Status Effects

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During your exploration, your character may get various status effects. Depending on how you got the status, it may be permanent. Permanent states are written in blue below your character sheet, otherwise they are written in white. Not all status effects are shown by default, you may have to use a stethoscope to find out all the effects that influence you.

Intrinsics ???

Extrinsics ???

Most status effects can be permanent, but the way how to achieve this differs for the diferent effects. ???

List of Intrinsics

Name	Effect	Can be permanent?
Diseases	There are several diseases in the game, most with specific cures and no status to report the infection.	Yes
ESP	Ability to detect intelligent creatures around you, even if they are invisible or behind a wall.	Yes
Hasted	You are faster.	Yes
Infravision	Ability to detect warm-blooded creatures around you, even if they are invisible or behind a wall.	Yes
Invisible	You're invisible. Creatures need to have ESP or Infravision to detect you.	Yes
Levitating	You hover above the ground.	Yes
PolyControl	Ability to choose which creature you polymorph into.	Yes
Polymorph	You get polymorphed randomly.	Yes
Poisoned	You are poisoned - your HP will slowly decrease.	No
Searching	Ability to detect hidden things, such as traps or mines.	Yes
Slowed	You are slower	Yes
TeleControl	Ability to choose where you are landing when you teleport.	Yes
Teleportitis	You get teleported randomly.	Yes
Ethereal	You can pass through solid objects and over water.	No
Gas Immunity	You are immune to the effects of various clouds.	Yes
Life Saved	You will survive your own death once.	Yes

Several other descriptive states can appear in your status line, such as Reading or Resting. They doesn't mean anything more or less than what they say.