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=== Attacking and Being Attacked ===
 
Attacking is simple in Angband.  If you move into a creature, you attack it.
You can attack from a distance by firing a missile or by magical means (such
as aiming a wand).  Creatures attack in the same way.  If they move into you,
they attack you.  Some creatures can also cast spells from a distance, and
others can use various breath weapons (such as fire) on you from a distance.

Creatures in walls can not be attacked by wands or other magic attacks 
normally stopped by walls, nor can they be shot at with bows and arrows. 
Tunnelling into the wall (using the "tunnel" or "alter" command) will 
allow you to attack any creature in the wall with your main weapon.  
This applies to creatures which "pass through" walls: if they "bore 
through" walls, the wall is no longer there, and the creature can be 
targetted normally.

If you are wielding a weapon, the damage for the weapon is used when you hit
a creature.  Otherwise you get a single punch which does minimal damage.

You may "w"ield one weapon for melee combat, and also one missile launcher
(bow, crossbow or sling). You may also wear one amulet (around the one and 
only neck of the character), two rings (on the two "ring" fingers, i.e. the
third finger of each hand: a magic ring does not function when worn on any
other finger, nor may two be worn on the same finger), one light source, 
and a full set of armor - body armor, shield, helmet, gloves, boots and a
cloak. Any or all of these items may provide powers to the character in 
terms of bonuses to-hit, to-damage, to-armor class, or to other stats.
 
Firing a missile (while wielding the appropriate launcher) is the only way to
get the "full" power out of the missile.  You may of course throw an arrow at
a monster without shooting it, but you will find the effects will not be what
you had hoped.

Hits and misses are determined by ability to hit versus armor class.  A hit
is a strike that does some damage; a miss may in fact reach a target, but
fails to do any damage.  Higher armor classes make it harder to do damage,
and so lead to more misses.  Characters with higher armor classes also 
receive a damage reduction.  This is not true for monsters, whose AC only
affects the character's difficulty to hit them.

If you wish to see how much damage your weapon will do, you can "I"nspect it.
You will find the number of blows and how much damage you would do per round,
including information on whether your weapon damages other types of
monsters differently. 

=== Monster Memories ===

There are hundreds of different creatures in the pits of Angband, many of
which have the same letter symbol and color on the screen. The exact species
of a creature can be discovered by "l"ooking at it. It is also very difficult
to keep track of the capabilities of various creatures. Luckily, Angband
automatically keeps track of your experiences with a particular creature.
This feature is called the monster memory. Your monster memory recalls the
particular attacks of each creature (whether or not technically a monster)
which you have suffered, as well as recalling if you have observed them to
multiply or move erratically, or drop treasure, etc. Otherwise you would
simply have to take notes, which is an unnecessary bother.

If you have killed enough of a particular creature, or suffered enough 
attacks, recalling the monster memory may also provide you with 
information not otherwise available, such as a armor class, hit dice, 
spell types, frequency of spell casting, or the amount of damage for 
breaths or spells.  These attacks will be color coded to inform you of 
whether or not you currently resist a specific attack.  Red or orange 
means you do not resist it, yellow means you partially resist it, and 
green means you resist it or are immune.  If you attack a monster with 
specific elemental attacks you will learn if the monster resists that 
element or if they are immune.  There are other magical means to learn 
about monster's abilities that don't require you to actually experience 
the attacks.
 
This memory can be passed on to a new character even after you die by means
of a re-used save file. (You must start the new character by opening the 
existing save file of the dead character for this to happen: using the 
"start new character" option will not give access to any monster memory.)

=== Your Weapon ===

Carrying a weapon in your backpack does you no good.  You must wield a 
weapon before it can be used in a fight.  A secondary weapon can be kept 
by keeping it in the backpack, and switching it with the primary weapon 
when needed. This is most often used when switching between a melee 
weapon and a digging tool, or when carrying two weapons, each of which 
provides a rare power that the character needs at two separate times.

Weapons have two main magical characteristics, their enchanted ability 
to hit and their enchanted ability to do damage, expressed as `(+#,+#)'.  
A normal weapon would be `(+0,+0)'.  Many weapons in Angband have 
bonuses to hit and/or do damage.  A very few weapons are cursed, and 
have penalties that diminish your hit and/or damage bonuses.  Cursed 
weapons cannot be unwielded until the curse is lifted. Identifying a 
weapon will inform you of the magical bonuses and penalties and whether 
or not it is cursed.

