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This property creates a scene of '''conflict''' around you, and so is one of the most useful but dangerous features in the game. | This property creates a scene of '''conflict''' around you, and so is one of the most useful but dangerous features in the game. | ||
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Conflict has several effects. [[Peaceful]] or [[tame]] monsters will start attacking you or other monsters near them, though for all other intents and purposes they are still peaceful/tame, e.g. attacking them still carries consequences. This makes conflict dangerous near strong [[pet]]s, [[shopkeeper]]s, or other peacefuls. However, it will also make nearby monsters attack each other instead of you, which is incredibly helpful, especially in high-density areas like the [[Astral Plane]] and [[Moloch's Sanctum]]. | Conflict has several effects. [[Peaceful]] or [[tame]] monsters will start attacking you or other monsters near them, though for all other intents and purposes they are still peaceful/tame, e.g. attacking them still carries consequences. This makes conflict dangerous near strong [[pet]]s, [[shopkeeper]]s, or other peacefuls. However, it will also make nearby monsters attack each other instead of you, which is incredibly helpful, especially in high-density areas like the [[Astral Plane]] and [[Moloch's Sanctum]]. | ||
| − | + | Monsters are affected if they are in your line of sight and at most 8 squares away. Blinded monsters and the [[Wizard of Yendor]] are impervious to conflict.{{refsrc|mon.c|609}} Monsters with a sufficiently high combined [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]] and [[level]] can resist this.{{refsrc|mhitm.c|115}}{{reffunc|zap.c|resist}}{{refsrc|monmove.c|502|comment=All these extra checks do not apply to spellcasters casting spells at range}} | |
| − | + | Monsters may resist conflict; this happens if <code>rn2(100 + alev − dlev) < mtmp->data->mr</code>, where <code>alev</code> is 5 for a ring of conflict and 10 for a weapon (like the [[Sceptre of Might]]), <code>dlev</code> is the monster's level capped at 50, and <code>mtmp->data->mr</code> is the monster's magic resistance. For peaceful monsters, <code>alev</code> is always 5.{{refsrc|monmove.c|551}} For example, a level 28 [[master mind flayer]] pet will always resist conflict from the Sceptre of Might, as [[rn2]](77) will always be smaller than the flayer's MR of 90. | |
| − | + | If you are generating conflict when you arrive on the Astral Plane, instead of getting a guardian angel, you will be attacked by some hostile angels. If you aren't wearing the ring when you arrive, but later put it on and your guardian angel notices, it will also turn hostile. | |
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| + | Monsters affected by conflict move around randomly if they engulf you. This can be very helpful, if used properly, to a [[pacifist]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 04:18, 3 August 2019
This property creates a scene of conflict around you, and so is one of the most useful but dangerous features in the game.
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Effects
Conflict has several effects. Peaceful or tame monsters will start attacking you or other monsters near them, though for all other intents and purposes they are still peaceful/tame, e.g. attacking them still carries consequences. This makes conflict dangerous near strong pets, shopkeepers, or other peacefuls. However, it will also make nearby monsters attack each other instead of you, which is incredibly helpful, especially in high-density areas like the Astral Plane and Moloch's Sanctum.
Monsters are affected if they are in your line of sight and at most 8 squares away. Blinded monsters and the Wizard of Yendor are impervious to conflict.[1] Monsters with a sufficiently high combined magic resistance and level can resist this.[2][3][4]
Monsters may resist conflict; this happens if rn2(100 + alev − dlev) < mtmp->data->mr, where alev is 5 for a ring of conflict and 10 for a weapon (like the Sceptre of Might), dlev is the monster's level capped at 50, and mtmp->data->mr is the monster's magic resistance. For peaceful monsters, alev is always 5.[5] For example, a level 28 master mind flayer pet will always resist conflict from the Sceptre of Might, as rn2(77) will always be smaller than the flayer's MR of 90.
If you are generating conflict when you arrive on the Astral Plane, instead of getting a guardian angel, you will be attacked by some hostile angels. If you aren't wearing the ring when you arrive, but later put it on and your guardian angel notices, it will also turn hostile.
Monsters affected by conflict move around randomly if they engulf you. This can be very helpful, if used properly, to a pacifist.
Sources
The main source of conflict is the ring of conflict. Unfortunately, wearing a ring of conflict burns nutrition very quickly: every even-numbered turn your nutrition is decremented.
A ring of conflict can often be eaten for a chance of obtaining conflict as an intrinsic. Intrinsic conflict has the same nutrition cost as extrinsic conflict, minus the ring hunger.
If you are not wearing the ring, conflict can be toggled by invoking the Sceptre of Might. This has exactly the same effects as the ring, including attack level in resistance rolls, but will spare you from hunger.
Strategy
Generating conflict is a very effective way of clearing out dense groups of enemies, since monsters will fight each other in addition to you. A common strategy is to burn Elbereth on the ground, and sit back and watch as the monsters battle it out while you take minimal damage. All monsters are prone to conflict (some may resist as explained in the formula above,) including normally peaceful monsters and your pet, however, you can still incur the penalty of murder on the peaceful humans/kops that attack you! Elbereth will continue to work against those who respect it as long as the engraving remains intact. Popular places for conflict are crowded levels such as the Big Room and certain quest branches. The elemental planes are also a good candidate for conflict, though do note that on the Astral Plane, if you are generating conflict, you will be sent hostile angels instead of a tame one, and generating conflict at any time will instantly replace the tame one with hostile ones.
One important thing to consider is that no experience is gained by the player from monsters that kill each other, but monsters will gain experience for themselves. Use caution when generating conflict in the presence of monsters that tend to grow up into more powerful forms, since they can rack up experience from killing off the lesser monsters. If you are sufficiently high level, this is usually not much of a problem. Also take care when generating conflict with priests or shopkeepers present. As mentioned above, they can and will attack the player while under conflict and you will still get the usual murder penalties if you kill them.
Be careful when skipping through all of the battle messages whilst generating conflict, as it is easy to skip over important messages pertaining to, for example, a cockatrice hissing at you and beginning to stone you. Always pay attention to the monsters around you and any status effects that you might have gained during the flood of "The <monster> hits the <monster>!" prompts.
Rings of conflict are the usual way to use conflict, by wearing and removing the ring as necessary. The safest method of conflict, from a nutrition standpoint, is the Sceptre of Might: You won't get hungry, but you also only get to turn it on every once in a while. Thus, the Sceptre is best used for emergency crowd-clearing; e.g. if a monster summons nasties.
Eating a ring to get intrinsic conflict is usually a bad idea as it will burn through nutrition very quickly, and you will have no way of shutting it off. Don't try to dance with gremlins if you ate the ring by accident: they (or anything else) can't remove this particular intrinsic, so you'll just have to ascend with it somehow.
UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, conflict does not function within the Black Market.
References
- ↑ mon.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 609
- ↑ mhitm.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 115
- ↑ resist in zap.c
- ↑ monmove.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 502: All these extra checks do not apply to spellcasters casting spells at range
- ↑ monmove.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 551
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