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'''Enlightenment''' is a brief, one-time-only indication of a number of normally hidden character [[attribute]]s, such as [[Luck]], [[alignment record]], and resistances to elemental attacks such as [[fire resistance|fire]].  When you get an enlightenment, "you feel self-knowledgeable" and these attributes are displayed; when you dismiss the window, "the feeling subsides" and the list cannot be displayed a second time.
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'''Enlightenment''' is a brief, one-time-only indication of a number of normally hidden character [[attribute]]s, such as [[Luck]], [[alignment record]], and resistances to elemental attacks such as [[fire resistance|fire]].  When you get an enlightenment, "you feel self-knowledgeable" and these attributes are displayed; when you dismiss the window, "The feeling subsides" and the list cannot be displayed a second time, even with the ^P command, but if one records their session with [[ttyrec]], then it can be replayed.
  
 
Enlightenment can be triggered in these ways:
 
Enlightenment can be triggered in these ways:
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[[Image:Enlightenment.png|right|thumb|200px|Wand of Enlightenment output.]]
 
* quaffing a [[potion of enlightenment]]
 
* quaffing a [[potion of enlightenment]]
 
* zapping a [[wand of enlightenment]]
 
* zapping a [[wand of enlightenment]]
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* answering yes to "Do you want to see your attributes?" when the game ends; in this case, the messages are in the past tense
 
* answering yes to "Do you want to see your attributes?" when the game ends; in this case, the messages are in the past tense
  
