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Intrinsics are properties conferred on the player by worn item (and only stay in effect as long as the corresponding items are equipped) or received permanently from eaten corpse, pool or certain other means. Intrinsics generally provide resistance against certain forms of attack or confer other benefits. A few intrinsics, notably cursing and dooming, are undesirable and are generally removed as soon as possible. Note that the effects of most intrinsics stack — that is, two counts of fire resistance is better than one; two counts of dooming is worse than one.

Also note that items that provide elemental resistances or immunities cannot be destroyed by the corresponding element, even if an item's material usually makes it susceptible to that element (e.g., rings of fire resistances will never burn despite being made of wood).

List of intrinsics[]

Intrinsic Effects Corpses Items Pool
Fire resistance Reduces fire-based damage Fire beetle, fire lizard, fire drake, fire giant (king), red baby dragon, (ancient) red dragon, great red wyrm, Ancient Chaos Wyrm Ring of fire resistance, bracers of resistance, ring of minor elemental mastery, tome of donors effect You feel cool.
Cold resistance Reduces ice-based damage White baby dragon, (ancient) white dragon, great white wyrm, ice lizard, frost salamander, frost giant (berserker/jarl) Ring of cold resistance, bracers of resistance, amulet of the cold heart, ring of minor elemental mastery, tome of donors effect You feel hot-headed.
Acid resistance Reduces acid-based damage Black baby dragon, (ancient) black dragon, great black wyrm, giant ant worker/warrior/queen, ankheg Ring of acid resistance, alchemistic gloves, tome of donors effect You swallow hard.
Shock resistance Reduces lightning-based damage Blue baby dragon, (ancient) blue dragon, great blue wyrm, lightning lizard Bracers of resistance, ring of minor elemental mastery You hear a voice calling you 'Iceberg'.
Poison resistance Reduces damage and duration of poison Large spider, giant spider, cave fisher, tarantula, giant centipede, dark elven archer/warrior/wizard/priestess/lord/princess, large snake, water snake, (pit) viper, (king) cobra Alchemistic gloves Your digestion calms down.
Disease resistance Increases damage and duration of sickness N/A Bracers of resilience, healer's robe, staff of toughness, amulet of health N/A
Confusion resistance Reduces duration of confusion, increases chance to completely resist confusion N/A Ring of mental stability, helm of mental stability, ring of the clear mind, staff of the swirling mind, tome of donors effect N/A
Stun resistance Reduces duration of stunning, increases chance to completely resist stunning N/A Ring of stun resistance You feel very controlled.
Sleep resistance Reduces duration of sleep, increases chance to completely resist sleep N/A Bracers of resistance You feel totally awake.
Paralysis resistance Allows PC to completely resist paralysis from all sources Gelatinous cube (1/3 chance) Amulet of free action, tome of donors effect You are moved by the sheer pleasure of this sip of fluid.
Death ray resistance Allows PC to take high damage from death ray instead of dying instantly, completely prevents damage from bounced death rays N/A Amulet of death ray resistance, bracers of resistance, tome of donors effect You feel bold at the thought of danger.
Petrification resistance Allows PC to completely resist petrification from all sources N/A Amulet of petrification resistance You feel flexible.
See invisibility Allows PC to see invisible creatures Invisible stalker Ring of see invisible. Your eyes tingle for a second.
Invisibility[1] Makes PC invisible to monsters Invisible stalker Cloak of invisibility, ring of invisibility You suddenly are gone.
You feel dizzy for some seconds.
Teleport control Allows player to control where the PC teleports Blink dog Amulet of teleport control, ring of teleport control You suddenly feel like jumping around.
Teleportitis Causes the PC to teleport at random intervals Pixie, pixie archer Helm of teleportation You feel jumpy.
Water breathing Prevents drowning damage, lowers damage from water breath attacks Blup, Shyssiryxius Amulet of water breathing, helm of water breathing N/A
Fate smiles Increases PC's Luck Karmic creatures You feel very lucky.
Lucky Increases PC's Luck Karmic creatures Amulet of luck, ring of luck You feel lucky.
Cursed Reduces PC's Luck, increases item destruction, can block prayers Thrundarr, annis hag, green hag, cute dog, dwarven child, Ruun, quasit, white unicorn, Yrruir, royal guardian You sense trouble.
You start a trip on the road to nowhere.
Doomed Reduces PC's Luck, increases item destruction, can block prayers, increases PC's corruption rate Least daemon, lesser daemon, greater daemon, Ruun, cat lord, Yrruir, dwarven child, royal guardian Ring of doom, javelin of doom You feel very very bad.
You become depressive.
You continue a trip on the road to nowhere.
Fire Immunity Nullifies fire-based damage N/A Crown of fire, red dragon scale mail, moloch armor, ring of elemental mastery, staff of minor volcano summoning N/A
Cold immunity Nullifies cold-based damage Frost salamander (low chance) Crown of ice, white dragon scale mail, ring of elemental mastery N/A
Acid immunity Nullifies acid-based damage Giant slug (guaranteed) Black dragon scale mail N/A
Shock immunity Nullifies lightning-based damage Lightning lizard (low chance only if blessed), Srraxxarrakex Crown of lightning, blue dragon scale mail, ring of elemental mastery N/A
Disease immunity Prevents gaining the Sick status condition N/A N/A