Angband assumes that your youth in the rough environment near the 
dungeons has taught you the relative merits of different weapons, and 
displays as part of their description the damage dice which define their 
capabilities. Any damage enchantment is added to the dice roll for that 
weapon.  The dice used for a given weapon is displayed as "XdY".  The 
number "X" indicates how many dice to roll, and number "Y" indicates how 
many sides they have. A "2d6" weapon will thus give damage from 2 to 12, 
plus any damage bonus. The weight of a weapon is also a consideration.  
Heavy weapons may hit harder, but they are also harder to use.  
Depending on your strength, dexterity, character class, and weapon 
weight, you may get attack more quickly: high dexterity and strength and 
low weapon weight are the main factors. Warriors may get up to a maximum 
of 6 attacks per round: mages and priests are limited to only 4: other 
classes may get up to 5. Your attacks per round with a weapon are 
displayed as a decimal, e.g. 2.3 or 3.4 etc. The fractions take the form 
of unused energy which is carried over to your next turn.

Missile weapons, such as bows, have their characteristics added to those 
of the missile used, if the proper weapon/missile combination is used, 
and then the launcher multiplier is applied to the total damage, making 
missile weapons very powerful given the proper missiles, especially if 
they are enchanted.  Like weapons, "I"nspecting ammunition will tell you 
how much damage you will do with your current missile launcher.

Although you receive any magical bonuses an unidentified weapon may possess
when you wield it, those bonuses will not be immediately added to the 
displayed values of to-hit and to-dam on your character sheet.  In order to
learn these plusses you must use the weapon in combat or use magical means of
identification.  The same applies for missiles and launchers.

Finally, some rare weapons have special abilities.  These are called ego
weapons, and are feared by great and meek.  An ego weapon must be wielded
to receive the benefit of its abilities. It should be noted that some of 
these items are considerably more powerful than others, and generally the 
most powerful items are the rarest.  Also important is the fact that not all
ego-items are nice.  Some items will have an obvious effect, like an increase
in infravision, or extra strength.  These effects will be noticed as soon as
you wield the item.  Other effects, like most resistances, will need to be
learned.  You can learn them by either suffering an appropriate attack, or
by using magical means of identification.

Some of the more common ego weapons are described at the end of this file.


=== Your Armor Class ===

Your armor class (or AC) is a number that describes the amount and the
quality of armor being worn. Armor class will generally run from about 0 to
200, though exceptionally good armor can improve even on the latter figure.
 
The larger your armor class, the more protective it is.  A negative armor
class would actually help get you hit.  Armor protects you in three manners.
First, it makes you harder to be hit for damage.  A hit for no damage 
counts as a miss, and is described as a miss.  Secondly, good armor will 
absorb some of the damage that your character would have taken from normal 
attacks.  Thirdly, acid damage is reduced by wearing body armor (but the 
armor may be damaged instead).  It is obvious that a high armor class is 
vital for surviving the deeper levels of Angband.

Each piece of armour has a base armor value, which, like the damage from
weapons, is assumed known by the player, and a magic bonus, which will not
be displayed unless the armor has been identified or was bought in a store.

Armor class values are always displayed between a set of square brackets, 
as "[#]" or "[#,+#]".  The first value is the base armor class of the armor.  
The second number is the magical bonus of the item, which is only displayed 
if known, and will always have a sign preceding the value.  These plusses can
be determined by wielding the armor in combat and being hit.  Note that a few 
rings, amulets, and weapons also have the "[+#]" notation, indicating that 
they provide an armor bonus.  Many pieces of heavy body armor will also have 
a "(-#)" (in normal brackets) before the "[#,+#]", which indicates that the 
weight of the armor decreases your chances of hitting monsters.  This can 
range from nonexistent for very light armor to (-8) for the heaviest armor!


=== Non-melee attacks and resistances ===

The player may at some time gain access to non-melee attacks, and many 
monsters also have them. Perhaps the most famous of this type of attack is 
dragon breath, but monsters may also cast spells at the player, and vice 
versa. This damage generally is not affected by armor class, and does not 
need a hit roll to hit the player or monster being aimed at.

