Cheibriados - Revision history

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 [[Demigod]]s cannot worship Cheibriados (or any other god).
-Fast species like [[Spriggan]]s are able to worship Cheibriados, though lose much of their advantage.
+Note that [[Spriggan]]s and [[Armataur]]s are able to worship Cheibriados, although the former loses much of their advantage.
 ==Appreciates==

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 ==Appreciates==
 *Killing creatures: the faster the creature's movement speed, and higher their [[HD]], the more piety you gain. ("''Cheibriados (thoroughly) appreciates the change of pace''"). Creatures slower than 100% move speed give no piety.
 ==Deprecates==
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 **[[Armataur]]s are not punished for their innate rampaging.
 **A weapon of [[chaos]] will be punished if and only if it produces one of the forbidden effects.
 ==Given Abilities==

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 ==Strategy==
-Cheibriados is one of the riskiest gods on first worship. Even when you have 0 piety, Chei slows your movement speed - making it impossible to retreat normally from enemies - with minimal benefit in return. While you do get some very powerful tools later on, worshipping Cheibriados will greatly magnify the deadliness of your mistakes for the entire game. One careless step could translate to two or three needless enemy attacks, which be lethal then and there. Fortunately, Chei only affects your ''movement'' speed; all other actions act as normal.
+Cheibriados is one of the riskiest gods on first worship. Even when you have 0* piety, Chei slows your movement speed - making it impossible to retreat normally from enemies - with minimal benefit in return. While you do get some very powerful tools later on, worshipping Cheibriados will greatly magnify the deadliness of your mistakes for the entire game. One careless step could translate to two or three needless enemy attacks, which be lethal then and there. Fortunately, Chei only affects your ''movement'' speed; all other actions act as normal.
 Once you reach a decent amount of piety, you'll get some fairly significant stat boosts. Any character can afford to wear heavier armour, while having more powerful attacks, while casting spells with greater success. Casters and ranged fighters benefit the most from these boosts. They can also attack from a distance, meaning you don't have to slowly walk towards an enemy.

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 *Prior to [[0.20]], Cheibriados's wrath could [[exhaust]] you and force you to Step from Time. Also, the wrath had a chance to [[curse]] an item.
 *Prior to [[0.19]], Cheibriados didn't have [[piety]] decay.
-*Prior to [[0.17]], slouch damage wasn't based on monster movement speed.
+*Prior to [[0.17]], Slouch damage wasn't based on monster movement speed and was based on the monster's raw speed instead. As the result, monster nagas and spriggans had been taking the same Slouch damage between 0.14 and 0.17.
 *Prior to [[0.14]], Bend Time became available at 1* piety.
 *Prior to [[0.10]], Cheibriados would only give you bonus stats if you wore equipment with the [[ponderousness]] ego (and offered an ability which allowed you to convert your gear into ponderous artifacts). Cheibriados would also offer various resistances as well. These benefits increased with each equipment slot you made ponderous.

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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.33|Cheibriados will completely block the effect of potions of haste, even when drinking unidentified potions. Also, the wrath will be simplified.}}
+*Prior to [[0.33]], Cheibriados did not block the effects of potions of haste, but would give penance for intentionally drinking potions of haste. Cheibriados' wrath was more complicated, with effects including [[slow]], [[sleep]], [[stat drain]], or making a loud noise, depending on [[tension]].
 *Prior to [[0.32]], Step from Time cost only 10 piety, but it was less reliable.
 *Prior to [[0.31]], the slower you were compared to a monster, the more piety you gained.