Artifacts[]

Intrinsic Armor Weapon/Shield Jewelry/Tool/Missile
Fire resistance Elemental gauntlets
Robes of resistance
Perion's mithril plate mail
Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense
Shezestriakis
Robe of the master monk
Rolf's Companion
Hammerhead
Trusted One
Rolf's Saviour
Nature's Friend
Gleaming dwarven rune axe
Gleaming dwarven shield
Ring of the High Kings
Black torc
Cold resistance Elemental gauntlets
Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense
Shezestriakis
Robe of the master monk
Chain mail of raw steel
Sword of Nonnak
Trusted One
Rolf's Saviour
Nature's Companion
Staff of Creation
Gleaming dwarven shield
Ring of the High Kings
Black torc
Shock resistance Elemental gauntlets
Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense
Shezestriakis
Robes of resistance
Moloch's Thorns
Quicksilver bracers
Robe of the master monk
Executor
Trusted One
Sceptre of Chaos
Nature's Friend
Staff of Creation
Judge & Jury
Bloody Rose
Michals Transmogrifier
Ring of the High Kings
Black torc
Ring of the archmages
Acid resistance Robes of resistance
Perion's mithril plate mail
Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense
Shezestriakis
spiked armor of chaos and terror
Manacles of madness
Chain mail of raw steel
Staff of the Wanderer
Trusted One
Nature's Friend
N/A
Poison resistance Crown of leadership
Ancient mummy wrapping
Celestrix
True Strength
Shezestriakis
Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Venom Mantle
Robe of the master monk
Bugbiter
Serpent's Bite
Soaker
Sceptre of Chaos
Shield of raw steel
Nature's Friend
Rolf's Saviour
Unpick axe
Gleaming dwarven shield
Whip of the vampire snake
Silence of the Dead
Nature's Friend
Scorpion's Sting
Ring of the High Kings
Preserver
Heart of Ancardia
Amulet of indomitable life
Disease resistance N/A Nature's Breath N/A
Confusion resistance Crown of leadership
Shirt of the Saints
True Strength
Bracers of war
crowned spiked helmet of chaos lordship
fencing gloves of St. Montojja
Helm of the Night Watchmen
Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Circlet of the pure mind
Robe of the master monk
Staff of the archmagi
Axe of the minotaur emperor
Executor
Skullcrusher
Soaker
Protector
Staff of Creation
Unpick axe
Masher
Staff of wonder
Scorpion's Sting
Eagle's Claw
Sonic Boom
Stun resistance Ancient mummy wrapping
Bracers of war
Ironfist
Moloch's Thorns
Fencing gloves of St. Montojja
Helm of the Night Watchmen
Wyrmlance
Grod
Big Punch
Executor
Protector
Trusted One
Skullcrusher
Hammerhead
Masher
The Wall
Bloody Rose
Amulet of raw steel
Medal of Chaos
Bergbringer
Sleep resistance Shirt of the Saints
Ancient mummy wrapping
Celestrix
Crowned spiked helmet of chaos lordship
Helm of the Night Watchmen
Boots of the far wanderer
Robe of the master monk
Tattered cloak of the dark souls
Black Thumb
Trusted One
Staff of the Wanderer
Staff of the archmagi
Executor
Protector
Silence of the Dead
Nature's Breath
Amulet of raw steel
Ring of the archmages
Paralysis resistance Boots of the divine messenger
Quicksilver bracers
Robe of the master monk
Chain mail of raw steel
Soaker
Long Sting
Trusted One
Lust for Glory
Kalmius' Shield
