Sink

Sinks are a dungeon feature represented by a #. Sinks will cause anything in the air above them to fall to the floor, be it thrown weapons, or your levitating character. Falling into a sink while levitating will damage your hit points, and might even cause death. Kicking a sink or quaffing from it has consequences, most of them negative, with a few beneficial ones. Dropping rings into a sink will cause them to be lost down the drain, with a message that enables you to identify the ring.

Kicking a sink

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Quaffing from a sink

You can drink from a sink by using the quaff command while standing over it. Upon doing so you get a message hinting at the resulting consequence. The specific message you recieve is dependant upon your status and the condition of dungeon monsters.

Effect	No effect	Chance	11/20
Condition NetHack Message   You take a sip of (very) <hot, warm, cold> water.   You hear clanking from the pipes...   You hear snatches of song from among the sewers... You are hallucinating From the murky drain, a hand reaches up... --oops--
Effect	You drink burning water and lose 1d6 hit points	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message   You take a sip of scalding hot water. No effect if you are fire resistant It seems quite tasty.
Effect	A sewer rat is created	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message You are unblind Eek! There's a sewer rat in the sink! You are blind Eek! There's something squirmy in the sink! No effect if sewer rat is genocided or extinct The sink seems quite dirty.
Effect	You drink a random uncursed potion (other than water)	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message You are unblind Some <potion appearance> liquid flows from the faucet. You are blind Some odd liquid flows from the faucet.
Effect	A random ring is created and your wisdom exercised	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message   You find a ring in the sink! No effect if you already got a ring from sink Some dirty water backs up in the drain.
Effect	The sink becomes a fountain	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message   The pipes break! Water spurts out!
Effect	A water elemental is created	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message   The water moves as though of its own will! No effect if water elemental is extinct But it quiets down.
Effect	You gain one experience point	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message   Yuk, this water tastes awful.
Effect	Your hunger increases	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message   Gagg... this tastes like sewage! You vomit.
Effect	You polymorph	Chance	1/20
Condition NetHack Message   You undergo a freakish metamorphosis! No effect if you have unchanging This water contains toxic wastes!

Identifying rings with a sink

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