Word of Creation - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph */ tweaks

2025-01-15T05:27:18Z

‎The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph: tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: lede

2024-02-14T06:47:49Z

lede

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-02-12T07:26:33Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2023-10-29T17:31:11Z

potholes

Chris: /* The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph */

2022-03-29T00:23:25Z

‎The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph

Actual-nh: /* The Nurturing Word of Creation/Verdant Glyph */ dNetHack category is redundant

2021-06-06T02:35:08Z

‎The Nurturing Word of Creation/Verdant Glyph: dNetHack category is redundant

Actual-nh: /* The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph */ Fix links

2021-06-06T02:31:41Z

‎The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph: Fix links

Actual-nh: Links

2021-06-06T02:30:45Z

Links

Actual-nh: Grammar/style

2021-02-11T05:12:44Z

Grammar/style

EasterlyIrk: add damage for the Silence, reword, spelling

2020-01-02T18:43:20Z

add damage for the Silence, reword, spelling

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 '''Passive bonus''': Intrinsic [[flying]].
-'''Activated power''': The First Word is an AoE effect centered on you that illuminates the area around you, dealing damage to monsters caught in the light. The base damage is (lvl/2)d3 damage, but the die size is incremented by 3 if the monster fulfills certain restrictions. They are:
+'''Activated power''': The First Word is an AoE effect centered on you that illuminates the area around you, dealing damage to monsters caught in the light. The base damage is (lvl/2)d3 damage, but the die size is incremented by 3 if the monster fulfills certain restrictions:
 * is [[undead]]
 * is a [[M2_DEMON|demon]]
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 * belongs to the shade, wraith, or unknown abomination classes
-Each category stacks, so you can deal pretty good damage against targets that meet 2 or 3 of those criteria. [[Aspect of The Silence|Aspects of The Silence]] in particular take (lvl/2)d18 damage (they are not undead, but they're demonic primordial aberrations that possess a vampiric attack and a disintegration attack).
+Each category stacks, so you can deal pretty good damage against targets that meet 2 or 3 of those criteria. [[Aspects of The Silence]] in particular take (lvl/2)d18 damage due to fulfilling all but one of the above conditions (i.e. they are not undead).
 == The Dividing Word of Creation/Cerulean Glyph ==

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-The '''Words of Creation''' are unique [[item]]s that appear in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]], and act as the "artifacts" of the [[Chaos Quest (dNethack)|Chaos Quest's]] [[Mithardir Quest|Mithardir variant]]. They are found on "metallic slabs" at various points in the quest, and must be read before they can be used. When read, each slab grants a passive bonus and an activated power.  Unlike the [[syllable]]s, the  slabs do not need to be identified before their Words can be read.
+The '''Words of Creation''' are unique [[item]]s that appear in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]], and act as the "artifacts" of the [[Chaos Quest (dNetHack)|Chaos Quest's]] [[Mithardir Quest|Mithardir variant]]. They are found on "metallic slabs" at various points in the quest, and must be read before they can be used. When read, each slab grants a passive bonus and an activated power, and unlike the [[syllable]]s do not need to be identified first.
-All activated powers have no range limit other than line-of-sight.  All activated powers are quick to use: up to one may be used for free each move.  Note that this is the '''same''' one-use-free resource that '''[[stethoscope]]s''' and '''syllables''' both use, so you may need to carefully chose which to spend your free action on!
+All activated powers have no range limit other than line-of-sight.  All activated powers are quick to use: up to one may be used for free each move.  Note that this is the '''same''' one-use-free resource that [[stethoscope]]s and syllables both use, so you may need to carefully chose which to spend your free action on!
 == The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph ==

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 '''Activated power''': The First Word is an AoE effect centered on you that illuminates the area around you, dealing damage to monsters caught in the light. The base damage is (lvl/2)d3 damage, but the die size is incremented by 3 if the monster fulfills certain restrictions. They are:
 * is [[undead]]
-* is a [[demon]]
+* is a [[M2_DEMON|demon]]
 * is [[primordial]]
 * has a [[life drain]]ing or vampiric attack

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+The '''Words of Creation''' are unique [[item]]s that appear in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]], and act as the "artifacts" of the [[Chaos Quest (dNethack)|Chaos Quest's]] [[Mithardir Quest|Mithardir variant]]. They are found on "metallic slabs" at various points in the quest, and must be read before they can be used. When read, each slab grants a passive bonus and an activated power.  Unlike the [[syllable]]s, the  slabs do not need to be identified before their Words can be read.
 All activated powers have no range limit other than line-of-sight.  All activated powers are quick to use: up to one may be used for free each move.  Note that this is the '''same''' one-use-free resource that '''[[stethoscope]]s''' and '''syllables''' both use, so you may need to carefully chose which to spend your free action on!
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 * is [[undead]]
 * is a [[demon]]
-* is [[primordials (dnethack)|primordial]]
+* is [[primordial]]
 * has a [[life drain]]ing or vampiric attack
 * has a [[disintegration]] or [[archon]] fire attack

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 * has a [[life drain]]ing or vampiric attack
 * has a [[disintegration]] or [[archon]] fire attack
-* belongs to the shade, wraith, or aberration classes
+* belongs to the shade, wraith, or unknown abomination classes
 Each category stacks, so you can deal pretty good damage against targets that meet 2 or 3 of those criteria. [[Aspect of The Silence|Aspects of The Silence]] in particular take (lvl/2)d18 damage (they are not undead, but they're demonic primordial aberrations that possess a vampiric attack and a disintegration attack).

