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==List of gods==
 
==List of gods==
* [[Ashenzari]], god of cursed divinations.
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* '''[[Ashenzari]]''', god of [[curse]]d divinations.
* [[Beogh]], evil god of the [[orc]]s.
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* '''[[Beogh]]''', evil god of the [[orc]]s.
* [[Cheibriados]], the slow god.
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* '''[[Cheibriados]]''', the slow god.
* [[Dithmenos]], god of shadows.
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* '''[[Dithmenos]]''', evil god of shadows and [[stealth]].
* [[Elyvilon]], good god of healing.
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* '''[[Elyvilon]]''', good god of healing.
* [[Fedhas Madash]], god of [[list of plants|plants]].
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* '''[[Fedhas Madash]]''', god of [[list of plants|plants]].
* [[Gozag Ym Sagoz]], god of business and commerce.
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* '''[[Gozag Ym Sagoz]]''', god of [[gold]], business, and commerce.
* [[Hepliaklqana]] the Forgotten
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* '''[[Hepliaklqana]]''', god of ancestry and memory.
* [[Jiyva]], god of [[list of jellies|slimes]].
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* '''[[Jiyva]]''', chaotic god of [[list of jellies|slimes]] and [[list of eyeballs|eyeballs]].
* [[Kikubaaqudgha]], evil god of [[Necromancy|necromantic magic]].
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* '''[[Kikubaaqudgha]]''', evil god of [[Necromancy]].
* [[Lugonu]], evil god of [[the Abyss]].
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* '''[[Lugonu]]''', chaotic evil god of [[The Abyss]].
* [[Makhleb]], evil god of chaos and violence.
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* '''[[Makhleb]]''', chaotic evil god of bloodshed and destruction.
* [[Nemelex Xobeh]], the trickster god.
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* '''[[Nemelex Xobeh]]''', god of [[card]]s.
* [[Okawaru]], god of battle.
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* '''[[Okawaru]]''', god of battle.
* [[Qazlal]], god of tempests.
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* '''[[Qazlal]]''', god of tempests.
* [[Ru]], god of sacrifice and unmaking.
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* '''[[Ru]]''', god of sacrifice and unmaking.
* [[Sif Muna]], god of [[magic]] and mystical secrets.
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* '''[[Sif Muna]]''', god of [[magic]] and mystical secrets.
* [[The Shining One]], good god of honourable crusades against evil.
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* '''[[Trog]]''', god of violence and [[berserk]] rage.
* [[Trog]], god of violence and anger.
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* '''[[Uskayaw]]''', god of wild dancing.
* [[Uskayaw]] the Reveler, a god of wild dancing.
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* '''[[Vehumet]]''', god of destructive magic.
* [[Vehumet]], god of destructive magic.
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* '''The [[Wu Jian|Wu Jian Council]]''', a council of formerly mortal martial artists.
* [[Wu Jian|Wu Jian Council]], a council of formerly mortal monks.
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* '''[[Xom]]''', god of [[chaos]].
* [[Xom]], god of true chaos.
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* '''[[Yredelemnul]]''', evil god of death and [[undead|undeath]].
* [[Yredelemnul]], evil god of death.
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* '''[[Zin]]''', good god of law and purity.
* [[Zin]], good god of law and purity.
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* '''[[The Shining One]]''', good god of honourable crusades against evil.
  
 
==Ability comparison==
 
==Ability comparison==
''* = An activatable ability''<br>
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'''''bold''' = An activatable ability''<br>
''^ = Activated by '''[[p]]'''raying
 
 
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|[[Ashenzari]]
 
|[[Ashenzari]]
|^ Convert [[scrolls of remove curse]] into curse scrolls
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|'''Curse an item of your choice, providing skill boosts'''
  
Prevent outside sources of curses
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'''Remove a cursed item by destroying it forever'''
  
Detect curses on items
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Identify all visible/collected items
  
Detect [[portal]]s
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Detect [[portal]]s on floor
  
