Pool

A pool.

Pools are a randomly generated Dungeon Feature that the player can drink from. Drinking from a pool can cause many different effects, both desirable and undesirable. Some include the summoning of poisonous snakes and dangerous water elementals, the most notable desirable outcome is that of receiving a wish. There are many different colored pools, but the difference between them is uncertain. It has been rumored that drinking from pools whose color aligns with the color of the PC's eyes will yield more positive effects, but no evidence has been found to support this.

Below is a list of possible messages generated by pools, and what they mean, credited to the online ADoM Guidebook.

Pool Messages

Intrinsics

Intrinsic	Gain Message	Lose Message
Acid resistance	You swallow hard	You taste bitter bile in your mouth
Cold resist	You feel hot-headed	You shiver
Cursed	You sense trouble or You start a trip on the road to nowhere	You feel relieved
Death ray resistance	You feel bold at the thought of danger	You feel like an endangered species
Doomed	You become depressive or You feel very very bad or You continue the trip on the road to nowhere	You feel elated
Fate smiles	You feel very lucky	You feel very bad off
Fire resistance	You feel cool	You sweat
Invisibility ('permanent')	You feel dizzy for some seconds or You suddenly are gone	Your outfit suddenly looks much cleaner or You suddenly are visible again or No effect, as far as you notice (with See Invisible intrinsic)
Invisibility (temporary)	Suddenly you are gone or You feel translucent or You feel on air	You suddenly can see yourself
Lucky	You feel lucky	You feel cheated
Paralyzation resistance	You are moved by the sheer pleasure of this sip of fluid.	You feel inflexible
Petrification resistance	You feel flexible	You feel inflexible or You feel gnarly
Poison resistance	Your digestion calms down	Your stomach stings painfully
See invisible	Your eyes tingle for a second	Your eyes sting for a second
Shock resistance	You hear a voice calling you 'Iceberg' (note that 'Iceberg' is the name/password that Hawkslayer looks for)	You feel shocked
Sleep resistance	You feel totally awake	You feel tired
Stun resistance	You feel very controlled	You feel shaken
Teleport control	You suddenly feel like jumping around	You suddenly hate the thought of jumping around
Teleportitis	You feel jumpy	You feel steady

Stat Changes

Stat	Increase Message	Decrease Message
Appearance	Your looks improve	You are growing a wart
Charisma	You feel very self-confident	You feel reserved
Dexterity	Your movements are getting swifter	You are getting shaky
Learning	You feel studious	Thinking seems to get tougher
Mana	You feel more in touch with the world	You are getting out of touch with everything
Perception	Your senses sharpen	You seem to get less perceptive
Strength	Your muscles feel stronger	Your muscles soften
Toughness	Your health increases	It seems that you are getting a cold
Willpower	Your will seems inflexible	You feel soft-hearted

Status conditions and other Magical Effects

Message	Effect
A gush of water hits you!	Water damage
A small frog pops up...	The frog gives the frog quest to female PCs (if PC is male, the frog retorts that he is "of the boring kind"). Note that frog may explode (!) if the PC is male and deaf
Bah! This liquid is extremely filthy!	Sickness
Great! Pure dwarven ale!	Like drinking potion of booze
Lots of vipers burst out of the pool	Vipers + chance of water damage
Nothing happens	Nothing
Suddenly a water elemental rises from the pool!	Water elemental summoned, also possible water damage
Suddenly your ears start to bleed!	+Bleeding state
The pool bubbles	Pool tries to summon water snakes but there's no more room for any (?)
The pool suddenly dries up.	Pool disappears
The water is suddenly writhing with snakes!	Water snakes are summoned
The water tastes bitter	Poison, but PC is poison resistant
Urgh! Poison!	Poisoned for 2d10 poison effects.
What do you wish for?	Get a wish. It's important to ask for plurals -- i.e. "spellbooks" instead of "spellbook"
While you drink small waves seem to ripple the otherwise calm surface of the pool.	Unknown (may no longer exist)
Wow! Pure beer!	Like drinking potion of booze
You age!	Unnaturally ages
You are hit by lots of water.	Same as monster water breath attack
You feel altered in an eerie way	Causes 2 corruptions. Only happens with the pool in the Ancient Stone Circle.
You feel corrupted!	Corrupted!
You feel exhausted	Abuses Strength and Toughness
You feel much better	HP restoration and may add a point of HP
You feel slightly strengthened	Trains Strength
You feel younger!	Removes some years of unnatural aging
You hear hissing sounds	Water snakes summoned (but PC is blind)
You slip and fall in!	Water effects on PC and equipment, maybe find money or gem in the water
You suddenly hear many hissing sounds!	Snakes or vipers, but PC is blind
You suddenly hear roaring waves!	Water elemental summoned, but PC is blind
You suddenly remember your early youth	Would've removed some unnatural aging, but PC doesn't have any
Your blood seems to cool down	Unknown (does not affect healing rate)
Your wounds no longer bleed	Bleeding stops