Nature's Breath
Preserver
Ring of the archmages
Stone of the ages
Death ray resistance Crown of Chaos
Ancient mummy wrapping
Celestrix
True Strength
Bracers of war
Boots of the divine messenger
Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Circlet of the pure mind
Chain mail of raw steel
Sword of Nonnak
Trusted One
Death's Blade
Trident of the Red Rooster
Lust for Glory
Foeslammer
Staff of Creation
Judge & Jury
Kalmius' Shield
Silence of the Dead
Headman's Hand
Amulet of raw steel
Bergbringer
Ring of the archmages
Amulet of indomitable life
Stone of the ages
Petrification resistance Crown of Chaos
Quicksilver bracers
Trusted One
Lust for Glory
Medal of Chaos
Bergbringer
Stone of the ages
See invisibility Crown of leadership
Ancient mummy wrapping
Shirt of the Saints
Celestrix
Crowned spiked helmet of chaos lordship
Third Eye
Manacles of madness
Bracers of pure might
Robe of the master monk
Rune-covered trident
Trident of the Red Rooster
Axe of the minotaur emperor
Masher
Judge & Jury
Silence of the Dead
Scorpion's Sting
Medal of Chaos
Amulet of raw steel
Ring of the master cat
Ring of the archmages
Invisibility Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense
Tattered cloak of the dark souls
N/A N/A
Teleport control Boots of the divine messenger
Moloch's Thorns
Boots of the far wanderer
Hornet's Sting Ring of the archmages
Teleportitis Cloak of Oman
Boots of the far wanderer
Manacles of madness
Hornet's Sting N/A
Water breathing Crowned spiked helmet of chaos lordship
Boots of the far wanderer
Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Robe of the master monk
Rune-covered trident
Trident of the Red Rooster
Silence of the Dead
Medal of Chaos
Fate smiles True Strength
Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Staff of wonder
Silence of the Dead
Ankh
Ring of the master cat
Heart of Ancardia
Cornucopia
Lucky True Strength
Bracers of war
Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Wyrm's Behest
Purifier
Staff of wonder
Silence of the Dead
Scorpion's Sting
Ankh
Preserver
Heart of Ancardia
Horn of plenty
Cornucopia
Cursed Crown of science
Boots of great speed
Crown of Chaos
Executor
Sceptre of Chaos
Medal of Chaos
Black torc
Bergbringer
Doomed Crown of science
Crown of Chaos
Celestrix
Boots of great speed
Sceptre of Chaos Medal of Chaos
Fire immunity Crown of science
Nature's Companion
Spiked armor of chaos and terror
Wyrm's Behest
Chain mail of raw steel
Grod
Trident of the Red Rooster
Shield of raw steel
Staff of Creation
Unpick axe
Ring of immunity
Heart of Ancardia
Cold immunity Ancient mummy wrapping
Wyrm's Behest
Scorched spear
Rune-covered trident
Trident of the Red Rooster
Shield of raw steel
Headman's Hand
Eagle's Claw
Ring of immunity
Shock immunity Nature's Companion
Celestrix
Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Wyrm's Behest
Hammer of the gods
Staff of the Wanderer
Trident of the Red Rooster
Ring of immunity
Sonic Boom
Acid immunity Wyrm's Behest
Venom Mantle
Trident of the Red Rooster Ring of immunity
Disease immunity Chain mail of the martyred crusader
Perion's mithril plate mail
Robe of the master monk
Unpick axe Amulet of indomitable life
Aylas Holy Scarf