Map terrain outside of [[LOS]]
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Detect monsters outside of [[LOS]]
 
 
Detect monsters outside of LOS
 
  
 
Detect items outside of LOS
 
Detect items outside of LOS
  
Improved trap detection
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Map terrain outside of [[LOS]]
  
[[Identify]] [[ego]]s
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Prevents random [[trap]]s while exploring
|Identify Armor
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|Identify Weapons, Amulets and Rings
 
 
 
Boosted skills when cursed
 
 
|[[See invisible]]
 
|[[See invisible]]
 
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|[[Clarity]]
[[Clarity]]
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|Gain full vision of tiles outside of LOS
|* See through walls
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|
|* Transfer skill points
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Beogh]]
 
|[[Beogh]]
|^ Bless orc corpses for piety
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| Chance of preventing lethal damage (not during [[penance]])
  
Chance of preventing lethal damage (not during [[penance]])
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Experience is spread to orcish followers
 
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Experience is spread to followers
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|'''[[Smite]] enemies'''
|Improved [[AC]] and [[SH]]
 
|* [[Smite]] enemies
 
 
|Convert orcish followers
 
|Convert orcish followers
  
 
Bless orcish followers
 
Bless orcish followers
|* [[Recall]] orcish followers
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|'''[[Recall]] orcish followers'''
  
 
Gain orcish reinforcements if no followers are present
 
Gain orcish reinforcements if no followers are present
 
|Walk on water
 
|Walk on water
|
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 +
'''Gift named followers with an item'''
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|'''Resurrect fallen orcs'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Cheibriados]]
 
|[[Cheibriados]]
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Improved stats
 
Improved stats
  
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Slow everything adjacent to you
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'''Slow everything adjacent to you'''
|Slows metabolism
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|Slows damage from [[poison]]
 
|
 
|
|* Step monsters forward in time
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|'''Skip monsters forward in time'''
|* Hurt everything faster than you in LOS
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|'''Hurt everything faster than you in LOS'''
|* Move to nowhere and let time pass
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|'''Temporarily leave the flow of time'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Dithmenos]]
 
|[[Dithmenos]]
 
|
 
|
|Surrounded by [[umbra]]
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|Surrounded by an [[umbra]]
|* Step into the shadows of immobile monsters within your umbra
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|'''Step into the shadows of monsters within your umbra'''
 
|Bleed smoke when injured
 
|Bleed smoke when injured
 
|Your shadow mimics your actions
 
|Your shadow mimics your actions
|* Enter [[Shadow Form]]
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|'''Enter [[Shadow Form]]'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Elyvilon]]
 
|[[Elyvilon]]
|* Temporarily prevent lethal damage
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|Chance of preventing lethal damage
|* Lesser Healing
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|'''Heal yourself a little'''
  
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Divine Protection
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'''Temporarily guarantee protection from lethal damage'''
|* Heal Other (may pacify)
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|'''Heal and attempt to pacify other creatures'''
|* Remove [[status effects]], restore stats, cure [[rot]]
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|'''Remove [[status effects]], restore stats, cure [[drain]]ing'''
|* Greater Healing
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|'''Heal yourself a lot'''
|* Increase maximum HP/MP
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|'''Temporarily increase maximum HP/MP'''
 
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Shoot through plants
 
Shoot through plants
 
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^ Decompose corpses, causing [[toadstool]]s to grow
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|'''Summon a ring of [[briar patch]]es around yourself'''
|* Evolve plants into allies using [[fruit]]
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|'''Summon a [[ballistomycete]]'''
|* Call sunlight, drying [[water]]
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|'''Turn a patch of walls into allied plants'''
|* Grow plants using fruit
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|'''Summon an [[oklob plant]]'''
|* Summon [[giant spore]]s from corpses
 
|* Call rain, creating water
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Gozag Ym Sagoz]]
 
|[[Gozag Ym Sagoz]]
|colspan="7"|Monsters no longer leave corpses, but [[gold]]
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|colspan="7"|Monsters leave [[gold]] instead of corpses
  
