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<strong style="font-size:1.8em">IVAN development is continuing!</strong><br/>
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Yes, the rumors are true!<br/>
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Check out the [http://github.com/Attnam/ivan Github project page for IVAN] as well as [http://github.com/Attnam/ivan/releases downloadable binaries].<br/>
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''This is an in-depth article describing inner workings of the game mechanics. Anyone not willing to spoil themselves or not liking boring mathematics, please skip this and read the non-spoilery summary on skills [[Skills|here]].''
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'''<span style="font-size:12pt">[http://attnam.com The Cathedral of Attnam]</span>''' is the unofficial homepage of [http://ivan.sourceforge.net IVAN].
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In addition to this Wiki, you will find a [http://attnam.com/forum forum] for discussion and tips, a [http://attnam.com/media gallery] with screenshots, [http://attnam.com/projects downloads] including [http://attnam.com/projects/variants variants] developed by fans, and [http://attnam.com/sitemap much more]. Be sure to [http://www.attnam.com/signup register] for the website so that you can fully enjoy these resources!
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This is the unofficial [http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=IVAN Iter Vehemens ad Necem] wiki.
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Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a graphical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike roguelike] game. The name is Latin for "Violent Road to Death"[[LAERSER_SKISKLS|.]]
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Before reading this wiki, we suggest that you first play the game. It can be downloaded from the [http://ivan.sourceforge.net/ official site].
  
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'''Spoiler Warning''': This wiki contains spoilers that may affect your IVAN experience negatively.
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If you have not already played through '''IVAN''' (or at least played a significant number of games) the information you will learn here may ruin some of the surprises you will find in the game and possibly lessen your enjoyment of it.
  
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===Spoiler-safe pages===
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These pages should be safe for people who are still discovering IVAN.
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* [[Questions and Answers]]
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* [[Character]]
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* [[Items]]
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* [[Skills]]
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* [[Quests]]
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* [[Worlds|Dungeons]] and [[Dungeon Features]]
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* [[Honor Rolls]]
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* [[Version History]]
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* [[:Category:Variants|Variants]]
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* [[Known Issues]]
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There are three primary values which affect the attack strength of a character: damage, to hit value (THV) and hit speed. Damage is self-explanatory. Chance to hit the enemy is 100% / (DV/THV + 1), where DV is the enemy's dodge value, which is calculated from agility, size, burden state, etc. THV also affects the chance to hit weaker bodyparts like the head and the ability to block attacks. How many attacks you can do in a certain amount of time is proportional to hit speed. A skill bonus of X percent increases each by X%.
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* [[FAQ]]
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* [[Gods]]
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* [[Materials]]
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* [[Monsters]] and [[Pets]]
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* [[Tutorial]] and [[Guides and Walkthrus|Guides]]
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* [[Cheats and Exploits]]
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* [[Secrets]] and [[:Category:Lore|Lore]]
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* [[Game Mechanics]]
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* [[Modding]] and [[Development plans|Development]]
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The total bonus to the attacking ability against a given enemy is however difficult to calculate, since for instance the bonus to real damage done against the enemy is greater than X%, since it is calculated by substracting 50-100% of the target bodypart's AV from the above damage. Sometimes you wouldn't do any damage without the skill, but with the skill you do, so the bonus percentage is infinite. Also, the bonus to real hit and block chances varies according to the enemy's DV etc.
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There is a single value called danger value which is calculated through an extremely complicated formula effectively simulating the two creature's combat and calculating the ratio of the average time they need to kill each other. It would be the best way to tell the effect of the skill, but alas it is unique to each pair of monsters. It is the most important value used to determine the monsters which the game may throw at the player.
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* [[:Category:Fiction|Fiction]]
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* [[Screenshots]]
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* [[Videos]]
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* [[MIHAIL]]
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* [[Ideas]]
  
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Since the bonus is so ambiguous and there are so many values affecting combat, we choose not to show too much exact info in the game. Strange floating point numbers calculated from a thousand sources would only scare players away. This is IMHO quite a realistic approach; in real life you have some rough estimate of your fighting ability but you can't know how much use it is against a certain enemy unless you try it out.
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Conclusion: Weapon skill is very important in combat, but no one can know exactly how much. Personally, I never use the above formulas, but depend on my gamer's intuition.
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=== External Links ===
  
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* '''[http://ivan.sourceforge.net Official IVAN homepage]''' (outdated)
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* '''[http://www.attnam.com IVAN forum]'''
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* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ivan-support Google Groups forum]
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* [http://wikiwiki.jp/ivan/ Japanese wiki]
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivan Sourceforge page]
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* [http://freecode.com/projects/ivan?branch_id=21825&release_id=131719 FreeCode Project]
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* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/IterVehemensAdNecem TvTropes page]
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Revision as of 17:34, 22 June 2018

IVAN development is continuing!
Yes, the rumors are true!
Check out the Github project page for IVAN as well as downloadable binaries.
Contributions, suggestions, feature requests, and bug reports are welcome on the forum

The Cathedral of Attnam is the unofficial homepage of IVAN. In addition to this Wiki, you will find a forum for discussion and tips, a gallery with screenshots, downloads including variants developed by fans, and much more. Be sure to register for the website so that you can fully enjoy these resources!

This is the unofficial Iter Vehemens ad Necem wiki. Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a graphical roguelike game. The name is Latin for "Violent Road to Death". Before reading this wiki, we suggest that you first play the game. It can be downloaded from the official site.

Spoiler Warning: This wiki contains spoilers that may affect your IVAN experience negatively.

If you have not already played through IVAN (or at least played a significant number of games) the information you will learn here may ruin some of the surprises you will find in the game and possibly lessen your enjoyment of it.

If a page does not have a banner, it most likely contains spoilers!

Spoiler-safe pages

These pages should be safe for people who are still discovering IVAN.

Spoiler-unsafe pages

These pages contain information which may affect your IVAN experience negatively.

Miscellaneous

External Links


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