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 '''Activated power''': The Nurturing Word creates grass around you, in addition to heavily damaging aspects of the Silence, [[elemental]]s, undead, and manufactured [[golem]]s (clay, flesh, stone). The damage is (lvl/2)d12. If this damage kills the monster, a [[tree]] will be created on its square, and the items it drops will be [[buried]] underneath.
 [[Category:dNethack Alignment Quests]]
 [[Category:dNethack Mithardir Quest]]

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 The Words of Creation are the "artifacts" of the [[Mithardir Quest]]. They are found on "metallic slabs" at various points in the quest, and must be read before they can be used. When read, each slab grants a passive bonus and an activated power.  Unlike the [[syllable]]s, the  slabs do not need to be identified before their Words can be read.
-All activated powers have no range limit other than line-of-sight.  All activated powers are quick to use: up to one may be used for free each move.  Note that this is the '''same''' one-use-free resource that '''stethoscopes''' and '''syllables''' both use, so you may need to carefully chose which to spend your free action on!
+All activated powers have no range limit other than line-of-sight.  All activated powers are quick to use: up to one may be used for free each move.  Note that this is the '''same''' one-use-free resource that '''[[stethoscope]]s''' and '''syllables''' both use, so you may need to carefully chose which to spend your free action on!
 == The First Word of Creation/Blinding Glyph ==
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 '''Activated power''': The First Word is an AoE effect centered on you that illuminates the area around you, dealing damage to monsters caught in the light. The base damage is (lvl/2)d3 damage, but the die size is incremented by 3 if the monster fulfills certain restrictions. They are:
-* is undead
+* is [[undead]]
-* is a demon
+* is a [[demon]]
-* is primordial
+* is [[primordial]]
-* has a life draining or vampiric attack
+* has a [[life drain]]ing or vampiric attack
-* has a disintegration or archon fire attack
+* has a [[disintegration]] or [[archon]] fire attack
 * belongs to the shade, wraith, or aberration classes
-Each category stacks, so you can deal pretty good damage against targets that meet 2 or 3 of those criteria. Aspects of the Silence in particular take (lvl/2)d18 damage (they are not undead, but they're demonic primordial aberrations that possess a vampiric attack and a disintegration attack).
+Each category stacks, so you can deal pretty good damage against targets that meet 2 or 3 of those criteria. [[Aspect of the Silence|Aspects of the Silence]] in particular take (lvl/2)d18 damage (they are not undead, but they're demonic primordial aberrations that possess a vampiric attack and a disintegration attack).
 == The Dividing Word of Creation/Cerulean Glyph ==
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 == The Nurturing Word of Creation/Verdant Glyph ==
-'''Passive bonus''': Intrinsic hungerless regeneration '''for all pets'''.
+'''Passive bonus''': Intrinsic hungerless [[regeneration]] '''for all pets'''.
-'''Activated power''': The Nurturing Word creates grass around you, in addition to heavily damaging aspects of the Silence, elementals, undead, and manufactured golems (clay, flesh, stone). The damage is (lvl/2)d12. If this damage kills the monster, a tree will be created on its square, and the items it drops will be [[buried]] underneath.
+'''Activated power''': The Nurturing Word creates grass around you, in addition to heavily damaging aspects of the Silence, [[elemental]]s, undead, and manufactured [[golem]]s (clay, flesh, stone). The damage is (lvl/2)d12. If this damage kills the monster, a [[tree]] will be created on its square, and the items it drops will be [[buried]] underneath.
 [[Category:dNethack]]
 [[Category:dNethack Alignment Quests]]
 [[Category:dNethack Mithardir Quest]]

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-The Words of Creation are the the "artifacts" of the [[Mithardir Quest]]. They are found on "metallic slabs" at various points in the quest, and must be read before they can be used. When read, each slab grants a passive bonus and an activated power.  Unlike the [[syllable]]s, the  slabs do not need to be identified before their Words can be read.
+The Words of Creation are the "artifacts" of the [[Mithardir Quest]]. They are found on "metallic slabs" at various points in the quest, and must be read before they can be used. When read, each slab grants a passive bonus and an activated power.  Unlike the [[syllable]]s, the  slabs do not need to be identified before their Words can be read.
 All activated powers have no range limit other than line-of-sight.  All activated powers are quick to use: up to one may be used for free each move.  Note that this is the '''same''' one-use-free resource that '''stethoscopes''' and '''syllables''' both use, so you may need to carefully chose which to spend your free action on!
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 '''Passive bonus''': Intrinsic water-proofing.
-'''Activated power''': The Dividing Word fires a beam in a chosen direction that will remove water (leaving a pit, or just floor for shallow water) and damage monsters caught in the beam. The base damage is (lvl/2)d3, and this will throw monsters to the side. There's a 5% of just bisecting a monster though (instantly killing it). This is often not terribly useful, but it can be used by ranged characters to create space/delay oncoming enemies and there's often no downside to using it early in a fight on the off chance the bisection effect triggers.
+'''Activated power''': The Dividing Word fires a beam in a chosen direction that will remove water (leaving a pit, or just floor for shallow water) and damage monsters caught in the beam. The base damage is (lvl/2)d3, and this will also throw monsters to the side. There's a 5% chance of just bisecting a monster though (instantly killing it). This is often not terribly useful, but it can be used by ranged characters to create space/delay oncoming enemies and there's often no downside to using it early in a fight on the off chance the bisection effect triggers.
 == The Nurturing Word of Creation/Verdant Glyph ==