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 A '''weeping angel''', {{gray|A}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The weeping angel is a [[primordial]] [[humanoid]] [[chaotic angel]] that is [[unbreathing]], [[amphibious]], [[thick-skinned]], has [[regeneration]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up. A weeping angel is "quantum-locked" while it is observed by the [[hero]]: it becomes [[sessile]] and cannot move, but its effective [[AC]] becomes much higher in this state&mdash;when unobserved, it can move at an incredible 48 [[speed]], but its AC returns to its base of 15 natural points and the angel is limited to one round of attacks per game turn. Weeping angels will not venture into corridors unless the hero has either killed the [[Wizard of Yendor]] or performed the [[invocation]], in order to avoid forcing the hero into a permanent standoff in a dead-end corridor.
-Weeping angels have a single-target active [[gaze attack]] that inflicts weeping angel contamination upon the hero unless they have [[reflection]], a powerful touch attack that can [[drain energy]], a special touch attack that [[level teleport]]s the target to a higher level and inflicts [[level drain]] based on how many levels they were sent away, and a normal claw attack. The level-teleporting touch attack can be blocked by both [[teleport control]] and [[drain resistance]], but will not teleport the hero if they have performed the invocation or killed the Wizard as above.
+Weeping angels have a single-target active [[gaze attack]] that inflicts weeping angel contamination upon the hero unless they have [[reflection]] or are [[blind]], a powerful touch attack that can [[drain energy]], a special touch attack that [[level teleport]]s the target to a higher level and inflicts [[level drain]] based on how many levels they were sent away, and a normal claw attack. The level-teleporting touch attack can be blocked by both [[teleport control]] and [[drain resistance]], but will not teleport the hero if they have performed the invocation or killed the Wizard as above.
 Weeping angel contamination causes the remembered image of the angel to begin taking over the hero's mind, which [[abuse]]s [[wisdom]]&mdash;if wisdom loss from this contamination brings the hero's wisdom below 3, they will suffer an [[instant death]] and rise from the grave as a new weeping angel; [[life saving]] will resurrect the hero and reset their wisdom to three. If two weeping angels are made to target each other with their gaze attack (e.g. from [[conflict]]), they will become permanently "quantum-locked" and both turn into lifeless [[statue]]s.
 Weeping angels possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[disintegration resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[acid resistance]], and [[stoning resistance]] with the exception of the case described above.
 ==Generation==
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 * The contamination is considered a form of curse, so any means of [[curse removal]] such as a [[scroll of remove curse]], the {{+ of|remove curse}} spell or an [[effigy]] can counteract it. Using an effigy to remove weeping angel contamination will create another weeping angel next to you.
-* Successful [[prayer]] on a coaligned [[altar]] while in good standing with your [[deity]] can cure weeping angel contamination&mdash;it is considered a major trouble, but ''only'' while praying on an altar.
+* Successful [[prayer]] on a co-aligned [[altar]] while in good standing with your [[deity]] can cure weeping angel contamination&mdash;it is considered a major trouble, but ''only'' while praying on an altar.
 * As a last resort, a source of [[amnesia]] can erase the image of the angel from the hero's mind, along with several other pieces of information.
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 Weeping angels are heavily inspired by the race of creatures from the BBC television series ''[[wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''. The Weeping Angels were introduced in the 2007 episode "Blink" and became recurring characters across a variety of Doctor Who media. Weeping Angels feast by touching a victim, which sends them back in time and creates time energy that the Angel feeds on. Later episodes expand the Angels' list of abilities, which include the ability for an image of an Angel to become another Weeping Angel, the ability to turn other statues into Weeping Angels, and the ability to kill others by touching them twice.
-As indicated by the quote used for their encyclopedia entry, Weeping Angels are ''normally'' quantum-locked and do not truly exist while being observed, with their biology having evolved to freeze them into rock the moment they are observed by any living creature&mdash;when unobserved, however, they can move rapidly in a manner imperceptible to most living beings. Additionally, any images or depictions of Weeping Angels can themselves become weeping angels and infect the minds of anyone who sees them, turning the victim themselves into a Weeping Angel.
+As indicated by the quotes used for their encyclopedia entry, Weeping Angels are ''normally'' quantum-locked and do not truly exist while being observed, with their biology having evolved to freeze them into rock the moment they are seen by any living creature&mdash;when unobserved, however, they can move rapidly in a manner imperceptible to most living beings. Additionally, any images or depictions of Weeping Angels can themselves become Weeping Angels and infect the minds of anyone who sees them, turning the victim into a Weeping Angel as well.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 Weeping angels possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[disintegration resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[acid resistance]], and [[stoning resistance]] with the exception of the case described above.
-{{upcoming|dNetHack 3.23.1|Blindness blocks the effects of weeping angel contamination.}}
+{{upcoming|dNetHack|In 3.23.1, [[blindness]] blocks the effects of weeping angel contamination.}}
 ==Generation==

