Alpha:Dracul - Revision history

Zayyeh at 14:46, 29 August 2016

2016-08-29T14:46:36Z

Yoacusna: /* Strategy */

2015-09-26T20:33:33Z

‎Strategy

Yoacusna: /* Strategy */

2015-09-26T20:30:22Z

‎Strategy

Yoacusna: Explained level-up effect further

2015-09-26T20:25:40Z

Explained level-up effect further

DrPumpkinz: /* Immediate effect */

2015-02-02T18:02:51Z

‎Immediate effect

The Cakemeister: "Alphaizing" the links

2012-06-26T07:18:01Z

"Alphaizing" the links

Madness: Robot: Cosmetic changes

2012-04-22T09:09:50Z

Robot: Cosmetic changes

Zaratustra: moved Dracul to Alpha:Dracul

2011-12-01T20:04:32Z

moved Dracul to Alpha:Dracul

Ayumbhara at 02:33, 2 June 2011

2011-06-02T02:33:17Z

MrGuy at 20:05, 28 March 2011

2011-03-28T20:05:51Z

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 == Strategy ==
 * Worshipping Dracul in the very early game is almost always a mistake. The level-up effect on worship is extremely painful for a low-level character, both increasing the experience required to level up significantly and reducing your ability to get bonus experience for killing higher level enemies. On the other hand, if you've already reached the highest level you're going to get to (8-10, usually, depending on the game), this effect is all upside (better BURNDAYRAZ; better health regeneration).
-* Dracul is generally a better choice for characters relying heavily on spells than heavy melee characters, both because his level-up effect increases your damage output more and because Bloodpower is probably his best boon.
+* Dracul is decent late-game choice for a heavy caster relying on BURNDAYRAZ. Convert in the final stages of the game, get Bloodpower, and enjoy a more-damaging spell and enough mana to cast it more often. His other boons are worthless if you're not engaging in melee though.
 * Remember, after conversion each death nets 3 piety instead of 1 that blood pools grant on conversion. The exception for this is undead, so if you kill all the undead enemies before following Dracul, but leave the non-undead ones alone, you can get the maximum possible amount of piety from him.
 * Dracul is most useful when there are very few undead around (ideally none); this makes him a particular useful god in the Snake Pit, Library, and Factory special dungeons (and obviously very impractical in the Crypt). If available, use [[Alpha:IMAWAL|IMAWAL]] on undead, so you can get some extra score, assuming you can't kill them before worshipping Dracul.

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 == Strategy ==
 * Remember, after conversion each death nets 3 piety instead of 1 that blood pools grant on conversion. The exception for this is undead, so if you kill all the undead enemies before following Dracul, but leave the non-undead ones alone, you can get the maximum possible amount of piety from him.
 * Dracul is most useful when there are very few undead around (ideally none); this makes him a particular useful god in the Snake Pit, Library, and Factory special dungeons (and obviously very impractical in the Crypt). If available, use [[Alpha:IMAWAL|IMAWAL]] on undead, so you can get some extra score, assuming you can't kill them before worshipping Dracul.
 * If you don't plan on using BURNDAYRAZ a lot, consider skipping the Bloodpower boon.
 * Bloodshield effectively cancels the handicap of having lower hitpoint maximum. If you have any other source of resistance, it will improve your durability by a lot.
 * Bloodshield + Bloodhunger make the character an effective tank. This is especially useful against bosses like [[Alpha:Meat man#Boss info|Super Meat Man]] and [[Alpha:Golem#Boss info|The Iron Man]]. It will help against [[Alpha:Serpent#Boss info|Jormungandr]] and [[Alpha:Zombie#Boss info|Frank the zombie]] as well.

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 * The hero's '''level is increased by 1''', without gaining the usual permanent bonuses for this level-up.
 ** This increase occurs regardless of your hero's current level, unless he is already at level 10.
-** No level-up bonuses are applied when this occurs. That means, your Maximum Health, Attack Strength, or any item-given bonuses related to level-ups will not be acquired. Also, your Health and Mana will ''not'' be restored as normal. Earned experience won't decrease.
+** No standard stat bonuses are applied when this occurs. That means, your Maximum Health, Attack Strength, or any item-given bonuses related to level-ups will not be acquired. Also, your Health and Mana will ''not'' be restored as normal. Earned experience won't decrease.
 * The '''[[Alpha:HALPMEH|HALPMEH]] Glyph''' is destroyed.
 ** This occurs only when the player is holding HALPMEH. If the player picks up the glyph after worshiping, it will be immediately destroyed.  If you wish to convert it, you must do so before worship or directly from the ground.

