Demonic Guardian - Revision history

Patrick2011b: update table

2025-05-09T23:07:53Z

update table

Hordes at 11:56, 8 June 2023

2023-06-08T11:56:40Z

Hordes at 11:37, 8 June 2023

2023-06-08T11:37:44Z

Hordes: important usage note

2022-10-12T03:50:30Z

important usage note

Hordes: /* History */

2022-06-05T01:52:03Z

‎History

Hordes at 17:12, 25 March 2022

2022-03-25T17:12:32Z

Ge0ff: Add tiles/glyphs for guardians

2021-09-29T14:54:49Z

Add tiles/glyphs for guardians

Ge0ff: They won't become hostile even if you hit them with a melee weapon

2021-09-29T14:45:01Z

They won't become hostile even if you hit them with a melee weapon

Ge0ff: /* History */ Guardians are similar to Hep ancestors now

2021-09-29T14:39:11Z

‎History: Guardians are similar to Hep ancestors now

LunaeLumen: Update to 0.27

2021-09-25T04:35:30Z

Update to 0.27

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 |Tier||Demons
 |-
-|1||{{monsterlink|quasit}}, {{monsterlink|white imp}}, {{monsterlink|ufetubus}}, {{monsterlink|iron imp}}, or {{monsterlink|shadow imp}}
+|1||{{monsterlink|white imp}}, {{monsterlink|ufetubus}}, {{monsterlink|iron imp}}, or {{monsterlink|shadow imp}}
 |-
 |2||{{monsterlink|orange demon}}, {{monsterlink|ice devil}}, {{monsterlink|rust devil}}, or {{monsterlink|hellwing}}
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 |3||{{monsterlink|soul eater}}, {{monsterlink|smoke demon}}, {{monsterlink|sixfirhy}}, or {{monsterlink|sun demon}}
 |-
-|4||{{monsterlink|balrug}}, {{monsterlink|reaper}}, {{monsterlink|lorocyproca}}, {{monsterlink|cacodemon}}, or {{monsterlink|hell beast}}
+|4||{{monsterlink|balrug}}, {{monsterlink|reaper}}, {{monsterlink|cacodemon}}, or {{monsterlink|sin beast}}
 |-
 |5||{{monsterlink|Executioner}}, {{monsterlink|Hell sentinel}}, or {{monsterlink|Brimstone fiend}}

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 After taking damage, you will receive a demonic guardian with a chance equal to the percentage of the damage to your maximum health. Additionally, attacks that take 50% of your health at once or that leave you with less than 20% of your health will always summon a demonic guardian.
-After receiving a guardian you will not receive another one for another (1+mutlevel) to (20+mutlevel) turns. The guardians always spawn friendly and won't be angered even if you attack them. Also, you can shoot [[ranged weapon]]s and cast spells through your guardians without harming them. Even spells like [[Fireball]], which normally hurt allies, won't damage them.
+After receiving a guardian you will not receive another one for another (1+mutlevel) to (20+mutlevel) turns. The guardians always spawn friendly and won't be angered even if you attack them. Also, you can shoot [[ranged weapon]]s and cast spells through your guardians without harming them. Even explosions like [[Fire Storm]] won't hurt demonic allies.
 The strength of the demonic guardian is based on both the mutation level and your experience level:

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 After taking damage, you will receive a demonic guardian with a chance equal to the percentage of the damage to your maximum health. Additionally, attacks that take 50% of your health at once or that leave you with less than 20% of your health will always summon a demonic guardian.
-After receiving a guardian you will not receive another one for another (1+mutlevel) to (20+mutlevel) turns. The guardians always spawn friendly and won't be angered even if you attack them. Also, you can shoot [[ranged weapon]]s and cast spells through your guardians without harming them.
+After receiving a guardian you will not receive another one for another (1+mutlevel) to (20+mutlevel) turns. The guardians always spawn friendly and won't be angered even if you attack them. Also, you can shoot [[ranged weapon]]s and cast spells through your guardians without harming them. Even spells like [[Fireball]], which normally hurt allies, won't damage them.
 The strength of the demonic guardian is based on both the mutation level and your experience level:

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 | colspan="3" |
-Summons may occur after taking damage.  See [[Demonic Guardian]] page for exact mechanics and history.
+Summons may occur after taking damage. You may shoot through guardians harmlessly.<br>See [[Demonic Guardian]] page for exact mechanics and history.
 |- style="font-style:italic;"
 | colspan="3" |

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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.27]], guardians were summoned based on current [[tension]] rather than after being damaged. Also, the player couldn't shoot projectiles and cast spells through them.
-*Prior to [[0.14]], this mutation was suppressed while worshiping Okawaru.
+*Prior to [[0.14]], this mutation was suppressed while worshiping Okawaru, as allowing an ally to die caused you to lose piety.
 </noinclude>

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     Tier = mutlevel + ((XL - 9) / 9)
-{| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="1"
+{| class="wikitable"
 |-
 |Tier||Demons
 |-
-|1||[[quasit]], [[white imp]], [[ufetubus]], [[iron imp]], or [[shadow imp]]
+|1||{{monsterlink|quasit}}, {{monsterlink|white imp}}, {{monsterlink|ufetubus}}, {{monsterlink|iron imp}}, or {{monsterlink|shadow imp}}
 |-
-|2||[[orange demon]], [[ice devil]], [[rust devil]], or [[hellwing]]
+|2||{{monsterlink|orange demon}}, {{monsterlink|ice devil}}, {{monsterlink|rust devil}}, or {{monsterlink|hellwing}}
 |-
-|3||[[soul eater]], [[smoke demon]], [[sixfirhy]], or [[sun demon]]
+|3||{{monsterlink|soul eater}}, {{monsterlink|smoke demon}}, {{monsterlink|sixfirhy}}, or {{monsterlink|sun demon}}
 |-
-|4||[[balrug]], [[reaper]], [[lorocyproca]], [[cacodemon]], or [[hell beast]]
+|4||{{monsterlink|balrug}}, {{monsterlink|reaper}}, {{monsterlink|lorocyproca}}, {{monsterlink|cacodemon}}, or {{monsterlink|hell beast}}
 |-
-|5||[[executioner]], [[hell sentinel]], or [[brimstone fiend]]
+|5||{{monsterlink|Executioner}}, {{monsterlink|Hell sentinel}}, or {{monsterlink|Brimstone fiend}}
 |}
 ==History==

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 |Rank||Effect||Flavor
 |-
-|1||Automatically summon a weak demonic ally when in danger ([[quasit]], [[white imp]], [[ufetubus]], [[iron imp]], or [[shadow imp]]).||A weak demonic guardian rushes to your aid.
+|1||Chance to automatically summon a weak demonic ally when damaged.||A weak demonic guardian rushes to your aid.
 |-
-|2||Summons average demons ([[orange demon]], [[ice devil]], [[soul eater]], [[smoke demon]], or [[sixfirhy]]).||A demonic guardian rushes to your aid.
+|2||Summons average demons.||A demonic guardian rushes to your aid.
 |-
-|3||Summons powerful demons ([[executioner]], [[balrug]], [[reaper]], [[cacodemon]], or [[lorocyproca]]).||A powerful demonic guardian rushes to your aid.
+|3||Summons powerful demons.||A powerful demonic guardian rushes to your aid.
 |-
 | colspan="3" |
-Summons occur when [[tension]] is high and end when tension drops. Higher ranks require higher tension to trigger. See [[Demonic Guardian]] page for exact mechanics.
+Summons may occur after taking damage.  See [[Demonic Guardian]] page for exact mechanics.
 |- style="font-style:italic;"
 | colspan="3" |
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 <noinclude>
 ==Mechanics==
-You will receive a demonic guardian when the following condition is met:
+After taking damage, you will receive a demonic guardian with a chance equal to the percentage of the damage to your maximum health. Additionally, attacks that take 50% of your health at once or that leave you with less than 20% of your health will always summon a demonic guardian.
-    (3/4)*tension > mutlevel*6 + 1d(2*mutlevel*mutlevel) - 1
+After receiving a guardian you will not receive another one for another (1+mutlevel) to (20+mutlevel) turns. The guardians always spawn friendly, but will be angered if you attack them.  Hostile guardians will not unsummon.
-Note that this check occurs every turn, until a guardian is summoned.  Thus, the random factor simply makes summons take longer for 'middling' tensions.
+The strength of the demonic guardian is based on both the mutation level and your experience level:
 ==History==
 Prior to [[0.14]], this mutation was suppressed while worshiping Okawaru.