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If you have '''stealth''', sleeping monsters will not be awakened as you approach.
 
If you have '''stealth''', sleeping monsters will not be awakened as you approach.
  
== Gaining intrinsic stealth ==
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== Sources ==
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Extrinsic stealth can be granted by several items:
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*[[Elven boots]] (randomized appearance)
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*[[Elven cloak]] (faded pall)
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*[[Ring of stealth]] (randomized appearance)
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*[[The Heart of Ahriman]] (luckstone)
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=== Intrinsic stealth ===
 
Characters can gain intrinsic stealth by:
 
Characters can gain intrinsic stealth by:
 
*Reaching a certain level for some roles
 
*Reaching a certain level for some roles
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**[[Barbarian]]s: 15
 
**[[Barbarian]]s: 15
 
**[[Samurai]]: 15
 
**[[Samurai]]: 15
* Eating a [[Ring of stealth]], if the randomized ring appearance allows it.
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* [[Eating jewelry|Eating]] a [[ring of stealth]]
* Being granted a [[Pray#Favors_and_gifts|favor while praying]] to your [[god]] on an aligned [[altar]].
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* Being granted a [[Pray#Favors and gifts|favor while praying]] to your [[god]] on an aligned [[altar]]. ("I grant thee the gift of Stealth.")
"I grant thee the gift of Stealth."
 
  
Losing intrinsic stealth (stolen by a gremlin) produces this message:
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Losing intrinsic stealth (stolen by a [[gremlin]]) produces this message:
 
  "You feel clumsy"
 
  "You feel clumsy"
  
== Items that grant stealth ==
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== Strategy ==
Extrinsic stealth can be granted by several items:
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Stealth is particularly useful in several of the monster-filled [[special room]]s, allowing you to pick off the occupants one by one. Be aware some higher level [[soldier]]s can wake an entire barracks with a [[bugle]].
*[[Elven boots]] (randomized appearance)
 
*[[Elven cloak]] (faded pall)
 
*[[Ring of stealth]] (randomized appearance)
 
*[[The Heart of Ahriman]] (luckstone)
 
*[[Whisperfeet]] (artifact boots) SLASHEM only
 
  
== Strategies ==
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== SLASH'EM ==
Stealth is particularly useful in several of the [[special room]]s, allowing you to pick off the occupants of beehives,etc one by one.  Be aware some higher level [[soldier]]s can wake an entire barracks with a [[bugle]].
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[[SLASH'EM]] introduces [[Whisperfeet]], an artifact pair of boots that provide stealth when worn.
  
 
[[Category:Properties]]
 
[[Category:Properties]]
 
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Revision as of 05:58, 7 August 2019

If you have stealth, sleeping monsters will not be awakened as you approach.

Sources

Extrinsic stealth can be granted by several items:

Intrinsic stealth

Characters can gain intrinsic stealth by:

Losing intrinsic stealth (stolen by a gremlin) produces this message:

"You feel clumsy"

Strategy

Stealth is particularly useful in several of the monster-filled special rooms, allowing you to pick off the occupants one by one. Be aware some higher level soldiers can wake an entire barracks with a bugle.

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces Whisperfeet, an artifact pair of boots that provide stealth when worn.

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