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[[Image:Enlightenment.png|left|thumb|200px|Wand of Enlightenment output.]]
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==Attributes Displayed==
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Enlightenment will give you information about the following attributes. If you do not have a particular attribute, no message will be displayed. Attributes will be displayed in the past tense after [[Death (character)|death]] or [[ascension]].
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{|class="prettytable"
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!attribute
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!message
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!meaning
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|-
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!rowspan=3|[[Crowning]]
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|"You are the Hand of Elbereth"
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|You are crowned and [[lawful]]
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|-
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|"You are the Envoy of Balance"
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|You are crowned and [[neutral]]
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|-
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|"You are the Glory of Arioch"
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|You are crowned and [[chaotic]]
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|-
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!rowspan=10|[[Alignment record]]<br/>(always displayed)
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|"You are piously aligned"
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| Your alignment record is 20 or more
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|-
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|"You are devoutly aligned"
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| Your alignment record is 14 to 19
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|-
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|"You are fervently aligned"
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| Your alignment record is 9 to 13
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|-
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|"You are stridently aligned"
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| Your alignment record is 4 to 8
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|-
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|"You are aligned"
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| Your alignment record is 3
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|-
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|"You are haltingly aligned"
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| Your alignment record is 1 or 2
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|-
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|"You are nominally aligned"
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| Your alignment record is 0
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|-
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|"You have strayed"
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| Your alignment record is -3 to -1
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|-
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|"You have sinned"
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| Your alignment record is -8 to -4
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|-
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|"You have transgressed"
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| Your alignment record is -9 or less
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|-
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![[Fire resistance]]
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| "You are fire resistant"
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| You have [[fire resistance]]
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|-
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![[Cold resistance]]
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| "You are cold resistant"
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| You have [[cold resistance]]
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|-
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![[Sleep resistance]]
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| "You are sleep resistant"
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| You have [[sleep resistance]]
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|-
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![[Disintegration resistance]]
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| "You are disintegration-resistant"
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| You have [[disintegration resistance]]
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|-
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![[Shock resistance]]
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| "You are shock resistant"
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| You have [[shock resistance]]
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|-
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![[Poison resistance]]
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| "You are poison resistant"
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| You have [[poison resistance]]
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|-
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!Level [[drain resistance]]
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| "You are level-drain resistant"
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| You have [[drain resistance]]
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|-
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![[Sickness resistance]]
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| "You are immune to sickness"
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| You have [[Sickness resistance]], and therefore cannot get [[food poisoning]] or [[disease]]
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|-
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![[Magic resistance]]
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| "You are magic-protected"
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| You have [[magic resistance]]
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|-
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![[Acid resistance]]
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| "You are acid resistant"
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| You have [[acid resistance]]
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|-
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![[Stoning resistance]]
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| "You are petrification resistant"
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| You have [[stoning resistance]]
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|-
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![[Invulnerability]]
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| "You are invulnerable"
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| You have [[invulnerability]]
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|-
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![[Food appraisal]]
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| "You can recognize detrimental food"
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| You have [[food appraisal]]
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|-
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![[Hallucination resistance]]
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| "You resist hallucinations"
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| You have [[hallucination resistance]]
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|-
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![[Hallucination]]
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| "You were hallucinating"
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| You were [[hallucinating]] when the game ended
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|-
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![[Stunning]]
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| "You were stunned"
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| You were [[stunned]] when the game ended
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|-
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![[Confusion]]
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| "You were confused"
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| You were [[confused]] when the game ended
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|-
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![[Blind]]ed
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| "You were blinded"
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| You were [[blind]] from a cause other than wearing a blindfold or being polymorphed into a blind monster when the game ended, or would have been blind had you not had [[astral vision]]
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|-
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![[Food poisoning]]
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| "You are sick from food poisoning"
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| You have [[food poisoning]]
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|-
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![[Disease]]
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| "You are sick from illness"
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| You are [[disease]]d
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|-
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![[Stiffening|Turning to stone]]
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| "You are turning to stone"
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| You are [[stiffening]]
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|-
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![[slimed|Turning to slime]]
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| "You are turning into slime"
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| You are [[slimed]]
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|-
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!rowspan=2|[[Strangulation]]
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| "You are being strangled"
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| You have the [[strangulation]] property
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|-
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| "You are buried"
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| You have the [[strangulation]] property and are [[Deferred_features#Burying|buried]] ([[deferred feature]])
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|-
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![[Slippery fingers]]
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| "You have slippery [[foo]]"
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| You have [[slippery fingers]]
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|-
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![[Fumbling]]
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| "You fumble"
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| You are [[fumbling]]
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|-
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![[Wounded legs]]
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| "You have wounded [[foo]]"
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| You have [[wounded legs]]
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|-
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![[restful sleep]]
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| "You fall asleep"
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| You have [[restful sleep]]
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|-
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![[Hunger (intrinsic property)|Hunger]]
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| "You hunger rapidly"
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| You have the [[Hunger (intrinsic property)|Hunger]] property
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|-
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![[See invisible]]
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| "You see invisible"
