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 '''[[Piety|Piety level ****]]''': "Schismatic"
-*'''Corrupt''' - Corrupts the non-Abyss floor you're on, randomly converting the walls and floors of a large area around you to randomly selected other tiles. Stairs and portals cannot be changed, and harder walls are more likely to resist - unnaturally hard walls are immune. In addition, a pack of neutral abyssal creatures will be summoned. The higher your Invocations, the higher the amount of monsters. You may only corrupt a floor once. (7 MP, 5 HP, and 10-14 Piety)
+*'''Corrupt''' - Corrupts the non-Abyss floor you're on, randomly converting the walls and floors of a large area around you to randomly selected other tiles. Stairs and portals cannot be changed, and harder walls are more likely to resist - unnaturally hard walls are immune. In addition, a pack of neutral abyssal creatures will be summoned. The higher your Invocations, the higher the amount of monsters. You may only corrupt each floor once. (7 MP, 5 HP, and 10-14 Piety)
 '''[[Piety|Piety level *****]]''': "Envoy of Void"

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 Worshipping Lugonu is a guaranteed way out of the Abyss. While you'll receive [[penance]] from your old god, Lugonu provides strong protection against most gods' wrath. For an XL 9 or so character, Lugonu is likely your best chance at surviving a banishment.
-Once outside the Abyss, or if found without going into the Abyss, Lugonu is still a potent god, though with little benefit in the early game. The first relevant ability is unlocked at 2* and takes a few levels of Invocations to lower its failure rate. But by mid-Dungeon, the abilities become quite useful:
+Once outside the Abyss, or if found without going into the Abyss, Lugonu is still a potent god, though with little benefit in the early game. The first relevant ability is unlocked at 2* and takes a few levels of Invocations to lower its failure rate. But by mid-Dungeon, the abilities become quite useful.
 *Banishment is very powerful: it is a spammable ability that can ''instantly'' remove a given monster from the Dungeon. Even if you fail to actually banish, you'll still cripple the monster heavily; the [[malmutate]] effect is a better version of [[corrosion]]. Malmutate also reduces the targets' [[HD]], thus reducing their [[willpower]], thus making them easier to banish in the future. Note that [[nonliving]] and [[undead]] monsters are immune to malmutate.
-*Corrupt creates a mass of neutral monsters, which can deal with enemies up to Zot:5. These creatures won't go out of their way to attack you. However, they'll attack if you get in their way. In addition, this ability lets you break through stone walls, including [[Slime Pits]]:5's loot vault (without killing TRJ).
+*Corrupt creates a mass of neutral monsters, which can deal with enemies up to Zot:5. These creatures won't go out of their way to attack you. However, they'll attack if they want to enter your tile. In addition, this ability lets you break through stone walls, including [[Slime Pits]]:5's loot vault (without killing TRJ).
 *Enter the Abyss is an incredibly expensive, but powerful, escape tool. While the Abyss isn't exactly ''safe'', it's likely safer than a dangerous situation inside [[Zot:5]], [[the Tomb]], etc., and it only takes 1 turn to activate.
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 **Also remember that, when exiting the Abyss, you'll end up back where you started. Make sure to buff up before exiting!
-*[[Distortion]] is a powerful melee brand. Before considering the banish chance, it's already stronger than [[electrocution]]. It also has a 5% chance to banish, which is effectively an instakill. However, it can [[blink]] enemies around, which can be annoying. This brand is best on fast weapons like [[Short Blades]], as distortion deals flat damage and has a flat chance to banish.
+*[[Distortion]] is a powerful melee brand. Before considering the banish chance, it's already stronger than [[electrocution]], ''and'' it has a 5% chance to effectively instakill. It can [[blink]] enemies around, which can be annoying, but the raw damage is great. This brand has the greatest impact on fast weapons like [[Short Blades]] and demonic weapons, as distortion deals flat damage and has a flat chance to banish.
 In addition, Lugonu makes the Abyssal rune much easier to obtain. Characters who struggle with their 3rd rune may want to pick Lugonu.

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 Worshipping Lugonu is a guaranteed way out of the Abyss. While you'll receive [[penance]] from your old god, Lugonu provides strong protection against most gods' wrath. For an XL 9 or so character, Lugonu is likely your best chance at surviving a banishment.
-Once outside the Abyss, or if found without going into the Abyss, Lugonu is still a potent god, though with few early game benefits. The first relevant ability is unlocked at 2* and takes a few levels of Invocations to lower its failure rate. But by mid-Dungeon, the abilities become quite useful:
+Once outside the Abyss, or if found without going into the Abyss, Lugonu is still a potent god, though with little benefit in the early game. The first relevant ability is unlocked at 2* and takes a few levels of Invocations to lower its failure rate. But by mid-Dungeon, the abilities become quite useful:
 *Banishment is very powerful: it is a spammable ability that can ''instantly'' remove a given monster from the Dungeon. Even if you fail to actually banish, you'll still cripple the monster heavily; the [[malmutate]] effect is a better version of [[corrosion]]. Malmutate also reduces the targets' [[HD]], thus reducing their [[willpower]], thus making them easier to banish in the future. Note that [[nonliving]] and [[undead]] monsters are immune to malmutate.

