Bad Form - Revision history

Predelnik: Add jelly form and update to 0.34

2026-05-17T10:42:31Z

Add jelly form and update to 0.34

Ge0ff: bump v

2024-07-04T09:20:42Z

bump v

Hordes at 08:20, 5 March 2023

2023-03-05T08:20:59Z

Hordes at 15:18, 5 August 2022

2022-08-05T15:18:09Z

Hordes at 20:38, 4 August 2022

2022-08-04T20:38:58Z

Hordes: /* History */

2022-07-10T05:57:16Z

‎History

Hordes at 12:39, 14 June 2022

2022-06-14T12:39:51Z

Hordes at 08:59, 14 April 2022

2022-04-14T08:59:03Z

Ge0ff: Update to 0.28

2022-04-13T20:33:08Z

Update to 0.28

Spudwalt at 08:06, 21 June 2021

2021-06-21T08:06:26Z

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-{{version031}}
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 A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], though zapping yourself with a [[wand of polymorph]] always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune, and followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
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 *[[File:Tree form.png]] [[Tree Form]]
 *[[File:Insubstantial wisp.png]] [[Wisp Form]]
 ==Strategy==
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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.20]], hostile polymorphs had a small chance to turn the player into a "good" form: [[Spider Form]], [[Ice Form]], [[Statue Form]], [[Hydra Form]], or [[Dragon Form]].
 *[[Porcupine Form]] was removed in [[0.20]].

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-{{version028}}
+{{version031}}
 A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], though zapping yourself with a [[wand of polymorph]] always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune, and followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
-While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability or change form by using other [[Transmutations]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].
+While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability or change form by using a [[talisman]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].
 There are five possible transformations, which are equally likely to happen:

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 {{version028}}
-A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], but zapping yourself with a [[wand of polymorph]] always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune, and followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
+A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], though zapping yourself with a [[wand of polymorph]] always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune, and followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
 While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability or change form by using other [[Transmutations]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].

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 {{version028}}
-A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], but zapping yourself with a [[wand of polymorph]] always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune. Followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
+A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], but zapping yourself with a [[wand of polymorph]] always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune, and followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
 While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability or change form by using other [[Transmutations]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].

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 A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], but zapping yourself with a [[wand of polymorph]] always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune. Followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
-While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability or change form using other [[Transmutations]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].
+While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability or change form by using other [[Transmutations]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].
 There are five possible transformations, which are equally likely to happen:

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 *[[Porcupine Form]] was removed in [[0.20]].
 *Most bad forms were added in [[0.12]]. A jelly form was added (eats items, acidic attack but terrible defenses, no item use), but disabled before the branch for testing bad forms was even merged into [[trunk]], let alone a stable release.
+{{forms}}
 [[Category:Game mechanics]]
 [[Category:Status effects]]

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 While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability or change form using other [[Transmutations]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].
-There are five possible transformations, which have the same chance to happen:
+There are five possible transformations, which are equally likely to happen:
 *[[File:Bat transform.png]] [[Bat Form]]
 *[[File:Fungus form.png]] [[Fungus Form]]

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 {{version017}}
-A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]], a weapon of [[chaos]], or a [[Transmutations]] [[miscast]] effect. Beams can always be resisted with [[magic resistance]] if the player didn't zap himself. [[Mutation resistance]] doesn't work, but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune. Followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
+A '''bad form''' is any of the [[transformation]]s the player character can suffer when affected by a beam of [[polymorph]] or a weapon of [[chaos]]. Beams from other creatures can be resisted with [[willpower]], but zapping yourself always takes effect. Polymorph ignores [[mutation resistance]], but undead players and those already affected by a bad form are immune. Followers of [[Zin]] can be protected by their god.
 While you cannot cancel a bad form with the End Transformation ability (even if you know the spell that lets you enter the form at will) or change form using [[Transmutations]], you can end a form early by quaffing a [[potion of cancellation]].
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 ==Strategy==
-Bad forms generally render you nearly helpless. Very few of them can use any form of weapons or armour; [[Unarmed Combat]] specialists have an advantage here, but some forms (like bat form) render even that useless. Furthermore, many of the most common bad forms (bat, fungus, pig, and wisp) outright disable your ability to cast spells; even some of the other forms may hinder spellcasting (spider form) or prevent certain spells from working (for example, tree form prevents [[Sublimation of Blood]] and Translocations like [[Blink]] from working). Fortunately, [[wand]]s still work in all forms.
+Bad forms generally render you nearly helpless. Very few of them can use any form of weapons or armour; [[Unarmed Combat]] specialists have an advantage here, but some forms (like bat form) render even that practically useless. Furthermore, many of the most common bad forms (bat, fungus, pig, and wisp) outright disable your ability to cast spells; even some of the other forms may hinder spellcasting (spider form) or prevent certain spells from working (for example, tree form prevents [[Sublimation of Blood]] and Translocations like [[Blink]] from working). Fortunately, [[wand]]s still work in all forms.
 ==History==
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 *Most bad forms were added in [[0.12]]. A jelly form was added (eats items, acidic attack but terrible defenses, no item use), but disabled before the branch for testing bad forms was even merged into [[trunk]], let alone a stable release.
-[[Category:Game mechanics]][[Category:Status effects]]
+[[Category:Game mechanics]]
 [[Category:Transformation]]