Some attacks are purely magical: attack spells which blind, confuse, slow, 
scare or paralyze the target.  In some cases, a melee attack may also do 
this.  These attacks are resisted by monsters of higher level (native to 
deeper dungeon depths) and characters with a high saving throw - saving 
throws being dependent on class, level and wisdom. There are also available
resistances to fear, blindness and confusion, and the power of "free 
action" prevents magical paralysis and most slowing attacks (the player may 
still be paralyzed by being "knocked out" in melee or by a stunning attack,
but this is very rare.) It should also be noticed that unique monsters 
automatically pass their saving throws, and some monsters are naturally 
resistant to confusion, fear and sleep-monster attacks. Some monsters may
have spells that 'cause wounds' that can be deadly if successful but do no
damage if the saving throw is passed.

Some melee attacks by monsters may drain a stat, as can some traps: this is 
prevented by having that stat sustained.  Drained stats are temporary and can
be restored on gaining a new character level or consuming rare items found
in the dungeon.

Some monsters may cast spells that teleport the player character.  There is 
no saving throw, except to those that would actually teleport him 
up or down one dungeon level.  Having resistance to nexus will also prevent
being level-teleported, but will not help against normal teleportation spell 
attacks.  The player may teleport monsters in the same way, with a spell, 
wand or rod.  No monsters, even Morgoth himself, resist this teleportation.
Yet...

Other attacks are usually element-based, including the aforementioned
example of dragon breath.  Many monsters can breathe various attacks or
cast bolt or ball spells, and the player may also have access to bolt and
ball spells (or breathe like a dragon, in some rare circumstances).  The 
player, and the monsters, may be resistant to these forms of attack: 
resistance is handled in different ways for the player and the monster, 
and for different attack forms.

Bolt spells will hit the first monster (or the player) in the line of 
fire: ball spells and breaths may centre on a target which may be hiding 
behind other targets. Ball spells and breath weapons affect an area: 
other monsters caught in the blast take reduced damage depending on how 
close to the centre of the blast they are. Breath weapons are 
proportional to a fraction of the monster's current hit points, with a 
maximum cap on the damage (which is higher for the most common of such 
attacks, owing to the fact that the resistances are also easier to 
find).  Bolt and ball spell damage is calculated differently - often (but
not always) relative to character or monster level.

In the case of fire, cold, lightning, acid and poison, if the monster 
has resistance to a player attack of this kind it will take almost no 
damage.  If the player has one or more permanent sources of resistance, 
he will take 1/3 of the damage he would normally take: if the player has 
a temporary source of resistance (whether from potion, spell or item 
activation), this will also reduce the damage to 1/3 of its normal 
level, allowing the character to take only 1/9 damage if he has both 
permanent and temporary resistance.  Having more than one source of 
permanent resistance confers no extra bonus, and using more than one 
source of temporary resistance increases only the duration of the 
resistance: in both cases, either the resistance is present or it is 
not.  But one permanent resistance and one temporary resistance are both 
effective simultaneously.

Elemental attacks also have a chance to damage wielded equipment or 
destroy items in the character's inventory.  Fire attacks destroy 
scrolls, staves, magic books and arrows.  Acid attacks destroy scrolls, 
staves, arrows, bolts and can damage armor.  Electricity attacks can 
destroy wands, rods, rings and amulets.  Cold attacks can destroy 
potions.  Items in your inventory get a saving throw, and they are 
unharmed if they pass it.  Having resistance to the element will make an 
item less likely to be destroyed.  Items on the floor that get caught in 
an elemental ball or breath are automatically destroyed without a saving 
throw.  Weapons, armor and chests can also be destroyed if they are 
lying on the floor, but cannot be harmed if they are in your pack.

The character may also gain immunity to fire, cold, lightning and acid if 
he is fortunate to find any of the few artifacts that provide these 
immunities: immunity means that no damage is taken, and the 
character's equipment is also totally protected. Immunities are EXTREMELY
rare.