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 Weeping angels possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[disintegration resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[acid resistance]], and [[stoning resistance]] with the exception of the case described above.
 ==Generation==
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 * Successful [[prayer]] on a coaligned [[altar]] while in good standing with your [[deity]] can cure weeping angel contamination&mdash;it is considered a major trouble, but ''only'' while praying on an altar.
 * As a last resort, a source of [[amnesia]] can erase the image of the angel from the hero's mind, along with several other pieces of information.
 ==Origin==

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 {{for|the monster in other variants|weeping angel}}
-A '''weeping angel''', {{gray|A}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[primordial]] [[humanoid]] [[chaotic angel]] that is [[unbreathing]], [[amphibious]], [[thick-skinned]], has [[regeneration]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up. A weeping angel is "quantum-locked" while it is observed by the [[hero]]: it becomes [[sessile]] and cannot move, but its effective [[AC]] becomes much higher in this state&mdash;when unobserved, it can move at an incredible 48 [[speed]], but its AC returns to its base of 15 natural points and the angel is limited to one round of attacks per game turn. Weeping angels will not venture into corridors unless the hero has either killed the [[Wizard of Yendor]] or performed the [[invocation]], in order to avoid forcing the hero into a permanent standoff in a dead-end corridor.
+A '''weeping angel''', {{gray|A}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The weeping angel is a [[primordial]] [[humanoid]] [[chaotic angel]] that is [[unbreathing]], [[amphibious]], [[thick-skinned]], has [[regeneration]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up. A weeping angel is "quantum-locked" while it is observed by the [[hero]]: it becomes [[sessile]] and cannot move, but its effective [[AC]] becomes much higher in this state&mdash;when unobserved, it can move at an incredible 48 [[speed]], but its AC returns to its base of 15 natural points and the angel is limited to one round of attacks per game turn. Weeping angels will not venture into corridors unless the hero has either killed the [[Wizard of Yendor]] or performed the [[invocation]], in order to avoid forcing the hero into a permanent standoff in a dead-end corridor.
 Weeping angels have a single-target active [[gaze attack]] that inflicts weeping angel contamination upon the hero unless they have [[reflection]], a powerful touch attack that can [[drain energy]], a special touch attack that [[level teleport]]s the target to a higher level and inflicts [[level drain]] based on how many levels they were sent away, and a normal claw attack. The level-teleporting touch attack can be blocked by both [[teleport control]] and [[drain resistance]], but will not teleport the hero if they have performed the invocation or killed the Wizard as above.

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+{{for|the monster in other variants|weeping angel}}
 A '''weeping angel''', {{gray|A}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a [[primordial]] [[humanoid]] [[chaotic angel]] that is [[unbreathing]], [[amphibious]], [[thick-skinned]], has [[regeneration]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up. A weeping angel is "quantum-locked" while it is observed by the [[hero]]: it becomes [[sessile]] and cannot move, but its effective [[AC]] becomes much higher in this state&mdash;when unobserved, it can move at an incredible 48 [[speed]], but its AC returns to its base of 15 natural points and the angel is limited to one round of attacks per game turn. Weeping angels will not venture into corridors unless the hero has either killed the [[Wizard of Yendor]] or performed the [[invocation]], in order to avoid forcing the hero into a permanent standoff in a dead-end corridor.
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 * Successful [[prayer]] on a coaligned [[altar]] while in good standing with your [[deity]] can cure weeping angel contamination&mdash;it is considered a major trouble, but ''only'' while praying on an altar.
 * As a last resort, a source of [[amnesia]] can erase the image of the angel from the hero's mind, along with several other pieces of information.
 ==Origin==

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 Hostile weeping angels can be summoned by the [[summon alien]] [[dNetHack monster spells|monster spell]].
-Weeping angels can be generated in [[garden]] [[Special room (dNetHack)|special rooms]] at level creation.
+The [[garden]] [[Special room (dNetHack)|special room]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of generating a weeping angel at level creation.
 Weeping angels [[Corpseless|do not leave a corpse]] upon death.

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 Weeping angels [[Corpseless|do not leave a corpse]] upon death.
-A hero killed by weeping angle contamination will arise as a weeping angel if a [[bones]] file is left&mdash;bones levels will only contain at most one weeping angel.
+A hero killed by weeping angel contamination will arise as a weeping angel if a [[bones]] file is left&mdash;bones levels will only contain at most one weeping angel, with the exception of heroes killed this way.
 ==Strategy==