Throne

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A throne, \, is a special dungeon feature that occurs both in throne rooms and in special areas such as the Castle.

Looting a throne while confused generates a throne room monster and deposits a random amount of your gold in its inventory, unless there is a chest on the level, in which case the gold is put in that.

Sitting on a throne can have many effects good and bad, including:

  • Receiving a wish
  • Losing all your gold
  • Summoning some monsters
  • Receiving enlightenment
  • Being able to identify one item

Sitting on a throne

This section is based on thrn-343.txt.

There is a 2/3 chance that nothing happens.

  • "You feel somehow out of place..."
  • "You feel very comfortable here." (polymorphed into royal monster)


Otherwise, there is an equal 1/13 chance of one of the following:

You lose d4+2 points from a random attribute, and d10 hit points.

  • <Usual attribute-loss message>

You gain 1 point to a random attribute.

  • <Usual attribute-gain message>

If shock resistant, you lose d6 hit points.

  • "An electric shock shoots through your body!"

Otherwise, you lose d30 hit points.

  • "A massive electric shock shoots through your body!"

In both cases, your constitution is abused. Items in inventory are NOT at risk of explosion.

If you are within 5 hit points of maximum, your max HP is increased by 4; hit points are then restored to maximum whether increased or not. Also cures all blindness, all sickness, and wounded legs.

  • "You feel much, much better!"

If you have any gold in your main inventory, it's all taken away.

  • "You notice you have no gold!"

Otherwise, no effect.

  • "You feel a strange sensation."

If your luck is d5 or more below zero, your luck is increased by one.

  • "You feel your luck is changing."

Otherwise, you get to make a wish.

d10 throneroom monsters appear around you.

  • "Thy audience hath been summoned, <Sire/Dame>!"

You get to genocide one species, as for an uncursed scroll of genocide.

  • "A voice echoes: "By thy Imperious order, <Sire/Dame>...""

If your luck is positive, you are blinded for 250 to 349 (more) turns; otherwise, your inventory is randomly cursed (as for a "malignant aura").

  • "A curse upon thee for sitting upon this most holy throne!"

If your luck is non-negative and you don't already have intrinsic see invisible, you acquire that intrinsic.

  • "Your vision becomes clear."

Otherwise, if the level can be magic-mapped, it is.

  • "An image forms in your mind."

Or, if the level cannot be mapped, you are confused for d30 (more) turns.

  • "A terrible drone fills your head!"

If you have negative luck, you wake all monsters on the level.

  • "You feel threatened."

Otherwise, you are teleported within the level.

  • "You feel a wrenching sensation."

You can identify items from your inventory:

        # items:  1    2    3    4   all
        chance:  1/5  1/5  1/5  1/5  1/5
  • "You are granted an insight."

You are confused for 15+d7 (more) turns.

  • "Your mind turns into a pretzel!"

Whether anything happened or not, if you are still sitting on the throne (haven't teleported away), there is a 1/3 chance that the throne will then disappear.

  • "The throne vanishes in a puff of logic."

See also


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