Wight - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ word choice

2025-07-25T17:37:34Z

‎Strategy: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability + pothole

2024-02-19T10:27:21Z

chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability + pothole

Umbire the Phantom: formatting + copyedit pass

2024-02-07T08:11:50Z

formatting + copyedit pass

Umbire the Phantom: history

2023-06-20T17:03:02Z

history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ rephrase

2023-06-19T17:13:13Z

‎Strategy: rephrase

Umbire the Phantom: origin

2023-06-19T16:24:40Z

origin

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ be a bit more specific

2023-06-19T05:40:30Z

‎Strategy: be a bit more specific

Umbire the Phantom: sure, tho typically corpses are something I present as part of generation

2023-06-19T05:39:02Z

sure, tho typically corpses are something I present as part of generation

Ion frigate: In plain SLASH'EM, barrow wights don't leave corpses; removed THEM section since it seems to be common to all variants

2023-06-19T05:19:27Z

In plain SLASH'EM, barrow wights don't leave corpses; removed THEM section since it seems to be common to all variants

Umbire the Phantom: tweak that accordingly like I forgot to do (pending verification...)

2023-06-19T02:01:32Z

tweak that accordingly like I forgot to do (pending verification...)

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 Wights can be deadly if you lack high [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|magic cancellation]], and are one of the many monsters that exemplify the increased need for a drain resistance source. Luckily, there are plentiful [[cloak]] sources of MC3, which will render their drain attacks all but harmless.
-Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless to players: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics, though a [[Necromancer]]'s pet [[ghoul]] will happily dig into them.
+Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless to the hero: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics, though a [[Necromancer]]'s pet [[ghoul]] will happily dig into them.
 ==History==

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 Randomly generated wights are always created hostile.
-A wight has a {{frac|2}} chance to generate with a random type of [[Robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|1098|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+A wight has a {{frac|2}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a random type of [[Robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|1098|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 A wight that leaves behind a [[corpse]] on death will always leave an [[old]] corpse.{{refsrc|mon.c|255|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}

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-A '''wight''', {{monsym|wight}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]].
+A '''wight''', {{monsym|wight}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The wight is a stronger type of [[Wraith (monster class)|wraith]] that will seek out and collect items.
-The wight is a more powerful type of [[Wraith (monster class)|wraith]], with two [[life drain]] claw attacks and a bite.
+A wight has two [[life drain]]ing claw attacks, with a bite attack in between. Wights possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], and [[drain resistance]].
 ==Generation==
-Like other wraith monsters, wights may generate with a random type of [[Robe (SLASH'EM)|robe]]. On death, it may leave a 100-turn old corpse.{{refsrc|mon.c|255|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+Randomly generated wights are always created hostile.
 ==Strategy==
-Wights can be deadly if you lack high [[magic cancellation]], and are one of the many monsters that exemplify the increased need for a [[drain resistance]] source much earlier in SLASH'EM. Luckily, there are plentiful [[cloak]] sources of MC3, which will render their drain attacks all but harmless.
+Wights can be deadly if you lack high [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|magic cancellation]], and are one of the many monsters that exemplify the increased need for a drain resistance source. Luckily, there are plentiful [[cloak]] sources of MC3, which will render their drain attacks all but harmless.
 Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless to players: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics, though a [[Necromancer]]'s pet [[ghoul]] will happily dig into them.
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 <references/>
 {{slashem-7E7|offset=1}}
-{{variant-343}}
+{{variant-343}}<!--{{variant-36X}}-->
 [[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]
 [[Category:SlashTHEM monsters]]
 [[Category:Hack'EM monsters]]

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	Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless to players: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics, though a [[Necromancer]]'s pet [[ghoul]] will happily dig into them.		Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless to players: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics, though a [[Necromancer]]'s pet [[ghoul]] will happily dig into them.
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		+	==History==
		+	The wight is one of many new monsters introduced in [[SLASH 6]], an ancestor variant of SLASH'EM.

	==Origin==		==Origin==

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 ==Strategy==
-Wights can be deadly if you lack high [[magic cancellation]], and are one of the many monsters that exemplify the increased need for a [[drain resistance]] source much earlier in SLASH'EM. Luckily, sources of MC3 are plentiful and will render their drain attacks all but harmless.
+Wights can be deadly if you lack high [[magic cancellation]], and are one of the many monsters that exemplify the increased need for a [[drain resistance]] source much earlier in SLASH'EM. Luckily, there are plentiful [[cloak]] sources of MC3, which will render their drain attacks all but harmless.
 Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless to players: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics, though a [[Necromancer]]'s pet [[ghoul]] will happily dig into them.

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 Wights can be deadly if you lack high [[magic cancellation]], and are one of the many monsters that exemplify the increased need for a [[drain resistance]] source much earlier in SLASH'EM. Luckily, sources of MC3 are plentiful and will render their drain attacks all but harmless.
-Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics.
+Unlike the corpses of actual [[wraith]]s, wight corpses are useless to players: they are generated too old for [[sacrifice]], will likely inflict [[food poisoning]] and do not grant any nutrition, [[experience level]]s or intrinsics, though a [[Necromancer]]'s pet [[ghoul]] will happily dig into them.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==