You feel

There are several messages starting with "You feel" that are associated with various features and attributes of NetHack.

Intrinsic feelings

The following are associated with an intrinsic.

Aggravate monster

You feel that monsters are aware of your presence.

A nearby monster has cast the aggravate monster spell.

You feel that eating <creature> was a bad idea.

You gained the intrinsic by eating a cat or dog.

You feel less attractive.

You lost the intrinsic due to a gremlin attack.

Disintegration resistance

You feel very firm.

You gained disintegration resistance from eating an appropriate corpse, e.g. that of a black dragon.

You feel totally together, man.

As above, while hallucinating.

Warning

You feel sensitive!

You gained the warning intrinsic after reaching the appropriate experience level (i.e. XL 7 as a Monk, or XL 15 as a Caveman, Healer, Priest, or Wizard).

You feel less sensitive!

You lost the intrinsic due to level drain.

Poison resistance

You feel healthy.

You acquired poison resistance from reaching XL 3 as a Monk, or from eating an appropriate corpse (e.g. quasit, killer bee); the former will add an exclamation point.

You feel especially healthy.

As above, but you had extrinsic poison resistance from another worn object.

You feel hardy!

You reached XL 20 as a Tourist.

You feel a little sick!

You lost the intrinsic due to level drain or a gremlin attack.

Fire resistance

You feel a momentary chill.

You gained the fire resistance intrinsic from eating an appropriate corpse (e.g. fire giant).

You be chillin'.

As above, while hallucinating.

You feel cool!

You gained the intrinsic by reaching XL 11 as a Monk, or XL 20 as a Priest.)

You feel warmer.

You lost the intrinsic due a to a gremlin attack or level drain (which adds an exclamation point).

You don't feel hot!

You were hit by a ray of fire (e.g. hell hound, wand of fire) with fire resistance.

The fire doesn't feel hot!

You were hit by a monster's fire-element melee fire attack (e.g. fire ant) with fire resistance.

You feel rather warm.

You zapped yourself with a ray from a wand of fire or fire horn with fire resistance.

You feel mildly warm.

You were hit with a passive fire attack (e.g. red mold) with fire resistance.

You feel mildly hot.

A monster engulfing you tried to do fire damage (e.g. steam vortex), but you have fire resistance.

You're enveloped in flames. But you resist the effects.

You were hit by a monster's fire spell (i.e. fire vampire in SLASH'EM) with fire resistance.

It seems quite tasty.

You quaffed scalding hot water from a sink with fire resistance.

You are hit by molten lava.

A nearby boulder falling into lava splashes it on you, but you have fire resistance. Without resistance this message has an exclamation mark instead.

Oh look, what a pretty fire in your <hands>.

You read a scroll of fire while confused, and you have fire resistance.

You feel a pleasant warmth in your <hands>.

As above while blind.

You aren't hurt!

Something in your inventory being destroyed (e.g. wand destroyed by lightning) does fire damage, but you have fire resistance.

Cold resistance

You feel full of hot air.

You gained the cold resistance intrinsic from eating an appropriate corpse (e.g. winter wolf, yeti).

You feel warm!

You gainted the intrinsic by reaching XL 13 as a Monk.

You feel cooler.

You lost the intrinsic to a gremlin attack or level drain; the latter will add an exclamation point.

You don't feel cold.

You were hit by a ray of cold (e.g. winter wolf, wand of cold) with cold resistance.

The frost doesn't seem cold!

You were hit by a monster's cold-element melee attack (e.g. the touch attack of liches) with cold resistance.

You feel a little chill.

You zapped yourself with a ray of cold with cold resistance.

You feel a mild chill.

You were hit by a passive cold attack (e.g. blue jelly) with cold resistance.

You feel mildly chilly.

A monster engulfing you dealt cold damage (i.e. ice vortex), but you have cold resistance.

You're covered in frost. But you resist the effects.

You were hit by a monster's cold spell (i.e. Asmodeus) with cold resistance.

Sleep resistance

You feel wide awake.

You gained the sleep resistance intrinsic from eating the appropriate corpse (e.g. any kind of elf).

You feel awake!

You gained the intrinsic by reaching XL 4 as an elf.

You feel tired!

You lost the intrinsic due to level drain or a gremlin attack; this is not to be confused with the same message from a magic trap.

Shock resistance

Your health currently feels amplified!

You gained the shock resistance intrinsic from eating an appropriate corpse (e.g. electric eel, storm giant).

