Ring of sustain abilities - Revision history

Gammafunk: Redirected page to Ring of sustain attributes

2015-11-17T16:41:24Z

Redirected page to Ring of sustain attributes

Bwijn: +hint

2015-09-18T13:00:35Z

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Edsrzf: Update to 0.16

2015-07-07T00:53:29Z

Update to 0.16

Spudwalt: added note on the Tomb

2015-02-25T07:29:36Z

added note on the Tomb

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2015-02-25T05:20:42Z

‎Strategy

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2015-02-25T05:20:25Z

‎Strategy

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2015-02-25T05:20:03Z

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2015-02-25T05:16:28Z

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CommanderC at 14:10, 29 August 2014

2014-08-29T14:10:32Z

MoogleDan: Added version tag

2013-08-13T11:58:09Z

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−	~~{{version016}}~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Ring of sustain attributes]]
−	~~{{item~~
−	~~\|itemtype=Jewellery~~
−	~~\|name=Ring of sustain abilities~~
−	~~\|cost= 175~~
−	}}
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−	~~{{flavour\|This ring protects its wearer from the loss of their strength, dexterity and intelligence.}}~~
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−	The '''ring of sustain abilities''' cuts any temporary loss of [[stats]] in half, rounding down. Note that most sources of stat loss cause you to lose a single point, so this ring completely negates those (e.g. [[sickness]] and the [[Bad mutations#~~Deterioration\|Deterioration mutation]]).~~
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−	~~A ring of sustain abilities does '''not''' affect the ''permanent'' loss of abilities that might be incurred by~~ [[~~mutation]]s.~~
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−	~~==Strategy==~~
−	If you happen to have one in your inventory, you could put it on if you come across a monster capable of draining your stats or making you sick. Stat losses incurred through routine exploration are largely negligible, however, so most characters need not bother; characters with particularly low stats (such as a [[berserker]] with low [[intelligence]]) may wish to have one on hand for such occasions, as [[stat zero]] is extremely unpleasant.
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−	[[Deep dwarves]] (who do not regain stats naturally) and [[mummies]] (who can only regain stats by waiting or spending a permanent MP) might consider wearing one of these rings, and even for them, a good resistance is usually a better choice, since stat drain is rarely immediately life-threatening.
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−	However, the [[Deterioration\|Deterioration mutation]] makes these rings become far more useful. Level 1 of that mutation is generally just annoying, but at levels 2 and 3, it becomes almost a necessity to wear one of these rings until you can get rid of the mutation. A deep dwarf with any level of deterioration will nearly always want to be wearing a ring of sustain abilities.
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−	Another situation that may merit a ring of sustain abilities is the exploration of the [[Tomb]], where you will encounter large numbers of [[death curse]]s, many of which will have a small, but significant chance of reducing your stats. A ring of ~~sustain abilities will make the stat losses more manageable.~~
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−	If you want to run the extended endgame and explore [[Hell]], you'll need sustain abilities to block the frequently occuring stats reductions by [[Hell's mystical force]]. Since [[randarts]] with this quality are very, very rare and the only [[Unrandart]] delivering SustAb is the [[Orange crystal plate armour]] you'll need probably this ring.
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−	~~==History==~~
−	~~In [[0.17]], these rings will be renamed to "~~sustain attributes".
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−	~~Prior to [[0.15]] you received a cumulative effect for wearing two rings, reducing stat loss by 75%, thus entirely negating all stat damage dealt in increments of 3 or less.~~
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 Another situation that may merit a ring of sustain abilities is the exploration of the [[Tomb]], where you will encounter large numbers of [[death curse]]s, many of which will have a small, but significant chance of reducing your stats. A ring of sustain abilities will make the stat losses more manageable.
 ==History==
 In [[0.17]], these rings will be renamed to "sustain attributes".

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 {{item
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 {{flavour|This ring protects its wearer from the loss of their strength, dexterity and intelligence.}}
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 ==History==
 Prior to [[0.15]] you received a cumulative effect for wearing two rings, reducing stat loss by 75%, thus entirely negating all stat damage dealt in increments of 3 or less.
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 ''Not to be confused with the [[ring of sustenance]].''
 {{flavour|This ring protects its wearer from the loss of their strength, dexterity and intelligence.}}
-The '''ring of sustain abilities''' cuts any  temporary loss of [[stats]] in half, rounding down. Note that most sources of stat loss cause you to lose a single point, so this ring completely negates those (e.g. [[sickness]] and the [[Bad mutations#Deterioration|Deterioration mutation]]).
+The '''ring of sustain abilities''' cuts any temporary loss of [[stats]] in half, rounding down. Note that most sources of stat loss cause you to lose a single point, so this ring completely negates those (e.g. [[sickness]] and the [[Bad mutations#Deterioration|Deterioration mutation]]).
-Note that this does not affect the ''permanent'' loss of abilities that might be incurred by [[mutation]]s.
+A ring of sustain abilities does '''not''' affect the ''permanent'' loss of abilities that might be incurred by [[mutation]]s.
 ==Strategy==
-For a healthy character, this is not worth carrying around.  But if you happen to have in in your inventory, you could put it on if you come across a monster capable of draining your stats, or if you get sick.  Or you could just not bother.
+If you happen to have one in your inventory, you could put it on if you come across a monster capable of draining your stats or making you sick. Stat losses incurred through routine exploration are largely negligible, however, so most characters need not bother; characters with particularly low stats (such as a [[berserker]] with low [[intelligence]]) may wish to have one on hand for such occasions, as [[stat zero]] is extremely unpleasant.
 [[Deep dwarves]] (who do not regain stats naturally) and [[mummies]] (who can only regain stats by waiting or spending a permanent MP) might consider wearing one of these rings, and even for them, a good resistance is usually a better choice, since stat drain is rarely immediately life-threatening.
-However, the [[Bad mutations#deterioration|deterioration mutation]] makes these rings become far more useful. Level 1 of that mutation is generally just annoying, but at levels 2 and 3, it becomes almost a necessity to wear one of these rings until you can get rid of the mutation. A deep dwarf with any level of deterioration will nearly always want to be wearing a ring of sustain abilities.
+However, the [[Deterioration|Deterioration mutation]] makes these rings become far more useful. Level 1 of that mutation is generally just annoying, but at levels 2 and 3, it becomes almost a necessity to wear one of these rings until you can get rid of the mutation. A deep dwarf with any level of deterioration will nearly always want to be wearing a ring of sustain abilities.
 ==History==

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 For a healthy character, this is not worth carrying around.  But if you happen to have in in your inventory, you could put it on if you come across a monster capable of draining your stats, or if you get sick.  Or you could just not bother.
-[[Deep dwarves]] (who do not regain stats naturally) and [[mummies]] (who can only regain stats by waiting or spending a permanent MP) might consider wearing one of these rings all the time, and even for them, a good resistance is usually a better choice, since stat drain is rarely immediately life-threatening.
+[[Deep dwarves]] (who do not regain stats naturally) and [[mummies]] (who can only regain stats by waiting or spending a permanent MP) might consider wearing one of these rings, and even for them, a good resistance is usually a better choice, since stat drain is rarely immediately life-threatening.
 However, the [[Bad mutations#deterioration|deterioration mutation]] makes these rings become far more useful. Level 1 of that mutation is generally just annoying, but at levels 2 and 3, it becomes almost a necessity to wear one of these rings until you can get rid of the mutation. A deep dwarf with any level of deterioration will nearly always want to be wearing a ring of sustain abilities.