Detect gold and shops
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Detect gold
  
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Pay for [[potion]] effects
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'''Pay for [[potion]] effects'''
  
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Fund the opening of new shops
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'''Fund the opening of new shops'''
  
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Bribe monsters of a particular [[branch]] into not attacking you or joining you
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'''Bribe monsters of a particular [[branch]] into neutrality or even alliance'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Hepliaklqana]]
 
|[[Hepliaklqana]]
|Recall
 
 
Ancester Identity
 
 
|
 
|
|Ancester Life: Knight
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|Maximum HP reduced by 10%
  
Ancester Life: Battlemage
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Creates an allied ancestor
  
Ancester Life: Hexer
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'''[[Recall]] your ancestor'''
  
|Transference
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'''Pick the name and gender of your ancestor'''
|Idealize
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|'''Choose your ancestor's background (Knight, Battlemage, or Hexer)'''
|Beings near your transference will be drained
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|'''Switch your ancestor with another creature'''
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|'''Heal your ancestor and temporarily grant them increased damage, spell power, and AC'''
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|'''Drains creatures next to your ancestor after it swaps with another creature'''
 
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|
 
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|Turns all [[list of jellies|slimes]] and [[list of eyeballs|eyeballs]] neutral
 
|Turns all [[list of jellies|slimes]] and [[list of eyeballs|eyeballs]] neutral
  
Protects your items
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Protects you from slimy walls
  
Shuffles your stats
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Slimes can eat non-[[artefact]] items, granting piety; [[jelly|jellies]] can split when eating
  
Creates neutral [[jellies]] and eats off-level items
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Creates neutral [[jellies]] if no slimes are present
|* Summon a neutral jelly to devour items
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|'''Summon a neutral jelly to devour items'''
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|
 +
|Gifts random [[mutation]]s
  
Gain food when slimes eat items
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Shuffles your stats depending on your skills and equipment
|Gifts random mutations
 
  
Grants resistance to [[corrosion]]
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Grants resistance to [[acid]] and [[corrosion]]
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|'''Turn enemies into slimes'''
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|Taking heavy damage creates allied slimes
  
^ Halt slimes from eating items
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'''Remove a random bad mutation'''
|Gain MP when slimes eat items
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|Removes the walls of the [[Slime Pits]] [[rune]] vault
|* Turn enemies into slimes
 
 
 
Gain HP when jellies eat items
 
|* Remove a random bad mutation
 
|Taking heavy damage creates slimes
 
 
 
Removes the walls of the [[Slime Pits]] [[rune]] vault
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Kikubaaqudgha]]
 
|[[Kikubaaqudgha]]
|Increases your available HP when using [[Death's Door]]
 
|* Summon [[corpse]]s
 
|Gifts a low-level Necromancy spellbook
 
 
Grants protection from Necromancy miscasts and [[death curse]]s
 
 
|
 
|
|Gifts a mid-level Necromancy spellbook
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|'''Summon [[corpse]]s'''
  
Chance to prevent [[sickness]] when casting [[Haunt]]
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Gifts several low-level Necromancy spells
 
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|Grants protection from Necromancy miscasts and [[death curse]]s
Grants protection from Torment
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|Gifts several mid-level Necromancy spells
|^ Invoke Torment using a corpse
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|Grants partial resistance to [[Torment]]
|(Once only) Receive either [[Necronomicon]] or permanent [[pain (brand)|pain]]-branded weapon
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|'''Invoke Torment using a corpse'''
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|'''(Once only) Receive either several high-level Necromancy spells or [[pain (brand)|pain]] brand on weapon'''
 
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|-
 
|[[Lugonu]]
 
|[[Lugonu]]
|^ Sacrifice corpses for piety
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| Safely unwield weapons of [[distortion]]
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|'''Leave the [[Abyss]]'''
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|'''Blink yourself and monsters around you'''
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|'''[[Banish]] monsters to the Abyss'''
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|'''Corrupt current level, altering terrain and summoning neutral Abyssal creatures'''
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|'''Banish yourself to the Abyss'''
  
