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       What Are The Possible Effect of Sitting on a Throne?
              by Kevin Hugo <hugo@cae.wisc.edu>


I'm starting to feel like a spoiler factory.  You feel spoiled...

What happens each time you sit on a throne
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There is a 2/3 probability that "You feel somehow out of place..."
Otherwise, there is an equal 1/13 probability of one of the
following:
    1.  You lose 3 to 6 points off a random attribute, and
        1 to 10 hit points.  No message.*
    2.  You lose 1 point off a random attribute.*
    3.  If shock resistant, "An electric shock shoots through
        your body!" and you lose 1-6 hit points.  Otherwise,
        "A massive electric shock shoots through your body!"
        and you lose 1-30 hit points.  In both cases, abuse
        your constitution.*
    4.  "You feel much, much better."  If you have 5 hit points
        of damage or less, your maximum is increased by 4.
        Hit points are then restored to maximum.  Also cures
        blindness, all sickness, and wounded legs.
    5.  If you have any gold in your main inventory, "You notice
        you have no gold!" and it's all taken away.  Otherwise,
        "You feel a strange sensation."**
    6.  If your luck is negative, there is a random chance that
        your luck is increased; "You feel your luck is changing."
        Otherwise, you get to make a wish.***
    7.  "Thy audience hath been summoned, Sire/Dame!"
        One to 10 courtroom monsters appear around you.
    8.  "A voice echoes: ``By thy Imperious order, Sire/Dame...''"
        You get to genocide one species, (i.e., like an
        uncursed scroll of genocide when not confused).
    9.  "A curse upon thee for sitting upon this most holy throne!"
        If positive luck, you're blinded for 250-350 more turns;
        otherwise, your inventory is randomly cursed.***
    10. If your luck is non-negative and you don't already see
        invisible, you get that intrinsic; "Your vision becomes
        clear."  Otherwise, if the level can be magic-mapped,
        it is; "An image forms in your mind."  Otherwise,
        "A terrible drone fills your head!" and you are confused
        for 1-30 more turns.*
    11. If you have negative luck, you aggravate monsters at
        that moment; "You feel threatened."  Otherwise, "You
        feel a wrenching sensation." and are teleported within
        the level.  ***
    12. "You are granted an insight!"  Same effect as a
        blessed scroll of identify (1 to 4 items or everything).
    13. "Your mind turns into a pretzel!"  You are confused
        for 16-23 more turns.*
There is always a 1/3 probability that the throne will then
disappear.  If you haven't teleported, you are told "The throne
vanishes in a puff of logic."

In prior versions, I could swear I've gotten class genocides
from thrones and had the electric shock from thrones (not just
monster attacks) destroy my rings and wands; however, I couldn't
find this in the source code.  Maybe they've been removed from
more recent versions.

So you should prepare ahead of time by doing the following:
*   Keep your unicorn horn or the applicable blessed potion handy,
    and use it afterwards.
**  Put gold in a bag or drop it before sitting on the throne.
    Especially after looting Ludios!
*** Carry a blessed luckstone to avoid negative luck.