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From: kesinger@math.ttu.edu (Jake Kesinger)
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Subject: [S] Techinique Spoiler
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Hear ye, hear ye!  Due to popular request, I hereby present a 
spoiler for [S]'s techniques.  

This is a work in progress; I'd appreciate any correction and feedback
on it (especially on the Sigils).

I make no guarantees to the accuracy of this document; i.e. if 
the Wizard takes the Amulet and kicks sand in your face, don't blame
me.




TECHNIQUES SPOILERS FOR SLASH-EM 6F1.
Revision 0.0.  
04JUN00.
Compiled by Jake Kesinger. kesinger@math.ttu.edu


Berserk                        
        Barbarian 1
        Lycanthrope 10
        ``You fly into a berserk rage!'' 
        Active for d(2,8)+TECHLEVEL/5+2.
        Fast while active.
        +4 to damage.
        +2 to hit.
        

Blessing                
        Priest 1
        Blesses an object.
        Timeout is rn1(1000,500)-10*TECHLEVEL.


Blink                        
        Hobbit 1
        ``You feel the flow of time slow to a crawl.''
        Lasts rnd(TECHLEVEL/10+1)+2.
        Gives you extra moves while it lasts.

Calm Steed                
        Yeoman 1
        When riding, ``[steed] gets tamer.'' 
        Makes steed more tame.
        If not riding, ``Your technique is only effective when riding
        a monster.''

Chi Healing                
        Monk 4
        ``You direct your internal energy to restoring your body!''
        Increases HP, and decreases spell points, by 2*TECHLEVEL+4.

Chi Strike                
        Monk 1
        Must have at least one spell point.
        ``You feel energy surge through your hands!''
        Lasts for TECHLEVEL+4.
        When attacking, ``You feel a surge of force.''
        If your spell points are more than 10+YOURLEVEL/5,
        increase damage (and decrease spell points) by this
        amount.  Otherwise increase damage by remaining 
        spell points and decrease spell points to zero.

Critical Strike                
        Rogue 1
        Target must be seen.
        If you attack yourself, ``You decide against that idea.''
        When attacking, ``You strike [monster's] vital organs!''
        If non-humanoid, damage is MONHP/4+TECHLEVEL.  ``You are hampered
        by the differences in anatomy.''
        Otherwise, damage is MONHP/2+TECHLEVEL.

Cutthroat               
        Rogue 15
        Target must be seen, and have a head (but see below).
        You must be wielding a bladed weapon.        
        If you attack yourself, ``Things may be going badly, but that's
        extreme.''
        You can't be swallowed (but see below).
        If rn2(5)<TECHLEVEL/10+1, target is killed.
        Otherwise, MONHP is reduced by MONHP/2+TECHLEVEL.
        
        If the target is headless, or you're swallowed, MONHP is
        reduced by TECHLEVEL.

Disarm                        
        On becoming skilled with a weapon.
        You must be wielding a weapon in which you are skilled,
        and be able to see your opponent.
        Your opponent must be wielding a non-cursed weapon.
        num=rn2(TECHLEVEL+15)*(WEAPSKILL-P_SKILL+1)/10.
        It appears that you have a (num-1)-in-num chance of 
        knocking the weapon to the floor.
        Otherwise, you have a 24-in-25 chance of grabbing the weapon.
        Otherwise, you take damage from the weapon.
        
Draw Energy                
        Wizard 3
        Flame Mage  5
        Ice Mage  5
        Monk 8
        Must not be at energy capacity.
        ``You begin drawing energy from your surroundings!''
        Increases energy.  
        Extra energy from altars, thrones, clouds, trees, lava, ice,
        air, moat, water, fountains, sinks.
        Toilets can increase or decrease energy, and graves decrease.

Elemental Fist                
        Monk 6
        ``You focus the powers of the elements into your hand[s].''
        +d(2,4) damage.
        Monster is hit with fire, cold, acid, or electricity. 
        Standard effects of these (e.g. exploding rings) apply.

Eviscerate                
        Lycanthrope 1
        Must be (a) empty handed and (b) in human form.
        ``Your fingernails extend into claws!'' when activated.
        Aggravate monster.
        Timeout of rn1(1000,1000).
        ``Strength'' is d(2,4)+TECHLEVEL/5+2.
        If ``Strength'' is larger than 5, you get 4 hits, otherwise
             ``Strength'' -2.
        mon->mfrozen has an equal number. (?)
        Monster is stunned.
        ``You begin slashing monsters with your claws.'' when attacking.
        Extra damage of YOURLEVEL/2+rnd(YOURLEVEL/2+1).
        
Healing Hands                
        Knight 1
        ``A warm glow spreads through your body!''        
        If slimed, ``The slime is removed.'' [And it is].
        If not sick, HP increased by 4*TECHLEVEL (up to max).
        If sick, ``You lay your hands on the foul sickness...'' and
        it is removed.

Kiii                        
        Samurai 1
        ``You scream "KIIILLL!"''
        Aggravate monster.
        Lasts for rnd(TECHLEVEL/6+1)+2.
        +4 to hit.
        +2 damage.

        
Liquid Leap               
        Doppleganger 1
        Lets you move TECHLEVEL+19 squares.
        Must be horizontal, vertical, or 45 degree diagonal.  
        Cannot leap into rock, or onto boulders or closed doors.
        ``You liquify!''
        Escape bear traps, pits, webs, lava, and floors (?).
        Anything in your path is affected by acid, for d(2,4)+
        rn2(TECHLEVEL/5+1) HP of damage.
        ``You reform!''

