[nndnh] Wage of wrath?

[Janis Papanagnou]

Just found a "red-eyed coin" (according to the source code it's a
"wage of wrath"). I couldn't find it used in the source code, nor
found a hint in the Wiki. - Any idea what that is; its purpose?

There's a set of "wages" defined in objects.c, namely sloth, lust,
gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, and pride. And only a comment that
they are /* soul coins */.

Janis

[Ron Nazarov]

Post by Janis Papanagnou
Just found a "red-eyed coin" (according to the source code it's a
"wage of wrath"). I couldn't find it used in the source code, nor
found a hint in the Wiki. - Any idea what that is; its purpose?

The wages are all documented on
<https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/User:Chris/dNethack/dNethack_Items#Hellish_Items>,
although the description there isn't very detailed. The in-game lookup
also provides some information.

Wages of wrath in particular cause the target to drown in blood. When
an uncursed or cursed wage of wrath is used against a monster the
effects are:

- Blood damage (water damage + cursing) to inventory.
- A chance of berserking the monster (forces it to roll MR to resist as
if against a ring).
- If uncursed: min(99, max HP/2) damage.
- If cursed: min(99, max HP) damage and makes the monster drown in blood
for the next 100 turns (or +9 turns if it's already drowning in blood).

While a monster is drowning in blood it takes 99 damage every turn,
along with inventory damage and another chance of becoming berserk.

Everything is resisted if the target is unbreathing, except for the
inventory damage.

[Janis Papanagnou]

Post by Ron Nazarov

Post by Janis Papanagnou
Just found a "red-eyed coin" (according to the source code it's a
"wage of wrath"). I couldn't find it used in the source code, nor
found a hint in the Wiki. - Any idea what that is; its purpose?

The wages are all documented on
<https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/User:Chris/dNethack/dNethack_Items#Hellish_Items>,
although the description there isn't very detailed. The in-game lookup
also provides some information.

Thanks for the link!

Given that all seven wages are found a single items I expected that
they would some unique purpose (as with the aligned keys). Now I can
read that they are destroyed when applied, and I am wondering whether
I'll find more instances of these items (but I suppose I won't).

I'm sure I'll rarely think of using (using up) these items in some
specific situation. Usually with my playing style I use a (probably
large) set of tools and (tactical) techniques that I can repeatedly
apply. (Single unique finds with a single application are just not
very attractive to me as a building block for my dungeon survival.)

Post by Ron Nazarov
Wages of wrath in particular cause the target to drown in blood. [...]

Thanks also for explaining that particular item in detail.

Janis