Crowning
You may be crowned as a result of prayer if you are at least piously aligned and extremely lucky. Crowning involves receiving a title, a number of intrinsic resistances, and possibly a gift, at the cost of a greatly increased prayer timeout.
Title
The title you receive is dependent on your alignment:
| Aligment | Title |
|---|---|
| Lawful | Hand of Elbereth |
| Neutral | Envoy of Balance |
| Chaotic | Glory of Antioch |
Intrinsics
The following intrinsics are granted:
- cold resistance
- fire resistance
- poison resistance
- sleep resistance
- shock resistance
- see invisible
Alignment gift
A gift is given, based on the following algorithm:
- Wizard
- If not wielding Vorpal Blade or Stormbringer, and not carrying a spellbook of finger of death, the gift is a blessed spellbook of finger of death.
- Otherwise, see Others
- Monk
- If not wielding an artifact or carrying a spellbook of restore ability, the gift is a blessed spellbook of restore ability.
- Otherwise, see Others
- Others
- Lawful
- If wielding a non-artifact long sword (or as primary weapon if using two-weaponing) and Excalibur does not exist in the game, the long sword is changed into blessed +1 rustproof Excalibur.
- Otherwise, see Exceptions
- Neutral
- If Vorpal Blade does not exist in the game, it is given as a gift.
- Otherwise, see Exceptions
- Chaotic
- If Stormbringer does not exist in the game, it is given as a gift.
- Otherwise, see Exceptions
- Lawful
- Exceptions: If none of the previous rules apply, the player's current weapon is blessed, increased to +1, and made unrusted and rustproof, and its corresponding skill class is unrestricted, regardless of player class.
In addition to the previous gift, the player's alignment gift skill is made unrestricted:
| Aligment | Alignment gift skill |
|---|---|
| Lawful | Long sword |
| Neutral | Long sword |
| Chaotic | Broad sword |
Prayer timeout
The downside of praying is that the player's prayer timeout is greatly increased. Players that depend heavily on prayer may find themselves crowned earlier than those that do not, by sheer statistics. Unfortunately, it is these players that are hurt by being crowned, as the increased prayer timeout means they must go longer without praying. If the player does not need the benefits listed above, being crowned is not necessary, though ascending with a title is a nice aesthetic bonus.