Safely unwield weapons of [[distortion]]
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Find the Abyssal [[rune]] more easily
|* Depart the [[Abyss]]
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|'''(Once only) Receive distortion brand on weapon'''
|* Blink yourself and monsters around you
 
|* [[Banish]] monsters to the Abyss
 
|* Corrupt current level
 
|* Banish yourself to the Abyss
 
|Find the Abyssal [[rune]] more easily
 
 
 
(Once only) Receive distortion brand on weapon
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Makhleb]]
 
|[[Makhleb]]
 
|
 
|
 
|Gain HP from killing
 
|Gain HP from killing
|* Fire a random low-level beam
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|'''Fire a random low-level beam'''
|* Summon an average-strength demon
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|'''Summon an average-strength demon'''
|* Fire a random high-level beam
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|'''Fire a random high-level bolt'''
|* Summon a powerful demon
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|'''Summon a powerful demon'''
 
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Nemelex Xobeh]]
 
|[[Nemelex Xobeh]]
|Gifts [[decks]] of cards
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|Gifts [[card]]s of power in three general [[decks]] (Destruction, Escape, Summoning)
  
Improved card power
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'''Draw a card from a deck'''
 
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|
 
|
 
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|* Choose a card from the first three in a deck
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|'''Choose a card from the first three in a deck'''
|* Deal four cards from a deck in a single turn
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|'''Deal four cards from a deck in a single turn'''
|* Sort the first five cards in a deck
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|'''Choose five cards to form a separate, ordered deck'''
 
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Okawaru]]
 
|[[Okawaru]]
 
|
 
|
|* Increase physical combat skills
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|'''Increase physical combat skills'''
 
|
 
|
 
|Receive ammunition as gifts
 
|Receive ammunition as gifts
 
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|* Double attack speed
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|'''Double attack speed'''
  
 
Receive weapons and armour as gifts
 
Receive weapons and armour as gifts
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|-
 
|[[Qazlal]]
 
|[[Qazlal]]
|Cannot be harmed by clouds you create by any means.
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|Grants you and divine allies immunity to all harmful clouds.
|Passively create elemental clouds around you, adding SH and generating noise.
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|Passively create elemental clouds around you, adding [[SH]] and generating [[noise]].
|* Smite an area with random elemental damage.
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|'''Smite an area with random elemental damage'''
|* Convert nearby clouds to elementals.
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|'''Convert nearby clouds into elementals'''
|Permanent Repel Missiles, and taking fire, cold, electric, or physical damage has a chance to grant +rF, +rC, +rElec, or +3AC respectively.
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|Permanent [[Repel Missiles]]
|* Randomly smite many areas in LOS with random elemental damage.
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Taking elemental damage (fire, cold, electric, physical) has a chance to grant temporary resistance
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|'''Randomly smite many areas in LOS with random elemental damage'''
 
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Ru]]
 
|[[Ru]]
|* Make personal sacrifices to gain piety.
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|'''Make personal sacrifices to gain piety'''
|Attacks against you sometimes falter or are redirected to enemies.
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|Attacks against you sometimes falter or are redirected to enemies
|Enemies attacking you suffer bad status effects.
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|Enemies that harm you suffer status ailments
|* Regain HP and MP, and cure "restraint" status effects (m. draining).
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|'''Regain HP and MP, and cure some "restraining" status effects'''
|* Power Leap 3 tiles and damage enemies near your landing point (l. draining).
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|'''Leap up to 3 tiles and damage enemies near your landing point'''
|* Deals heavy damage and random status effects to enemies in LOS (h. draining).
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|'''Deal heavy damage and random status effects to all enemies in LOS'''
 
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Sif Muna]]
 
|[[Sif Muna]]
 
|
 
|
|* Recover MP at will
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|'''Greatly increase your MP regeneration'''
|* Forget spells at will
 
 
|
 
|
|Grants protection from miscast effects
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|'''Forget spells at will'''
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|'''Cast a spell from your spell library using Invocations to determine power'''
 
