Technique

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Techniques are special abilities in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM, pre-rewrite versions of SpliceHack and Hack'EM.

Description

A technique can be used with the #technique extended command, and many of them have a cooldown period before they can be used again. Most techniques are specific to certain roles or certain playable races - the disarm technique is a common exception.

Limit mode

If you are under 110 HP, you may enter limit mode, which appears as LIMIT on your game screen. Using a prepared technique while in limit mode does not trigger a cooldown period, allowing it to be used again the next turn. Techniques that have not yet recovered from a previous usage can be activated under limit mode, but only if the menustyle option is set to "traditional" – this is probably a bug.

Limit mode usually activates about 815 of the time, based on "a simple pseudorandom number generator"[1] - limit mode can be reliably activated if your HP is reduced to exactly 1, and you have at least 11 maximum HP.

Role dependent

Archeologist

Level Technique
1 Research

Barbarian

Level Technique
1 Berserk

Caveman

Level Technique
1 Primal roar

Flame mage

Level Technique
1 Reinforce memory
3 Power surge
5 Draw energy
10 Sigil of tempest
20 Sigil of discharge

Healer

Level Technique
1 Surgery
20 Revivification

Ice mage

Level Technique
1 Reinforce memory
5 Draw energy
10 Sigil of tempest
12 Power surge
20 Sigil of discharge

Knight

Level Technique
1 Turn undead
1 Healing hands

Monk

Level Technique
1 Pummel
1 Air dash
1 Chained blitz
2 Chi strike
4 Chi healing
6 Elemental fist
8 Draw energy
10 Ground slam
11 Ward against flame
13 Ward against ice
15 Ward against lightning
17 Spirit bomb
20 Power surge

Necromancer

Level Technique
1 Reinforce memory
1 Raise zombies
10 Power surge
15 Sigil of tempest

Priest

Level Technique
1 Turn undead
1 Blessing

Ranger

Level Technique
1 Missile flurry

Rogue

Level Technique
1 Critical strike
15 Cutthroat

Samurai

Level Technique
1 Kiii

Tourist

None.

Undead slayer

Level Technique
1 Turn undead
1 Weapon practice

Valkyrie

Level Technique
1 Weapon practice

Wizard

Level Technique
1 Reinforce memory
3 Draw energy
5 Power surge
7 Sigil of control
14 Sigil of tempest
20 Sigil of discharge

Yeoman

Level Technique
1 Calm steed

Race dependent

Doppelganger

Level Technique
1 Liquid leap

Dwarf

Level Technique
1 Rage eruption

Gnome

Level Technique
1 Vanish
7 Tinker

Hobbit

Level Technique
1 Blink

Lycanthrope

Level Technique
1 Eviscerate
10 Berserk

Vampire

Level Technique
1 Dazzle
1 Draw blood

Orc

None.

Other

Level Technique
1 Disarm

Technique skill level

Some of the techniques' effects are dependent on the players skill in this technique. For example a Doppelganger using their liquid leap technique is able to leap a further distance the more skilled they are in that technique.

When a player first acquires a technique, that technique's skill level is set to 1.[2][3] For every experience level the player gains, the skill level of techniques they already know will increase.[4]

SpliceHack

Early versions of SpliceHack had techniques. They were removed in version 1.0.0, making techniques a defunct feature in SpliceHack.

See also

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