Fountains can have produce both good and bad effectswhen (D)runk from, it each effect triggering its own special message. It is entirely up to you whether or not they are this is worth the risk. Drinking water from fountains can save you from starving if you have no food. <br>You can also fill empty [[bottles ]] or [[cans]] with [[water ]] from fountains by dipping them ('!' command), but bottled water does not retain the fountains' magical properties.

==This water tastes good.==No special effect; just slight satiationDrinking from a fountain can alter your [[Character|attributes and status effects]].You will see one of the following messages:

==''This water tastes very good.==''<br>A stat-raise occuredYou get no special effect, just slight satiation. Thus drinking water from fountains can save you from starving if you have absolutely no food.

==''This water is contaminated!==tastes very good.''<br>A stat random attribute of yours has just been abusedraised by one.

==''This water tastes good, but is contaminated!''<br>One of your attributes has an odd after-taste==(followed just been lowered by a second message, a typical one for each state) A temporary magic effect, one of the following :*Slow -*Haste - "Time slows down to a crawl."*ESP - "You suddenly feel like being only a tiny part of a great network of intelligent minds."*Telecontrol - "You feel very controlled."*Teleportitis - "You feel jumpy."*Polymorph control -*Polymorphisis - "An uncomfortable uncertainty of who you really are overwhelms you."*Invisibility - "You feel somehow transparent."*Infravision -*Gas Immunity -*Levitation -

==''This water tastes very good, but has an odd==after taste.''<br>(followed by You gain a second message, a typical one for each state) A permanent temporary magic effect, as specified by one of the following messages:*Slow -*Haste - "Time slows down to a crawl."*ESP -*Telecontrol -*Teleportitis - "You feel jumpy."*Polymorph control -*Polymorphisis -*Invisibility - "You feel somehow transparent."*Infravision -*Gas Immunity -*Levitation -

==*[[Slow]] - "Everything seems to move much faster now."*[[Haste]] - "Time slows down to a crawl."*[[ESP]] - "You suddenly feel like being only a tiny part of a great network of intelligent minds."*[[Teleport|Telecontrol]] - "You feel very controlled."*[[Teleport|Teleportitis]] - "You feel jumpy."*[[Polymorph|Polycontrol]] - "You feel you have complete control over your body."*[[Polymorph|Polymorphitis]] - "An uncomfortable uncertainty of who you really are not aloneoverwhelms you.=="Infection with *[[Invisibility]] - "You feel somehow transparent."*[[Infravision]] - "You feel your perception being magically altered."*[[Gas Immunity]] - "All smells fade away."*[[Levitation]] - "You rise into the air like a parasitesmall hot-air balloon."

''This water tastes very odd.''<br>Same as above, only the effect is permanent. ==Miscellaneous Effects== The following effects can also rarely occur while drinking from a fountain: * A [[Category:Worldsdolphin|female dolphin]] is summoned.* A [[genie]] is summoned. It can be either hostile or friendly, in the latter case it will grant you a [[Wishing|wish]] and disappear.* Several [[snake]]s, [[mommo slime]]s, [[frog|dark frog]]s or [[large rat]]s are summoned, either hostile or allied with the player.* The fountain will spawn one of the many different types of [[rings]].* You gain a random [[Diseases|disease]].* A mystic dark frog is spawned somewhere on the level (only 1/1600 chance).* You are sucked into the fountain and pulled through the pipes to another fountain in the [[Category:Gloomy CavesWorlds|dungeon]]. This effect can 'teleport' you even to a completely different floor, even one not yet visited.  [[Category:Underwater TunnelsFeatures]]