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Hordes: /* Allied */

2025-11-17T07:47:33Z

‎Allied

Hordes: i wouldn't consider gozag bribe allies "permanent" even though they don't wear out by time. they can't follow through branches

2025-11-17T07:47:03Z

i wouldn't consider gozag bribe allies "permanent" even though they don't wear out by time. they can't follow through branches

Mattlistener: /* Allied */

2025-11-17T01:26:01Z

‎Allied

Mattlistener: /* Allied */

2025-11-17T01:25:43Z

‎Allied

Mattlistener: /* Allied */

2025-11-17T01:24:57Z

‎Allied

Hordes: /* History */

2025-03-16T00:17:41Z

‎History

Hordes: /* Limitations */

2025-03-16T00:12:49Z

‎Limitations

Hordes at 00:11, 16 March 2025

2025-03-16T00:11:27Z

Hordes: /* Allied */

2025-03-16T00:05:42Z

‎Allied

Ge0ff: +caveat for bribed monsters

2023-12-11T12:02:46Z

+caveat for bribed monsters

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 Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." It is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
-Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, and [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by spells - especially from the [[Summonings]], [[Necromancy]], and [[Forgecraft]] schools - and many divine abilities. A [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
+Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, and [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul). Temporary allies, however, are quite common. They can be created by spells - especially from the [[Summonings]], [[Necromancy]], and [[Forgecraft]] schools - and many divine abilities. A [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
 Whenever an allied monster kills an enemy, you gain 100% of the XP, as if you killed the enemy yourself.

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 Monsters in Crawl have one of four '''dispositions''', or '''attitudes''', towards the player:
 *hostile (<code>ATT_HOSTILE</code> in the [[source code]]),
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 Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." It is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
-Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul, and [[Gozag]]'s bribes). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
+Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, and [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by spells - especially from the [[Summonings]], [[Necromancy]], and [[Forgecraft]] schools - and many divine abilities. A [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
 Whenever an allied monster kills an enemy, you gain 100% of the XP, as if you killed the enemy yourself.

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 Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." It is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
-Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul, and [Gozag]]]'s bribes). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
+Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul, and [[Gozag]]'s bribes). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
 Whenever an allied monster kills an enemy, you gain 100% of the XP, as if you killed the enemy yourself.

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 Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." It is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
-Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor,[[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul, and [[[Gozag]]]'s bribes). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
+Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul, and [Gozag]]]'s bribes). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
 Whenever an allied monster kills an enemy, you gain 100% of the XP, as if you killed the enemy yourself.

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 Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." It is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
-Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, and [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
+Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor,[[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul, and [[[Gozag]]]'s bribes). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
 Whenever an allied monster kills an enemy, you gain 100% of the XP, as if you killed the enemy yourself.

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 ==History==
 * Prior to [[0.32]], [[Beogh]] orcs (but no other allies) would steal a portion of your XP.
-* Prior to [[0.29]], allied monsters would steal a portion of your XP, scaling with damage dealt (up to 50% XP if you didn't deal any damage).
+* Prior to [[0.29]], allied monsters would steal a portion of your XP, scaling with damage dealt (up to 50% XP if the allies did all the damage).

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 *Allies cannot follow you through [[stair]]s.
-[[Charm]]ed monsters and [[Gozag#Given Abilities|bribed]] monsters are not subject to either of these restrictions. Although, bribed monsters can't leave their home branch. Hepliaklqana's ancestor and Yredelemnul's bound soul can follow you through stairs, but not attack from outside LOS.
+[[Charm]]ed monsters and [[Gozag#Given Abilities|bribed]] monsters are not subject to either of these restrictions, though bribed monsters can't leave their home branch.
 ===Fellow Slime===

