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  Wizard of Yendor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the traditional text mode of NetHack the Wizard of Yendor is represented by a purple @.
The Wizard of Yendor first appeared in version 1.0.2 of NetHack's predecessor, Hack, in which he was the guardian of the Amulet of Yendor, after which he is named.
The Wizard of Yendor is often called Rodney, owing to the fact that "Yendor" is "Rodney" backwards.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wizard_of_Yendor   (190 words)

  
 Amulet of Yendor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In several computer games, the Amulet of Yendor ("Rodney" spelled backwards) is the object the player needs to retrieve from the bottom of the dungeon in order to win.
It first appeared in Rogue and its sequels UltraRogue and Advanced Rogue; later Hack, Magebane and NetHack also featured it, but with the added condition that it must be brought to the "Astral Plane" and sacrificed for the player to ascend (win).
The origin of the name Yendor is unclear.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amulet_of_Yendor   (206 words)

  
 Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Children's tale (1900), written by L Frank Baum, of Dorothy's journey by the yellow brick road to an imaginary kingdom.
It had many sequels and was made into a musical film in 1939 with Judy Garland.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Wizard+of+Oz%2c+The+Wonderful   (120 words)

  
 NetHack - TheBestLinks.com - Wizard of Yendor, ASCII art, Armor, Ant, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There are traditional character roles such as knights, wizards, rogues, and rangers, but there are also unusual ones, including tourists and cavemen.
Moloch stole from Marduk the most powerful of all the artifacts of the gods, the Amulet of Yendor, and he hid it in the dark cavities of Gehennom, the Under World, where he now lurks, and bides his time.
This is achieved by sacrificing the Amulet of Yendor to a player's deity after playing some of the hardest levels in the game.
www.thebestlinks.com /Wizard_of_Yendor.html   (1318 words)

  
 A-Z Guide to Nethack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wizards are permitted to safely enchant their cornuthaum even when it is already at +5.
The Wizard of Yendor is the keeper of the Amulet of Yendor, which can be found in a small tower, surrounded by a moat, in the centre of the level.
In addition, the Wizard no longer has the Amulet of Yendor, but carries the Book of the Dead, which is an artifact which is required in order to obtain the Amulet of Yendor.
www.btinternet.com /~roy.stead/roy/NethackAZ.htm   (18693 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Nethack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
NetHack is one of the oldest games still being actively developed, with new features and bug fixes regularly being added by a loose group of volunteer developers, commonly called the DevTeam.
The player takes the part of a dungeon-delving hero in search of the Amulet of Yendor.
NetHack is traditionally played using text mode graphics where the dungeon's features, its inhabitants as well as items are represented by single characters.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nethack   (899 words)

  
 NetHack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Before playing the game, you are invited to select a race, class, gender, and alignment for your character, or allow the game to create a random character for you.
There are traditional character roles such as knight, wizard, and rogue, but there are also unusual ones, including archeologist, tourist, caveman, and valkyrie.
The Wizard of Yendor, also known as Rodney (which is "Yendor" spelled backwards).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NetHack   (2213 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This one was inhabited by the infamous Wizard of Yendor himself.
The Wizard of Yendor was there and he said he had been waiting for me.
When last I heard of the Wizard of Yendor, he had fallen to a coma after eating poisoned chocolate apparently sent by the Adventurers' Committee who had gotten enough of his practical jokes.
koti.mbnet.fi /mimu/haxxorer.htm   (5042 words)

  
 4Reference || Amulet of Yendor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Amulet of Yendor is the object you need to retrieve from the bottom of the dungeon in Rogue to win the game.
Hack and Talk:NetHack also feature it, but with the added condition that it must be brought to the "Astral Plane" and sacrificed for the player to ascend.
In Nethack, the Amulet is guarded by the Wizard of Yendor, who has the annoying habit of coming back from the dead after you steal or wrest it from him.
www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Amulet_of_Yendor.html   (144 words)

  
 I finally arrived in Gehennom. Now what?
Once you kill the Wizard of Yendor, he will be after you periodically until you ascend.
Usually the Wizard will remain in his tower until you approach him, but there is a small chance of him suddenly popping out to attack you.
Since the Wizard is level 30, the pet must be at least level 29 for this scenario to occur.
www.statslab.cam.ac.uk /~eva/nethack/endgame.html   (2016 words)

  
 Deron's Nethack Near-Ascension
Our wizard was starting to become quite a powerful guy and he finally felt ready to take on the quest.
The wizard scoured every nook and cranny of every level he had seen, collecting all the rings to be found, so many in fact that he could have opened up his own jewlery store.
His old foe the Wizard of Yendor would resurect and chase him several times, but a spell of finger of death took care of him with ease.
w3.iac.net /~dmeranda/games/nethack/nhreport.html   (1579 words)

