ADOM Guidebook


The most recent additions and corrections


November 10th - removed the link to Alex Wilkins' 
                website, no longer in existence, 
                from section 0.1 Races and Classes

November 6th  - added new messages encountered 
                when sacrificing to section 
                0.2.3 Altars

November 4th  - added the Steel Man and Titanium 
                Man challenge games to the 
                Challenge Games section

November 3rd  - added shadow centipedes' (and 
                probably shadow trolls') 
                ability to ignore water to 
                Appendix J Monsters

              - added the chaos wizard guarding 
                the Mana rift to section 3.11 
                D: 48


October 30th - updated giant bee entry in 
               Appendix J Monsters re 
               confused by smoke

             - updated section 2.13.1 
               Shyssiryxius re her inability 
               to fight in Darkness

October 28th - information re heavy cudgels 
               has been added to Appendix B 
               Weapons

October 26th - reorganization continues - 
               the challenge games appendix 
               has been renamed and moved to 
               the front page

October 23rd - further reorganization of the 
               web site is ongoing - the 
               Guidebook is being completely 
               separated from non-Guidebook 
               material - this will help in 
               updating the compilations, 
               among other things

October 7th  - added Jharod's ability to cure 
               poisoning to section 1.2.1.2.1 
               The Village Dungeon

October 6th  - changed "g16p2" to "1.0.0" in 
               several places - this is 
               ongoing; in the future 
               references to version will be 
               minimized

             - added scalpels to Appendix B 
               Weapons

October 5th  - updated section 2.5.6 Glod and 
               Smithing with new observations

             - added sees invisible to the 
               entries for living walls and 
               revenants in Appendix J 
               Monsters

October  2nd - the ADOM FAQ has been updated 
               again - version 4.2 is now 
               available - the new maintainer 
               is applying updates a *bit* 
               more frequently than the last 
               maintainer  ;-)

             - split the entire web site into 
               two sections: non-spoily (FAQs) 
               and spoily (Guidebook) - this 
               is a trial - if people dislike 
               this, it will be changed back

October  1st - the rec.games.roguelike.adom 
               FAQ is now also hosted on the 
               Guidebook web site


September 30th - the new ADOM FAQ has already 
                 seen its first revision - 
                 version 4.1 is now available 
                 in the usual formats

September 29th - MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:
                 A NEW OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE ADOM FAQ
                 is now available on the Guidebook site, 
                 shortly to be available at all sites 
                 hosting the FAQ

September 29th - Slight change re training 
                 Survival in section 0.4.3 
                 Training skills

               - added the time required to 
                 apply Survival to section 
                 1.2.5.2 Strategy and problems
                 in the wilderness

               - added a new section 1.2.5.3 
                 The Survival skill to section 
                 1.2.5 The wilderness

               - added the characteristics of 
                 fish meat and info re the 
                 wilderness to Appendix G Food

               - added wishing for fish to 
                 Appendix M Wishing

               - added a new section 0.9.5 
                 Weapon status to section 0.9 
                 Killing monsters

               - added the teleportation option 
                 to section 3.5 Battle bunnies

               - added the possibility of D: 34 
                 to section 3.5 Battle bunnies

               - added the possibility of D: 36 
                 to section 3.6 The cat lord

               - quantified rings of damage in 
                 Appendix A Wearables Addendum 
                 Rings

               - added the fate of Kranach's 
                 head to section 1.2.1.1.1 
                 Kranach

               - added grants shock immunity to 
                 Nature's Companion in Appendix 
                 A Wearables

               - added sees invisible to the 
                 entries for stone grues, earth 
                 elementals, minotaur mazemasters 
                 and minotaur kings in Appendix J 
                 Monsters

               - removed the "seven league 
                 bootss" phraseology from 
                 Appendix M Wishing, replaced it 
                 with "pairs of" which is general

               - updated information about the 
                 Oracle in sections 2.21.7 The 
                 Oracle and Appendix J Monsters

               - added several messages to 
                 section 0.13.1 Messages

September 27th - Added the abbreviation YAGBU 
                 to Appendix P Abbreviations

               - Added the interaction of huge 
                 rocks with ant hives to section 
                 0.13.11.1 Ants

               - Also added the above to section 
                 0.14.2 Huge rocks and anvils

September 22nd - Added the results of wishing 
                 for underwatwer creatures to 
                 Appendix M Wishing

               - Added grants acid resistance 
                 to the corpse effects of giant 
                 ants to section 0.12 Intrinsics

               - Added the karmic nature of the 
                 Oracle to Appendix J Monsters

September 16th - Added new ways of dealing with 
                 felines to Section 0.9.2 Cats