Another attack that the player will come into contact with all too often 
is the soul-chilling nature of the undead, which can drain the character's 
life experience. Some monsters have a life-draining melee attack, others may 
cast ball or bolt spells or, in extreme cases, breathe the very force of the 
netherworld (shortened by the game to "nether".) There are two powers which 
are of assistance in this case: that of "hold life" will prevent 90% of all
experience drains, and in the other 10% of cases, the amount of experience 
lost will be reduced by 90%. That of "resistance to nether forces" will 
provide resistance to nether bolts, balls and breaths, reducing the damage
and preventing any experience drains from these attacks, but has no effect 
on melee "hits to drain experience".  Monsters caught in the blast from a 
nether ball or breath will take damage proportional to distance from the 
centre of the attack, except for undead who are totally immune. The player 
may find wands or rods of Drain Life, which similarly are ineffective on 
those undead creatures which have no life to drain: however, the real 
player equivalent attack spell is the priest/paladin spell of "Orb of 
Draining", a ball spell which does damage to all monsters, double damage to 
evil monsters, and is resisted by none.

Other attack forms are rarer, but may include: disenchantment (both in melee
or by a monster breath), chaos (breath or melee, which if unresisted 
will cause the player to hallucinate and be confused, and may drain life
experience), nexus (which may teleport the player to the monster, away from
the monster, up or down a level, or swap over two of the player's "internal" 
stats), light and darkness (which will blind a non-resistant character),
sound (which will stun a non-resistant character and may destroy his
potions), crystal shards (which will cut a non-resistant character and may
destroy his potions), inertia (which will slow a character even if he has
free action), gravity (which will blink a character, also stunning and
slowing), force (which will stun the character), plasma (which will stun,
and may destroy items which are vulnerable to either fire or lightning),
time (which may drain experience regardless of hold life, or drain stats
regardless of sustains), water bolts and balls (which may confuse and stun,
and do considerable damage from high-level monsters), ice bolts (which may
cut and stun, and damage potions), and mana bolts and balls (the latter
usually known as Mana Storms.) Magic missiles are included in the "mana"
category, whether cast by the monster or the player.

Some attacks may stun or cut the player.  These can either be spells or 
breath attacks (sound, water balls) or from melee.  A stunned character 
receives a penalty to hit and is much more likely to fail a spell or 
activation.  If a character gets very stunned, they may be knocked out 
and at the mercy of the enemies.  A cut character will slowly lose life 
until healed either by potions, spells or natural regeneration.  Both 
stunning and cut status are displayed at the bottom of the screen.

There are resistances available to chaos, disenchantment, confusion, nexus, 
sound, shards, light and darkness: all of these will reduce the damage and 
prevent side-effects other than physical damage. With these resistances, as 
with nether resistance, damage is a random fraction: for light and dark, it 
is between 4/7 and 4/12, for sound and confusion it is between 5/7 and 5/12,
and for chaos, disenchantment, nexus, shards and nether it is between 6/7 
and 6/12. 

It should be noted that not all of these are actually vital to completing 
the game: indeed, of the above list, only fire, cold, acid, lightning, poison 
and confusion resists are regarded as truly vital, with blindness, chaos and
nether the next most desirable. Some attack forms are not resistable, but 
thankfully these are rare: resist shards will prevent all other magical 
attacks which cut (namely ice bolts), and resist sound will prevent all 
magical stunning (force breath, water bolts and balls, ice bolts, gravity and
plasma), and confusion resistance will prevent confusion by a water bolt or 
ball, but there is no resistance to the physical damage caused by these
following attacks: inertia, force, gravity, plasma, time, ice, water, mana. 
There is no resistance to any of the side-effects of a time attack, or indeed 
to anything but the stunning effects of a gravity attack.


=== A note on speed ===

Monsters which do not move at normal speed generally move "slowly" (-10 to
speed), "fast" (+10), "very fast" (+20) or "incredibly fast" (+30). (It will 
surprise nobody that Morgoth is one of the few monsters in the last category.)
This is further adjusted by the fact that any non-unique monster may have a 
random adjustment from (-2) to (+2) to its own speed.

Generally, (+10) is exactly double normal speed, and (-10) exactly half. 
(+20) is about three times normal speed, but after that there is less 
noticeable improvement as speed goes higher - for instance, (+30) is not
quite four times normal speed, and higher values than this are largely
irrelevant. The player may find items which can be worn or wielded that 
provide speed bonuses: these may include boots of speed, rings of speed
and a few very rare artifacts. Boots will provide a random 1d10 to speed: 
rings of speed may be bigger than that - generally the best that the player 
will get is two just over (+10), but individual rings of up to (+23) speed 
have been known (although the record cursed one is much higher, at (-56): 
only one unsuccessful roll away from being a (+56) ring...)

