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[[File:Fedhas altar.png]] ''"Spread life and death."''
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{{flavour|Fedhas is the god of plant and fungal life. Followers are forbidden from harming any species under Fedhas' protection. In return Fedhas grants a number of abilities that promote the growth of plant and fungi. These abilities may incidentally prove useful to adventurers.
  
[[File:Fedhas altar.png]] ''"Spread life and death"''
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Plants and fungi will not attack Fedhas' worshippers without provocation. Fedhas' worshippers may walk through plants or fungi, and even fire missiles or spells through them without causing harm. Fedhas grants powers to temporarily grow a menagerie of plant allies whose strength and duration increase with Invocations skill. Worshipers may grow a protective wall of briar patches as well as ballistomycetes that fire damaging spores whose explosions confuse living creatures. Devout followers can overgrow a stretch of solid terrain with a cluster of plant allies or even summon a mighty oklob plant.
  
'''Fedhas Madash''' is the god of plant and fungal life. Fedhas encourages followers to promote the growth of plant life, especially through the decomposition of corpses. However, Fedhas forbids harming any species under his/her protection, or using [[Necromancy|necromantic]] effects on corpses. In return, Fedhas grants followers the power to promote the growth of fungal life - and cultivate it as an ally or weapon.
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Fedhas likes it when you kill living beings, you destroy the undead, you kill demons, you kill holy beings and you destroy nonliving beings.
  
No backgrounds start with this religion.
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Fedhas dislikes it when you destroy plants.}}
  
 
==Racial restrictions==
 
==Racial restrictions==
Fedhas does not accept [[undead]] worshipers ([[ghoul]]s, [[mummies]], or [[vampire]]s), most likely because they violate the natural cycle of life.
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[[Demigod]]s are unable to worship Fedhas (or any other god). Also, characters who sacrificed love under [[Ru]] cannot join Fedhas.
  
 
==Appreciates==
 
==Appreciates==
*Using Decomposition via [[praying]] on [[corpse]]s and certain undead.
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* Killing [[natural]], [[undead]], [[demonic]], [[holy]], or [[nonliving]] creatures.
  
 
==Deprecates==
 
==Deprecates==
*You or your allies destroying plants. (Piety loss)
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*Inactivity: You lose 1 piety per 700 turns, on average (1/35 chance every 20 turns).
 
*Attacking allied flora. (Piety loss)
 
*Attacking allied flora. (Piety loss)
*Using [[List of spells by flag#Corpse_violating|corpse-violating]] spells. These include Sublimation of Blood, Animate Dead, and other spells that affect corpses or chunks, as well as [[Necromutation]] (which violates your ''own'' corpse). [[Necromancy]] spells that don't affect corpses, such as [[Regeneration]], [[Pain]], and [[Bolt of Draining]], are allowed. (Penance)
 
  
 
==Given abilities==
 
==Given abilities==
'''[[Piety|Piety level -]]''': "Green [Species Name]"
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'''[[Piety|Piety level -]]''': "Fungal"
*All plants are friendly towards you. (Passive)
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*All plants are [[peaceful]] towards you. In addition to stationary plants, [[sleepcap]]s, [[shambling mangrove]]s, and [[thorn hunter]]s will be peaceful. (Passive)
*You can walk through plants, though it takes 50% longer than normal to do so. (Passive)
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*You can walk through plants (but not [[tree]]s, which are walls). It takes 50% longer than normal to do so. (Passive)
*You can fire through all allied plant-type creatures without harming them. (Passive)
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*Plants and trees are protected from harm. You can fire through all allied plant-type creatures as if they were a [[bush]], and no attack or spell will harm a plant/tree, even with spells like [[Fireball]]. (Passive)  
*'''Decomposition''' - By [[pray]]ing, causes all corpses in your field of vision to rapidly decay. Corpses with a monster on top of them will not be affected. It turns corpses into skeletons, [[zombie]]s into [[skeleton (monster)|skeletons]] (or destroys them), destroys ghoul genus monsters for piety gain, and causes friendly [[toadstool]]s to grow. Any monsters defeated this way grant no XP. (Free)
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**Entities created by spells, like [[orbs of destruction]] and [[battlesphere]]s (including its beams), are unable to pass through plants.
'''[[Piety|Piety level *]]''': "Inciter"
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*'''Evolution''' - Uses fruit or piety to turn one targeted plant in your line of sight into a stronger species under your control. (Costs 2 MP plus the following additional costs):
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'''[[Piety|Piety level *]]''': "Green [Species]"
**[[Plant]], [[Bush]] -> [[Oklob plant]] (Costs 1 fruit)
 
