Talk:Gehennom

it should be noted that Gehennom is the Jewish version of hell. --84.229.49.241 11:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Uncursing two-handed weapons

Can you still apply magic markers when wielding a cursed two-handed weapon? If so, you could carry a scroll of fire, which will never be destroyed by a fire trap, and blank it when needed (either with a wand of cancellation or fountain/pool, such as in Juiblex's Swamp). Kind of an ungainly method, but when Gehennom is 20-30 levels deep I could see it being worthwhile. I could also see this being useful for an atheist who wants to wield a dwarvish mattock or a unicorn horn, or possibly the Tsurugi. -Ion frigate 05:48, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

If you had a wand of cancellation you could just drop your inventory and cancel yourself. It is possible to write without hands (but not engrave...). It's a good idea, but I think that in Gehennom water is rare enough to make blanking the scroll difficult, and outside of gehennom carrying around potions/scrolls isn't nearly as dangerous by the time cursing monsters become a threat. Another option could be to carry around blank paper; even if it burns away from a fire trap you can just take another one out, as blank scrolls are relatively plentiful and cheap compared to a written scroll.

Another way to free yourself from cursed weapons (and armor) is polymorph. Polymorphing into a tiny monster or one without hands will cause your weapons to drop; the tiny monster will also cause cursed armor to fall off as well. This would require polymorph control (or a good deal of luck) and a wand of polymorph, but fortunately wands of polymorph are safer to keep in open inventory and have other uses as well. -- Qazmlpok 12:33, August 4, 2010 (UTC)