Separate from the question of permanent speed (as determined by the player's
speed items and the monster's natural speed) is that of temporary speed. The 
player may cast a spell of haste-self, or use a potion, staff or rod of speed
or use an artifact activation to speed him temporarily: or a monster may cast
a haste-self spell, or be affected by another monster "shrieking for help" 
or the player reading a scroll of aggravate monster. In all cases, (+10) 
speed is added temporarily to the affected monster or player. Using two or 
more sources of temporary speed is cumulative only in duration - one cannot
get from normal speed to (+20) using a potion and a spell of speed. Spells
of temporary slowing (including monsters breathing inertia or gravity) are 
handled the same way, with exactly (-10) being subtracted from the player
or monster's speed temporarily, for the duration of the spell or breath's 
effect.

=== Ego weapons and armor ===

Some of the ego weapons that you might find in the dungeon are listed below.
This will give you a small taste of the items that can be found.  However if
you wish to discover these items on your own, you may not wish to continue.  
Ego weapons are denoted by the following "names":  

Ego Melee Weapons:
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(Defender)
     A magical weapon that actually helps the wielder defend himself, thus
     increasing his/her armor class, and protecting him/her against damage
     from fire, cold, acid, lightning, and falls.  This weapon also will
     increase your stealth, let you see invisible creatures, protect you
     from paralyzation and some slowing attacks, and help you regenerate hit
     points and mana faster.  As a result of the regeneration ability, you
     will use up food somewhat faster than normal while wielding such a
     weapon.  These powerful weapons also will sustain one stat, though this
     stat will vary from weapon to weapon.

(Holy Avenger)
     A Holy Avenger is one of the more powerful of weapons.  A Holy Avenger
     will increase your wisdom and your armour class.  This weapon will do
     extra damage when used against evil, demonic and undead creatures, and
     will also give you the ability to see invisible creatures.  These
     weapons are basically extremely powerful versions of Blessed Blades
     and can be wielded by priests with no penalty. These weapons, like 
     (Defender) weapons, also will sustain one random stat.

(Blessed)
     A blessed blade will increase your wisdom.  If you are a priest,
     wielding a non-blessed sword or polearm causes a small penalty while
     attacking and may infuriate your god, decreasing the chances that he
     will accept your prayers: a blessed blade may be wielded without 
     this penalty.  Blessed blades also have one extra, random, power.

Weapon of Westernesse
     A Weapon of Westernesse is one of the more powerful weapons.  It does
     extra damage against orcs, trolls, and giants, while increasing your
     strength, dexterity, and constitution.  It also lets you see invisible 
     creatures and protects from paralyzation and some slowing attacks. 
     These blades were made by the Dunedain.

Weapon of Extra Attacks
     A weapon of extra attacks will allow the wielder to deliver extra
     attacks during each round.

Elemental Branded Weapons
     Each of the five elemental attacks has a corresponding weapon which 
     will do treble its base damage to creatures not resistant to that 
     element. (It should be noted that the magical damage bonus is not
     affected by this: a weapon of Flame (2d6) (+5,+6) does 6d6+6 damage 
     per hit, not 6d6+18, against creatures which are not fire-resistant.)
     There are weapons of Flame, Frost, Lightning, Acid and Poison brands.

Weapons of Slaying enemies
     These weapons do extra damage against creatures of a vulnerable type.
     Weapons of Slay Evil and Slay Animal do double the base damage, while
     weapons of Slay Orc, Troll, Giant, Dragon, Demon and Undead do triple
     the base damage. As with elemental branded weapons, the magical damage
     bonus is not affected.

Weapons of *Slaying* enemies
     These weapons, in addition to doing extra damage to your enemies, have
     extra powers as well. In each case, one stat is increased. Weapons of 
     *Slay* Dragon, Demon or Undead are also more powerful against their 
     opponents, doing five times their base damage rather than the normal 
     three.

Weapon of Morgul
     These blades are so foully cursed with evil, it is rumored that it is
     nearly impossible to remove them without a special curse-removing spell,
     much stronger than normal Remove Curse. 

Shovels and Picks of Digging
     These powerful diggers will dig through granite as if it were mere wood, 
     and mineral veins as if they were butter. Permanent rock is still an 
     impassable obstacle.

Ego Missile Launchers and Ammo:
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Launchers of Accuracy
    These launchers have an unnaturally high to-hit number, making them 
    extremely accurate.

Launchers of Velocity
    These launchers do an unnaturally high amount of damage due to their 
    high to-dam number.

Launchers of Extra Shots
    These launchers allow the wielder to shoot more times per round than 
    normal.

Launchers of Extra Might
    These launchers have a higher base damage than normally made launchers 
    of their type. For instance, a Long Bow of Extra Might (x3)(+X,+Y)(+1)
    is really a Long Bow (x4)(+X,+Y) where (+X,+Y) is the standard to-hit 
    and to-dam. As the damage multiplier with the bow affects *everything*
    - the base arrow damage, the magical damage bonus on both the bow and
    the arrow, and any bonuses for slaying or elemental-branded arrows - 
    this makes it a powerful weapon.

Ammo of Wounding
    This ammunition - whether it be pebbles, iron shots, arrows, bolts, 
    seeker arrows or seeker bolts - has big bonuses to-hit and to-damage.

Ammo of Elemental Brands, and Ammo of Slaying enemies
    This works in the same way as melee weapons of the same type: double
    damage for slay evil and slay animal, triple damage for all other 
    slays and for all elemental brands. Unlike melee weapons, the slays 
    and elemental brands *do* affect the magical damage bonus for ammo.

Ammo of Backbiting
    This cursed ammunition will never hit what it is aimed at. Rumour has
    it that it will curve round and hit the person who shot it in the 
    back: but so far, this rumour has proved unfounded, and is believed
    to be false.

These are the most common types of ego-weapon: note that they are not the 
ONLY ego-items available in the dungeon, there may be more.

Apart from these there are some very rare and well made weapons in the
dungeon with not necessarily any special abilities. These include Blades
of Chaos, Maces of Disruption, and Scythes of Slicing.  They can also be
ego weapons like the ones above.  For example, a Blade of Chaos (Holy
Avenger) is much more powerful than many artifact weapons!

Some pieces of armor will possess special abilities denoted by the following
names:

Ego Armors and Shields:
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of Resist Acid, Lightning, Fire or Cold
     A character wearing armor or a shield with one such resistance will
     take only 1/3 of normal damage from attacks involving the relevant 
     element of acid, lightning, fire or cold. Note that multiple 
     permanent sources of resistance are NOT cumulative: wearing two is 
     no better than wearing one. However, armor which provides resistance
     to acid cannot itself be damaged by acid, and this is a good reason 
     to wear more than one such piece of armor.
 
of Resistance
     A character wearing armor with this ability will have resistance to
     Acid, Cold, Fire, and Lightning as explained in each part above.

Armor of Elvenkind
     This is the same as Resistance armor, only generally better enchanted.
     It will make you more stealthy.  This armor also possesses an extra 
     resistance, at random from the following list: poison, light, dark, 
     blindness, confusion, nexus, fear, nether, chaos, disenchantment,
     sound and shards.
 
Robes of Permanence
     These robes are designed especially for wizards.  Just like Elvenkind
     armor, they provide resistance to fire, cold, acid, and electricity and
     cannot be damaged by acid.  They sustain all of your stats and protect
     you from a good deal of all experience draining.  Also like Elvenkind
     armor, they have one random resistance.

Dragon Scale Mails
     These extremely rare pieces of armour come in many different colors,
     each protecting you against the relevant dragons.  Naturally they are
     all resistant to acid damage.  They also occasionally allow you to
     breathe as a dragon would!

Ego Helms:
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Stat Boosting Helms
     There are magical helms found in the dungeon that have the ability
     to boost the wearer's intelligence, wisdom, or charisma.  Helms of 
     Beauty are the ones that boost charisma.  In addition to boosting 
     the relevant stat these helms will also prevent that stat from being 
     drained.

Crown of the Magi
     This is the great crown of the wizards.  The wearer will have an
     increased (and sustained) intelligence, and will also be given 
     resistance against fire, frost, acid, and lightning.  These valuable
     helms also have an additional random power.

Crown of Might
     This is the crown of the warriors.  The wearer will have an
     increased and sustained strength, dexterity, and constitution, 
     and will also be immune to any foe's attempt to slow or paralyze 
     him or her.