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 Worshipping Lugonu is a guaranteed way out of the Abyss. While you'll receive [[penance]] from your old god, Lugonu provides strong protection against most gods' wrath. For an XL 9 or so character, Lugonu is likely your best chance at surviving a banishment.
-Lugonu itself offers a number of strong abilities:
+Once outside the Abyss, or if found without going into the Abyss, Lugonu is still a potent god, though with few early game benefits. The first relevant ability is unlocked at 2* and takes a few levels of Invocations to lower its failure rate. But by mid-Dungeon, the abilities become quite useful:
 *Banishment is very powerful: it is a spammable ability that can ''instantly'' remove a given monster from the Dungeon. Even if you fail to actually banish, you'll still cripple the monster heavily; the [[malmutate]] effect is a better version of [[corrosion]]. Malmutate also reduces the targets' [[HD]], thus reducing their [[willpower]], thus making them easier to banish in the future. Note that [[nonliving]] and [[undead]] monsters are immune to malmutate.

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 ==History==
-*Prior to [[0.31]], Lugonu always banished 1d3 mosnters every time another god's wrath happened. Also, the wrath protection did not activate on [[Elyvilon]] or [[Gozag]] wrath effects.
+*Prior to [[0.31]], Lugonu always banished 1d3 monsters every time another god's wrath happened. Also, the wrath protection did not activate on [[Elyvilon]] or [[Gozag]] wrath effects.
 *Prior to [[0.30]],
 ** Lugonu did not protect you from other gods' wrath. Lugonu did not provide a special bonus to first-time worshippers. Lugonu altars were less common in the Abyss.

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 [[File:Lugonu altar.png]] ''"Spread carnage and corruption!"''
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 Altars to Lugonu are mainly found in [[the Abyss]]. Very rarely, a corrupted version of the [[Ecumenical Temple]] may be generated, or part of the dungeon may be corrupted.
-Joining Lugonu for the first time in the Abyss provides a +40 piety bonus, resulting in 55 piety.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|religion.cc|3795}}</ref> Subsequent joins in the Abyss will give +20 piety (to 35 piety). This allows the player to use the first power, Depart the Abyss, immediately. (There's no bonus for worshippers outside the Abyss.)
+Joining Lugonu for the first time in the Abyss provides a +40 piety bonus, resulting in 55 piety.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|religion.cc|3815}}</ref> Subsequent joins in the Abyss will give +20 piety (to 35 piety). This allows the player to use the first power, Depart the Abyss, immediately. (There's no bonus for worshippers outside the Abyss.)
 You can also create your own altars to Lugonu by using the Corrupt ability on a floor with an altar to another god, but this requires you to already be a follower.
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 '''[[Piety|Piety level **]]''': "Distorting [Species Name]"
 *'''Banish''' - Zap a beam of [[banishment]]. Like the monster spell, it checks [[willpower]]. If you succeed the willpower check, the monster will be sent to the [[Abyss]] (or deeper into the Abyss if inside it), and you'll get full XP as if you killed them. If you fail, the monster will be inflicted with [[malmutate]]. Higher Invocations increases the chance to banish. (4 MP and 3-4 Piety)
-** Banished [[uniques]] (and some powerful, non-unique monsters) are not technically dead, and can appear while exploring the Abyss. Do not use this on [[the Royal Jelly]] unless you have some means of breaking into the stone vaults in its lair.
+**Banished [[uniques]] (and some powerful, non-unique monsters) are not technically dead, and can appear while exploring the Abyss. Do not use this on [[the Royal Jelly]] unless you have some means of breaking into the stone vaults in its lair, such as the Corrupt ability.
 '''[[Piety|Piety level ***]]''': "Agent of Entropy"
-* No new abilities.
+*No new abilities.
 '''[[Piety|Piety level ****]]''': "Schismatic"
 *'''Corrupt''' - Corrupts the non-Abyss floor you're on, randomly converting the walls and floors of a large area around you to randomly selected other tiles. Stairs and portals cannot be changed, and harder walls are more likely to resist - unnaturally hard walls are immune. In addition, a pack of neutral abyssal creatures will be summoned. The higher your Invocations, the higher the amount of monsters. You may only corrupt a floor once. (7 MP, 5 HP, and 10-14 Piety)
 '''[[Piety|Piety level *****]]''': "Envoy of Void"
 *'''Enter the Abyss''' - Instantly sends yourself to the Abyss. (Costs a random non-lethal amount of HP, 10 MP, and 35 Piety)
 '''[[Piety|Piety level ******]]''': "Corrupter of Planes"
 *'''Corrupt Your Weapon''' - Once per game, Lugonu will corrupt a weapon of your choice. Corrupting a weapon adds +1d3 to its enchantment and adds the [[distortion]] brand. You can corrupt any non-artifact melee weapon as long as it isn't already branded with distortion.
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 *Corrupt creates a mass of neutral monsters, which can deal with enemies up to Zot:5. These creatures won't go out of their way to attack you. However, they'll attack if you get in their way. In addition, this ability lets you break through stone walls, including [[Slime Pits]]:5's loot vault (without killing TRJ).
-*Enter the Abyss is incredibly expensive, but powerful, escape tool. While the Abyss isn't exactly ''safe'', it's likely safer than a dangerous situation inside [[Zot:5]], [[the Tomb]], etc., and it only takes 1 turn to activate.
+*Enter the Abyss is an incredibly expensive, but powerful, escape tool. While the Abyss isn't exactly ''safe'', it's likely safer than a dangerous situation inside [[Zot:5]], [[the Tomb]], etc., and it only takes 1 turn to activate.
 **Remember that you end up on the lowest floor you've reached. If you went to Abyss:7 in the past, this ability will send you to Abyss:7. Try to avoid delving deeper than you need to.
 **Also remember that, when exiting the Abyss, you'll end up back where you started. Make sure to buff up before exiting!