  
 Amulet of Yendor - TheBestLinks.com - NetHack, Sacrifice, Rogue (computer game), Hack (computer game), ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It first appeared in Rogue; later Hack, Magebane and NetHack also featured it, but with the added condition that it must be brought to the "Astral Plane" and sacrificed for the player to ascend (win).
In NetHack, the Amulet is guarded by the Wizard of Yendor, who has the annoying habit of coming back from the dead after the player steals or wrests it from him.
Also, having the amulet makes the game behave differently, for example monsters are generated as if the player were at the deepest dungeon level.
www.thebestlinks.com /Amulet_of_Yendor.html   (208 words)

  
 NetHack Gazetteer: Fake Wizard's Towers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
These towers are found on two levels; one tower contains a magic portal leading to the bottom level of the (real) Wizard's Tower at the point marked 'x', the other does not (an amulet being there instead).
Both contain four squeaky boards (marked), a vampire lord, and a random L; a single kraken is found in the moat of each.
The name "fake wizard's towers" is a reference to earlier versions in which the Wizard of Yendor lived in a similar structure surrounded by maze; these days, he lives in a similar structure surrounded by a much larger tower.
www.spod-central.org /~psmith/nh/gazetteer/fakewiz.html   (162 words)

  
 Monster spell spoiler for NetHack 3.4.3
Clone will only be cast by the Wizard of Yendor, and only if there is just one of him already.
The Wizard of Yendor gains one level each time he is generated, up to a maximum of 49.
When spellcasters, including the Wizard of Yendor, summon minions with the Summon Nasties spell, they do so as demon princes, except that they may summon demons of any alignment.
www.geocities.com /dcorbett42/nethack/monspell.htm   (1375 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
To get the amulet of yendor, you need four things: 7 candles (which are usually easily found in the lighting shop in the Gnomish Town), the Bell of Opening (from the Quest), the Candelabrum of Invocation (which Vlad the Impaler has), and the Book of the Dead (held by the Wizard of Yendor).
Somewhere prior to the Wizard's Tower, there is a second set of up-stairs which leads to Vlad's Tower.
Once you kill the Wizard of Yendor, you don't want to be wasting a lot of time looking for things in the dungeon.
fly.cc.fer.hr /fun/nethack/spoil700/endgame   (715 words)

  
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You may give me the book now." Courier (seeing that the Wizard is in a good mood): "Thanks, sir." (hands over the Book of the Dead) "I'll just be a moment." Wizard of Yendor (leafing through the Book): "Yes.
Orcus, right?" Courier: "So he told you already?" Wizard of Yendor (smiling a wise smile): "Little that goes on in the Dungeons escapes my attention." Courier (points to the remains of a dwarf): "Let me guess.
He was the one who woke you up by demanding a pick-axe." Wizard of Yendor: "And that you, Mr.
www.audentes.ee /~virgo/Nethack/behind.txt   (4717 words)

  
 [No title]
They all appear to be very much like the wizard level in version 3.0, but there is no wizard within them.
The third is the Wizard of Yendor, who will be carrying a book which will identify as the Book of the Dead.
He's got the Amulet of Yendor (presumably entrusted to his safekeeping by the Wizard of Yendor after the Wiz got tired of hackers constantly ripping it off from him).
ftp.sunet.se /pub/games/nethack/General/Spoilers/NH31/nslet2   (2873 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Once upon a time, there was a little wizard of Yendor.
Mostly he stayed out of trouble, but he had this friend, the high priest of Moloch, who was always doing bad things, and so the wizard started getting a bad reputation by hanging out with him.
One day, the little wizard was minding his own business, when the high priest of Moloch burst into the wizard's tower all out of breath.
www.trig.net /~chris/fingerfood/entries/20011210.html   (152 words)

  
 [No title]
On the Macintosh, you can enter wizard mode by temporarily dragging the Nethack Defaults file out of the game folder; when you start up the game, a dialog box will pop up where you can select wizard mode.
In wizard mode you have a couple of additional commands like magic mapping, searching, teleporting, etc. You can get a list of wizard mode commands by pressing "?" during the game and select "wizard mode commands" from the menu.
The Wizard of Yendor resides in his "tower".
www.nethack.de /spoiler/yanfaq.txt   (6022 words)

  
 Source File src/wizard.c
/* wizard code - inspired by rogue code from Merlyn Leroy (digi-g!brian) */ 6
/* If you've found the Amulet, make the Wizard appear after some time */ 48
/* note: there might be a second Wizard; if so, 469
www.juiblex.co.uk /nethack/nethack-cxref-3.3.1/src/wizard.c.src.html   (1087 words)