**[[Oklob sapling]] -> [[Oklob plant]] (Costs 4 piety)
 
**[[Toadstool]] -> [[Wandering mushroom]] (Costs 2 piety)
 
**[[Fungus]] -> Wandering mushroom (Costs 1 piety)
 
**[[Ballistomycete]] -> [[Hyperactive ballistomycete]] (Costs 4 piety).
 
'''[[Piety|Piety level **]]''': "Photosynthesist"
 
*'''Sunshine''' - Targeted ability with a small area of effect, inflicts back lit status (same as [[Corona]]), and evaporates water (deep water turns to shallow water and shallow water turns to dry land). (2 MP, 50-100 Food)
 
'''[[Piety|Piety level ***]]''': "Cultivator"
 
*'''Growth''' - Creates plants in a circle around you and costs 1 fruit per plant. If a complete circle can't be placed, then the plants are placed on open squares closest to monsters. Lets you choose how many plants to spawn. (2 MP, Fruit)
 
'''[[Piety|Piety level ****]]''': "Green Death"
 
*'''Reproduction''' - Creates [[giant spore]]s from corpses in your field of vision to attack your enemies.  (4 MP, 100-200 Food)
 
'''[[Piety|Piety level *****]]''': "Nimbus"
 
*'''Rain''' - Creates a circle of water around you. The floor becomes shallow water, shallow water becomes deep water. Tiles with monsters in them cannot be turned to deep water. This ability also spawns random plants and fungus, and removes [[Sticky Flame]] and [[Mislead]]. (4 MP, 150-300 Food, 4-6 Piety)
 
'''[[Piety|Piety level ******]]''': "Force of Nature"
 
 
*No new abilities.
 
*No new abilities.
  
==Punishments==
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'''[[Piety|Piety level **]]''': "Cultivator"
*The elements will be invoked against you, the equivalent of an [[Ice Magic]], [[Earth Magic]], [[Fire Magic]], or [[Air Magic]] [[miscast]].
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* '''Wall of Briars''': Encircles yourself with summoned [[briar patch]]es, which hurt any enemy that attacks them. Enemies can fire [[Ranged Weapons]] and other projectiles past the briars, though [[Hexes]] like [[Confuse]] can't pass through. It won't summon patches for enemies already next to you. (3 MP, 2-3 Piety)
*Hostile plants (biased towards oklobs) will grow around you. This effect will only happen when abandoning Fedhas, never when simply under penance.
 
*Corpses in line of sight will produce hostile spores.
 
*All previously neutral or allied plants will also turn hostile upon abandonment or excommunication.
 