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|
 
|Receive [[spellbook]]s as gifts
 
|Receive [[spellbook]]s as gifts
 
|-
 
|-
|[[The Shining One]]
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|[[Trog]]
|Chance of preventing lethal damage
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|Protects allies from [[abjuration]]
 
 
Grants protection from [[negative energy]]
 
|Gain HP/MP from slaying evil monsters
 
  
Surrounded by [[halo]]
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May extend [[berserk]]er rage when killing
|* Create divine [[shield]]
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|'''Go [[berserk]]'''
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|'''Increase [[regeneration]] and [[willpower]]'''
 
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|
|* Call down a blast of holy energy
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|'''Summon a berserk ally'''
|* Summon friendly [[Angel]] or [[Daeva]]
 
 
 
Protects allies from [[abjuration]]
 
 
 
Bless allies
 
|(Once only) Receive [[holy wrath]] brand on weapon
 
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|[[Trog]]
 
|^ Turn spellbooks into clouds of flame
 
 
 
Protects allies from [[abjuration]]
 
 
 
Extended berserker rage when killing
 
 
 
Grants protection from exhaustion after berserking
 
|* Go [[berserk]]
 
|* Increase [[regeneration]] and [[magic resistance]]
 
|Receive ammunition as a gift
 
|* Summon a berserk ally
 
 
|Receive weapons as gifts
 
|Receive weapons as gifts
 
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|[[Uskayaw]]
 
|[[Uskayaw]]
 
|
 
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|*Deal damage to adjacent creatures
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|'''Deal damage to adjacent creatures'''
|*Pass through a line of creatures and leave those you pass through confused
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|'''Pass through and [[confusion|confuse]] a line of creatures
|*Enemies in your line of sight are paralyzed
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|Paralyzes enemies in your line of sight
|*When enemies take damage they also deal a percentage of the damage taken to nearby creatures
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|Enemies that take damage share that damage to nearby creatures
|*Blink to and instantly kill any targetable monster, monster must have emotions
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|'''Blink to and instantly kill a monster'''
 
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|[[Wu Jian|Wu Jian Council]]
 
|[[Wu Jian|Wu Jian Council]]
 
|Deal 120% attack damage when moving directly toward an enemy
 
|Deal 120% attack damage when moving directly toward an enemy
|Deal 80% attack damage when moving adjacent to an enemy and pin them in place
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|Deal 80% attack damage when moving adjacent to an enemy
|*Jump off a wall and attack all adjacent enemies to the landing site twice for twice as much time
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|'''Jump off a wall and attack all enemies next to where you land (takes two turns)'''
|*Two instantaneous attacks and your martial attacks are boosted
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|'''Gain two instantaneous moves and boosts damage of martial attacks'''
 
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|*Grants the player a [[halo]] and summons clouds that grant a slaying bonus
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|'''Grants the player a [[halo]], summons opaque clouds, and grants a bonus to [[slaying]] and [[ev]]asion'''
 
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Xom]]
 
|[[Xom]]
|Special, see [[Xom#Acts]]
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|colspan="7"|Acts randomly at all times; see [[Xom#Acts]]
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|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Yredelemnul]]
 
|[[Yredelemnul]]
 
|
 
|
|* Animate a corpse or skeleton
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|'''Animate a corpse or skeleton'''
|* Reflect incoming damage
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|'''Temporarily reflect incoming damage'''
  
[[Recall]] undead allies
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'''[[Recall]] undead allies'''
|* Animate all corpses in sight
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|'''Animate all corpses in sight'''
  
 
Receive undead servants as gifts
 
Receive undead servants as gifts
|* Drain life from all living beings in sight
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|'''Drain life from all living beings in LOS'''
|* Curse a living being to become your slave when killed
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|'''Curse a living being to become your slave when killed'''
 