September 14th - Added the alignment restrictions 
                 re Ultra endings to the 
                 requirements sections in section 
                 4 Special endings


August 20th - removed the dead links from 
              Appendix Q - Other web resources

August 16th - added the Arena Master's name to 
              Appendix I Unique NPCs

August 15th - corrected the spelling of Yulgash 
              the Master Summoner's name 
              throughout the Guidebook

            - clarified the business about 
              Yulgash's teleportation ability 
              in section 3.7 The Air Temple

August 10th - added the effect of cursed scrolls 
              of uncursing to Appendix F Scrolls

August 8th  - removed the word "random" from the 
              effects of wands of trap creation 
              in Appendix D Wands

            - added a caveat about wands of trap 
              creation to Appendix D: they cannot 
              create traps on dungeon squares 
              which were doors


July 31st - added Hurthlings' advantage when 
            training slings and thrown rocks to 
            section 0.1.2 Special considerations

          - added the digging ability of greater 
            molochs to Appendix J Monsters

          - added the nonguaranteed nature of 
            Appearance loss to the corpse effects 
            of Fomorian Giants in Appendix J 
            Monsters

          - added removes Lucky and Fate Smiles 
            intrinsics to the corpse effects of 
            the cute dog in Appendix J Monsters

          - added sees invisible to Keethrax's 
            special traits in Appendix J Monsters

          - added the "particularly unholy" room 
            message re removing temporary blessing 
            to section 0.13.12.2 One Time Effects

          - added Yergius' pickpocketing quest to 
            Appendix K Quests

July 17th - removed the business about thugs only 
            generated by shopkeepers summoning 
            from Appendix J Monsters


June 30th - added a new section 0.14.6.1 Troll 
            corpses re HP regeneration - thanks 
            to Malte Helmert for this section

June 28th - added caveats about the Berserker 
            challenge to section N.2.3 Restricted 
            Tactics Games

June 24th - Added Keethrax's vulnerability to 
            acid to section 1.2.1.6.1 The Druid 
            Dungeon and Keethrax

June 20th - added the "You feel the presence of 
            a friend." message to section 0.13.1
            Level messages, special messages

June 19th - added the vital statistics of the 
            Ancient Chaos Wyrm to section 2.19, 
            the Tower of Eternal Flames

June 17th - added a Merchant's ability to 
            throw coins to section 0.14.11 
            Undocumented character abilities

          - added a Healer's ability to use a 
            stethoscope without using game 
            time to section 0.14.11 Undocumented 
            character abilities and a pointer 
            to that section in section 0.14.10 
            Stethoscopes

June 12th - added a named section for Brass Man 
            to Appendix N challenge games and 
            added Steven desJardins entry to it

June 1st  - added the corpse effects of the 
            greater black unicorn to Appendix 
            J Monsters


May 22nd - added permanently increases HP a few 
           points when drunk while uninjured to 
           the description of potions of extra 
           and ultra healing in Appendix E 
           Potions

May 20th - added +1 St to the effects of dark 
           orc corpses to Appendix J Monsters

         - added a message re Jharod healing 
           Yrrigs while out of LOS to section 
           0.13.1 Messages

         - added parentheses to the +4 Ma re 
           minotaur mage corpses in Appendix 
           J monsters

May 4th  - updated section 2.2 The Arena re 
           possible monsters in each fight and 
           trap layout depending on dungeon 
           level


April 25th - added the possibility of UD:8 to 
             section 1.2.3.2.1 nature of the UD

April 24th - revised the entry re rich flavor 
             rooms in section 0.13.12.1 
             Permanent effects

April 15th - an important method of late-game 
             alignment change, involving the 
             Dwarftown Priest, has been added 
             to section 4.3 Ultra Endings

April 3rd  - moved the "pale fading ball of 
             light" message to the unknown section 
             of section 0.13.12.2 One-time effects

April 2nd  - added an update re dealing with 
             Dorn Beasts to section 0.9.4 
             Annoying monsters


March 31st - added a technique for removing 
             Glod from Dwarftown to section 
             2.5.6 Glod and Smithing

March 25th - added some additional information 
             to section 2.5.2 The Priest re 
             identifying potions

           - updated section 4.3 Ultra Endings 
             with an important new observation 
             from Queff Himalaya re changing 
             alignment of high level chaotics 
             by using the Dwarftown Priest

           - added an explanation for weapons 
             of the void to Appendix B Weapons

March 24th - added the D: 11 requirement for 
             teleportation trap access to the 
             Dwarven Mystic in section 2.5.4 
             The Dwarven Mystic