  
==Strategy==
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'''[[Piety|Piety level ***]]''': "Fruitful"
*Fedhas' abilities may are less directly powerful than those of many other gods, but they are still capable of proving devastating in combat. Creating a wall of plants, oklobs, or wandering mushrooms between you and approaching enemies will slow them down, giving you several turns to attack at range in safety. A ring of shallow water will hamper attacking enemies, while a ring of deep water will stop them in their tracks (though unless you're playing an aquatic species or are capable of flight or blinking, escaping the ring yourself may be tricky). [[Merfolk]] especially benefit here, as fighting from water grants them a significant bonus to [[ev]]asion, while large species ([[troll]]s, [[ogre]]s, [[centaur]]s, and [[naga]]s) and [[octopode]]s are not penalized for fighting in shallow water. The explosions from giant spores may be unlikely to kill any major threat outright, but the confusion they induce allows opportunities for [[stabbing]], and can insta-kill opponents that wander into deep water. Even Fedhas' granted allies are unusual; oklob plants are devastating, and can fire through each other's tiles, but can only attack things within their range, and wandering mushrooms can injure and confuse opponents without poison resistance, but run out of HD after enough attacks.
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* '''Grow Ballistomycete''': Summons a [[ballistomycete]], at a chosen square up to 2 tiles away. Ballistomycetes create exploding spores, which deal <code>3d(6 + [[Invocations]])</code> damage<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|mon-explode.cc|69}}</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|2494}}<br>Note that the spore's HD is adjusted by +1 in {{source ref|0.30.0|mon-cast.cc|6545}}.</ref> and [[confusion|confuses]] creatures that are [[unbreathing|breathing]]. Spores can hit the player. (4 MP, 4-6 Piety)
  
*When using abilities that have a fruit cost, the game will expend the fruit with the least quantity first. You may want to burn through your stack of 30 sultanas before touching your 1 lemon, but that's not how it works. Don't carry fruit you may decide to actually eat!
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'''[[Piety|Piety level ****]]''': "Photosynthesist"
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* '''Overgrow''': Transforms dungeon [[wall]]s and trees into plant allies by using the Overgrow ability. Once the plants despawn, the wall will be gone. This can override stone and metal walls. Higher [[Invocations]] will improve the selection of plants. (8 MP, 12-18 Piety)
  
*Try to use Fedhas' abilities creatively to prepare traps for enemies to blunder into. Creating a large oklob plant farm just outside of a branch end will allow you to lure powerful enemies to an acidic doom (bear in mind that as piety is plentiful and fruit is not, it's cheaper to use Rain to generate plants than Growth). You can use a combination of Rain and Sunshine to create single tile pathways with deep water on both sides; confuse enemies halfway across to drown them with ease. You can even use Sunshine afterwards to dry up the water and claim the loot and corpses. Generated water tiles can also be used to create interesting [[cloud]] effects; cast [[Bolt of Cold]] on enemies in a watery hallway to fill it with freezing clouds, dealing extra [[cold]] damage each turn, or [[Bolt of Fire]]/[[Conjure Flame]] to generate billowing clouds of [[line of sight]]-blocking [[steam]].
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'''[[Piety|Piety level *****]]''': "Green Death"
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* '''Grow Oklob''': Grows an [[oklob plant]], at a chosen square up to 2 tiles away. These are strong, long lasting, and [[corrosion|corrosive]] allies. (6 MP, 6-9 Piety)
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:Higher [[Invocations]] increases the oklob's HP and firerate, but not damage. Oklob plants have a <code>25% + (2.5% * [[Invocations]])</code> chance to use Spit Acid each turn, if a target is in range.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|monster.cc|2573}}<br>Cast frequency is (X)/200, so 200 frequency means a spell is cast 100% of the time.</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|2543}}</ref>
  
*Bear in mind that Rain can also be used to permanently seal off areas you don't want monsters getting out of. A couple uses can block off a dangerous [[list of jellies|jelly]] vault, for instance, or keep overly dangerous [[unique]]s trapped in a section of the floor you're willing to abandon.
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'''[[Piety|Piety level ******]]''': "Force of Nature"
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*No new abilities.
  