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 Monsters in Crawl have one of four '''dispositions''', or '''attitudes''', towards the player:
 *hostile (<code>ATT_HOSTILE</code> in the [[source code]]),
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 ==Hostile==
-Hostile monsters will actively pursue the player and try to kill him/her, be it through spells, abilities, melee, ranged weapons, or whatever means they have coded.  Even monsters with no means of attacking the player, like [[plant]]s, are considered "hostile" - one can see this by worshiping [[Elyvilon]], who forbids attacking non-hostile monsters.  Hostile monsters will not generally attack each other, although monsters will destroy plants in an attempt to reach the player, and some monsters are rather indiscriminate with multiple-target spells.
+Hostile monsters will actively pursue and try to kill the player, be it through spells, abilities, melee, ranged weapons, or whatever means they have coded. Hostile monsters will not generally attack each other, although monsters will destroy plants in an attempt to reach the player, and some monsters are rather indiscriminate with multiple-target spells.
-By default, every monster in the game is hostile, though a few means can change this.
+By default, every monster in the game is hostile, though a few means can change this. Even monsters with no means of harming the player, like [[plant]]s, are considered "hostile".
 ==Neutral==
-Neutral (indifferent) monsters are those with no particular desire to kill the player.  They will not pursue, and will not use ranged attacks.  However, they will still attack in melee anything that gets in their way: the player, other monsters, plants, etc. You must use a dedicated attack command ('''Ctrl-direction''' or '''v''') in order to attack these monsters, potentially getting a [[stab]] off and definitely making them hostile.
+Neutral (indifferent) monsters are those with no particular desire to kill the player. They will not pursue, and will not use ranged attacks.  However, they will still attack in melee anything that gets in their way: the player, other monsters, plants, etc. You must use a dedicated attack command ('''Ctrl-direction''' or '''v''') in order to attack these monsters, potentially getting a [[stab]] off and definitely making them hostile.
-Monsters pacified by [[Elyvilon]] are neutral, attempting to find the nearest staircase and leave the level.  Monsters produced by [[Lugonu]]'s Corruption ability will also be neutral, and there are a few pregenerated [[vault]]s that contain neutral monsters (though are quite rare).
+Monsters pacified by [[Elyvilon]] are neutral, attempting to find the nearest staircase and leave the level. Monsters produced by [[Lugonu]]'s Corruption ability will also be neutral, and there are a few pregenerated [[vault]]s that contain neutral monsters (though are quite rare).
 ===Frenzied===
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 ==Peaceful==
-Peaceful monsters are friendly toward the player, but are not allies.  They will not attack the player, and attempting to move onto their square simply displaces them. They will roam around, attempting to kill hostile monsters, using all their abilities in doing so. They cannot be given commands to attack a specific monster, and will not follow the player.
+Peaceful monsters are friendly toward the player, but are not allies. They will not attack the player, and attempting to move onto their square simply displaces them. They will roam around, attempting to kill hostile monsters, using all their abilities in doing so. They cannot be given commands to attack a specific monster, and will not follow the player.
 Peaceful is a fairly rare trait. [[Fedhas]] turns all plants peaceful. Upon killing [[Kirke]], her pigs will turn into peaceful humans. Some peaceful monsters are generated in vaults.
 ==Allied==
-Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." Sadly, it is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
+Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." It is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
 Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, and [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
 ===Limitations===
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 *Allies cannot follow you through [[stair]]s.
-[[Charm]]ed monsters, [[Gozag#Given Abilities|bribed]] monsters, and [[Beogh]] companions are not subject to either of these restrictions. Although, bribed monsters can't leave their home branch. Hepliaklqana's ancestor and Yredelemnul's bound soul can follow you through stairs, but not attack from outside LOS.
+[[Charm]]ed monsters and [[Gozag#Given Abilities|bribed]] monsters are not subject to either of these restrictions. Although, bribed monsters can't leave their home branch. Hepliaklqana's ancestor and Yredelemnul's bound soul can follow you through stairs, but not attack from outside LOS.
 ===Fellow Slime===
 [[Jiyva]] worshippers will find all slimes turned friendly. This is technically a separate attitude (<code>ATT_FELLOW_SLIME</code>), with some changes to their AI. Unlike allied creatures, they will not follow you and are unable to be commanded. Unlike peaceful creatures, they do not actively hunt enemies, instead seeking out enemies that attack you.

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 ==Allied==
-Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." Sadly, it is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
+Allied monsters are most akin to "pets" in other roguelikes. They will follow the player, attacking his or her enemies at will, without much regard for their own safety. They can be given a few simple commands: "Guard the Area!" (stay close + attack enemies in range), "Follow me!", "Retreat!", "Attack [a specific target]!", and "Stop attacking." Sadly, it is not possible to give commands to a single ally - you give them to all allies in [[LOS]] or none.
-Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, only being created from gods: [[Beogh]] conversion, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, and a single bound soul from [[Yredelemnul]]. Temporary allies, however, are quite common. A [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side, while a variety of [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells will create them for you.
+Permanent allies are incredibly sparse, and are only available from gods (including: [[Beogh]] orcs, the [[Hepliaklqana]] ancestor, and [[Yredelemnul]]'s bound soul). Temporary allies, however, are quite common - they can be created by [[Summonings]] and [[Necromancy]] spells, while a [[wand of charming]] will temporarily convert one into your side.
 Most (but not all) allied monsters are subject to the following limitations:
 *Allies cannot attack monsters that are outside your [[line of sight]], nor can they attack when they themselves are outside your line of sight.
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 ===Fellow Slime===
-[[Jiyva]] worshippers will find all slimes turned friendly. This is technically a separate attitude (<code>ATT_FELLOW_SLIME</code>), acting more like peaceful monsters than allied. They do not follow you and are unable to be commanded, but will seek out enemies that attack you (as opposed to hunting down monsters, like with peaceful).
+[[Jiyva]] worshippers will find all slimes turned friendly. This is technically a separate attitude (<code>ATT_FELLOW_SLIME</code>), with some changes to their AI. Unlike allied creatures, they will not follow you and are unable to be commanded. Unlike peaceful creatures, they do not actively hunt enemies, instead seeking out enemies that attack you.

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 *Allies cannot follow you through [[stair]]s.
-[[Charm]]ed monsters, [[Gozag#Given Abilities|bribed]] monsters, and [[Beogh]] companions are not subject to either of these restrictions. Hepliaklqana's ancestor and Yredelemnul's bound soul can follow you through stairs, but not attack from outside LOS.
+[[Charm]]ed monsters, [[Gozag#Given Abilities|bribed]] monsters, and [[Beogh]] companions are not subject to either of these restrictions. Although, bribed monsters can't leave their home branch. Hepliaklqana's ancestor and Yredelemnul's bound soul can follow you through stairs, but not attack from outside LOS.
 [[Beogh]] orcs can take some of your XP. This scales with damage dealt - if you did 0% damage, orcs take 50% of the XP. No other ally takes XP.