March 21st - clarified the requirements for the 
             rune-covered trident in section 2.13 
             The Water Dragon's Lair

March 20th - added Markku Rikola's UCG Plutonium 
             Man entry to Appendix N Challenge 
             games

March 17th - added -8 to-hit for unbalanced missiles 
             to Appendix B Weapons

March 16th - added unbalanced to Appendix B Weapons 
             as a missile prefix

           - added Petri Sihvola's completion of 
             the Plutonium Man challenge game to 
             Appendix N Challenge games

           - added BDC = Blue Dragon Caves to 
             Appendix P Abbreviations

March 15th - revised Appendix J Monsters with new 
             information from Petri Sihvola's 
             Plutonium Man game

March 10th - added scroll of literacy check to 
             Appendix F Scrolls

March 8th  - updated section 2.3 The Big Room 
             with a method Petri Sihvola discovered 
             that stops monster generation on the 
             level

           - added yet another fortune cookie 
             message to section 0.14.13 Fortune 
             Cookies re Latin

March 7th  - updated Appendix M Wishing with 
             Stephen White's study re wishing for 
             speed

           - added poison to the special attacks 
             of water demons in Appendix J 
             Monsters

March 6th  - added the Plutonium Man challenge 
             game to Appendix N challenge games
             (and the TOC)

March 5th  - Appendix J updates: poison added to 
             chaos servants and chaos warriors, 
             sees invisible added to chaos servants

           - Added more detail re stats of whips 
             of the snake to Appendix B Weapons

March 4th  - added the "you splatter..." message
             to section 0.4.3 Training skills re 
             Backstabbing

           - added sickness to the special 
             attacks of chaos spawn in Appendix 
             J Monsters

March 2nd  - added the silver key to Appendix L 
             Artifacts

           - added notes about corruption and 
             scrolls of peace to section 0.10.1 
             What is corruption? and Appendix F 
             Scrolls

March 1st  - added a new section 0.4.3 Training 
             skills


February 26th - updated section 0.1 Races and 
                classes with additional 
                comments about elven lifespans 
                and Merchants' ability to 
                automatically identify items 
                they have specialized in

              - also updated section 0.14.11 
                Undocumented character abilities 
                re Merchants' ability to identify 
                items they have specialized in

February 24th - updated section 2.21.8 The 
                malicious doctor re his refusal 
                to deal with lawful PCs

              - updated Appendix E Potions re 
                potions of balance drawing 
                alignment towards N=

              - updated section 0.1.2 Special 
                considerations re Elves re 
                long lifespan

February 21st - updated 1.2.1.2.1 The Village 
                Dungeon re lawful boosts

February 20th - updated 2.21.5 Ogre guardian re 
                his ability to throw huge rocks

February 18th - added the summoning of greater 
                balors on the ChAoS plane caused 
                by prayer to section 4 Special 
                Endings

February 12th - added the "This dungeon is very 
                dusty." message to section 0.13.1 
                Messages

February 11th - added scrolls of education to 
                section 0.4.2 Non-guaranteed 
                ways of acquiring skills

February 10th - revised section 3.3 The Casino 
                re intrinsics

              - revised Appendix F Scrolls

February 9th  - added a message re pools 
                encountered in darkness to 
                section 0.13.1 Messages

              - completely revised Appendix G 
                Food with more quantitative 
                information from Malte Helmert

February 7th  - corrected the effects of morgia 
                roots in section 0.6.1.3 
                Training stats with herbs

              - updated section 0.3 Food re 
                dwarves refusing to eat dwarven 
                corpses

              - added text thanks to Markku 
                Rikola to section 2.27 The 
                Bug-infested Temple

February 6th  - several corrections made to 
                Appendix J Monsters

February 2nd  - added scrolls of education 
                to Appendix F Scrolls

              - added immune to fire to 
                Glod's (Dwarven Smith) special 
                defenses in Appendix J Monsters


January 28th - added the effect of armor of 
               hate to Appendix A Wearables

January 26th - added remarks about items that 
               increase food consumption to 
               section 0.3 Food

January 21st - moved everburning torches from 
               the Weapons category (Appendix 
               B) to the Tools category 
               (Appendix C)

January 14th - updated the explanation of how 
               a wedding ring works with the 
               Banshee in section 2.17 The 
               Banshee

January 12th - added a color map of the 
               bug-infested temple to section 
               2.27 The Bug-Infested Temple

January 7th  - added paralyzes to the attacks 
               of brown worms in Appendix J 
               Monsters
 
             - finished the weight of wands in 
               Appendix D Wands
 
             - added the weight of potions to 
               Appendix E Potions
 
             - added the weight of scrolls to 
               Appendix F Scrolls
 
             - added the weight of gems to 
               Appendix H Gems
 
January 2nd  - added the weight of more wands 
               to Appendix D Wands
 
 
  - 2002 -
 
 
December 27th - added white worms' ability to 
                poison to Appendix J Monsters
 
December 21st - updated section 0.14.8 Safe 
                places to store items re The 
                Mad Minstrel's Clearing re his 
                behavior in ADOM 1.0.0.
 