You feel grounded in reality.

As above while hallucinating.

You feel insulated!

You gained the intrinsic by reaching XL 15 as a Monk.

You feel conductive!

You lost the intrinsic due to a gremlin attack or level drain.

You feel a mild tingle.

You were hit shock damage from a passive attack or engulfing monster (e.g. energy vortex) with shock resistance.

Invisible

You feel hidden!

You permanently gained the invisibility intrinsic by eating a stalker corpse while already (temporarily) invisible.

See invisible

You see an image of someone stalking you.

You gained the see invisible intrinsic by quaffing from a fountain.

You feel transparent.

As above while blind.

You feel very self-conscious.

As above while blind and also invisible.

Your vision becomes clear!

You gained the intrinsic from sitting on a throne.

You thought you saw something!

You lost the intrinsic to a gremlin attack.

You tawt you taw a puttie tat!

As above while hallucinating.

Protection

You feel vulnerable.

You lost intrinsic protection to a gremlin attack.

Searching

You feel perceptive!

You gained automatic searching from reaching XL 9 as a Monk, or XL 10 as an Archaeologist, Rogue, or Tourist.

Speed

You feel quick!

You gained intrinsic speed by reaching XL 7 as a Barbarian, Caveman, Knight, or Valkyrie.

Your quickness feels more natural.

You gained intrinsic speed from a wand of speed monster while wearing speed boots.

You feel slow!

You lost intrinsic speed as a result of level drain.

Teleportitis

You feel very jumpy.

You gained the teleportitis intrinsic from eating an appropriate corpse (e.g. any nymph).

You feel diffuse.

As above while halluncinating.

You feel less jumpy.

You lost the intrinsic due to a gremlin attack.

Teleport control

You feel controlled!

You gained intrinsic teleport control by reaching XL 17 as a Wizard or Monk.

You feel uncontrolled!

You lost the intrinsic through level drain]].

You feel in control of yourself.

You gained the teleport control intrinsic from eating an appropriate corpse (e.g. tengu).

You feel centered in your personal space.

As above while hallucinating.

Telepathy

You feel a strange mental acuity.

You gained intrinsic telepathy from eating an appropriate corpse (e.g. floating eye).

You feel in touch with the cosmos.

As above while hallucinating.

Character attributes

The following are associated with attributes and player traits.

Character stats

Strength

You feel <very> strong!

You gained one or more points of strength, e.g. from exercise, a potion of gain ability or eating a fresh giant or ettin corpse.

You feel <very> weak!

You lost one or more points of strength, e.g. as a result of abuse or sitting on a throne.

You suddenly feel weaker!

You were hit by the drain strength monster spell and lost strength. This is still displayed even if the stat loss is blocked through a ring of sustain ability.

You feel momentarily weakened.

As above, but you have magic resistance and are completely unaffected.

You feel weaker.

You lost one or more points of strength from quaffing a non-blessed potion of sickness.

Dexterity

You feel <very> agile!

You gained one or more points of dexterity, e.g. through exercise or a potion of gain ability.

You feel <very> clumsy!

You lost one or more points of dexterity, e.g. as a result of abuse or sitting on a throne.

Constitution

You feel <very> tough!

You gained one or more points of constitution, e.g. through exercise or a potion of gain ability.

You feel <very> fragile!

You lost one or more points of constitution, e.g. as a result of abuse or sitting on a throne.

You feel very sick.

You lost one or more points of constitution from quaffing a non-blessed potion of sickness.

Intelligence

You feel <very> smart!

You gained one or more points of intelligence, e.g. through exercise or a potion of gain ability.

You feel <very> stupid!

You lost one or more points of intelligence, e.g. as a result of abuse or sitting on a throne.

Wisdom

You feel <very> wise!

You gained one or more points of wisdom, e.g. through exercise or a potion of gain ability.

You feel <very> foolish!

You lost one or more points of wisdom, e.g. as a result of abuse or sitting on a throne.

Charisma

You feel <very> charismatic!

You gained one or more points of charisma, e.g. through exercise or a potion of gain ability.

You feel <very> repulsive!

You lost one or more points of charisma, e.g. as a result of abuse or sitting on a throne.

Skill

You feel more confident in your weapon skills.

You practiced a weapon skill enough, and can now enhance it.

You feel more confident in your spell casting skills.

You practiced a spell-casting skill enough, and can now enhance it.

You feel more confident in your fighting skills

You practiced a combat skill enough, and can now enhance it.

