Black Goat of the woods with a thousand young" during level creation.
+Three separate blessed and four-headed +3 [[bone]] viperwhips with the "[[poison-secreting]]" and "[[living weapon]]" [[object properties]] are generated in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]], where they are placed inside the [[statue]] of a [[God (dNetHack)|god]] named "Shub-Nugganoth, Black Goat of the woods with a thousand young" during level creation.
 Five different viperwhips are each randomly placed around the lower filler level of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.
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 * [[A'salom]] is always generated with a single-headed +4 viperwhip that has 30 coatings of [[Sickness|filth-poison]].
-* [[Mother (monster)|Mother]], the female [[Drow Noble quest]] leader, is always generated with a five-headed +2 viperwhip that has 30 coatings of either basic poison (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|4}} chance).
+* [[Mother (monster)|Mother]], the female [[Drow Noble quest]] leader, is always generated with a five-headed +2 viperwhip that has 30 coatings of either [[Potion of sickness|basic poison]] (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a [[Potion of paralysis|paralyzing poison]] (with a {{frac|4}} chance).
-* The [[sister]]s that act as the female Drow Noble quest guardians are always generated with +2 viperwhips that each have 1-3 heads and a single coating of either [[Potion of sickness|basic poison]] (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a [[Potion of paralysis|paralyzing poison]] (with a {{frac|4}} chance).
+* The [[sister]]s that act as the female Drow Noble quest guardians are always generated with +2 viperwhips that each have 1-3 heads and a single coating of either basic poison (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|4}} chance).
 * [[Y-cultist matron]]s are always generated with +2 viperwhips that have one coating of either filth-poison (with a {{frac|20}} chance), basic poison (with a {{frac|57|80}} chance) or paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|19|80}} chance)&mdash;the viperwhip has a {{frac|20}} chance of generating with six heads, and otherwise will generate with two.
 * [[Drow matron]]s, [[drow matron-mother]]s and [[yochlol]] are always generated with +2 viperwhips that have one coating of either basic poison (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|4}} chance)&mdash;the viperwhip has a {{frac|20}} chance of generating with 2-4 heads, and  otherwise will generate with 1-3.
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 Like a bullwhip, a viperwhip can be [[applied]] by a hero to snap it in a direction and perform a number of special tricks, such as disarming monsters and retrieving items&mdash;the tricks that can be performed and their odds of success are identical to those of bullwhips in ''[[NetHack]]''. Similarly, [[Archeologist/dNetHack|Archeologists]] wielding a viperwhip will prevent themselves from falling through any [[hole]] or [[trap door]] that they walk into.
-Viperwhips can be [[poisoned]] by [[dipping]] them into appropriate [[potion]]s, and can stores multiple such doses of poison that are automatically reapplied when the current coating wears off&mdash;they are the only normally-silver weapons that can be dipped into a [[potion of starlight]] to coat it, granting it a coating that deals additional silver damage along with an automatic re-coating. This behavior of the viperwhip is currently buggy for all poisons beyond the standard type, i.e. from a [[potion of sickness]]: loading a viperwhip with any other source of poison constantly removes the initial poisonous coating, thus always granting the initial coating and stocked re-coat instead of two additional re-coatings.
+Viperwhips can [[Poisoned weapon#dNetHack|be poisoned]] by [[dipping]] them into appropriate [[potion]]s, and can stores multiple such doses of poison that are automatically reapplied when the current coating wears off&mdash;they are the only normally-silver weapons that can be dipped into a [[potion of starlight]] to coat it, granting it a coating that deals additional silver damage along with an automatic re-coating. This behavior of the viperwhip is currently buggy for all poisons beyond the standard type, i.e. from a [[potion of sickness]]: loading a viperwhip with any other source of poison constantly removes the initial poisonous coating, thus always granting the initial coating and stocked re-coat instead of two additional re-coatings.
 ==Origin==

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 Five different viperwhips are each randomly placed around the lower filler level of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.
-An uncursed +3 viperwhip is generated within a [[sack]] generated near the center of the [[Drow Healer quest]] goal level during level creation.
+An uncursed +3 viperwhip is generated within a [[sack]] placed near the center of the [[Drow Healer quest]] goal level during level creation.
 Several [[monster]]s can be [[generated with]] viperwhips:

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 Several [[monster]]s can be [[generated with]] viperwhips:
-* [[A'salom]] is always generated with a +4 viperwhip that has 30 coatings of [[Sickness|filth-poison]] and a single head.
+* [[A'salom]] is always generated with a single-headed +4 viperwhip that has 30 coatings of [[Sickness|filth-poison]].
 * [[Mother (monster)|Mother]], the female [[Drow Noble quest]] leader, is always generated with a five-headed +2 viperwhip that has 30 coatings of either basic poison (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|4}} chance).
 * The [[sister]]s that act as the female Drow Noble quest guardians are always generated with +2 viperwhips that each have 1-3 heads and a single coating of either [[Potion of sickness|basic poison]] (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a [[Potion of paralysis|paralyzing poison]] (with a {{frac|4}} chance).

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 Viperwhips make up {{frac|500}} (0.2%) of all weapons randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Antique weapon outlets and used armor dealerships can also stock viperwhips.
-Three separate blessed and four-headed +3 [[bone]] viperwhips with the "poison-secreting" and "living" [[object properties]] are generated in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]], where they are placed inside the [[statue]] of a [[God (dNetHack)|god]] named "Shub-Nugganoth, Black Goat of the woods with a thousand young" during level creation.
+Three separate blessed and four-headed +3 [[bone]] viperwhips with the "poison-secreting" and "living weapon" [[object properties]] are generated in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]], where they are placed inside the [[statue]] of a [[God (dNetHack)|god]] named "Shub-Nugganoth, Black Goat of the woods with a thousand young" during level creation.
 Five different viperwhips are each randomly placed around the lower filler level of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.
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 * [[Kuo toa whip]]s have an effective {{frac|30}} chance of generating with a rustproofed and medium-sized [[iron]] viperwhip that has an [[enchantment]] ranging from +1 to +7, and will have 3 coatings of either [[Potion of hallucination|ergot-poison]] or basic poison with an equal probability for each.
 * [[Deminymph]]s can generate with viperwhips in various instances.
-** Deminymphs that are part of the [[Cult (dNetHack)|cult]] of [[The Black Mother]] and are given priest kits will be generated with four-headed +3 [[bone]] viperwhips that have 3 coatings of [[acid]]&mdash;those that are generated in the Temples of the Old Gods within the Neutral Quest at level creation will also have viperwhips with the "living" and "acid-secreting" object properties.
+** Deminymphs that are part of the [[Cult (dNetHack)|cult]] of [[The Black Mother]] and are given priest kits will be generated with four-headed +3 [[bone]] viperwhips that have 3 coatings of [[acid]]&mdash;those that are generated in the Temples of the Old Gods within the Neutral Quest at level creation will also have viperwhips with the "living weapon" and "[[acid-secreting]]" object properties.
-** Deminymphs that are given the "Mistweaver" priestess subset of madwoman kits will have four-headed +3 bone viperwhips that have 3 coatings of acid, and the viperwhips have an independent chance each of being given the "living" property (with a {{frac|20}} chance), the "acid-secreting" property (with a {{frac|10}} chance), and the "[[drooling]]" property (with a {{frac|20}} chance). The viperwhips may be made into an appropriate artifact with the base {{frac|20}} chance, and may also be made [[mercurial]] instead.
+** Deminymphs that are given the "Mistweaver" priestess subset of madwoman kits will have four-headed +3 bone viperwhips that have 3 coatings of acid, and the viperwhips have an independent chance each of being given the "living weapon" property (with a {{frac|20}} chance), the "acid-secreting" property (with a {{frac|10}} chance), and the "[[drooling]]" property (with a {{frac|20}} chance). The viperwhips may be made into an appropriate artifact with the base {{frac|20}} chance, and may also be made [[mercurial]] instead.
 ** Deminymphs that are given drow priestess kits have a {{frac|3|4}} chance of generating with a viperwhip that has anywhere from 1 to 5 heads, an enchantment ranging from +2 to +4, and 6 coatings of either basic poison (with a {{frac|3|4}} chance) or a paralyzing poison (with a {{frac|4}} chance). This viperwhip may be made into an appropriate artifact with the base {{frac|20}} chance, and may also be given a mercurial object material.