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Zin]]
 
|[[Zin]]
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|'''Donate gold to gain piety'''
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 +
Chance of preventing lethal damage
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Grants increasing protection from [[mutation]]s
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 +
Grants increasing protection from [[Hell]] effects
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|'''Inflict random status effects on enemies; more effective against evil and chaotic enemies'''
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|'''Increase stats and gain resistance to [[poison]] and [[status effects]]'''
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|'''Create temporary prison around enemy'''
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|
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|'''Create temporary sanctuary from danger'''
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|[[Potions of mutation]] only remove mutations
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|-
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|[[The Shining One]]
 
|Chance of preventing lethal damage
 
|Chance of preventing lethal damage
  
Chance of protection from mutation
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Surrounded by [[halo]]
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 +
Grants increasing protection from [[negative energy]]
 +
 
 +
Protects allies from [[abjuration]]
  
Chance of protection from [[Hell]] effects
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Blesses allies that make kills
|* Inflict random status effects on enemies
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|You and your allies gain HP/MP from slaying evil monsters
|* Increase stats, satiation, and resistance to [[poison]] and [[status effects]]
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|'''Create divine shield'''
|* Create temporary prison around enemy
 
 
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|
|* Create sanctuary of protection
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|'''Call down a blast of holy energy'''
|(Once only) Cure all mutations
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|'''Summon a friendly [[Angel]] or [[Daeva]]'''
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|'''(Once only) Receive [[holy wrath]] brand on weapon'''
 
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|}
  

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List of gods

Ability comparison

bold = An activatable ability

Comparison of abilities granted by gods
God Piety - (0) Piety * (30) Piety ** (50) Piety *** (75) Piety **** (100) Piety ***** (120) Piety ****** (160)
Ashenzari Curse an item of your choice, providing skill boosts

Remove a cursed item by destroying it forever

Identify all visible/collected items

Detect portals on floor

Detect monsters outside of LOS

Detect items outside of LOS

Map terrain outside of LOS

Prevents random traps while exploring

See invisible Clarity Gain full vision of tiles outside of LOS
Beogh Chance of preventing lethal damage (not during penance)

Experience is spread to orcish followers

Smite enemies Convert orcish followers

Bless orcish followers

Recall orcish followers

Gain orcish reinforcements if no followers are present

Walk on water

Gift named followers with an item

Resurrect fallen orcs
Cheibriados Slow movement

Improved stats

Slow everything adjacent to you

Slows damage from poison Skip monsters forward in time Hurt everything faster than you in LOS Temporarily leave the flow of time
Dithmenos Surrounded by an umbra Step into the shadows of monsters within your umbra Bleed smoke when injured Your shadow mimics your actions Enter Shadow Form
Elyvilon Chance of preventing lethal damage Heal yourself a little

Temporarily guarantee protection from lethal damage

Heal and attempt to pacify other creatures Remove status effects, restore stats, cure draining Heal yourself a lot Temporarily increase maximum HP/MP
Fedhas Madash Turns all plants friendly

Walk through plants

Shoot through plants

Summon a ring of briar patches around yourself Summon a ballistomycete Turn a patch of walls into allied plants Summon an oklob plant
Gozag Ym Sagoz Monsters leave gold instead of corpses

Detect gold

Pay for potion effects

Fund the opening of new shops

Bribe monsters of a particular branch into neutrality or even alliance

Hepliaklqana Maximum HP reduced by 10%

Creates an allied ancestor

Recall your ancestor

Pick the name and gender of your ancestor

Choose your ancestor's background (Knight, Battlemage, or Hexer) Switch your ancestor with another creature Heal your ancestor and temporarily grant them increased damage, spell power, and AC Drains creatures next to your ancestor after it swaps with another creature
Jiyva Turns all slimes and eyeballs neutral