Missile Flurry                
        Ranger 1
        ``Your (gloved|bare) hand[s] become blurs as they reach 
          for your quiver.'' 
        Lasts for rnd(TECHLEVEL/6+1)+2.
        Increases multishot by one.
        When firing, reads ``You let fly a volley of [whatever].'' 


Primal Roar                
        Caveman 1
        ``You let out a bloodcurling [sic] roar!''
        Aggravate monsters.
        Double damage against non-tame monsters. (?)
        Lasts for d(2,6)+TECHLEVEL+2.
        Makes you fast.
        Tame monsters within 5 squares are temporarily polymorphed 
        into next higher monster.  i.e. little dogs become dogs,
        baby dragons become dragons, etc.

Rage Eruption                
        Dwarf 1
        Must not be polymorphed. 
        ``You feel the anger inside you erupt!''
        Length is Max HP+10*TECHLEVEL.
        Max HP increased by Length.
        HP, and Max HP, decrease by 1 each turn.
        
Raise Zombies                
        Necromancer 1
        ``You chant the ancient curse...''
        Corpses within 3 units, if possible, are re-animated into 
        zombies or other undead.
        There's a chance of the undead being made tame or angry.
        NOTE: There's a bug in 6F1 regarding the message.



Reinforce Memory        
        Flame Mage 1
        Ice Mage 1
        Necromancer 1
        Wizard 1
        ``You concentrate...''
        If spellknow() is <=0, ``You are unable to focus your memory of 
        the spell.''
        If spellknow() is <=1000, ``You focus and reinforce your memory
        of the spell.''
        Exercise WIS, increase spell timeout.
        Otherwise, ``You know that spell quite well already.''

Research                
        Archaeologist 1
        Identifies possessions.
        Succeeds if INT+WIS<rnd(60).
        Success: ``You examine your possessions.''
                Identifies TECHLEVEL / 10 + 1 items.
        Failure: ``Nothing in your pack looks familiar.''
                 Timeout of rn1(500,500).                 
        Hallu,Stun,Conf: ``You can't concentrate right now.''

Revivification          
        Healer 20
        Costs 100-TECHLEVEL HP.
        If not enough HP, ``You don't have the strength to perform 
        revivification.''
        A corpse (in inventory or on the floor) is revived.
        Monster is revived tame.

Sigil Of Control        
        Wizard 7
        Costs 30-TECHLEVEL/5 spell points
        Lasts for d(1,6)+rnd(TECHLEVEL/5+1)+2.
        Appears to let you place area spells (i.e. fireball), 
        and guide ray spells (i.e. lightning). 

Sigil Of Discharge      
        Flame Mage  20
        Ice Mage  20
        Wizard 20
        Costs 100-TECHLEVEL/5 spell points.
        Lasts for d(1,4)+rnd(TECHLEVEL/5+1)+2.
        Appears to work on Magic Missile, Fireball, Cone of Cold, Lightning,
        Poison Blast, and Acid Stream.
        Like Sigil of Tempest (?)
        
Sigil Of Tempest        
        Flame Mage  10
        Ice Mage  10
        Wizard 14
        Necromancer 15
        Costs 50-TECHLEVEL/5 spell points.
        Lasts for d(1,6)+rnd(TECHLEVEL/5+1)+2.
        Must not be underwater.
        Appears to make certain spells automatically center on 
        random target.        

Surgery                 
        Healer 1
        If sick or slimed, and carrying a scalpel, ``Using your scalpel
        (ow!) you cure your infection.''  Cures both. If HP<5, HP become 1. 
        Otherwise, HP reduced by 5.

        If HP are less than maximum, and you have a medical kit, 
        ``Using your medical kit you bandage your wounds.'' HP increased
        by TECHLEVEL*(rnd(2)+1)+rn1(5,5).  If you don't have a medical
        kit, ``You bandage your wounds as best you can.''  HP increased
        by TECHLEVEL +rn1(5,5).
        If HP are at maximum, ``You don't need your healing powers.''
        Hallu,Stun,Conf: ``You are in no condition to perform surgery.''


Tinker                  
        Gnome 7
        Must wield an object and be able to see.
        Needs 150-TECHLEVEL turns.
        If rnl(10)<5+TINKERSKILL, upgrade an object.
        List of upgrades is in potion.c.

Turn Undead             
        Knight 1
        Priest 1
        Undead Slayer 1
        Turns undead. [Surprise!]
        See other spoilers.

Vanish                   
        Gnome 1
        Made invisible and fast for rn1(50,50)+TECHLEVEL turns.
        ``In a puff of smoke, you disappear!''  [Invisible]
        ``You feel more nimble!''                [Fast]
        If both invisible and fast, ``You are already quite nimble 
         and undetectable.''


Ward Against Flame       
        Monk 11
        Flame resistance.
        Lasts for rn1(100,50).

Ward Against Ice        
        Monk 13
        Cold resistance.
        Lasts for rn1(100,50).

Ward Against Lightning 
        Monk 15
        Shock resistance.
        Lasts for rn1(100,50).

Weapon Practice       
        Undead Slayer 1
        Valkyrie 1
        Must be wielding a weapon.
        If weapon is unknown, and rnd(15)<INT, ``You discover it is
        a [whatever].''  Identifies weapon.
        
        If it is possible to increase skill in the weapon, 
        you will practice with it. Appears to be worth 10 hits
        towards increasing skill. (?)