ADOM Guidebook


Appendix M - Wishing - suggestions and warnings

Wishing suggestions: naturally, any useful non-artifact item: amulet of life saving (if striving for an ultra ending), seven league bootss (double 's' guarantees plurality), whips of the snake, phase daggers, swords of sharpness, maces of destruction (although Big Punch should be around already), eternium tower shields, eternium plate mails, eternium -weapon of choice-s, -color- dragon scale mail, rings of elemental mastery, and of course, scrolls of chaos resistance, as they work better than potions of cure corruption.

Also, wishes can yield any skill except for Alertness (which, when wished for, increases Perception) and Healing (which, when wished for, heals the PC). Stats can also be wished for - although, wishing for 'learning' yields potions of learning - wish for 'knowledge' to increase Learning directly. Appearance has to be wished for as 'beauty' and Perception as 'alertness'. The size of the stat increase depends on the stat: 7 points of Willpower is possible, the Strength bonus is usually around 3 and as high as 5 - which makes it more worthwhile to wish for potions of strength instead.

A "manual of bridge building" can be wished for and the PC is able to learn the skill by reading it. Wishing for "manuals of bridge building" results in the strange flux message then Nothing Happens.

If the PC wants to increase Learning, wishing for crystals of knowledge is better than wishing for potions of learning since blessed CoK's increase Learning by 1d2, you get three with one wish, and you can bless multiple CoK's with one potion of holy water, whereas you get two potions of learning, both of which take a potion of holy water to bless. With any decent kind of luck, the CoK's should bring at least 4, 5 or even 6 extra points to Learning.

A wish for 'speed' boosts the PC's speed by about 200, leaving a ~5 point permanent bonus. This is useful when fighting the emperor moloch, Srraxxarrakex, Andor Drakon or any other foe that you just don't want to get hit by.

Wishing for 'corruption' results in a corruptor.

Wishing for 'death' results in a death ooze.

Wishing for 'invisibility' results in rings of invisibility.

Wishing for the plural form of certain items results in a message:

A voice in your mind booms...
"*ONE* SHALL BE ENOUGH!"
Your equipment feels heavier.

Items in this category include amulets of life saving, girdles of giant strength and potions of gain attributes. Certain other items can only be obtained two at a time. Examples include potions of -stat-.

Results from some unusual wishes:

The game's direct response is [in square brackets].

babes - ["We are feeling lonely, aren't we?"]

crumpled scroll - Wishing for 'crumpled scroll' results in a blank scroll.

friends - [A telepathic voice sounds in your head: "Thou shalt have a friend!". A -foo- appears!] A tame animal pet or a companion.

immortality - ["Funny, very funny."]

light - The parser does not understand light, and interprets it as a wish for a wight. [Suddenly a wight appears!]

moloch armor - Wishing for moloch armor results in eternium plate mail.

money - [Suddenly gold pieces rain down upon you!] Amount varies, further testing required.

sheep - The parser interprets this as a wish for a banshee. Be prepared.

Thomas Biskup - [A voice booms... "*Thou shalt not mock the Creator*!"]

wands of wishing, rings of djinni summoning, spellbooks of Wish, wishes, etc: Wishing for wands of wishing results in a wand of wonder; rings of djinni summoning results in brass rings, spellbooks of Wish results in spellbooks of Calm Monster; wishes results in [Nothing Happens.]

Emperor Moloch - [A voice in your head whispers hateful words... "*You'll have to come!*" "Maybe my friends can get you moving!" Suddenly several figures appear out of nowhere!"] The several (about 20 - 25) figures are hostile greater molochs. This happens even if the Emperor Moloch is dead.

Quickling Bard - [A voice in your head giggles... "Nahfriendthiswayyouwontfindmeyoullhavetobemorepatient!" "Meetsomecompanionsofmineinthemeantime!" Suddenly several figures appear out of nowhere!] The several figures are all hostile quickling lords, which are considered summoned and therefore cannot be sacrificed.

Glod - [A strange little dwarf appears.] Described as "Glod, the small dwarf." Digs.

PC's name, Kranach, Ancient Chaos Wyrm, Snake From Beyond, Master Summoner, Yuglash, Ancient Stone Beast, Chaos Archmage, Nuurag-Vaarn, Ancient blue wyrm, Sharad-Waador, Filk, Assassin Prince, Keriax, sheriff, crime lord, Hotzenplotz, Grunge, Munge, Gaab'Baay, Hawkslayer, water dragon, baby water dragon, great water dragon, Blup, Shyssiryxius, healer, Jharod, mad carpenter, Yrrigs, black druid, Keethrax, master necromancer, Nonnak, Griff Bloodax, undead dwarven chaos berserker, mad doctor, nefarious doctor, Kranf Niest, ogre guardian, arena master, Waldenbrook, Garth, Rynt, Guth'Alak, priest, Munxip, Thrundarr, Mad Minstrel, Kherab, dwarven artificer, MaLaKaI, Fistanarius, cat lord - [Nothing Happens.]

raider lord, old barbarian, ratling guardian, dwarven mystic, cute dog, shopkeeper - [Suddenly a -foo- appears!]

Wishing for a raider lord and killing him before Tywat Pare assigns the quest results in no reward from Tywat Pare, other than the 300 gold pieces for the corpse. Furthermore, he will not assign the quest. If the PC gets the quest, wishes for a raider lord and kills him, Tywat Pare acknowledges the kill and gives the usual reward.

Interestingly, wished-for ratling guardians are as immobile as those in the HMV and respond with the same message about guarding the city when 'C'hatted with.

Wished-for ancient karmic wyrms are similarly confused. They are immobile, think they are Sharad-Waador and ask the PC to "Stand on the stairs... then we'll talk."

A wished-for dwarven mystic always responds with the "Ye art doomed!" message and then disappears when 'C'hatted with. The PC is not in fact doomed. See section 2.5.4.

If the PC has received the puppy quest from the tiny girl, wishing for a cute dog and delivering it to her satisfies the quest requirement. If the PC has *not* received the quest, wishing for a cute dog may well result in one that is hostile. This causes an amusing scenario, to say the least, in Terinyo.


Updated July 17th, 2001
© Copyright Andrew Williams 2000-2001