You feel more confident in your skills.

You gained a skill slot by gaining a level, and can now enhance a sufficiently practiced skill.

You feel you could be more dangerous!

After enhancing a skill, you can enhance it or skills further.

Status

Confusion

You feel somewhat dizzy.

You were confused by a thrown potion of confusion.

You feel confused.

You were confused from reading a cursed scroll of confuse monster, or read any scroll of confusion while polymorphed into a non-​@ monster (i.e. confusing your monster form).

You feel less confused now.

You are no longer confused.

You feel less trippy now.

As above while hallucinating.

Stunning

You feel a bit steadier now.

You recovered from being stunned.

You feel less wobbly now.

As above while hallucinating.

Sickness

You feel deathly sick.

You have contracted sickness from food poisoning or a source of illness.

You feel sick.

You narrowly avoided sickness from food poisoning, and lost 1d8 hit points.

You feel even worse.
You feel much worse.

You were hit by a disease attack or contracted illness by other means when already sick, reducing your 'time to live' counter to half of its old value.

You feel somewhat better.

You cured food poisoning by vomiting, but are still suffering from illness. Your 'time to live' counter is doubled.

You are feeling mildly nauseated.

You developed nausea from eating a cursed tin, a rotten egg, a tripe ration (unless you are an orc or Caveman), or a clove of garlic while polymorphed into an undead form. This message prints when you have 14 turns of nausea timeout left.

You feel slightly confused.

As above, but with 11 turns left; you only actually become confused for 2d4 (more) turns when the timeout reaches 8, then 6.

You feel much less nauseated now.

You are no longer nauseated, e.g. after curing yourself with a unicorn horn.

Polymorphing

You feel a change coming over you.

You are polymorphing as a result of eating a chameleon or doppelganger corpse, or stepping on a polymorph trap.

You feel a little strange.

You are polymorphing from quaffing a potion of polymorph.

You feel rather <monster>-ish.

You tried to polymorph into a monster form that has been genocided.

You feel like a new <race>!

You polymorphed into your own race.

You feel like a new <monster>!

You polymorphed into a monster while already being that monster; this is treated as returning to your normal form, then immediately resuming your previous form.

You feel dead inside.

While polymorphed into another form, you genocide your original race or role.

The following are associated with dungeon features:

• You feel a draft (Monster has tunneled through a secret corridor, or secret door detected on Rogue level)
• You feel like enlisting/marching/protesting/fleeing (Hallucinating, Monster has tunneled through a secret corridor, or secret door detected on Rogue level)
• You feel an unexpected draft (Monster has broken through a door)
• You feel like you are 1-A/4-F (Monster has broken through a door, you are hallucinating)
• You feel sluggish (Stepped on an anti-magic field while magic-resistant, and lost less than 1/4 of your HP)
• You feel momentarily lethargic (As above, before NetHack 3.6.0)
• You feel very lethargic (Stepped on an anti-magic field while magic-resistant, and lost at least 1/4 of your HP)
• You feel unbearably torpid! (Stepped on an anti-magic field while magic-resistant and were killed by the implosion)
• You feel rankled (You triggered a magic trap, which summoned monsters around you and hit you with magic vibrations while you are blind and deaf)
• You feel tired (One of the odd feelings from a magic trap)
• You feel [oddly] like the prodigal son (One of the odd feelings from a magic trap on the quest home level, 'oddly' if you are female.)
• You feel more claustrophobic than before (In a shop while a shop wall repairs itself, without seeing it happen)
• You feel momentarily different (Stepped on a polymorph trap but was unaffected)
• You feel like a new man/woman/elf/etc. (Stepped on a polymorph trap and polymorphed to your own race)
• You feel a wrenching sensation (Stepped on a teleport trap while magic resistant, or throne teleport)
• You feel a sudden chill (Quaffed or dipped into a fountain but no special effect triggered)
• You feel greedy (You read a scroll of gold detection and found gold on the level, or read the cursed scroll while confused and found gold or traps)
• You feel you are thoroughly on the right path (Sacrificed a differently-aligned unicorn at a co-aligned altar when alignment was at maximum)
• You feel a strange sensation. (You sat on a throne, which tried to vanish your money, but you have no money in your open inventory to lose.)
• You feel much, much better! (You sat on a throne, which fully restored your HP, possibly increased your maximum HP and cured blinding, sickness and wounded legs.)
• You feel your luck is changing. (You sat on a throne, which increased your luck by 1. Note that if your natural luck is high enough, guaranteed if positive, this effect is replaced with a wish.)
• You feel threatened. (You sat on a throne, which aggravated monsters.)
• You feel somehow out of place... (You sat on a throne, with no effect.)
• You feel very comfortable here. (You sat on a throne as a queen bee, gnome king, dwarf king or ogre king, with no effect.)

