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YANI
New Artifacts
- Midas Touch - a pair of gauntlets that turn wielded items into gold (in a variant that has object materials, i.e. EvilHack, SpliceHack, xNetHack). My attempt.
- Burning Hands: a pair of gloves that erode flammable material they touch and deal fire damage to monsters they strike. (Perhaps this should be an auto-cursing glove type, instead of an artifact.) This would be easier to implement if there was a
retouch_object
analogue that is called when wearing gloves (ditto for Midas Touch above).
New Items
- Wand of alteration(?) - changes the material that an object is made of. Like polymorph, but not as powerful.
- Ring of Psychic Resistance - grants resistance to mind flayers' psychic attacks and the psi bolt monster spell.
- An item that lets you see through walls, but isn't The Eyes of the Overworld. Perhaps a Spellbook of True Seeing (that also grants see invisible or hallucination resistance)? Potion of X-ray vision? Cloak of eyes? Helm of See Through Walls?
- Lenses of infravision
- Lamp of revealing - creatures illuminated by it can't be invisible
- Amulet vs Sickness. Powerful disease attacks (e.g. those of Pestilence) can cause it to crumble like an amulet of lifesaving.
- A container that wets any objects placed inside it. (A sunken chest? A wet paper bag?)
Item Changes
- Cursed ring of see invisible removes invisibility from the bearer.
- Reading a blessed scroll of enchant weapon has a chance of conferring a mundane wielded weapon with a magical property instead of increasing its enchantment (in a variant that has object properties, i.e. GruntHack and its derivatives)
- More things to do with gems. Dipping amethyst into booze converts the potion to fruit juice. Hard gems can engrave on the floor (not that anyone uses the for this purpose...). What about the others? More dipping interactions? Rub an emerald to cure sickness? (Plenty of gemstones supposedly have mystical powers...)
- A more extreme idea: Diablo-style or Path-of-Exile-style gem sockets in weapons/armour. Put a gem in the socket (
obj->cobj
, probably) to grant it magical power.
- A more extreme idea: Diablo-style or Path-of-Exile-style gem sockets in weapons/armour. Put a gem in the socket (
New Mechanics
- Set bonuses (as seen in Diablo, Zelda, and many others): Wearing a complete set of armour grants you a special bonus. (For instance, wearing Elvish Boots, Helm, Mithril-coat and Cloak could grant the wearer sleep resistance.)
- Selecting an item via the inventory shows its material (if known), attack bonus and damage (e.g.
+0 Longsword. Iron. No hit bonus. 1-8 damage vs small. 1-12 damage vs large.
)
Dungeon Structure
- Orcustown becomes its own branch of the dungeon (with 2-3 levels), and gets several variations. Its current "ghost-town" appearance would be one variation. Other variations might be a fiery, lava-filled city; an icy, sparse waste; or a hellish casino; all populated by demonic shopkeepers and guards. Perhaps Orcus' palace lies underneath the city, instead of inside it.
- I think that the Endgame needs some big changes to make it less frustrating and more interesting. A number of variants shuffle the order of the elemental planes, but it might be better to scrap them altogether, or to radically revamp them (like in SpliceHack).
dNetHack wards table
Heptagram | Elbereth (Elves) | Elbereth (Others) | Gorgoneion | Circle of Acheron | Pentagram | Hexagram | Hamsa | Elder Sign | 5 armed Sign | Elder Elemental Eye | 5 lobed eye | 7 lobed eye | Sign of the Scion Queen Mother | Cartouche of the Cat Lord | The Wings of Garuda | Toustefna (stave) | Dreprun (stave) | Veioistafur (stave) | Thjofastafur (stave) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strokes | 21 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 turns min | 5 | 5 turns min | 7 turns min | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 turns | 4 turns | 5 turns | 2 turns |
a | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
b | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
c | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
d | Yes | Yes | No | Random | Some | Some | Some | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
e | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | Some | No | No | Some | Some | Some | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
f | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Pacified | No | Yes | No | No | No |
g | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | Some | No | Some | Some | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
h | Some | Some | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Some | Some | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
i | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
j | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
k | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
l | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes* |
m | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
n | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes* |
o | No | Yes | Yes | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
p | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
q | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
r | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
s | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
t | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Some | Some | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
u | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
v | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
w | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
x | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
y | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
z | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
B | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Some | Some | No | No | No | No | Some | No | No | Some | No | No |
C | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
D | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
E | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
F | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
G | No | No | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
H | Yes | Some | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | Some | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
I | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
J | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
K | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
L | Yes | Yes | No | Random | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
M | Yes | Yes | No | Random | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
N | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
O | Yes | Yes | Yes | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
P | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Q | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
R | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
S | Yes | Yes | No | Pacified | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
T | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
U | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
V | Yes | Yes | No | Random | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
W | Yes | Yes | Some | Random | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
X | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Y | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Z | Yes | Yes | No | Random | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
' | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
@ | No | No | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
_ | Yes | Yes | No | Random | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
& | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
; | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Some | No | No | Yes* | No |
: | Yes | Yes | No | Random | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |