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Potions of sickness can be identified by #[[dip]]ping a [[unicorn horn]] into them, which turns them into [[potion of fruit juice|fruit juice]]. Zapping with a wand/spell of [[cancellation]] also converts to [[potion of fruit juice|fruit juice]]. | Potions of sickness can be identified by #[[dip]]ping a [[unicorn horn]] into them, which turns them into [[potion of fruit juice|fruit juice]]. Zapping with a wand/spell of [[cancellation]] also converts to [[potion of fruit juice|fruit juice]]. | ||
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| + | However, if neither of those are available, dipping a [[missile]] weapon into a potion of sickness should form a coating on it. | ||
==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
Revision as of 03:03, 11 July 2008
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| Name | sickness |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 50 zm |
| Weight | 20 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
The potion of sickness is biologically contaminated fruit juice.
Quaffing effects
If you are a Healer then you are not subject to the following effects:
| Case | Effect |
|---|---|
| blessed | You lose one hit point. |
| uncursed | You lose up to ten hit points, and one of your statistics is randomly reduced. |
| cursed | You lose up to fifteen hit points, and one of your statistics is randomly reduced. |
Additionally if you are hallucinating then you are shocked to your senses.
Messages
| Message | Reason |
|---|---|
| "Yecch! This stuff tastes like poison." | You always receive this message. |
| "But in fact it was mildly stale [fruit; default is slime mold] juice.)" | The potion was blessed. |
| "(But in fact it was biologically contaminated [fruit; default is slime mold] juice.)" | The potion was not blessed, but you have poison resistance, so you only lose one point from one of your statistics. |
| "Fortunately, you have been immunized." | You are a Healer, so you suffer no ill-effects (hallucination is still cured). |
| "You are shocked back to your senses!" | You were hallucinating. |
Identification
Potions of sickness can be identified by #dipping a unicorn horn into them, which turns them into fruit juice. Zapping with a wand/spell of cancellation also converts to fruit juice.
However, if neither of those are available, dipping a missile weapon into a potion of sickness should form a coating on it.
Strategy
You can #dip darts or arrows into potions of sickness to coat the projectile weapon in poison. Unfortunately, in vanilla NetHack, this does not work on daggers, although it does in SLASH'EM.