*Apart from Sunshine's obvious uses (increasing your accuracy against nimble enemies and drying up deep water), bear in mind that it can also reveal [[invisible]] monsters, and that stranding aquatic opponents on dry land is an effective way to defeat them from a safe range (though they may manage to flop back into water if any is nearby).
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==Punishments==
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{{flavour|Fedhas does not appreciate abandonment, and will call down fearful punishments on disloyal followers!
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Those who offend Fedhas will have forces of nature invoked against them in the form of pure elemental destruction. Waves of ballistomycete spores will rise from nearby corpses, and the worst offenders will be surrounded by animate mushrooms and acid-spitting oklob plants.
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Fedhas's wrath lasts for a relatively short duration.}}
  
*The Reproduction ability can be devastating if used correctly, but requires caution. Spore explosions automatically confuse anything that is of [[natural]] [[holiness]] and which lacks magic immunity, regardless of [[poison]] or [[magic resistance]]. This includes you, so never cast it at nearby corpses. Ranged fighters can "create" a single corpse in a group of enemies, while [[Translocations]] casters can drop a corpse there with [[Portal Projectile]]. Usting Reproduction will then hit the group several times over.
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During penance, Fedhas will occasionally punish you with one of the following forms of [[divine retribution]]:
  
*Kills from oklob plants count as kills by summons, granting reduced XP. Kills from spores grant full.
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*The forces of nature will be invoked against you. This equates to a random [[Corrosive Bolt]], [[Primal Wave]], or [[Volley of Thorns]].
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*[[Corpse]]s in line of sight will produce hostile spores.
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*Hostile plants (biased towards oklobs) will grow around you. This effect will only happen when abandoning Fedhas, never when simply under penance.
  
*Don't worry too much about letting allied plants die, as the penalty is only 1 piety, or about 1 corpse's worth.
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All previously neutral or allied plants will also turn hostile upon abandonment or excommunication.
  
*Along with improving your ability success rate, improving [[Invocations]] also improves the power of your abilities: your oklob plants will fire more often and for more damage, your wandering mushrooms will generate with additional HD, your plants will be more durable, and your Rain will generate more rain clouds.
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==Strategy==
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Fedhas offers a strong variety of summons that you can fire through. The plants themselves are quite strong, remaining useful throughout a 3-rune game (at the least):
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*Briar patches will prevent enemies from getting into melee range, but they can't block ranged attacks or most damaging spells. Still, Wall of Briars can make it easier to escape, break [[attacks of opportunity]], and deal a fair bit of [[spiny]] damage to melee attackers. Also, being surrounded by briars makes it harder for enemies to surround you. Just beware that it takes 1.5 [[decaAut]] to pass through each plant.
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**Among other things, Wall of Briars can block [[trample]] and [[Harpoon Shot]] (you can't be pushed/pulled past the briars).
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**Briars ''can'' block [[Hexes]], and hex-like spells such as [[malmutate]]. Great for preventing [[paralysis]]!
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*Ballistomycetes inflict [[confusion]], which by itself can take out many early/mid game enemies. Spores are very likely to confuse enemies, regardless of their [[willpower]], [[HD]], or [[poison resistance]] - it will even confuse [[Tiamat]] and the [[Hell]] lords. However, it doesn't do much against [[unbreathing]] ([[nonliving]] or [[undead]]) foes.
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*Oklobs deal moderately high damage (which few monsters resist) and [[corrode]]s enemies, severely lowering their [[AC]]. The corrosion effect is strong in practice, and even stronger when considering that your plant allies also benefit.
  
*Be aware that your ability to fire through allied plants does not apply to every spell in the game; some will inflict friendly fire and cost you piety.
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As all invocable plants are both stationary and long lasting, try to place them where you can easily sustain fighting. Make sure you aren't blocking your plants! The end of a hallway is often a good location for oklobs. Meanwhile, ballistomycetes don't work well in cramped corridors; they produce spores that explode in a 3x3 radius, potentially harming you. In that case, you may want to [[kite]] a monster around a wall while your plants fire.
**The following spells can pass through allied plants without harming them: [[Flame Tongue]], [[Magic Dart]], [[Shock]], [[Sting]], [[Throw Flame]], [[Throw Frost]], [[Mephitic Cloud]], [[Stone Arrow]], [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]] (even if it explodes), [[Bolt of Magma]], [[Lightning Bolt]], [[Venom Bolt]], [[Bolt of Cold]], [[Bolt of Draining]], [[Bolt of Fire]], [[Iron Shot]], [[Poison Arrow]], [[Lehudib's Crystal Spear]], [[Bolt of Inaccuracy]], and [[Thunderbolt]] ([[lightning rod]]).
 
