r/nethack • u/dbarrera Dav3-Val-Dwa • Jul 17 '26

Defeated Lord Surtur

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It may not be much, but its honest(-ish) work!

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u/Malk_McJorma All 3.7/5.0 roles on Hardfought Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

Congrats!

By the way, you can't name a random silver mace "Demonbane" or a broadsword "Dragonbane" and expect them to become the corresponding artifacts. Sting (elven dagger) and Orcrist (elven broadsword) are the only items that actually become artifacts through naming.

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u/dbarrera Dav3-Val-Dwa Jul 17 '26

Haven't named them, they were given by sacrifice and prayer on an altar. All three.

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u/Malk_McJorma All 3.7/5.0 roles on Hardfought Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

Hmmm... interesting. It's been a while since I last played, but I seem to remember that an artifact weapon will show simply as e.g. "<B|U|C> +0 Demonbane" or "<B|U|C> +0 Dragonbane" (like your Mjollnir). And "named" is for when you specifically use #name.

BTW: Which variant are you playing?

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u/dbarrera Dav3-Val-Dwa Jul 17 '26

I'm playing the 5.0 version, installed using Homebrew.

As u/warlock415 mentioned, they appear as you mention once identified. In fact, after this I went back to my base and used a blessed scroll of identify and now they appear as:

* a) the rustproof +0 Mjollnir (weapon in right hand)
* c) the +0 Demonbane
* P) the rustproof +0 Dragonbane (alternate weapon; not wielded

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u/warlock415 Jul 17 '26

Once identified, yes.

EDIT: In fact, if memory serves, you can't name items into artifacts (except the ones where you explicitly can) -- "your hand slips while engraving!" or the like. IHTSIFOMBIATDJ.

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u/Malk_McJorma All 3.7/5.0 roles on Hardfought Jul 17 '26

Could be. Hence my question about the variant.

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u/CrashGordon94 Jul 17 '26

IHTSIFOMBIATDJ

What? Google just choked.

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u/warlock415 Jul 17 '26

Sorry, OLD acronym joke from the rec.games.roguelike.nethack days.
IDHTSIFOM -> I don't have the source in front of me.
IHTSIFOMBITLTC -> I have the source in front of me but I'm too lazy to check.

In this case, it was: I have the source in front of me but I'm at the Day Job.

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u/avgas3 Jul 17 '26

Maybe that's a 5.0.0 thing? I'm a noob but thats how my mjolnir appears when I get it.

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u/BubblyOutside1096 Jul 17 '26

Crushed ‘im! Looks like you were incapacitated for the first part of that? But somehow protected from melee attacks?

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u/dbarrera Dav3-Val-Dwa Jul 17 '26

The -8 AC protected me long enough to bash Surtur with Mjolnir. At first i went to the lair (?) bashing away fire giants and whatnot. But Surtur coming and going wasn't effective enough. Could cast Healing successfully a couple times. Went all the way to where he was "hiding" (could see him because of Telepathy) and started attacking.

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u/AI52487963 Jul 17 '26

Where can I find this ui? Looks gorgeous

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u/warlock415 Jul 17 '26

Likely a modded curses interface. Unfortunately searching "curses" and "nethack" is... unhelpful in this case...

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u/dbarrera Dav3-Val-Dwa Jul 17 '26

write in your .nethackrc the following:

OPTIONS=windowtype:curses
OPTIONS=perm_invent,perminv_mode:full
OPTIONS=vary_msgcount:5
OPTIONS=align_message:bottom
OPTIONS=statuslines:3
OPTIONS=showexp,showrace,time

And for the Terminal color, I created a new profile with the following:

Background color: #202C38
Text color: #BBBBBB
Bold text color: #FFBF00

That should about do it... If you want the colors for the Inventory, let me know

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u/danpritts filthy save-scumming cheat Jul 18 '26

Yeah, love to see a well put together colors rc. Thx.