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 ** No level-up bonuses are applied when this occurs. That means, your Maximum Health, Attack Strength, or any item-given bonuses related to level-ups will not be acquired. Also, your Health and Mana will ''not'' be restored as normal. Earned experience won't decrease.
 * The '''[[Alpha:HALPMEH|HALPMEH]] Glyph''' is destroyed.
-** This occurs both if the player is holding HALPMEH at the time, or if the Glyph is anywhere else in the dungeon. If the Glyph does not exist anywhere, this effect is ignored.
+** This occurs only when the player is holding HALPMEH. If the player picks up the glyph after worshiping, it will be immediately destroyed.  If you wish to convert it, you must do so before worship or directly from the ground.
 * Dracul will grant you an amount of '''Piety points''' equal to the number of blood-stains ''currently'' visible in the dungeon.
 ** This includes blood-stains from each monster you have killed. Some characters like the [[Alpha:Bloodmage|Bloodmage]] may suck up bloodstains during their exploration, and if so those bloodstains are not included in the effect.

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 === Immediate effect ===
-When first worshipping Dracul, several effects occur:
+When first worshiping Dracul, several effects occur:
 * The hero's '''level is increased by 1''', without gaining the usual permanent bonuses for this level-up.
 ** This increase occurs regardless of your hero's current level, unless he is already at level 10.
 ** No level-up bonuses are applied when this occurs. That means, your Maximum Health, Attack Strength, or any item-given bonuses related to level-ups will not be acquired. Also, your Health and Mana will ''not'' be restored as normal. Earned experience won't decrease.
-* The '''[[HALPMEH]] Glyph''' is destroyed.
+* The '''[[Alpha:HALPMEH|HALPMEH]] Glyph''' is destroyed.
 ** This occurs both if the player is holding HALPMEH at the time, or if the Glyph is anywhere else in the dungeon. If the Glyph does not exist anywhere, this effect is ignored.
 * Dracul will grant you an amount of '''Piety points''' equal to the number of blood-stains ''currently'' visible in the dungeon.
-** This includes blood-stains from each monster you have killed. Some characters like the [[Bloodmage]] may suck up bloodstains during their exploration, and if so those bloodstains are not included in the effect.
+** This includes blood-stains from each monster you have killed. Some characters like the [[Alpha:Bloodmage|Bloodmage]] may suck up bloodstains during their exploration, and if so those bloodstains are not included in the effect.
 === Conversion ===
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 Dracul is the god of the Undead. As such, he is the protector of all Undead monsters. He yearns for the blood of the living, and will reward slaying them.
-The following actions will only change your Piety while worshipping Dracul. If you have not yet converted to Dracul, or have renounced your religion, you may perform these actions without triggering the listed effects.
+The following actions will only change your Piety while worshiping Dracul. If you have not yet converted to Dracul, or have renounced your religion, you may perform these actions without triggering the listed effects.
 === Gaining Piety ===
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 * '''Kill an Undead creature''': -5 Piety.
-** Dracul is the god of Undead creatures. As such, any Undead creature killed while worshipping Dracul will cause a drop of 5 Piety points. Undead creatures are marked by the word "Undead" in their special ability text.