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| You have [[see invisible]]
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|-
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![[Telepathy]]
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| "You are telepathic"
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| You have [[telepathy]]
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|-
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![[Warning]]
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| "You are warned"
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| You have [[warning]]
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|-
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!rowspan=3|[[Warned of monster type]]
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|"You are warned of orcs"
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|You are [[warned of orcs]]
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|-
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| "You are warned of demons"
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| You are [[warned of demons]] (nothing currently warns of demons). This message can only appear for players who are not warned about orcs
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|-
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| "You are warned of something"
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| Catchall default. This message can only appear for players who are not warned about orcs or demons
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|-
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![[Warning of undead]]
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| "You are warned of undead"
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| You are [[warned of undead]] (nothing in [[Nethack]] currently warns of undead). Note this is a separate property to warning of monster type
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|-
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![[Searching]]
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|-
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![[Clairvoyance]]
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|-
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![[Infravision]]
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|-
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![[Detection of monsters]]
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|-
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![[Confusion of monsters]]
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|-
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![[adornment]]
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|-
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![[Invisibility]]
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|-
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![[Displacing]]
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|-
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![[Stealth]]
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| "You are stealthy."
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| You have [[stealth]]
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|-
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![[Aggravation of monsters]]
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|-
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![[Conflict]]
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|-
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![[Ability to jump]]
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|-
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![[Ability to teleport]]
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|-
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![[Ability to control teleport]]
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|-
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![[Levitation]] or [[flying]]
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|-
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![[Ability to walk on water]]
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|-
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![[Ability to swim]]
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|-
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![[Need to breathe]]
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|-
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![[Ability to pass through walls]]
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|-
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![[Riding]]
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|-
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![[Engulfing by monsters]]
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|-
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![[Holding by monsters]]
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|-
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![[To hit bonus]]
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|-
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![[Damage bonus]]
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|-
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![[Slow digestion]]
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|-
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![[Regeneration]]
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|-
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![[Protection]]
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|-
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![[Protection from shape changers]]
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|-
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![[Polymorphitis]]
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|-
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![[Polymorph control]]
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|-
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![[Polymorphed form]]
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|-
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![[Unchanging]]
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|-
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!rowspan=2|[[Speed]]
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| "You are fast."
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| Your speed is 16. If you are [[polymorph]]ed into a slower monster, even a [[blue jelly]], and have intrinsic speed, this will still be displayed even though it will not actually do anything.
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| "You are very fast."
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| Your speed is 20. If you are polymorphed into a slower monster and have quaffed a [[potion of speed]] or are wearing (if possible) [[speed boots]], this will still be displayed even though it will not actually do anything.
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|-
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![[Reflection]]
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|-
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![[Free action]]
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|-
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![[Sustaining abilities]]
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|-
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![[Life saving]]
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|-
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![[Twoweaponing]]
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|-
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![[Death (character)|Death]]
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| "You were dead."
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| Self-explanatory. This will never be shown in present tense, for obvious reasons.
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|-
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!rowspan=7|[[Luck]]
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| "You are extremely unlucky."
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| You have -10 luck or less
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|-
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| "You are very unlucky."
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| You have between -9 and -5 Luck
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|-
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| "You are unlucky."
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| You have between -4 and -1 Luck
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|-
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| "Your luck is zero."
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| Self-explanatory. This message will only be seen in [[wizard mode]]
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|-
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| "You are lucky."
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| You have between 1 and 4 Luck
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|-
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| "You are very lucky."
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| You have between 5 and 9 Luck
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|-
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| "You are extremely lucky."
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| You have 10 or more Luck
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|-
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!rowspan=2|Extra Luck<br/>(the effect of extra Luck is reflected in the Luck messages above)
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| "You have extra luck."
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| You have three extra Luck, obtained by carrying a noncursed [[luckstone]], or an [[artifact]] with the same effect.
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|-
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| "You have reduced luck."
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| Your Luck is reduced by three points, due to carrying a cursed luckstone, or an artifact with the same effect.
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|-
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!rowspan=2|Luck timeout
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| "Good luck does not time out for you."
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| Positive (>0) base Luck is not reduced with time. <!-- rate varies. -->
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|-
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| "Bad luck does not time out for you."
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| Negative (<0) base Luck is not reduced with time.
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|-
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!rowspan=5|[[God]]'s [[anger]]<br/>or<br/>ability to [[pray]]<br/>(Always displayed during a game, never after it has completed)
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| "[[Deity]] is angry with you."
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| Your god's anger is between 1 and 3.
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|-
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| "[[Deity]] is very angry with you."
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| Your god's anger is between 4 and 6.
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|-
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| "[[Deity]] is extremely angry with you."
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| Your god's anger is 7 or more.
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|-
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| "You can safely pray."
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| You may safely pray to your god. <!-- it's not as simple as a prayer timeout of zero - e.g. Gehennom --> Note that this can be misleading for [[neutral]] players polymorphed into [[undead]] - there is a random chance that is recalculated each time NetHack checks if it is safe to pray.
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| "You can not safely pray."
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| There is a condition (other than your god's anger) which means you cannot safely pray. It may be because your prayer timeout is not low enough, but all other conditions, such as whether you are in [[Gehennom]], are checked as well.
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[[Category:Properties]]
 
