Willpower - Revision history

Hordes: /* Resistance Descriptions */

2024-06-25T15:45:02Z

‎Resistance Descriptions

2023-12-05T09:28:22Z

‎Enchantment power: the stepdown only applies to >35 pow

2023-09-06T14:50:12Z

Shadow Form overrides robe of folly

2023-08-26T06:28:33Z

‎Player Resistance: Armor -> Armour

2023-08-12T08:58:24Z

‎Resistible Enchantments: fix effects

2023-07-12T17:15:13Z

2023-06-14T15:57:34Z

‎Enchantment power

2023-06-14T07:01:11Z

‎Enchantment power

2023-06-09T14:54:29Z

‎Player Resistance: +Tar

2023-06-09T03:07:40Z

‎Resisting enchantments

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 ==Resistance Descriptions==
-Neither the player's nor monster's Will is ever given explicitly. A rough suggestion of how resistant they are can be seen by pressing the [[%]] key for the player, and e'''x'''amining a monster's description. You can also calculate the exact willpower of the player.
+Neither the player's nor monster's Will are ever given explicitly. A rough suggestion of how resistant they are can be seen by pressing the [[%]] key for the player, and e'''x'''amining a monster's description.
 Pluses on these screens correspond to the Will level of the player or monster, as follows:
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 | +++++ || 200 || 161 or more
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 As a practical matter, a player who has Will++++ should generally be able to resist the most dangerous enchanters in the game (such as [[deep elf demonologist]]s, [[lich]]es, and [[ancient lich]]es). More Will reduces the likelihood of these spells landing even further, but the gains become significantly less important beyond this point.

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 When a player casts a spell or evokes a wand, the game uses enchantment power, which is based off [[spell power]] and the type of spell cast.
-First, spellpower is modified by <code>spellpower * factor</code>, which is specific to a given spell. For example, [[Cause Fear]] and other "mass enchantments" have a factor of 3/2. The usual spell has a multiplier of 1. Your adjusted power is then passed through a stepdown function, <code>35 * log2(1 + adj_pow/35)</code>.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|beam.cc|6806}}<br>Stepdown function can be found at {{source ref|0.30.0|stepdown.cc|14}}</ref>
+First, spellpower is modified by <code>spellpower * factor</code>, which is specific to a given spell. For example, [[Cause Fear]] and other "mass enchantments" have a factor of 3/2. The usual spell has a multiplier of 1. If your adjusted power > 35, it is then passed through a stepdown function, <code>35 * log2(1 + adj_pow/35)</code>.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|beam.cc|6806}}<br>Stepdown function can be found at {{source ref|0.30.0|stepdown.cc|14}}</ref>
 The stepdown function means that, for every 35 enchantment power, the next 35 power requires twice as much spellpower to obtain. Since spellpower (for spells) goes through a [[Spell power#Step down|stepdown]] of its own, it becomes very hard to raise power at high levels. To compensate, many high-level spells, such as [[Agony]] and [[Enfeeble]], have large multipliers.

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 * -80 with an [[guile|orb of guile]]
-Willpower is capped at 200 at this stage. Then, willpower is modified by the following factors:
+Willpower is capped at 200 at this stage. Then, willpower is modified by the following factors (in order):
 *The total is then divided by two if you are under the '''Will/2''' status (from a [[scroll of vulnerability]], the [[:Category:Vuln flavour|attack]] of a [[phantasmal warrior]] or [[imperial myrmidon]], the [[Strip Willpower]] spell, or while in [[Tartarus]]).
 *[[Shadow Form]] gives infinite willpower.
 ==History==

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 * +40 for each source of Will+
-** [[ego|Armor of willpower]] (Will+)
+** [[Ego|Armour of willpower]] (Will+)
 ** [[Ring of willpower]] (Will+)
 ** [[Good mutations#Magic Resistance|Strong-willed mutation]] (a level of Will+ per rank)

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 *[[Dimension Anchor]]
 *[[Discord]]
-*[[Dispersal]] (teleportation only)
+*[[Dispersal]] (confuse + teleport only)
-*[[Enfeeble]] (confusion + blindness only)
+*[[Enfeeble]] (daze + blindness only)
 *[[Ensorcelled Hibernation]]
 *[[Inner Flame]]

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 ===Notes===
 *Many of these enchantments can be resisted via other means. For example, undead, nonliving, and plant monsters cannot be put to [[sleep]].
-*[[Polymorph]] will not be resisted by ([[very ugly thing|very]]) [[ugly thing]]s, which will always change color. [[Shapeshifter]]s can only resist it if they are currently in the form of something with unshakeable will.
+*[[Polymorph]] will not be resisted by ([[very ugly thing|very]]) [[ugly thing]]s, which will always change color. [[shapeshifter (monster)|shapeshifter]]s can only resist it if they are currently in the form of something with unshakeable will.
 *Effects produced by the [[chaos]] brand don't check Will.

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	For monsters, enchantment power is either 1. a flat number, or 2. a number based on monster [[hit dice]].		For monsters, enchantment power is either 1. a flat number, or 2. a number based on monster [[hit dice]].
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		+	After enchantment power is calculated, it is compared to the target's willpower (see above for more details).

	==Resistance Descriptions==		==Resistance Descriptions==

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 First, spell power is multiplied by a factor, which is specific to a given spell. For example, [[Cause Fear]] and other "mass enchantments" have a factor of 3/2. The usual spell will have a multiplier of 1. Your adjusted power is then passed through a stepdown function, <code>35 * log2(1 + adj_pow/35)</code>.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|beam.cc|6806}}<br>Stepdown function can be found at {{source ref|0.30.0|stepdown.cc|14}}</ref>
-The stepdown function means that, for every 35 enchantment power, the next 35 power requires twice as much spellpower to obtain. Since spellpower itself goes through a [[Spell power#Step down|stepdown]] of its own, it becomes very hard to raise power at high levels. To compensate, many high-level spells, such as [[Agony]] and [[Enfeeble]], have large multipliers.
+The stepdown function means that, for every 35 enchantment power, the next 35 power requires twice as much spellpower to obtain. Since spellpower (for spells) goes through a [[Spell power#Step down|stepdown]] of its own, it becomes very hard to raise power at high levels. To compensate, many high-level spells, such as [[Agony]] and [[Enfeeble]], have large multipliers.
 For monsters, enchantment power is either 1. a flat number, or 2. a number based on monster [[hit dice]].