December 19th - updated the Lithium Man count 
                in Appendix N Challenge Games
 
December 10th - added cures sickness to fairy 
                dragon corpse effects in 
                Appendix J Monsters
 
December 7th  - more fortune cookie messages 
                added to section 0.14.13
 
December 6th  - Updated section 0.13.7 Shops re 
                teleporting shopkeepers out of 
                shops
 
              - Updated Appendix J Monsters re 
                eating a dwarven child dooms the 
                PC
 
              - Added the "Smoking is bad for 
                your health!" fortune cookie to 
                section 0.14.13
 
December 3rd  - Changed the alignment of 
                berserker -foo- to chaotic in 
                Appendix J Monsters
 
              - Added the fact that monsters 
                that cast Frost Bolt are able 
                to freeze water to section 
                0.14.7 Freezing water
 
December 1st  - Updated section 0.14.7 Freezing 
                water re ice-breathing monsters 
                do not freeze water (although 
                exploding ice vortices do)
 
 
November 26th - Added the weights of some wands 
                to Appendix D Wands
 
November 23rd - Added caveats about potions of 
                balance to section 0.6.2.2 
                Potions of balance
 
November 17th - Added a probable explanation for 
                Yggaz's babble #15 to section 
                0.14.13 Fortune cookies...
 
              - revised Appendix M wishing
 
              - added the weight of whistles to 
                Appendix C Tools
 
November 16th - again modified the effect of eating 
                a doppleganger king corpse in 
                Appendix J Monsters
 
November 15th - added a caveat about doppleganger 
                kings' corpse status to Appendix  
                J Monsters
 
November 12th - expanded section 0.2.2 Changing 
                alignment with several methods of 
                moving alignment without using 
                altars
 
              - added the limitation in ADOM 
                1.0.0+ re crystals of knowledge 
                to section 0.6.1.6 Crystals of 
                Knowledge
 
November 7th  - added the weight of tamborines 
                to Appendix C Tools
 
November 6th  - changed the description of using 
                whips as tools to show the effect 
                on alignment
 
November 5th  - changed "Mana Temple" to "elemental 
                temples" in section 0.5 Spells and 
                Mindcraft re locations where 
                teleportation is not allowed
 
              - updated section 3.7 The Air Temple 
                with features in 1.0.0.
 
November 3rd  - Updated the corrupting vs 
                noncorrupting zones list in 
                section 0.10.1 What is corruption?
 
 
October 31st - added Guth'Alak's ability to teach 
               Gardening to those who successfully 
               complete his first quest with 
               Herbalism at 100
 
October 30th - updated the Lithium Man count in 
               Appendix N challenge games
 
             - added sickness to the possible 
               corpse effects of zombies in 
               Appendix J Monsters
 
             - changed alignment of holy slayers 
               to neutral in Appendix J Monsters
 
October 28th - added Ogre mages' Frost Bolts can 
               freeze several squares of water in 
               one turn to Appendix J Monsters
 
             - added Steven desJardins' completion 
               of a strict Atheist challenge game 
               to Appendix N challenge games
 
October 22nd - added cursed PoCCs add corruption 
               to section 0.10.2.1 Potions of 
               Cure Corruption
 
October 21st - added effects of eating the Greater 
               White Unicorn corpse to Appendix J 
               Monsters
 
             - added cursed SoCRs add corruption 
               to section 0.10.2.2 Scrolls of 
               Chaos Resistance
 
October 15th - added "of speed" to armor modifiers 
               in Appendix A Wearables
 
             - added the opening question system 
               to section 0.14 Tips & Tricks
 
October 11th - added slows to the special attacks 
               of stone snakes in Appendix J 
               Monsters
 
October 6th  - removed draws alignment towards C 
               from the description of weapons of 
               poisoning in Appendix B Weapons
 
             - added the heavy prefix to Appendix 
               B Weapons
 
             - corrected remarks about apples and 
               fortune cookies in Appendix G Food
 
             - updated footnote about spider bread 
               in Appendix G Food
 
             - various minor tweaks to Appendix J 
               Monsters
 
 
September 18th - added stat draining and cursing 
                 to Keethrax's (Black Druid) 
                 special attacks in Appendix J 
                 Monsters
 