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 Lugonu itself offers a number of strong abilities:
-*Banishment is very powerful: it can ''instantly'' removes a given monster from the Dungeon, and it is spammable. Even if you fail to actually banish, you'll still cripple the monster; the [[malmutate]] effect is a better version of [[corrosion]]. Malmutate also reduces the targets' [[HD]], thus reducing their [[willpower]], thus making them easier to banish in the future.
+*Banishment is very powerful: it is a spammable ability that can ''instantly'' removes a given monster from the Dungeon. Even if you fail to actually banish, you'll still cripple the monster heavily; the [[malmutate]] effect is a better version of [[corrosion]]. Malmutate also reduces the targets' [[HD]], thus reducing their [[willpower]], thus making them easier to banish in the future.
 **Note that [[nonliving]] and [[undead]] monsters are immune to malmutate.
-*Corrupt creates a mass of neutral monsters, which can deal with enemies up to Zot:5. In addition, this ability lets you break through stone walls, including [[Slime Pits]]:5's loot vault (without killing TRJ). Watch out for the neutral creatures, though, since they'll attack if you get in their way.
+*Corrupt creates a mass of neutral monsters, which can deal with enemies up to Zot:5. These creatures won't go out of their way to attack you. However, they'll attack if you get in their way.
-*Enter the Abyss is incredibly expensive, but powerful, escape tool. While the Abyss isn't exactly ''safe'', it's likely safer than a dangerous situation inside [[Zot:5]], [[the Tomb]], etc. It only costs 1 turn to use, too.
+*Enter the Abyss is incredibly expensive, but powerful, escape tool. While the Abyss isn't exactly ''safe'', it's likely safer than a dangerous situation inside [[Zot:5]], [[the Tomb]], etc., and it only takes 1 turn to activate.
-**Remember that you end up on the lowest floor you've reached; if you went to Abyss:7, this ability will send you to Abyss:7. Try to avoid delving deeper than you need to.
+**Remember that you end up on the lowest floor you've reached. If you went to Abyss:7 in the past, this ability will send you to Abyss:7. So try to avoid delving deeper than you need to.
-*[[Distortion]] is a powerful melee brand. Before considering the banishment, it's already stronger than [[electrocution]], and unlike elec, it can't be resisted. It also has a 5% chance to banish, which is effectively an instakill. This brand is best on fast weapons like [[Short Blades]], as distortion deals flat damage and has a flat chance to banish.
+*[[Distortion]] is a powerful melee brand. Before considering the banish chance, it's already stronger than [[electrocution]]. It also has a 5% chance to banish, which is effectively an instakill. However, it can [[blink]] enemies around, which can be annoying. This brand is best on fast weapons like [[Short Blades]], as distortion deals flat damage and has a flat chance to banish.
 In addition, Lugonu makes the Abyssal rune much easier to obtain. Characters who struggle with their 3rd rune may want to pick Lugonu.