+** Dracul is the god of Undead creatures. As such, any Undead creature killed while worshiping Dracul will cause a drop of 5 Piety points. Undead creatures are marked by the word "Undead" in their special ability text.
 ** The level of the Undead slain or the method in which it was slain do not affect the number of piety points you lose.
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 * '''Costs 30 Piety'''.
 ** After acquiring this boon, your life steal ability will increase by +20%. This bonus is cumulative, so if your character already had life steal from any source, it is increased by 20%. For example, if your character had 20% life steal, they will now have 40% life steal.
-** Life steal causes some of a monster's health to transfer to your Health pool after each Melee Attack you perform. The amount of health transferred this way is equal to the ability's percentage out of the total amount of damage you cause with your attack, including temporary benefits like [[BYSSEPS]]. Note that you will still need to survive the monster's attack in order to make good on this siphoned health. Attacks that (without life steal) would bring you to 0 Health or below would still kill you with this ability.
+** Life steal causes some of a monster's health to transfer to your Health pool after each Melee Attack you perform. The amount of health transferred this way is equal to the ability's percentage out of the total amount of damage you cause with your attack, including temporary benefits like [[Alpha:BYSSEPS|BYSSEPS]]. Note that you will still need to survive the monster's attack in order to make good on this siphoned health. Attacks that (without life steal) would bring you to 0 Health or below would still kill you with this ability.
 ** Life steal works normally on undead.
 ** ''Research info required: does killing monsters with little health left alters the stolen amount?''
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 == Strategy ==
 * Remember, after conversion each death nets 3 piety instead of 1 that blood pools grant on conversion. The exception for this is undead, so if you kill all the undead enemies before following Dracul, but leave the non-undead ones alone, you can get the maximum possible amount of piety from him.
-* Dracul is most useful when there are very few undead around (ideally none); this makes him a particular useful god in the Snake Pit, Library, and Factory special dungeons (and obviously very impractical in the Crypt). If available, use [[IMAWAL]] on undead, so you can get some extra score, assuming you can't kill them before worshipping Dracul.
+* Dracul is most useful when there are very few undead around (ideally none); this makes him a particular useful god in the Snake Pit, Library, and Factory special dungeons (and obviously very impractical in the Crypt). If available, use [[Alpha:IMAWAL|IMAWAL]] on undead, so you can get some extra score, assuming you can't kill them before worshipping Dracul.
 * If you don't plan on using BURNDAYRAZ a lot, consider skipping the Bloodpower boon.
 * Bloodshield effectively cancels the handicap of having lower hitpoint maximum. If you have any other source of resistance, it will improve your durability by a lot.
-* Bloodshield + Bloodhunger make the character an effective tank. This is especially useful against bosses like [[Meat man#Boss info|Super Meat Man]] and [[Golem#Boss info|The Iron Man]]. It will help against [[Serpent#Boss info|Jormungandr]] and [[Zombie#Boss info|Frank the zombie]] as well.
+* Bloodshield + Bloodhunger make the character an effective tank. This is especially useful against bosses like [[Alpha:Meat man#Boss info|Super Meat Man]] and [[Alpha:Golem#Boss info|The Iron Man]]. It will help against [[Alpha:Serpent#Boss info|Jormungandr]] and [[Alpha:Zombie#Boss info|Frank the zombie]] as well.
 == Specific Races ==

