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'''Lightning''' occurs in NetHack in several places.
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'''Lightning''' occurs in NetHack in several forms:
  
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==Causes==
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* A [[ray]] attack that deals [[shock]] damage, caused by:
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** The [[breath]] attack of a monster, such as a [[blue dragon]] or the [[Chromatic Dragon]]
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** A zapped or broken [[wand of lightning]]
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** The wrath of a deity whose [[Aligned priest|priest]] has been attacked
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* The [[Lightning (monster spell)|lightning]] [[monster spell]]
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* A [[Instakill|potentially deadly]] bolt of lightning sent by a deity to [[Anger#Smite|smite]] you for angering him/her
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* The occasional lightning strikes that occur while in a [[cloudy area|cloud]] on the [[Plane of Air]]
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* The lightning that strikes a target hit by [[Mjollnir]]
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* The [[Spellbook of lightning|lightning]] [[attack spell]] that can be learned in [[SLASH'EM]]
  
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Lightning may occur either as a ray or as a localized attack on a single [[square]]. Lightning rays can come from:
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The effects of these forms of lightning are covered by the '''[[shock]]''' article, which deals with electrical damage of any kind.  On this wiki, "lightning" may be used as a synonym for shock damage in general.
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* Zapped or broken [[wand of lightning]]
 
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* [[Blue dragon]] or [[Chromatic Dragon]] breath attack
 
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* Sent by a god through an altar in a temple, should you attack that temple's priest
 
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Localized lightning attacks can come from:
 
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* Attacks of [[grid bug]]s, [[shocking spheres]], [[energy vortex|energy vortices]], and [[electric eel]]s
 
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* [[Passive attack]]s of energy vortices
 
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* The wielded weapon [[Mjollnir]]
 
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* In the clouds on the [[Plane of Air]]
 
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* Sitting on a [[throne]] (rare)
 
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* Trapped [[chest]]s
 
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* [[Divine wrath]]
 
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==Effects==
 
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Lightning attacks can cause trouble in three ways:
 
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* Substantial direct damage
 
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* The victim is [[blind]]ed (if the attack was in ray form)
 
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* There is a small chance that [[wand]]s and [[ring]]s in your inventory will be destroyed (except for thrones, passive attacks, and divine wrath).
 
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The two [[property|properties]] that will protect you are [[shock resistance]], which prevents the damage, and [[reflection]], which prevents the damage and protects your inventory.  Neither of these things prevents blindness.
 
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The destruction of wands and rings very rarely happens unless the lightning attack was in ray form.  It never results from sitting on a throne, a passive monster attack, or divine wrath. The [[wand of lightning]] and [[ring of shock resistance]] are immune to this.
 
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[[Divine wrath]] is different in that it will cause [[Instadeath]] rather than a finite amount of damage unless one is resistant.
 
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==SLASH'EM==
 
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[[SLASH'EM]] has a [[spellbook of lightning|spell of lightning]] that produces a lightning ray when cast.
 
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SLASH'EM also has several more monsters with electrical attacks:
 
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* [[static blob]]
 
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* [[spark bug]], [[arc bug]], and [[lightning bug]]
 
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* [[sapphire golem]] with a lightning breath weapon, and [[crystal golem]] with a random breath weapon similar to the Chromatic Dragon's
 
  
 
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Revision as of 18:16, 4 April 2016

Lightning occurs in NetHack in several forms:

The effects of these forms of lightning are covered by the shock article, which deals with electrical damage of any kind. On this wiki, "lightning" may be used as a synonym for shock damage in general.

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