Crown of Lordliness
     This is the great crown of the priests.  The wearer will have an
     increased and sustained wisdom and charisma.

Helm/Crown of Seeing
     This is the great helmet or crown of the rogues.  The wearer will be 
     able to see invisible creatures, and will have an increased ability to 
     locate traps and secret doors.  It is also rumored that the wearer of 
     such a helm will not be able to be blinded.

Helm of Infravision
     This helmet allows the character to see monsters even in total 
     darkness, with the ability to see heat. Note that spellbooks are the 
     same temperature as the surroundings, and so cannot be read unless 
     some real light is present. (Some monsters which are invisible to 
     normal vision can be seen under infravision.)

Helm of Light
     In addition to providing a permanent light source for the wearer, this 
     helm also provides resistance against light-based attacks.

Helm/Crown of Telepathy
     This helm or crown grants the wearer the power of telepathy.

Helm of Regeneration
     This helm will help you regenerate hit points and mana more quickly
     than normal, allowing you to fight longer before needing to rest.  You
     will use food faster than normal while wearing this helm because of
     the regenerative effects.

Helms of Teleportation
     This cursed helm will always keep the player on the hop, never sure
     where he is and never able to stay in one place.

Crowns of Sickliness
     Ruling is such a drain on one's health... This crown will debilitate
     its wearer, reducing his strength, dexterity and constitution.

Helms/Crowns of Dullness
     These helms can reduce your wisdom, intelligence and charisma.
 
Ego Cloaks:
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Cloak of Protection
     This finely made cloak will come with an unnaturally high enchantment
     and is not affected by elemental based attacks. 

Cloak of Stealth
     This cloak will increase the wearer's stealth, making the wearer less
     likely to wake up sleeping monsters.

Cloak of Aman
     These exceptionally rare cloaks provide great stealth, have a very 
     high enchantment, and one random resistance.

Cloak of Enveloping
     This cloak gets in the way of everything you try to do. You can't seem 
     to hit monsters without having to shove aside several folds of cloth,
     and yet more layers cushion the blow and reduce the damage you do.

Cloak of Irritation
     This cloak not only envelops its wearer but aggravates all who see it.

Cloaks of Vulnerability
     This severely cursed cloak appears to be powerful, but in fact lets 
     through the full force of every attack directed at it.

Ego Gloves:
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Gloves of Free Action
     The wearer of these gloves will find himself resistant to paralyzing
     attacks as well as some slowing attacks.  Because of the special 
     nature of these gloves, magic users may wear these gloves without
     incurring a mana penalty.   

Gloves of Slaying
     These gloves will increase the wearer's fighting ability by boosting
     the wearer's to-hit and to-dam values.

Gloves of Agility
     These gloves will increase the wearer's dexterity.  Because of the 
     special nature of these gloves, magic users may wear these gloves 
     without incurring a mana penalty.   

Gauntlets of Power
     These spiked gauntlets will boost the wearer's strength as well as the 
     wearer's  to-hit and to-dam numbers.

Gauntlets of Weakness
     These gauntlets sap your strength.

Gauntlets of Clumsiness
     These gauntlets make you fumble.

Ego Boots:
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Boots of Slow Descent
     These boots protect the wearer from the effects of small falls.

Boots of Stealth
     These boots increase the wearer's stealth, like a Cloak of Stealth.

Boots of Free Action
     The wearer of these boots will find himself resistant to paralyzing
     attacks as well as some slowing attacks.

Boots of Speed
     The wearer of these boots will become unnaturally fast.

Boots of Slowness
     They seem to be stuck to the ground, and you can hardly move at all 
     while wearing these things.

Boots of Annoyance
     These boots will both slow the player and aggravate monsters.

Once again, these are not necessarily the ONLY ego-items in the dungeon, 
only the most common.

Apart from these there are some very rare and well-made armours in the
dungeon with not necessarily any special abilities. These include Shields of
Deflection, Adamantite Plate Mail, Mithril Plate Mail, Mithril Chain Mail,
and Elven Cloaks.  The first four cannot be damaged by acid because of the
quality metals they contain.

There are rumors of unique "artifact" items in the dungeon - weapons and 
armor of all types. Many of these are more powerful than even the greatest 
ego-items: some are weak and have little more than a name to recommend them.