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Umbire the Phantom: /* Lower filler level(s) */ specify monclass

2025-01-24T11:05:15Z

‎Lower filler level(s): specify monclass

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

2023-10-29T07:22:29Z

chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability

Umbire the Phantom: /* Transporter level */ spelling

2023-10-26T18:05:42Z

‎Transporter level: spelling

Umbire the Phantom: /* The Dark One's Dungeon */ pothole

2023-09-24T02:46:17Z

‎The Dark One's Dungeon: pothole

Netzhack: /* Strategy */ "Chance to" => opportunity; "chance of" => probability

2023-09-13T10:29:21Z

‎Strategy: "Chance to" => opportunity; "chance of" => probability

Netzhack: /* The Dark One's Dungeon */ Preposition

2023-09-13T10:27:38Z

‎The Dark One's Dungeon: Preposition

Darth l33t: /* Strategy */ my math was somehow off by a factor of 1000

2023-08-19T16:30:07Z

‎Strategy: my math was somehow off by a factor of 1000

Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ better wording still

2022-10-26T22:51:44Z

‎History: better wording still

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit + various touch-ups (e.g. doesn't make much sense imo to shade the bat in the unlit portions as dark) + rewrite history

2022-10-26T22:34:29Z

copyedit + various touch-ups (e.g. doesn't make much sense imo to shade the bat in the unlit portions as dark) + rewrite history

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Darth l33t: /* The Tower of Darkness */ typoes

2022-10-23T17:06:13Z

‎The Tower of Darkness: typoes

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 ===Lower filler level(s)===
-As with the upper filler levels, these are "ordinary" room-and-corridor levels with six rooms. Two vampire bats, two xorns, and three random {{white|i}} are generated on level creation, along with nine random objects and four random traps.
+As with the upper filler levels, these are "ordinary" room-and-corridor levels with six rooms. Two vampire bats, two [[Xorn (monster class)|xorns]], and three random {{white|i}} are generated on level creation, along with nine random objects and four random traps.
 ===The Dark One's Dungeon===

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-There are additional random clouds to the left of the Tower and random moat squares to the right, and each square of the rectangular moat has a 2% chance to be replaced with ordinary floor. The level has undiggable walls and floor, and [[teleportation]] is permitted.
+There are additional random clouds to the left of the Tower and random moat squares to the right, and each square of the rectangular moat has a {{frac|50}} chance of being replaced with ordinary floor. The level has undiggable walls and floor, and [[teleportation]] is permitted.
 Randomly placed on the level are seven vampire bats, twelve random {{white|B}}, and eight random {{white|i}}, along with fifteen random objects. The marked trap in the innermost chamber of the Tower is an anti-magic trap; the other five traps inside the [[Tower]] are [[falling rock trap]]s, and the six outside are [[spiked pit]]s. There are an additional two [[statue trap]]s, a [[magic trap]], a [[sleeping gas trap]], a [[polymorph trap]], and three [[dart trap]]s all located randomly about the level.

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 ===Transporter level===
 On descending to the level where the transporter is located:
-  You receive a faint telepathic message from Nefret the Green:
+  You receive a faint telepathic message from Neferet the Green:
   Your help is urgently needed at the Lonely Tower!  Look for a ...ic transporter.
   You couldn't quite make out that last message.

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-The Dark One, with the Bell of Opening and the Eye of the Aethiopica, occupies the cross-aligned altar in the abandoned [[temple]]. The small 2x2 cells have the following peaceful occupants: a [[Rogue (player monster)|rogue]] called Pug occupies the leftmost cell on the top row, with a gnomish wizard two cells to the right, while the rightmost cell in that row is occupied by an [[owlbear]]. On the bottom row, a [[wizard (player monster)|wizard]] called Newt inhabits the left most cell, with a [[prisoner]] in the cell next to theirs; a [[hill giant]] occupies the rightmost cell on that row, with a [[Grey-Elf]] to the left of them, and a sleeping prisoner to the left of the Grey-elf. The level has an undiggable floor and walls, and teleportation is permitted.
+The Dark One, with the Bell of Opening and the Eye of the Aethiopica, occupies the cross-aligned altar in the abandoned [[temple]]. The small 2x2 cells have the following peaceful occupants: a [[Rogue (player monster)|rogue]] called Pug occupies the leftmost cell on the top row, with a gnomish wizard two cells to the right, while the rightmost cell in that row is occupied by an [[owlbear]]. On the bottom row, a [[wizard (player monster)|wizard]] called Newt inhabits the left most cell, with a [[prisoner]] in the cell next to theirs; a [[hill giant]] occupies the rightmost cell on that row, with a [[Grey-elf]] to the left of them, and a sleeping prisoner to the left of the Grey-elf. The level has an undiggable floor and walls, and teleportation is permitted.
 Newt will have a [[quarterstaff]] (37.5%), an [[athame]] (37.5%), a [[long sword]] (12.5%) or a random melee weapon (12.5%), and some [[offensive item|offensive]], [[defensive item|defensive]] and [[miscellaneous item]]s.<ref>{{function|mplayer.c|mk_mplayer}}</ref>

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 ==Strategy==
-Due to the limited number of trap types available on the home level, there is a high chance that one of the random traps will be a polymorph trap - be prepared for a small chance of encountering an out-of-depth monster. The locate level moat has a roughly 12% chance to be generated in a way that blocks off the tower without some form of bridging<!-- .98 ^ 104 ~= .122 --> - see the [[Castle#Getting_into_the_Castle|Castle strategy section]] for tips on how to cross it in this case, and remember that teleportation is permitted there.
+Due to the limited number of trap types available on the home level, there is a high chance that one of the random traps will be a polymorph trap - be prepared for a small chance of encountering an out-of-depth monster. The locate level moat has a roughly 12% chance of being generated in a way that blocks off the tower without some form of bridging<!-- .98 ^ 104 ~= .122 --> - see the [[Castle#Getting_into_the_Castle|Castle strategy section]] for tips on how to cross it in this case, and remember that teleportation is permitted there.
 The [[player monster]]s Newt and Pug on the goal level are likely to have several useful items: Newt in particular is a potential source of an athame. Players seeking their inventory (e.g., [[atheist]] Wizards who cannot obtain [[Magicbane]] via sacrifice gift) should use a [[pet]] to kill them if possible, both to preserve their offensive items and avoid [[alignment record]] and [[murder]] penalties.

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 ==History==
-In [[NetHack 3.4.3]] and prior versions, alongside some variants based on them, the Eye grants magic resistance when carried and generates at the Dark One's feet instead of in his inventory; a quiet player could sneak up on him and zap him with a [[wand of death]] while he was still vulnerable. In current versions, the Eye grants magic resistance only while worn, and the Dark One will not wear it - this makes the stealth aspect of the tactic unnecessary, as the lack of magic resistance makes the Dark One ridiculously easy to kill.
+In [[NetHack 3.4.3]] and prior versions, alongside some variants based on them, the Eye grants magic resistance when carried and generates at the Dark One's feet instead of in his inventory; a quiet player could sneak up on him and zap him with a [[wand of death]] while he was still vulnerable. In current versions, the Eye grants magic resistance only while worn - as the Dark One will not wear it, he is ridiculously easy to kill in this manner without stealth.
 ==References==

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