Death & Deities
Death
- Upon death, you will awake in the Temple of Notre Dame. See 'help map'.
- To walk back to Darkhaven Square: #5 s; e; e; se
- The Halls of Knowledge (where you may have been initially exploring upon first entering the game) is then: #3 e, s; d
- If you die while under level 10, you keep all your gear and can just get right back to doing whatever you were doing.
If you die after level 10, your corpse with all your gear remains where you died. You must retrieve your corpse so you can get your gear out of it.
Corpse Retrieval
Commonly called 'CR', you might chat "can someone help me with a CR?"
- Option 1: Walk back to where you died, get your shit from your corpse
- You are naked. Go buy a light first. And maybe a recall scroll. Ideally, get something so you can hide/sneak and have invisibility cast on you. You should save/quit/relog so that any mobs which were aggro on you drop aggro.
- Option 2: Have your deity bring your corpse(s) right to you via 'supplicate corpse'
- Requires being devoted to a deity, and having sufficient favor with that deity.
Deities
Which Deity Should I Pick?
There's a bunch, and they each have minor advantages I will list below, but honestly if you are new don't bother with that shit yet, it's splitting hairs and not going to make a huge difference to your first characters (and you can change later anyways). You just want the easiest deities to 'favor up' with so you can supplicate your corpse whenever necessary. Pick one of these:
For Good align: [A'enari] (Any classes besides the 3 evil ones below) For Evil align: [Vl'aresch] (Vamps, Nephs, Thieves)
I just use those on all my characters. I don't give a shit about the minor bonus's the other ones give you. The advantage of quick favoring and corpse retrieval with those is, to me, fucking worth it. Some random minor 5% this or that bonus isn't game breaking to me, I'm not living or dying because of those deity bonuses, so I'd rather get my corpse back and get back to work in under 2 minutes. The process of gaining favor with a deity is a bitch that can take a fucking while, that's not what I want to be doing with my time, let alone doing it under duress in the middle of a run or something.
How to Devote to a Deity?
You devote to a deity by walking to their room and using the command 'devote <deity>'.
You can always view/check your own deity in the 'score' command output
You can see other players deities in the 'whois CHARACTER' command output
How to Gain Favor?
After devoting, you can check 'score' to see your current favor level with your deity. (See 'help favor_levels' for the full scale of favors)
- For A'enari/Vl'aresch: Just walk in/out/in/out/in/out of their room to gain favor (do it until you are "praised")
- Each time you walk into their room you gain favor. You can simply walk in/out/in/out of their room a bunch.
Use the links above, follow the dirs, go e/w/e/w/e/w a bunch.
How to Master Death
Death is simple, and easily rectified. You shouldn't be afraid to die. You should just be prepared correctly and it will be no big thang.
1. Devote to A'enari or Vl'aresch
2. Go visit them and walk in/out until you are at "praised" favor
3. Go explore and die
4. Do 'supplicate corpse' and 'get all corpse; wear all' a bunch to get all your shit
5. Immediately go back to the deity and re-favor back up to praised.
6. Return to Step 3.
Full Details
Honest to god the rest of this shit don't matter. Just use Aen/Vla and fuck it you're golden.
Supplication
The deity system allows you to use your deity to bring you a few things, via the 'supplicate' command:
See: help supplicate
Syntax: supplicate <THING>
corpse retrieves your corpse from supplicatable room(s)
avatar summons an avatar of your deity
object summons a sigil of your deity
recall sends you to your recall point (bypasses norecall flags)
restore completely restores hitpoints, mana, and movement
Some notes on those:
- Corpse: The most useful thing to supplicate. If you've died multiple times, ALL of your corpses will get brought to you.
- Object: Sigil's have 20AC, Affect AC -20, and have a +1 to a stat.
- Restore: If you're abouttttt to die.... try 'supplicate restore' to save your own ass
- Recall: If you're out of recalls, or also about to die... try 'supplicate recall' for a quick trip home
- Avatar: The avatar is like a pet NPC that will fight with you, but they suck. The more useful thing to do with them is use them to mark a room in a maze.
Full Deities List
When you're ready for more overwhelming information, see https://rodpedia.realmsofdespair.info/wiki/Deity
| Deity | Prefers | Despises | Sigil Stat (+1) | Max Favor Resist | Max Favor Affect | Gain Favor | Lose Favor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A'enari | Devout | Neut/Evil, Drow | Int | Unholy | Scry | Visit, Bury Corpses, Helping Others | Digging up corpses, Thievery, visiting Vl'aresch |
| Vl'aresch | Evil | Pixies | Wis | Holy | Detect Hidden | Visit, Steal, Kill Pixies | Bury Corpses, Helping Others |
- Note that deities will give slightly different Affects at less than max favor. I'm not listing all of those.
- Example: A'enari gives Detect Evil at low favor levels, Detect Magic in the mid range, and then Scry at Max favor.
Favor Details
The following actions will impact your favor.
| Action | Description | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Flee | Flee | |
| Flee_npcrace | Flee from race deity likes | |
| Kill | Kill a mob or player | |
| Kill_npcrace | Kill mob from race deity likes | |
| Kill_magic | Cast an offensive spell (Not on self) | |
| Sac | Sacrifice a corpse | |
| bury_corpse | Bury a corpse | |
| aid_spell | Cast a defensive spell on a player | "Helping Others" |
| aid | Successfully Rescue or Aid | "Helping Others" |
| steal | Steal, Broach, Pick exit or object | "Thievery" |
| backstab | Backstab, Circle | "Thievery" |
| die | Dying | |
| die_npcrace | Dying to a mob from race deity likes | |
| spell_aid | Cast a defensive spell (Any) | "Helping Others" |
| dig_corpse | Digging up a corpse | |
| die_npcrace | Dying to a mob from race deity hates | |
| Flee_npcfoe | Flee from race deity hates | |
| Kill_npcrace | Kill mob from race deity hates |
Favor Level Details
Favor is a numeric value, players cannot see this.
loved +2251 to +2500 cherished +2001 to +2250 honored +1751 to +2000 praised +1501 to +1750 favored +1251 to +1500 respected +1001 to +1250 liked +750 to +1000 tolerated +251 to +750 <---500 range ignored -249 to +250 <---500 range shunned -250 to -749 <---500 range disliked -750 to -999 dishonored -1000 to -1249 disowned -1250 to -1499 abandoned -1500 to -1749 despised -1750 to -1999 hated -2000 to -2249 damned -2250 to -2500
Note how most ranges are 250 pts, except near the center where there are 500pt ranges.
Supplication
The deity system allows you to use your deity to bring you a few things, via the 'supplicate' command:
See: help supplicate
Syntax: supplicate <THING>
corpse retrieves your corpse from supplicatable room(s)
avatar summons an avatar of your deity
object summons a sigil of your deity
recall sends you to your recall point (bypasses norecall flags)
restore completely restores hitpoints, mana, and movement
| THING | Min Favor | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Corpse | Praised | If multiple corpses exist, they will ALL be brought to you |
| Object | Liked* | Sigils all have 20ac, Affect AC -20, and +1 to a stat. |
| Restore | Liked* | If you're about to die, try 'supp restore' to save your ass |
| Recall | Liked* | If you forgot a recall, or if you're about to die, try 'supp recall' to gtfo (Note: You'll lose a shit ton of xp) |
| Avatar | Liked* | The avatar is like a pet NPC that will fight with you, but they suck. The more useful thing to do with them is use them to mark a room in a maze.
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