**The following spells will affect allied plants as described:
 
***[[Orbs of Destruction]] cannot pass through.
 
***[[Battlesphere]]s' beams cannot pass through.
 
***[[Fireball]] and [[Ice Storm]] can pass through, but the resulting explosion will harm allied plants.
 
***Enchantments like [[Agony]], [[Dispel Undead]], [[Pain]], [[Confuse]], etc. can not pass through, though they will not affect the plant.
 
***Fedhas protects allied plants from the clouds produced by [[Freezing Cloud]], [[Ring of Flames]], [[Poisonous Cloud]], and [[Ignite Poison]], but not from [[Tornado]].
 
***Fedhas protects allied plants from the explosions of [[Lee's Rapid Deconstruction]], but not from [[Fulminant Prism]].
 
**[[Static Discharge]], [[Ozocubu's Refrigeration]], [[Conjure Ball Lightning]], [[Chain Lightning]], [[Shatter]], and [[Fire Storm]] will harm allied plants.
 
  
*Winning a 3-rune ascension with Fedhas is perfectly reasonable, but getting a 15-rune victory is significantly harder. Fedhas is one of the least effective gods in the extended end-game; his abilities burn through piety quickly, and the near absence of corpses in [[the Abyss]], the [[Hell]]s, and [[Pandemonium]] will leave you with very little ammunition to work with. On top of that, many of his abilities are ineffective against demons: spores can't confuse them, and most demons fly right over deep water.
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===Tips & Tricks===
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*Spores will tend to track towards enemies, but are not perfect. The plant can be '''t'''old to '''a'''ttack a specific target, but spores are unable to listen.
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*Any plants you summon are considered to worship Fedhas, so your oklobs can fire through other plants. (Spores can't pass through, however.)
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*Overgrowth is very expensive compared to Fedhas' other abilities. Its main use is to break through stone and metal [[wall]]s, such the [[Slime Pits|Slime]]:5 loot chambers or the lungs in [[Zot]]:5.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Prior to [[0.8]], Decomposition was accomplished as an ability, not through prayer.
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*Prior to [[0.30]], Fedhas did not protect trees. You would receive [[penance]] for destroying trees.
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*Prior to [[0.28]], oklob plant's Spit Acid dealt less damage (<code>3d7 + 2d4</code>) to monsters, but oklobs fired faster.
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*Prior to [[0.27]], many spells, like [[Fulminant Prism]] and [[Fire Storm]], would harm plants in the process.
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*Prior to [[0.24]], Fedhas did not allow the undead to worship it. Fedhas' abilities were greatly reworked in this version: the previous version revolved around permanent plants, terrain changes, and a direct [[ration]] cost. For more details, see [http://crawl.chaosforge.org/index.php?title=Fedhas_Madash&direction=prev&oldid=51535 this revision].
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*Prior to [[0.22]], Evolution was granted at *, and Sunlight was granted at **.
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*Prior to [[0.21]], Fedhas abilities used [[fruit]]s rather than rations.
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*Prior to [[0.19]], Fedhas didn't have [[piety]] decay.
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*Prior to [[0.15]], worshipers of Fedhas could not cast [[Sublimation of Blood]] without incurring piety loss and/or penance.
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*Prior to [[0.8]], Decomposition was accomplished as an ability, not through prayer.
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==References==
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Revision as of 22:05, 10 March 2024

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Fedhas altar.png "Spread life and death."
Fedhas is the god of plant and fungal life. Followers are forbidden from harming any species under Fedhas' protection. In return Fedhas grants a number of abilities that promote the growth of plant and fungi. These abilities may incidentally prove useful to adventurers.