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 Dracul, god of the Undead, is one of the gods available for worshipping in Desktop Dungeon. Dracul may be worshipped by locating his altar in a dungeon (if it appears).
-==Initial Worship==
+== Initial Worship ==
 If an altar of Dracul is found in the dungeon, and the hero is not yet worshipping any other god, it is possible to pray to Dracul.
-===Immediate effect===
+=== Immediate effect ===
 When first worshipping Dracul, several effects occur:
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 ** This includes blood-stains from each monster you have killed. Some characters like the [[Bloodmage]] may suck up bloodstains during their exploration, and if so those bloodstains are not included in the effect.
-===Conversion===
+=== Conversion ===
 Followers of Dracul cannot convert their religion to any other god. Followers of other gods cannot convert their religion to Dracul.
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 The only method to switch to or from Dracul is to first renounce your religion by help of an item.
-==Religion==
+== Religion ==
 Dracul is the god of the Undead. As such, he is the protector of all Undead monsters. He yearns for the blood of the living, and will reward slaying them.
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 The following actions will only change your Piety while worshipping Dracul. If you have not yet converted to Dracul, or have renounced your religion, you may perform these actions without triggering the listed effects.
-===Gaining Piety===
+=== Gaining Piety ===
 Dracul will increase your Piety for performing the following actions:
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 ** The level of the creature slain or the method in which it was slain do not influence the number of piety points you gain.
-===Losing Piety===
+=== Losing Piety ===
 Dracul will decrease your Piety for performing the following actions:
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 ** The level of the Undead slain or the method in which it was slain do not affect the number of piety points you lose.
-===Retribution===
+=== Retribution ===
 If killing an Undead creature causes your Piety to drop below 0, Dracul will '''kill you immediately'''. There is no way to avoid this death.
-==Boons==
+== Boons ==
 Dracul has 5 boons to offer to his worshipers at the cost of Piety. Acquiring each boon comes with an extra cost of 5 points from your Maximum Health.
-===Bloodpower===
+=== Bloodpower ===
 * Increases Maximum Mana by 5 points.
 * Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
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 ** Mana is not replenished at all during this upgrade. You will need to fill these 5 extra points yourself by whichever means available.
 ** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.
-===Bloodfury===
+=== Bloodfury ===
 * Increases Attack Strength by +20%.
 * Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
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 ** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.
-===Bloodshield===
+=== Bloodshield ===
 * Increases Physical and Magic Resistance by +20% each.
 * Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
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 ** This effectively reduces the attack damage done by any monster by 20% of its original quantity (alongside any other damage-reducing effects your character may have).
 ** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.
-===Bloodhunger===
+=== Bloodhunger ===
 * Grants you +20% Life steal ability.
 * Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
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 ** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.
-===Bloodswell===
+=== Bloodswell ===
 * Restores your Health to its maximum.
 * Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
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 NOTE: If acquiring a boon will reduce your max health to 0 or less, you will immediately die.
-==Strategy==
+== Strategy ==
-*Remember, after conversion each death nets 3 piety instead of 1 that blood pools grant on conversion. The exception for this is undead, so if you kill all the undead enemies before following Dracul, but leave the non-undead ones alone, you can get the maximum possible amount of piety from him.
+* Remember, after conversion each death nets 3 piety instead of 1 that blood pools grant on conversion. The exception for this is undead, so if you kill all the undead enemies before following Dracul, but leave the non-undead ones alone, you can get the maximum possible amount of piety from him.
-*Dracul is most useful when there are very few undead around (ideally none); this makes him a particular useful god in the Snake Pit, Library, and Factory special dungeons (and obviously very impractical in the Crypt). If available, use [[IMAWAL]] on undead, so you can get some extra score, assuming you can't kill them before worshipping Dracul.
+* Dracul is most useful when there are very few undead around (ideally none); this makes him a particular useful god in the Snake Pit, Library, and Factory special dungeons (and obviously very impractical in the Crypt). If available, use [[IMAWAL]] on undead, so you can get some extra score, assuming you can't kill them before worshipping Dracul.
-*If you don't plan on using BURNDAYRAZ a lot, consider skipping the Bloodpower boon.
+* If you don't plan on using BURNDAYRAZ a lot, consider skipping the Bloodpower boon.
-*Bloodshield effectively cancels the handicap of having lower hitpoint maximum. If you have any other source of resistance, it will improve your durability by a lot.
+* Bloodshield effectively cancels the handicap of having lower hitpoint maximum. If you have any other source of resistance, it will improve your durability by a lot.
-*Bloodshield + Bloodhunger make the character an effective tank. This is especially useful against bosses like [[Meat man#Boss info|Super Meat Man]] and [[Golem#Boss info|The Iron Man]]. It will help against [[Serpent#Boss info|Jormungandr]] and [[Zombie#Boss info|Frank the zombie]] as well.
+* Bloodshield + Bloodhunger make the character an effective tank. This is especially useful against bosses like [[Meat man#Boss info|Super Meat Man]] and [[Golem#Boss info|The Iron Man]]. It will help against [[Serpent#Boss info|Jormungandr]] and [[Zombie#Boss info|Frank the zombie]] as well.
-==Specific Races==
+== Specific Races ==
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 ** ''Research info required: Does this healing cure poison?''
-''Research info required: What happens if acquiring a boon will lower your health to 0 or below?''
+NOTE: If acquiring a boon will reduce your max health to 0 or less, you will immediately die.
 ==Strategy==