 * [[Lilitu]] that are part of the cult of The Black Mother always generate with a four-headed +6 bone viperwhip that has 3 coatings of acid.

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 ==Description==
-Viperwhips deal 1d4 piercing damage per head against small monsters and 1d3 piercing damage per head against large monsters: each individual hit must overcome the target's [[AC]] to hit, and is subject to the weapon's +2 [[to-hit]] bonus as well as bonuses from the weapon's enchantment, [[object properties]], material and the like; bonuses granted from [[strength]] and skill level are only applied once per round of attacks. In terms of [[monster weapon preference]], monsters will favor the viperwhip over the [[bardiche]] (if they can use [[polearms]] in melee) and the [[droven short sword]], and will prefer a [[soldier's rapier]] or better to the viperwhip.
+Viperwhips are [[Droven item|droven weapons]] that deal 1d4 piercing damage per head against small monsters and 1d3 piercing damage per head against large monsters: each individual hit must overcome the target's [[AC]] to hit, and is subject to the weapon's +2 [[to-hit]] bonus as well as bonuses from the weapon's enchantment, [[object properties]], material and the like; bonuses granted from [[strength]] and skill level are only applied once per round of attacks. In terms of [[monster weapon preference]], monsters will favor the viperwhip over the [[bardiche]] (if they can use [[polearms]] in melee) and the [[droven short sword]], and will prefer a [[soldier's rapier]] or better to the viperwhip.
 Like a bullwhip, a viperwhip can be [[applied]] by a hero to snap it in a direction and perform a number of special tricks, such as disarming monsters and retrieving items&mdash;the tricks that can be performed and their odds of success are identical to those of bullwhips in ''[[NetHack]]''. Similarly, [[Archeologist/dNetHack|Archeologists]] wielding a viperwhip will prevent themselves from falling through any [[hole]] or [[trap door]] that they walk into.
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    |material=silver
 }}
-A '''viperwhip''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The viperwhip is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|medium-sized]] and multi-headed [[melee]] weapon that uses the [[whip]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base material]] of [[silver]], and the current material and number of whip heads will always display in the item's name (e.g., "a blessed four-headed +2 silver viperwhip")&mdash;a viperwhip with nine or more heads will be displayed as "many-headed".
+A '''viperwhip''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The viperwhip is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|medium-sized]] and multi-headed [[melee]] weapon that is one-handed for a [[medium]]-size wielder and uses the [[whip]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base material]] of [[silver]], and the current material and number of whip heads will always display in the item's name (e.g., "a blessed four-headed +2 silver viperwhip")&mdash;a viperwhip with nine or more heads will be displayed as "many-headed".
 The viperwhip is the [[base item]] for the [[artifact]] [[The Scourge of Lolth]].

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-{{weapon
+{{dNetHack weapon
    |color=silver color
    |name=viperwhip
-   |tile=
+   |appearance=[[foo]]-headed silver viperwhip
    |smalldmg=1d4 (+1d20) per head
    |largedmg=1d3 (+1d20) per head
    |tohit=<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
    |skill=whip
-   |size=one-handed
+  |special=<ul><li>stores multiple doses of 'poison'<br/>from certain potions</li><li>rolls strength and skill bonuses<br/>once per combat round</li><li>rolls damage, to-hit and<br/>other bonuses per head</li><li>[[apply]] to perform whip tricks</li></ul>
    |cost=40
    |weight=30
    |material=silver
-}}<!--this'll have to do until we can prep a formal dnh weapon template-->
+}}
 A '''viperwhip''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The viperwhip is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|medium-sized]] and multi-headed [[melee]] weapon that uses the [[whip]] [[skill]]. It has a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base material]] of [[silver]], and the current material and number of whip heads will always display in the item's name (e.g., "a blessed four-headed +2 silver viperwhip")&mdash;a viperwhip with nine or more heads will be displayed as "many-headed".
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 Three separate blessed and four-headed +3 [[bone]] viperwhips with the "poison-secreting" and "living" [[object properties]] are generated in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]], where they are placed inside the [[statue]] of a [[God (dNetHack)|god]] named "Shub-Nugganoth, Black Goat of the woods with a thousand young" during level creation.