Plants and fungi will not attack Fedhas' worshippers without provocation. Fedhas' worshippers may walk through plants or fungi, and even fire missiles or spells through them without causing harm. Fedhas grants powers to temporarily grow a menagerie of plant allies whose strength and duration increase with Invocations skill. Worshipers may grow a protective wall of briar patches as well as ballistomycetes that fire damaging spores whose explosions confuse living creatures. Devout followers can overgrow a stretch of solid terrain with a cluster of plant allies or even summon a mighty oklob plant.

Fedhas likes it when you kill living beings, you destroy the undead, you kill demons, you kill holy beings and you destroy nonliving beings.

Fedhas dislikes it when you destroy plants.

Racial restrictions

Demigods are unable to worship Fedhas (or any other god). Also, characters who sacrificed love under Ru cannot join Fedhas.

Appreciates

Deprecates

  • Inactivity: You lose 1 piety per 700 turns, on average (1/35 chance every 20 turns).
  • Attacking allied flora. (Piety loss)

Given abilities

Piety level -: "Fungal"

  • All plants are peaceful towards you. In addition to stationary plants, sleepcaps, shambling mangroves, and thorn hunters will be peaceful. (Passive)
  • You can walk through plants (but not trees, which are walls). It takes 50% longer than normal to do so. (Passive)
  • Plants and trees are protected from harm. You can fire through all allied plant-type creatures as if they were a bush, and no attack or spell will harm a plant/tree, even with spells like Fireball. (Passive)

Piety level *: "Green [Species]"

  • No new abilities.

Piety level **: "Cultivator"

  • Wall of Briars: Encircles yourself with summoned briar patches, which hurt any enemy that attacks them. Enemies can fire Ranged Weapons and other projectiles past the briars, though Hexes like Confuse can't pass through. It won't summon patches for enemies already next to you. (3 MP, 2-3 Piety)

Piety level ***: "Fruitful"

  • Grow Ballistomycete: Summons a ballistomycete, at a chosen square up to 2 tiles away. Ballistomycetes create exploding spores, which deal 3d(6 + Invocations) damage[1][2] and confuses creatures that are breathing. Spores can hit the player. (4 MP, 4-6 Piety)

Piety level ****: "Photosynthesist"

  • Overgrow: Transforms dungeon walls and trees into plant allies by using the Overgrow ability. Once the plants despawn, the wall will be gone. This can override stone and metal walls. Higher Invocations will improve the selection of plants. (8 MP, 12-18 Piety)

Piety level *****: "Green Death"

  • Grow Oklob: Grows an oklob plant, at a chosen square up to 2 tiles away. These are strong, long lasting, and corrosive allies. (6 MP, 6-9 Piety)
Higher Invocations increases the oklob's HP and firerate, but not damage. Oklob plants have a 25% + (2.5% * Invocations) chance to use Spit Acid each turn, if a target is in range.[3][4]

Piety level ******: "Force of Nature"

  • No new abilities.

Punishments

Fedhas does not appreciate abandonment, and will call down fearful punishments on disloyal followers!

Those who offend Fedhas will have forces of nature invoked against them in the form of pure elemental destruction. Waves of ballistomycete spores will rise from nearby corpses, and the worst offenders will be surrounded by animate mushrooms and acid-spitting oklob plants.

Fedhas's wrath lasts for a relatively short duration.

During penance, Fedhas will occasionally punish you with one of the following forms of divine retribution:

  • The forces of nature will be invoked against you. This equates to a random Corrosive Bolt, Primal Wave, or Volley of Thorns.
  • Corpses in line of sight will produce hostile spores.
  • Hostile plants (biased towards oklobs) will grow around you. This effect will only happen when abandoning Fedhas, never when simply under penance.

