Stat zero

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When one of a character's primary attributes (strength, intelligence, or dexterity) is lowered to 0 or below, the character will suffer crippling penalties until that attribute is restored and stays above 0 for a period of time equal to: 10 + 1d10 + the number of turns it was below 0 (Max: 200 turns).

Causes

The following can all drain your attributes:

Unless you have Slow Healing 3 (which Deep Dwarves have innately), you will slowly regain stats lost through any of these means.

Stats can be more permanently lowered by the following means:

  • Mutations which affect attributes.
  • Equipment with negative stat modifiers (but you can remove the equipment to restore the stat).
  • The Focus card.
  • Jiyva's stat shuffling.
  • The Shuffle card.

The last two will never lower a base stat to zero. Sustain abilities provides no help with any of these, and the stat will not restore naturally.

Effects

Stat zero will inflict different penalties for each stat reduced to zero:

Collapse (Strength)

  • The speed of all your actions is halved (stacks with other stats' speed penalties)
  • Your regeneration rate is divided by 4
  • Your carrying capacity (calculated with str=0) is halved

Brainless (Intelligence)

  • The speed of all your actions is halved (stacks with other stats' speed penalties)
  • You can't read books
  • You can't cast spells
  • You will fail to read scrolls 4 of every 5 times

Clumsy (Dexterity)

When any stat reaches 0, you will immediately suffer 2-5 turns of paralysis. Losing stat points from a stat that is already below 0 also inflicts some HP damage: 4 + 1d(max hp/10)

Precautions

Any character with a particularly low attribute should be aware of the dangers involved. Any attribute below 8 could conceivably be reduced to 0 by a single unfortunate effect, some of which are common, some less so.

  • Cursed artefact equipment can reduce an attribute by up to 6 for as long as it's equipped, so be cautious about wearing unidentified items if you're at risk.
  • Miscast effects, Hell effects, Zot traps, and mummy death curses can temporarily reduce an attribute by up to 7. You may wish to bring all of your attributes up to a minimum of 8 to guarantee that you can survive a single worst-case scenario shot from either one. Alternatively, you could quaff a potion of restore abilities or eat a royal jelly to restore all attributes instantly. Just remember that "Engorged" characters cannot eat any further.

History

In 0.15, items will no longer possess mass, so collapse will have no impact on carrying capacity.

Stat zero was added in 0.13, replacing stat death.