[[Category:Properties]]
 
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Revision as of 02:03, 19 July 2008

Enlightenment is a brief, one-time-only indication of a number of normally hidden character attributes, such as Luck, alignment record, and resistances to elemental attacks such as fire. When you get an enlightenment, "you feel self-knowledgeable" and these attributes are displayed; when you dismiss the window, "The feeling subsides" and the list cannot be displayed a second time, even with the ^P command, but if one records their session with ttyrec, then it can be replayed.

Enlightenment can be triggered in these ways:

Wand of Enlightenment output.

Attributes Displayed

Enlightenment will give you information about the following attributes. If you do not have a particular attribute, no message will be displayed. Attributes will be displayed in the past tense after death or ascension.

attribute message meaning
Crowning "You are the Hand of Elbereth" You are crowned and lawful
"You are the Envoy of Balance" You are crowned and neutral
"You are the Glory of Arioch" You are crowned and chaotic
Alignment record
(always displayed) 		"You are piously aligned" Your alignment record is 20 or more
"You are devoutly aligned" Your alignment record is 14 to 19
"You are fervently aligned" Your alignment record is 9 to 13
"You are stridently aligned" Your alignment record is 4 to 8
"You are aligned" Your alignment record is 3
"You are haltingly aligned" Your alignment record is 1 or 2
"You are nominally aligned" Your alignment record is 0
"You have strayed" Your alignment record is -3 to -1
"You have sinned" Your alignment record is -8 to -4
"You have transgressed" Your alignment record is -9 or less
Fire resistance "You are fire resistant" You have fire resistance
Cold resistance "You are cold resistant" You have cold resistance
Sleep resistance "You are sleep resistant" You have sleep resistance
Disintegration resistance "You are disintegration-resistant" You have disintegration resistance
Shock resistance "You are shock resistant" You have shock resistance
Poison resistance "You are poison resistant" You have poison resistance
Level drain resistance "You are level-drain resistant" You have drain resistance
Sickness resistance "You are immune to sickness" You have Sickness resistance, and therefore cannot get food poisoning or disease
Magic resistance "You are magic-protected" You have magic resistance
Acid resistance "You are acid resistant" You have acid resistance
Stoning resistance "You are petrification resistant" You have stoning resistance
Invulnerability "You are invulnerable" You have invulnerability
Food appraisal "You can recognize detrimental food" You have food appraisal
Hallucination resistance "You resist hallucinations" You have hallucination resistance
Hallucination "You were hallucinating" You were hallucinating when the game ended
Stunning "You were stunned" You were stunned when the game ended
Confusion "You were confused" You were confused when the game ended
Blinded "You were blinded" You were blind from a cause other than wearing a blindfold or being polymorphed into a blind monster when the game ended, or would have been blind had you not had astral vision
Food poisoning "You are sick from food poisoning" You have food poisoning
Disease "You are sick from illness" You are diseased
Turning to stone "You are turning to stone" You are stiffening
Turning to slime "You are turning into slime" You are slimed
Strangulation "You are being strangled" You have the strangulation property
"You are buried" You have the strangulation property and are buried (deferred feature)
Slippery fingers "You have slippery foo" You have slippery fingers
Fumbling "You fumble" You are fumbling
Wounded legs "You have wounded foo" You have wounded legs
restful sleep "You fall asleep" You have restful sleep
Hunger "You hunger rapidly" You have the Hunger property
See invisible "You see invisible" You have see invisible
Telepathy "You are telepathic" You have telepathy
Warning "You are warned" You have warning
Warned of monster type "You are warned of orcs" You are warned of orcs
"You are warned of demons" You are warned of demons (nothing currently warns of demons). This message can only appear for players who are not warned about orcs
"You are warned of something" Catchall default. This message can only appear for players who are not warned about orcs or demons
Warning of undead "You are warned of undead" You are warned of undead (nothing in Nethack currently warns of undead). Note this is a separate property to warning of monster type
Searching
Clairvoyance
Infravision
Detection of monsters
Confusion of monsters
adornment
Invisibility
Displacing
Stealth "You are stealthy." You have stealth
Aggravation of monsters
Conflict
Ability to jump
Ability to teleport
Ability to control teleport
Levitation or flying
Ability to walk on water
Ability to swim
Need to breathe
Ability to pass through walls
Riding
Engulfing by monsters
Holding by monsters
To hit bonus
Damage bonus
Slow digestion
Regeneration
Protection
Protection from shape changers
Polymorphitis
Polymorph control
Polymorphed form
Unchanging
Speed "You are fast." Your speed is 16. If you are polymorphed into a slower monster, even a blue jelly, and have intrinsic speed, this will still be displayed even though it will not actually do anything.
"You are very fast." Your speed is 20. If you are polymorphed into a slower monster and have quaffed a potion of speed or are wearing (if possible) speed boots, this will still be displayed even though it will not actually do anything.
Reflection
Free action
Sustaining abilities
Life saving
Twoweaponing
Death "You were dead." Self-explanatory. This will never be shown in present tense, for obvious reasons.
Luck "You are extremely unlucky." You have -10 luck or less
"You are very unlucky." You have between -9 and -5 Luck
"You are unlucky." You have between -4 and -1 Luck
"Your luck is zero." Self-explanatory. This message will only be seen in wizard mode
"You are lucky." You have between 1 and 4 Luck
"You are very lucky." You have between 5 and 9 Luck
"You are extremely lucky." You have 10 or more Luck
Extra Luck
(the effect of extra Luck is reflected in the Luck messages above) 		"You have extra luck." You have three extra Luck, obtained by carrying a noncursed luckstone, or an artifact with the same effect.
"You have reduced luck." Your Luck is reduced by three points, due to carrying a cursed luckstone, or an artifact with the same effect.
Luck timeout "Good luck does not time out for you." Positive (>0) base Luck is not reduced with time.
"Bad luck does not time out for you." Negative (<0) base Luck is not reduced with time.
God's anger
or
ability to pray
(Always displayed during a game, never after it has completed) 		"Deity is angry with you." Your god's anger is between 1 and 3.
"Deity is very angry with you." Your god's anger is between 4 and 6.
"Deity is extremely angry with you." Your god's anger is 7 or more.
"You can safely pray." You may safely pray to your god. Note that this can be misleading for neutral players polymorphed into undead - there is a random chance that is recalculated each time NetHack checks if it is safe to pray.
"You can not safely pray." There is a condition (other than your god's anger) which means you cannot safely pray. It may be because your prayer timeout is not low enough, but all other conditions, such as whether you are in Gehennom, are checked as well.

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