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Umbire the Phantom: word choice

2024-03-13T14:16:18Z

word choice

2023-10-29T15:18:31Z

lede tweaks

2023-08-04T20:35:48Z

annoyed I didn't spot this copypasto sooner

2023-08-03T18:54:53Z

wording

2023-07-04T08:47:12Z

format + expand

2021-12-22T18:52:13Z

2021-12-22T18:51:55Z

2012-11-20T15:51:23Z

2011-10-29T14:46:24Z

rm "in order"

2011-01-27T09:18:22Z

link to light

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-[[SLASH'EM]] does not introduce any new monsters using {{white|y}} or {{white|Y}} as their glyph - however, the {{monsymlink|zruty}} is moved to the apelike creature monster class and has its glyph changed to {{green|Y}}.
+While [[SLASH'EM]] does not introduce any new monsters using {{white|y}} or {{white|Y}} as their glyph, the {{monsymlink|zruty}} is moved to the apelike creature monster class and has its glyph changed to {{green|Y}}.
 {{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:ASCII]]

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 ** {{monsymlink|sasquatch}}
-* It can also represent a [[direction]] key:
+* It is also used as a [[direction]] key if [[numpad]] movement is off:
-** Press {{kbd|y}} to move northwest if [[numpad]] movement is off.
+** Press {{kbd|y}} to move northwest.
-** Press {{kbd|shift|y}} to move far northwest if numpad movement is off.
+** Press {{kbd|shift|y}} to move far northwest.
 * Pressing {{kbd|y}} answers yes to questions with "yes/no" prompts. As such, be wary of moving by holding down the key or else pressing it repeatedly: you may risk attacking a powerful [[peaceful]] monster to your northwest, especially in areas like [[Minetown]]. See [[paranoid_hit]] for a way to avoid this.
 ==Historical uses==

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 {{ASCII}}
-In ''[[NetHack]]'', the letter '''B''' serves the following purposes:
+In ''[[NetHack]]'', the letter '''Y''' serves the following purposes:
 * {{white|y}} represents a [[light (monster class)|light]]:

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 ==Historical uses==
-In PDP-11 Hack, a variant of [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], yeti used the {{white|Y}} glyph as normal; this was also the case from [[Hack 1.0]] to [[NetHack 3.0.10]]. The apelike creature [[monster class]] was introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], and its members - the ape and carnivorous ape - instead used {{white|A}} as their glyph. In [[NetHack 3.1.0]], the apelike creatures were moved to {{white|Y}} to make room for [[angelic being]]s, and the owlbear was changed from a [[giant humanoid]], {{brown|H}}, to an apelike creature.
+In PDP-11 Hack, a variant of [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], yeti used the {{white|Y}} glyph as normal; this was also the case from [[Hack 1.0]] to [[NetHack 3.0.10]]. The apelike creature [[monster class]] was introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], and its members - the ape and carnivorous ape - instead used {{white|A}} as their glyph. In [[NetHack 3.1.0]], the apelike creatures were moved to {{white|Y}} with the yeti to make room for [[angelic being]]s, and the owlbear was changed from a [[giant humanoid]], {{brown|H}}, to an apelike creature.
 ==Variants==

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 {{ASCII}}
 * {{white|y}} represents a [[light (monster class)|light]]:
 ** {{monsymlink|yellow light}}
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 ** {{monsymlink|sasquatch}}
-* '''Y''' can also represent a [[direction]] key:
+* It can also represent a [[direction]] key:
 ** Press {{kbd|y}} to move northwest if [[numpad]] movement is off.
 ** Press {{kbd|shift|y}} to move far northwest if numpad movement is off.
-* Pressing {{kbd|y}} answers yes to questions with "yes/no" prompts. As such, be wary of moving by holding down the key or else pressing it repeatedly: you may risk attacking a powerful [[peaceful]] monster to your northwest, especially in areas like [[Minetown]]. See [[paranoid_hit]] for a way to avoid this.
+==Historical uses==
-==SLASH'EM==
+==Variants==
-While [[SLASH'EM]] introduced no new monsters using {{white|y}} or {{white|Y}}, the {{monsymlink|zruty}} has had its glyph changed to a {{green|Y}}.
+===SLASH'EM===
-{{nethack-366}}
+[[SLASH'EM]] does not introduce any new monsters using {{white|y}} or {{white|Y}} as their glyph - however, the {{monsymlink|zruty}} is moved to the apelike creature monster class and has its glyph changed to {{green|Y}}.
 [[Category:ASCII]]

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 ** {{monsymlink|sasquatch}}
-*Press {{kbd|y}} to move northwest if [[numpad]] movement is off
+*A [[direction]] key:
-*Press {{kbd|shift|y}} to move far northwest if [[numpad]] movement is off
+**Press {{kbd|y}} to move northwest if [[numpad]] movement is off
 ==Strategy==

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 ==Strategy==
-Beware the {{kbd|y}} key! Not only does it move northwest, it also answers "yes" to questions like "Eat the [[cockatrice]] corpse?" Woe betide careless players who hold down the y key and meet a powerful [[peaceful]] monster to their northwest. This is especially troublesome in [[Minetown]]. Some game binaries are compiled with [[paranoid_hit]], an [[option]] which requires you to type "yes" in order to answer such questions in the affirmative.
+Beware the {{kbd|y}} key! Not only does it move northwest, it also answers "yes" to questions like "Eat the [[cockatrice]] corpse?" Woe betide careless players who hold down the y key and meet a powerful [[peaceful]] monster to their northwest. This is especially troublesome in [[Minetown]]. Some game binaries are compiled with [[paranoid_hit]], an [[option]] which requires you to type "yes" to answer such questions in the affirmative.
 == SLASH'EM ==
 While [[SLASH'EM]] introduced no new creatures using {{white|y}} or {{white|Y}}, the {{monsymlink|zruty}} has had its glyph changed to a {{green|Y}}.
 [[Category:ASCII]]