Body armor[]

Intrinsic Prefix Suffix
Fire resistance red
Acid resistance green
Cold resistance white
Shock resistance yellow
Stun resistance padded
Doomed damnation

Mechanics[]

Elemental resistance[]

All penetrated damage of respective element is divided by (3*r + R + 1), where r is the amount of resistant items that PC have on and R = 6 if intrinsic is received.

Elemental immunity[]

Despite the name, elemental immunity internally divides the damage by ten thousand and presumably rounds down. Under most normal circumstances this reduces incoming damage to zero.[2]

Special cases[]

Class powers[]

Intrinsics received as class powers cannot be removed by pools.

  • Beastfighters receive poison resistance upon reaching level 6, stun resistance at level 12.
  • Mindcrafters start with teleport control.
  • Elementalists receive fire resistance upon reaching level 6, shock resistance at level 12[3] and water breathing at level 25.
  • Druids receive shock immunity upon reaching level 40.
  • Weaponsmiths receive fire immunity upon reaching level 32.

Corruptions[]

Luck-related intrinsics[]

Hitting a karmic creature in melee downgrades luck-related intrinsics:

  • If fate smiles on the PC, it is removed and replaced with lucky intrinsic.
  • If fate smiles is not present, but the PC is lucky, lucky intrinsic is removed.
  • If the PC doesn't have fate smiles and lucky intrinsics, (s)he receives cursed intrinsic.
  • If the PC is cursed and doesn't have any positive luck-related intrinsics, (s)he is doomed.

Note that this effect will only occur on successful hits and not guaranteed to happen 100% of the time. In practice, a special message (Suddenly you think this was a bad idea!) is displayed to indicate that luck intrinsics were downgraded. It is also possible to block this effect from happening using a ring of karmic absorption. The ring will, however, degrade from each effect blocking, getting uncursed from blessed, cursed from uncursed. Finally, cursed rings will disappear if they are activated to block karmic effect.

Reading a scroll of luck or eating a corpse of karmic creature will upgrade luck-related intrinsic. The effect is completely opposite to the described above. Note, however, that scrolls of luck will not remove dooming, but can be used to remove curse and acquire both positive luck intrinsics.

Reading a scroll of ill fate grants cursed intrinsic.

Offering a sacrifice at the altar may affect luck intrinsics in either positive or negative way based on piety level.

  • (positive) If the PC reaches the level of piety when You feel inner peace. (You burn with the anticipation of power. for chaotics) message is displayed, he will be granted lucky intrinsic.
  • (positive) If the PC reaches the level of piety when You feel very close to -deity- message is displayed, he will be granted lucky and fate smiles intrinsics, as well as have cursed and/or doomed intrinsics removed.
  • (negative) If the PC reaches the level of piety when deity is angered enough to destroy all worn equipment, but the PC has no items except possible in backpack, (s)he will receive doomed intrinsic.

It is possible to pray to remove cursed and doomed intrinsics, but this requires significant amounts of piety.

Notes[]

  1. Temporary invisibility (received by drinking potions of invisibility, casting Invisibility (spell) or from pools) is not considered intrinsic
  2. TB on elemental immunity([1])
  3. Elemental resistances were not granted in version 1.1.1 due to a bug ([2])
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