[dnethack] Wrappings of the Sacred Fist

[Janis Papanagnou]

My dlvl:1 sacfest meanwhile provided tins of artifacts. Specifically
a shirt that increases carrying capacity is great for a pack-rat
like me; 150% carrying capacity and a blessed bag of holding makes
me even unburdened. (Only missing The Wallet of Perseus to maximize
that.) But now I got "Wrappings of the Sacred Fist", which is not
mentioned in the dNethack Wiki entry and I cannot derive properties
from the source code:

"The Wrappings of the Sacred Fist", HAND_WRAPS, "prayer-warded wraps",
0L, MT_DEFAULT, MZ_DEFAULT, WT_DEFAULT,
A_NONE, NON_PM, NON_PM, TIER_D, (ARTG_GIFT),
NO_MONS(),
ATTK(AD_HOLY, 8, 0), NOFLAG,
PROPS(), NOFLAG,
PROPS(), NOFLAG,
FAST_TURNING, (ARTI_PLUSSEV)

AD_HOLY and FAST_TURNING doesn't sound worthwhile (but I don't know
what they actually mean).


My list of discovered/obtained artifacts:

The Lifehunt Scythe [chaotic scythe] -- wielded
Fire Brand [unaligned knife] -- from a shop
The Atma Weapon [unaligned broadsword hilt] -- @stash
Nenya [unaligned ring of see invisible] -- on the floor
The Golden Sword of Y'ha-Talla [unaligned scimitar] -- @stash
The Tie-Dye Shirt of Shambhala [unaligned T-shirt] -- worn
The Wrappings of the Sacred Fist [unaligned hand wraps] -- bag


Janis

[Ron Nazarov]

Post by Janis Papanagnou
My dlvl:1 sacfest meanwhile provided tins of artifacts. Specifically
a shirt that increases carrying capacity is great for a pack-rat
like me; 150% carrying capacity and a blessed bag of holding makes
me even unburdened. (Only missing The Wallet of Perseus to maximize
that.) But now I got "Wrappings of the Sacred Fist", which is not
mentioned in the dNethack Wiki entry and I cannot derive properties

There is also a thought that you can get deep in the lost cities in
exchange for an artifact if you have enough insight that provides +25%
carrycap: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Insight, and hiking boots
(randomized appearance) provide +100 carrycap. There are many dangerous
(insight) monsters on the way that are best avoided and would probably
kill you if you don't know about them and try to fight them, so make
sure to use farlook (skip the level with the witch cultists and don't
enter (or even go in LoS of) the temple on the troll bridge level if you
have enough insight to perceive the blasphemous lurker inside it).

Post by Janis Papanagnou
"The Wrappings of the Sacred Fist", HAND_WRAPS, "prayer-warded wraps",
0L, MT_DEFAULT, MZ_DEFAULT, WT_DEFAULT,
A_NONE, NON_PM, NON_PM, TIER_D, (ARTG_GIFT),
NO_MONS(),
ATTK(AD_HOLY, 8, 0), NOFLAG,
PROPS(), NOFLAG,
PROPS(), NOFLAG,
FAST_TURNING, (ARTI_PLUSSEV)
AD_HOLY and FAST_TURNING doesn't sound worthwhile (but I don't know
what they actually mean).

AD_HOLY is holy damage: it deals +1x damage to holy-haters such as
demons and undead. In this case, they already have +1d8 to-hit and 2x
damage to non-unholy-haters, so it increases the damage to 3x vs
holy-haters. FAST_TURNING is basically a turn undead invoke, as a wand
of undead turning. What isn't mentioned here is that they provide curse
resistance while worn (this is similar to Magicbane's effect in vanilla,
but works 100% of the time instead of just 19/20). That would probably
be the main reason to wear them for non-martial-arts/bare-handed-combat
users. They would prevent your artifact shirt from getting cursed and
making you encumbered by decreasing your carrycap.

https://github.com/Chris-plus-alphanumericgibberish/dNAO/commit/eb8f212335d4f3893f66afe184228c2e28204dfe
is the commit that adds them and describes them in more detail. I would
recommend searching commit logs for more information about artifacts as
they are often described there.

(These would probably be quite good against liches (including dokkalfar
eternal matriarchs), as they are holy-hating and vulnerable to blunt
damage.)
This is quite a good weapon if you lack drain resistance (3d10 +
3xEnchantment (+ 3d6 vs nasty) + 1d<your level>), not so good otherwise
(2d10 + 2xEnchantment), and the Barbarian QA grants drain resistance.
It's also a lightsaber so deals energy damage that things don't resist.

Post by Janis Papanagnou
Nenya [unaligned ring of see invisible] -- on the floor

You didn't pick it up?

[Janis Papanagnou]

Post by Ron Nazarov

Post by Janis Papanagnou
Nenya [unaligned ring of see invisible] -- on the floor

You didn't pick it up?

Sorry, a misleading (mixed) description. I found it on the floor,
I carried it in my bag. But after your explanations in the other
thread I probably put them on now.

Janis

[Janis Papanagnou]

[...], and hiking boots (randomized appearance) provide +100 carrycap. [...]

I think this must be: "hiking boots provide +10% carrying capacity".
It is +100 if you have a base of 1000, and (e.g.) +150 when wearing
that artifact T-shirt (that provides a base of 1500), as I noticed.

Janis