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 ==Deprecates==
 *Inactivity: You lose 1 piety per 700 turns, on average (1/35 chance every 20 turns).
-*Increasing your speed: this includes [[potions of haste]], [[Swiftness]], weapons with the [[speed (brand)|speed]] brand, equipment with the [[rampaging]] ego, and the [[lightning scales]]. You may not hasten or [[frenzy]] enemies, either.
+*Increasing your speed: this includes [[Swiftness]], weapons with the [[speed (brand)|speed]] brand, equipment with the [[rampaging]] ego, and the [[lightning scales]]. You may not hasten or [[frenzy]] enemies, either.
 **[[Armataur]]s are not punished for their innate rampaging.
 **A weapon of [[chaos]] will be punished if and only if it produces one of the forbidden effects.
-**This does not include self-[[berserk]]. If you drink a [[potion of berserk rage]], you will go berserk but will move at normal speed, as if you were not berserk.
+**This does not include self-haste or berserk. Cheibriados blocks [[potion of haste|potions of haste]], and prevents you from being hasted while [[berserk]], so that berserk only gives might and +50% HP.
 ==Given Abilities==

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 [[File:Cheibriados altar.png]] "Take it easy."''
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 '''[[Piety|Piety Level *****]]''': "Timeless"
-*'''Step From Time''': Moves you to nowhere and lets time pass. During that time, monsters wander away and may even go to sleep. Monsters that end up in your LOS must perform a fresh check against your stealth to notice you. Increasing Invocations increases the time where you are away. (10 MP, 10-15 Piety)
+*'''Step From Time''': Moves you to nowhere and lets time pass. Moves 50-85% of nearby awake monsters away from you, puts some monsters on the floor to sleep, and finally drains energy of monsters near you. Monsters that end up in your LOS must perform a fresh check against your stealth to notice you. Increasing Invocations increases the time where you are away. (10 MP, 12-17 Piety)
 '''[[Piety|Piety Level ******]]''': "Foo Aeon"
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 *Bend Time can reliably [[slow]] even the strongest enemies for very little piety. While pious followers still can't run away, slowed enemies not only move slower, but attack slower too. Level 4.0 in Invocations gives a 4% or lower failure rate.
 *Temporal Distortion is an instantaneous ability that "jumps forward" in time. It has a number of powerful tactical uses which may not be obvious. Level 7.0 in Invocations gives a 4% or lower failure rate.
 **The most direct use is to bring enemies closer, so that melee characters can be in attack range. Conversely, it might open a small distance for you to escape through the stairs.
 **It can be used to dodge [[orbs of destruction]], dissipate harmful [[cloud]]s, or split up merged [[slime creature]]s.
 **Damage-over-time effects like [[poison]] or [[Sticky flame]] apply themselves over skipped time.
 *Slouch is not cheap, but it is an effective irresistible attack against everything in sight. Damage is based on your and monster movement speed, but not Invocations. It works best on fast monsters, such as invisible [[unseen horror]]s or the swarms of the [[Spider's Nest]]. Level 9.0 in Invocations gives a < 4% failure rate.
 ** Assuming a move delay of 20, Slouch will deal on average 60 damage to opponents of speed 20 (killer bees) and 40 damage to opponents of speed 10 (most monsters).
 *Don't forget you have Step From Time. It can spare you from certain-death situations; by the time you return, most enemies will have wandered off and summoned enemies will have run out of time. Remaining monsters might not even notice your return, if you have high [[stealth]]. Unlike Slouch, the ''strength'' of Step From Time, and not just the success chance, depends on Invocations skill. Level 14 in Invocations gives a < 4% failure  rate.
 ** Step From Time is much more effective in open levels with lots of space for monsters to redistribute themselves. It is less effective in constrained areas, like small [[portal]] levels.
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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.32|Step from Time will cost 12 piety instead of 10, but will be more reliable as an escape tool. It'll move 50-85% of nearby awake monsters away from the player, put some monsters on the floor to sleep, and finally drain energy of monsters near the player.}}
+{{CBA|0.33|Cheibriados will completely block the effect of potions of haste, even when drinking unidentified potions. Also, the wrath will be simplified.}}
 *Prior to [[0.31]], the slower you were compared to a monster, the more piety you gained.
 *Prior to [[0.28]], Cheibriados forbade followers from intentionally going berserk (unintentional berserks had speed boost suppressed). Bend Time was available on worship, and the poison-slowing effect was unlocked at 1* piety.