Protects you from slimy walls

Slimes can eat non-artefact items, granting piety; jellies can split when eating

Creates neutral jellies if no slimes are present

Summon a neutral jelly to devour items Gifts random mutations

Shuffles your stats depending on your skills and equipment

Grants resistance to acid and corrosion

Turn enemies into slimes Taking heavy damage creates allied slimes

Remove a random bad mutation

Removes the walls of the Slime Pits rune vault
Kikubaaqudgha Summon corpses

Gifts several low-level Necromancy spells

Grants protection from Necromancy miscasts and death curses Gifts several mid-level Necromancy spells Grants partial resistance to Torment Invoke Torment using a corpse (Once only) Receive either several high-level Necromancy spells or pain brand on weapon
Lugonu Safely unwield weapons of distortion Leave the Abyss Blink yourself and monsters around you Banish monsters to the Abyss Corrupt current level, altering terrain and summoning neutral Abyssal creatures Banish yourself to the Abyss

Find the Abyssal rune more easily

(Once only) Receive distortion brand on weapon
Makhleb Gain HP from killing Fire a random low-level beam Summon an average-strength demon Fire a random high-level bolt Summon a powerful demon
Nemelex Xobeh Gifts cards of power in three general decks (Destruction, Escape, Summoning)

Draw a card from a deck

Choose a card from the first three in a deck Deal four cards from a deck in a single turn Choose five cards to form a separate, ordered deck
Okawaru Increase physical combat skills Receive ammunition as gifts Double attack speed

Receive weapons and armour as gifts

Qazlal Grants you and divine allies immunity to all harmful clouds. Passively create elemental clouds around you, adding SH and generating noise. Smite an area with random elemental damage Convert nearby clouds into elementals Permanent Repel Missiles

Taking elemental damage (fire, cold, electric, physical) has a chance to grant temporary resistance

Randomly smite many areas in LOS with random elemental damage
Ru Make personal sacrifices to gain piety Attacks against you sometimes falter or are redirected to enemies Enemies that harm you suffer status ailments Regain HP and MP, and cure some "restraining" status effects Leap up to 3 tiles and damage enemies near your landing point Deal heavy damage and random status effects to all enemies in LOS
Sif Muna Greatly increase your MP regeneration Forget spells at will Cast a spell from your spell library using Invocations to determine power Receive spellbooks as gifts
Trog Protects allies from abjuration

May extend berserker rage when killing

Go berserk Increase regeneration and willpower Summon a berserk ally Receive weapons as gifts
Uskayaw Deal damage to adjacent creatures Pass through and confuse a line of creatures Paralyzes enemies in your line of sight Enemies that take damage share that damage to nearby creatures Blink to and instantly kill a monster
Vehumet Receive destructive spells as gifts

Gain MP from killing

Reduced chance of miscasting destructive spells Increased range of destructive spells
Wu Jian Council Deal 120% attack damage when moving directly toward an enemy Deal 80% attack damage when moving adjacent to an enemy Jump off a wall and attack all enemies next to where you land (takes two turns) Gain two instantaneous moves and boosts damage of martial attacks Grants the player a halo, summons opaque clouds, and grants a bonus to slaying and evasion
Xom Acts randomly at all times; see Xom#Acts
Yredelemnul Animate a corpse or skeleton Temporarily reflect incoming damage

Recall undead allies

Animate all corpses in sight

Receive undead servants as gifts

Drain life from all living beings in LOS Curse a living being to become your slave when killed
Zin Donate gold to gain piety

Chance of preventing lethal damage

Grants increasing protection from mutations

Grants increasing protection from Hell effects

Inflict random status effects on enemies; more effective against evil and chaotic enemies Increase stats and gain resistance to poison and status effects Create temporary prison around enemy Create temporary sanctuary from danger Potions of mutation only remove mutations
The Shining One Chance of preventing lethal damage

Surrounded by halo

Grants increasing protection from negative energy

Protects allies from abjuration

Blesses allies that make kills

You and your allies gain HP/MP from slaying evil monsters Create divine shield Call down a blast of holy energy Summon a friendly Angel or Daeva (Once only) Receive holy wrath brand on weapon

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