All previously neutral or allied plants will also turn hostile upon abandonment or excommunication.

Strategy

Fedhas offers a strong variety of summons that you can fire through. The plants themselves are quite strong, remaining useful throughout a 3-rune game (at the least):

  • Briar patches will prevent enemies from getting into melee range, but they can't block ranged attacks or most damaging spells. Still, Wall of Briars can make it easier to escape, break attacks of opportunity, and deal a fair bit of spiny damage to melee attackers. Also, being surrounded by briars makes it harder for enemies to surround you. Just beware that it takes 1.5 decaAut to pass through each plant.
    • Among other things, Wall of Briars can block trample and Harpoon Shot (you can't be pushed/pulled past the briars).
    • Briars can block Hexes, and hex-like spells such as malmutate. Great for preventing paralysis!
  • Ballistomycetes inflict confusion, which by itself can take out many early/mid game enemies. Spores are very likely to confuse enemies, regardless of their willpower, HD, or poison resistance - it will even confuse Tiamat and the Hell lords. However, it doesn't do much against unbreathing (nonliving or undead) foes.
  • Oklobs deal moderately high damage (which few monsters resist) and corrodes enemies, severely lowering their AC. The corrosion effect is strong in practice, and even stronger when considering that your plant allies also benefit.

As all invocable plants are both stationary and long lasting, try to place them where you can easily sustain fighting. Make sure you aren't blocking your plants! The end of a hallway is often a good location for oklobs. Meanwhile, ballistomycetes don't work well in cramped corridors; they produce spores that explode in a 3x3 radius, potentially harming you. In that case, you may want to kite a monster around a wall while your plants fire.

Tips & Tricks

  • Spores will tend to track towards enemies, but are not perfect. The plant can be told to attack a specific target, but spores are unable to listen.
  • Any plants you summon are considered to worship Fedhas, so your oklobs can fire through other plants. (Spores can't pass through, however.)
  • Overgrowth is very expensive compared to Fedhas' other abilities. Its main use is to break through stone and metal walls, such the Slime:5 loot chambers or the lungs in Zot:5.

History

  • Prior to 0.30, Fedhas did not protect trees. You would receive penance for destroying trees.
  • Prior to 0.28, oklob plant's Spit Acid dealt less damage (3d7 + 2d4) to monsters, but oklobs fired faster.
  • Prior to 0.27, many spells, like Fulminant Prism and Fire Storm, would harm plants in the process.
  • Prior to 0.24, Fedhas did not allow the undead to worship it. Fedhas' abilities were greatly reworked in this version: the previous version revolved around permanent plants, terrain changes, and a direct ration cost. For more details, see this revision.
  • Prior to 0.22, Evolution was granted at *, and Sunlight was granted at **.
  • Prior to 0.21, Fedhas abilities used fruits rather than rations.
  • Prior to 0.19, Fedhas didn't have piety decay.
  • Prior to 0.15, worshipers of Fedhas could not cast Sublimation of Blood without incurring piety loss and/or penance.
  • Prior to 0.8, Decomposition was accomplished as an ability, not through prayer.

References

  1. mon-explode.cc:69 (0.30.0)
  2. spl-summoning.cc:2494 (0.30.0)
    Note that the spore's HD is adjusted by +1 in mon-cast.cc:6545 (0.30.0).
  3. monster.cc:2573 (0.30.0)
    Cast frequency is (X)/200, so 200 frequency means a spell is cast 100% of the time.
  4. spl-summoning.cc:2543 (0.30.0)
Gods
Good ElyvilonZinThe Shining One
Neutral AshenzariCheibriadosDithmenosFedhas MadashGozag Ym SagozHepliaklqanaIgnisOkawaruQazlalRuSif MunaTrogUskayawVehumetWu Jian
Chaotic JiyvaNemelex XobehXom
Evil BeoghKikubaaqudghaLugonu *Makhleb *Yredelemnul
* Chaotic & Evil