Potion of sickness
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| Name | sickness |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 50 zm |
| Weight | 20 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
Quaffing a nonblessed potion of sickness will cause you to lose points off a random attribute (e.g. strength or dexterity). If you are poison resistant, the stat damage will be reduced to one point. Quaffing a blessed potion of sickness will cause you to lose 1 HP, with no other effects. Quaffing a potion of sickness of any BUC status will also shock you back to your senses if you are hallucinating.
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.
You can also #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.
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