               - added sees invisible to Nonnak's 
                 (master necromancer) abilities in 
                 Appendix J Monsters
 
               - added the method for obtaining 
                 fish to Section 0.4 Skills re 
                 the Survival skill
 
               - added preliminary remarks about 
                 taming felines with fish to 
                 section 0.11.1.3 Taming monsters
 
September 15th - added paralysis attack to all 
                 lichs in Appendix J Monsters
 
September 12th - corrected the alignment of large 
                 and giant rust monsters (to 
                 neutral) in Appendix J Monsters
 
September 10th - added missing fortune cookie 
                 messages to section 0.14.13 
                 Fortune cookies
 
September 6th  - added orcish daggers to Appendix B 
                 Weapons
 
               - added "of power" to armor suffixes 
                 suffix effect
 
               - updated "of resilience" armor 
                 suffix effect
 
September 5th  - updated section 0.11.1.4 Hawkslayer 
                 re Hawkslayer equipping items
 
September 4th  - added the missile modifiers to 
                 Appendix B Weapons
 
 
August 31st - updated and corrected entries in the 
              armor and weapon prefix/suffix tables 
              in Appendices A Wearables and B Weapons
 
August 29th - minor tweaks to section 2.20 The Ruined 
              City
 
August 28th - removed Thrundarr's room from section 
              0.14.8 Safe places to store items
 
            - more updates re prefixes and suffixes to 
              Appendices A Wearables and B Weapons
 
August 27th - added new prefix and suffix explanations 
              to Appendices A Wearables and B Weapons
 
August 24th - removed everburning torches and pick axes 
              from Appendix C Tools - they are actually 
              classified as weapons
 
            - added pick axes to Appendix B Weapons
 
            - added various whips and pickaxes to 
              the last section of Appendix C Tools: 
              Other items that can be used in the tool 
              slot
 
            - added message re "The whole dungeon level 
              seems to be shaking." and ancillary messages 
              to section 0.13.1 Level messages
 
August 23rd - added a new section to Appendix C Tools 
              re items other than tools that can be 
              equipped and used in the tool slot
 
August 22nd - added the frog quest to Appendix K Quests
 
            - this update file has been trimmed - if 
              it is necessary to see the historical 
              list of updates, they are available in 
              the g16p2 HTML archive
 
August 20th - added a section to the ToC for the 
              bug-infested temple which is under 
              construction
 
            - converted the two-handed weapons section 
              of Appendix B Weapons to HTML
 
            - converted the missile weapons section 
              of Appendix B Weapons to HTML
 
August 19th - updated the introduction
 
            - updated Appendix O Differences in the 
              various versions
 
            - converted the first part of Appendix B 
              Weapons to HTML
 
            - added a table re weapon prefixes and 
              suffixes to Appendix B Weapons
 
            - updated sections 2.16, 2.19, 3.7 and 3.8 
              re no teleporting in the elemental temples
 
            - added a table re armor prefixes and 
              suffixes to Appendix A Wearables
 
            - added the Emerald Dagger's name to 
              Appendix L Artifacts
 
            - added greater claw bugs and killer bugs 
              to Appendix J Monsters
 
            - added the bug-infested temple to the 
              wilderness map; created a page for it 
              which is under construction
 
August 19th - SPECIAL: g16p2 is now history - for 
              better or worse, the archives have been 
              created and no further work will be done 
              on that version of the Guidebook - now 
              on to 1.0.0 !
 
August 19th - added the characteristics of everburning 
              torches to Appendix B Weapons
 
            - added no use of 'w5' while standing on 
              a trap to section 0.13.2 Traps
 
            - renamed section 0.14.2 to Huge rocks and 
              anvils
 
            - added remarks about the messages generated 
              when attempting to kick down trapped vs 
              non-trapped doors to section 0.13.3.1 
              Locked doors
 
August 9th  - updated hell hound corpse effects re 
              trolls in Appendix J Monsters
 
            - added the weight of artifacts to 
              Appendix L Artifacts
 
August 8th  - maintenance on g16p2-relative stuff 
              continues: pool message re extremely 
              filthy liquid (+Sick) added to section 
              0.13.9 Pools
 
            - added corpse effects of hell hounds to 
              Appendix J Monsters
 
August 6th  - SPECIAL: the long-awaited version 
              1.0.0 of ADOM has been released - 
              there will be a moratorium on updates 
              relative to 1.0.0 for at least one 
              week and quite possibly longer - 
              this update list may well be reset 
              as well



Updated November 10th, 2002
© Copyright Andrew Williams 2000-2002