  
 Neverwinter Nights: Nethack reference?
Is he any relation to Nethack's Wizard of Yendor, notorious for, among other things, his cloning ability (which the game describes as "Double Trouble...") and who lives in bottom of a randomly created dungeon full of very nasty monsters?
Creating clones is a fairly common practice for high level wizards in DandD, albeit one that must be approached with some caution.
I don't know in which version (and date) Wizard of Yendor got his double-troubling ability though, and I don't know if Dungeons of Doom were specifically his creation or just his place of residence.
nwn.bioware.com /forums/viewtopic.html?topic=329592&forum=82   (858 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Amulet of Yendor
In early versions of NetHack, the Amulet was guarded by the Wizard of Yendor, who has the annoying habit of coming back from the dead.
These items are: the Book of the Dead (guarded by the Wizard); the Candelabrum of Invocation (guarded by Vlad the Impaler); and the Bell of Opening (guarded by the player's Quest nemesis).
Having the amulet makes the game behave differently, for example monsters are generated as if the player were at the deepest dungeon level.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Amulet_of_Yendor   (224 words)

  
 YAAP - deadmeat2, chaotic male human Wizard
The other two being a priest and another wizard.
This was my first ascension without having to rely on an amulet of life saving although it was pretty close at the end.
Used a lot of shots from wands of teleport and waded my way to the altar and was glad that it was the correct one.
www.gamesreviews.net /message94606.html   (473 words)

  
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A: Well, in version 3.1 of Nethack, the Wizard of Yendor has finally gotten tired of getting killed over that pesky little Amulet, so he's entrusted it into the care of the High Priest of Moloch.
As far as I can tell, the Wizard has three basic behaviors: First, if you kill him, he will come back again and attack you wherever you are (with more hit points and a better AC, for that matter).
In order to keep the Wizard away, don't kill him (although you obviously have to kill him once to get the Amulet from him).
ftp.sunet.se /pub/games/nethack/General/Spoilers/NH31/spoil802   (2043 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wizard of Yendor can see invisible creatures, and is able to teleport at will, under his own control.
No one knows how old this mighty wizard is, or from whence he came.
Many have sought to find the wizard and his treasure, but none have found him and lived to tell the tale.
www.juiblex.co.uk /nethack/VernonSpoilers/MonsterManual/Wizard_of_Yendor.html   (146 words)

  
 a very occasional diary
Aha, Wizard of Yendor is sitting in his
Only to find out that Wizard of Yendor is little more than a vulgar thief.
Wizard of Yendor resurrected and attacked me here.
nikitadanilov.blogspot.com /2005/07/travel-to-land-of-juyed-awk-yacc.html   (912 words)

  
 wnd // wind-Sam-Hum-Mal-Law
Beginning of this game went quite well, I descended quickly to Oracle, where I found bones of a wizard (I use Hearse to share bones), who left several spellbooks after him.
This time Wizard caused me a lot of trouble, multiplying everything I thought I got him -- and getting my sword stolen was not going to help, I had to use my +0 Frost Brand.
I actually died once while trying to bet my belongings back from the Wizard, fortunately I knew I was in trouble so I was wearing amulet of life saving.
www.cs.helsinki.fi /u/tsaviran/nethack/sam-hum-mal-law.html   (1560 words)

  
 [No title]
The Wizard of Yendor is here, carrying the Book of the Dead.
The other one has a portal to the Wizard's Tower (3rd level) in the centre (effectively between G20 and G29).
The High Priest of Moloch is here, carrying the Amulet of Yendor.
www.helsinki.fi /~vviitane/spoilers/dungeon   (1065 words)

  
 csd3:bloodrose: that L can't be too hard to kill
Your goal is to go into the dungeon, get the Amulet of Yendor from the Wizard of Yendor, and escape with it (this is also the goal of Hack (minus the Wizard), NetHack's predecessor) for your god.
Not only do you have to go down at least 50 levels into the dungeon, there are side-branches to complete including a mandatory quest.
Then you have to go back up all those levels while enduring the attacks of the Wizard of Yendor.
www.chainsmokingdryad.com /g_rogue.php   (758 words)

  
 [No title]
He had a pointed hat like a dunce's cap, or like the headgear worn by ladies of that time, except that the ladies were accustomed to have a bit of veil floating from the top of it.
Ice devils are large semi-insectoid creatures, who are equally at home in the fires of Hell and the cold of Limbo, and who can cause the traveller to feel the latter with just a touch of their tail.
Owlbears are probably the crossbreed creation of a demented wizard; given the lethal nature of this creation, it is quite likely the wizard who created them is no longer alive.
www.mit.edu /afs/athena/contrib/games/nethack/lib-old/data   (18130 words)

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