-Five viperwhips are each randomly placed around the lower filler level of the [[Android quest]] at level creation.
+Five different viperwhips are each randomly placed around the lower filler level of the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]] during level creation.
-An uncursed +3 viperwhip is generated within a [[sack]] generated near the center of the [[Drow Healer quest]] goal level at level creation.
+An uncursed +3 viperwhip is generated within a [[sack]] generated near the center of the [[Drow Healer quest]] goal level during level creation.
 Several [[monster]]s can be [[generated with]] viperwhips:
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 ==Description==
-Viperwhips deal 1d4 piercing damage per head against small monsters and 1d3 piercing damage per head against large monster: each individual hit must overcome the target's [[AC]] to hit, and is subject to the weapon's +2 [[to-hit]] bonus as well as bonuses from the weapon's enchantment, [[object properties]], material and the like; bonuses granted from [[strength]] and skill level are only applied once per round of attacks. In terms of [[monster weapon preference]], monsters will favor the viperwhip over the [[bardiche]] (if they can use [[polearms]] in melee) and the [[droven short sword]], and will prefer a [[soldier's rapier]] or better to the viperwhip.
+Viperwhips deal 1d4 piercing damage per head against small monsters and 1d3 piercing damage per head against large monsters: each individual hit must overcome the target's [[AC]] to hit, and is subject to the weapon's +2 [[to-hit]] bonus as well as bonuses from the weapon's enchantment, [[object properties]], material and the like; bonuses granted from [[strength]] and skill level are only applied once per round of attacks. In terms of [[monster weapon preference]], monsters will favor the viperwhip over the [[bardiche]] (if they can use [[polearms]] in melee) and the [[droven short sword]], and will prefer a [[soldier's rapier]] or better to the viperwhip.
-Like a bullwhip, a viperwhip can be [[applied]] by a hero to snap it in a direction and perform a number of special tricks, such as disarming monsters and retrieving items&mdash;the tricks that can be performed and their odds of success are identical to those of bullwhips in ''[[NetHack]]''.
+Like a bullwhip, a viperwhip can be [[applied]] by a hero to snap it in a direction and perform a number of special tricks, such as disarming monsters and retrieving items&mdash;the tricks that can be performed and their odds of success are identical to those of bullwhips in ''[[NetHack]]''. Similarly, [[Archeologist/dNetHack|Archeologists]] wielding a viperwhip will prevent themselves from falling through any [[hole]] or [[trap door]] that they walk into.
 Viperwhips can be [[poisoned]] by [[dipping]] them into appropriate [[potion]]s, and can stores multiple such doses of poison that are automatically reapplied when the current coating wears off&mdash;they are the only normally-silver weapons that can be dipped into a [[potion of starlight]] to coat it, granting it a coating that deals additional silver damage along with an automatic re-coating. This behavior of the viperwhip is currently buggy for all poisons beyond the standard type, i.e. from a [[potion of sickness]]: loading a viperwhip with any other source of poison constantly removes the initial poisonous coating, thus always granting the initial coating and stocked re-coat instead of two additional re-coatings.
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 The whip of fangs has a handle of adamantite (a mixed-ferrous adamant ore), and can only be used by evil clerics that are attuned to them; in the case of Lolth's clerics, acting against Lolth's will, losing her favor or else betraying her faith will render the snakes inert or even cause them to attack the user. In contrast to the snake-constructs of a scourge, these whips have living snakes that bite the target and pump magical energy into the victim, causing staggering pain from their muscles going tense and numbing. Any non-lethal injury sustained by the whip's snakes will heal over time.
 The scourge of fangs has a handle of adamantine (a mithril-adamant alloy), and can only be used by individuals that are not good-aligned, since the snake-constructs will attack good-aligned beings that try to use it. The scourge's snake-constructs are created via "animate objects" and "bestow curse", and cause severe pain upon hitting their victims. The number of snakes on a scourge is indicative of a priestess of Lolth's power among her peers; while destroyed constructs will fall from the scourge, they can naturally be repaired and their loss does not impact the function of the other heads.
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