The following are associated with items or monsters:

• You feel better. (Potion of healing)
• You feel much better. (Potion of extra healing or HP recovery when praying)
• You feel completely healed. (Potion of full healing)
• You feel lackluster. (Cursed potion of gain energy)
• You feel a little strange. (Potion of polymorph)
• You feel a little normal. (Potion of polymorph while hallucinating)
• You feel a lack of something. (Potion of object detection, no objects on level)
• You feel rather tired. (Potion of sleeping)
• You feel a mild buzz (Gained max MP by eating a newt)
• You feel a wrenching sensation (Cursed spellbook teleports you)
• You feel somewhat dizzy (Being hit with a thrown potion of confusion or booze)
• You feel threatened (Uncursed potion of monster detection, but there was nothing to detect)
• You feel lonely (Blessed potion of monster detection, but there was nothing to detect)
• You feel charged up (Confused charging)
• You feel guilty (Reading blessed scroll of punishment, or eating non-vegetarian food as a monk, or killing a co-aligned unicorn)
• You feel guilty losing your pet like this. (Displaced pet into a trap, killing it)
• You feel like someone is helping you (Curse removed from inventory items, even if none of them were cursed)
• You feel shuddering vibrations (Polymorph pile of armor, corpses, gold or scrolls)
• You feel self-knowledgeable (Being enlightened)
• You feel rather light headed (Confusion caused by rotten food)
• You feel rather trippy (Confusion caused by rotten food while hallucinating)
• You feel giddy/like sitting in a corner (Trying on a dunce cap when your previous Intelligence was less than/greater or equal to 6.)
• You feel like you've been here before. (Entering a part of the dungeon that you have forgotten due to Scroll of amnesia or a successful brainsuck by a Mind flayer.)
• You feel as if you need some help - (Something in your inventory was cursed)
• You feel hemmed in! (Surrounded by many were-summons)
• You feel besieged. (Overcrowding in the endgame)
• You feel squirming in your backpack. (A troll/olog-hai corpse in your inventory regenerated.)
• You feel vibrations (A beam type wand was zapped, but it was blocked by a door out of sight).
• You feel full of awe. (Drank holy water while not a demon or undead)
• You feel quite proud of yourself. (Drank unholy water while Chaotic, a demon, or undead)
• You feel full of dread. (Drank unholy water while Lawful or Neutral)
• You feel vaguely nervous. (Message generated randomly after killing the Wizard of Yendor. No effect.)
• You feel feverish. (You have contracted lycanthropy from a werecreature.)
• You feel purified. (You have been cured of lycanthropy.)
• You feel worried about your <pet>. (Your pet is starving out of sight: confused from hunger, maximum hit points 25%, 250 more turns to live)
• You have a feeling of loss. (You attempted to charge something that can't be charged)
• You feel a strange sense of loss. (Hit by wand of cancellation and got an item cancelled, possible in SLASH'EM only)
• You suddenly feel weaker! (A monster tried drain strength and succeeded)
• You feel momentarily weakened. (A monster tried drain strength, but you have magic resistance)
• You feel a malignant aura surround you. (Random inventory items were cursed)
• You feel like an evil coward for using a poisoned weapon. (-1 alignment when lawful)
• You feel like a hypocrite. (You attacked while over an Elbereth engraving. This gives a -5 alignment penalty and makes the engraving disappear.)
• You feel rushing air tickle your nose. (You applied a Tin whistle while deaf.)
• You feel aggravated at the invisible [monster]. (The monster drank a cursed potion of invisibility, revealing its location to you.)

The following are associated with foocubus encounters:

• You feel good enough to do it again.
• You feel restored to health.
• You feel raised to your full potential.
• You feel down in the dumps.
• You feel exhausted.
• You feel drained of energy.
• You feel out of shape.

Miscellaneous:

• You feel dead inside. You genocided your original race or role while polymorphed into another.
• You feel disoriented for a moment. Your teleport or branchport failed. Frequently caused by the Amulet of Yendor.

Source

These messages are generated by means of the text output function You_feel in pline.c.

References

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