Scroll of blank paper
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|---|---|
| Name | blank paper |
| Appearance | unlabeled scroll |
| Base price | 60 zm |
| Weight | 5 |
| Ink to write | 0 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
A scroll of blank paper is a type of non-magical scroll that appears in NetHack. It appears as an unlabeled scroll when unidentified.
Contents
Generation
Scrolls of blank paper make up 7⁄250 (2.8%) of all randomly-generated scrolls, and are excluded from random scroll selection when generating a hero's starting inventory.[1] General stores, second-hand bookstores and rare books shops can sell scrolls of blank paper.
Scrolls of blank paper can be created by wetting other scrolls or zapping them with a wand or spell of cancellation.
Two scrolls of blank paper can be found next to a throne hidden in the locate level of the Tourist quest, and two scrolls of blank paper can be found outside the southern-most island's dwelling on the third raven-filled variant of Medusa's Island.
Paper golems leave behind one or more scrolls of blank paper as a special death drop instead of a corpse.[2]
Description
"Reading" a scroll of blank paper simply auto-identifies it without using up the scroll or violate the illiterate conduct.
Scrolls of blank paper can be used to write other scrolls by applying a magic marker to them - the beatitude of the resulting scroll is affected by the beatitude of both the scroll of blank paper and the magic marker:
| Marker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed | Uncursed | Cursed | ||
| Blank document |
Blessed | Blessed | Blessed | Uncursed |
| Uncursed | Blessed | Uncursed | Cursed | |
| Cursed | Uncursed | Cursed | Cursed | |
Strategy
The scroll of blank paper and the scroll of enchant weapon are the only scrolls with a base cost of 60 zm, making price identification of the latter trivial.
A common method of blanking scrolls is to intentionally walk into a moat while carrying them - this is much more difficult if you have high luck, and care should be taken not to blank, dilute or rust any valuable items in your inventory at the same time. Another common and easier method is to drop them all on a square, then zap a wand of cancellation at that square.
History
The scroll of blank paper first appears in Hack 1.0.
Messages
- This scroll seems to be blank.
- You "read" a scroll of blank paper.
- You can't write that! It's obscene!
- You attempted to "write" a scroll of blank paper.
Variants
In variants that add a scroll of flood or scroll of water, those scrolls cannot be made into blank paper by wetting them.
GruntHack
In GruntHack, writing on a scroll of blank paper with a felt marker will always fail, but does not use up the scroll in the process.
References
- ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1006: list of ineligible starting items
- ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 418
