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A beautiful rainbow of colour and motion trapped within a delicate crystal on a thin silver chain. Listening carefully, one can hear the distant echo of a thousand dreams from all corners of reality, their melody giving a warm sense of safety.

the dreamshard necklace

Amulet of the acrobat

Protects the wearer from lethal damage once

Mechanics

If the user would be reduced to 0 HP,^[1] the dreamshard necklace's *Dream effect activates, causing the following effects:^[2]

The triggering blow is negated; the wearer is left at 1 HP. Poison is removed, but Sticky Flame and Flay are not.
The wearer is immune to all damage until their next action.
Shadow Creatures is cast, creating several floor-appropriate allies
A bank of fog is created.

Afterwards, it loses the *Dream property, effectively becoming a regular amulet of the acrobat.

Desirability

The dreamshard necklace^[3] lets you escape from a deadly situation once a game. This lets you take somewhat greater risks than you otherwise would.

At a human level of play, mistakes of some kind are inevitable. It can save you as you were mindlessly tabbing enemies.
For careful players, it can increase risk tolerance. For example: say a god ability has a 95% chance of keeping you alive, but a scroll of blinking has a 100% chance. Normally, you should use the scroll of blinking ASAP, since a 5% chance of death is too high in a permadeath game. With the dreamshard necklace, however, you can afford the risk. You can use the god ability, thus saving you from having to use the scroll 95% of the time.
There are a few cases where you can instantly die in 1 turn, from 100% health, due no fault of your own. For instance, you could be teleported into the lungs of Zot:5, and take too much damage. This amulet offers some protection against these theoretical cases.

It is best not to rely on the dreamshard necklace, since the *Dream effect can only be used once, and it only saves you for 1 turn. Thus, you should make sure you have a way to escape at 1 HP. Aside from those stipulations, if this amulet is used carefully, it can be a powerful tool.

Despite already having multiple lives, Felids still somewhat benefit from this amulet, since their extra lives are limited.

History

Prior to 0.31:
- The dreamshard necklace didn't have Acrobat, and drained the wearer on unequip. Also, when activated, the necklace was destroyed (this didn't trigger the *Drain).
- The *Dream effect would restore 50% - 100% of your max HP, instead of leaving you at 1 HP.
- The *Dream effect had a 50% chance to activate if you lost half of your current HP in a single turn.
The dreamshard necklace was added in 0.28.

References

[1] uch.cc:1063 (0.31-b1)

[2] spl-goditem.cc:1326 (0.31-b1)

[3] rt-data.txt:1603 (0.29.1)

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 {{flavour|A beautiful rainbow of colour and motion trapped within a delicate crystal on a thin silver chain. Listening carefully, one can hear the distant echo of a thousand dreams from all corners of reality, their melody giving a warm sense of safety.}}
 [[File:Dreamshard necklace.png]] '''''the dreamshard necklace'''''
-Upon a (near) lethal hit, it shatters, negating the hit, healing the player by max HP/2 to full HP, summons [[Shadow Creatures]], and creates [[scroll of fog|fog]].
+[[Amulet of the acrobat]]
+Protects the wearer from lethal damage once
+==Mechanics==
+If the user would be reduced to 0 HP,<ref>{{source ref|0.31-b1|ouch.cc|1063}}</ref> the dreamshard necklace's *Dream effect activates, causing the following effects:<ref>{{source ref|0.31-b1|spl-goditem.cc|1326}}</ref>
+*The triggering blow is negated; the wearer is left at 1 HP. [[Poison]] is removed, but [[Sticky Flame]] and [[Flay]] are not.
+*The wearer is immune to all damage until their next action.
+*[[Shadow Creatures]] is cast, creating several floor-appropriate allies
+*A [[scroll of fog|bank of fog]] is created.
+Afterwards, it loses the *Dream property, effectively becoming a regular amulet of the acrobat.
 ==Desirability==
-The '''dreamshard necklace'''<ref>{{source ref|0.28.0|art-data.txt|1591}}</ref>, akin to the [https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Amulet_of_life_saving amulet of life saving] present in other roguelikes, is an incredibly useful artefact. It is the ''ultimate'' escape item, though it continuously occupies the amulet slot (in place of useful amulets like an [[amulet of regeneration]] or [[amulet of reflection|reflection]]) and is only usable once. While it ''is'' mistake insurance, please make sure you've tried everything else, first.
+The '''dreamshard necklace'''<ref>{{source ref|0.29.1|art-data.txt|1603}}</ref> lets you escape from a deadly situation once a game. This lets you take somewhat greater risks than you otherwise would.
+*At a human level of play, [[YASD|mistakes]] of some kind are inevitable. It can save you as you were mindlessly [[tab]]bing enemies.
+*For careful players, it can increase risk tolerance. For example: say a god ability has a 95% chance of keeping you alive, but a [[scroll of blinking]] has a 100% chance. Normally, you should use the scroll of blinking ASAP, since a 5% chance of death is too high in a permadeath game. With the dreamshard necklace, however, you can afford the risk. You can use the god ability, thus saving you from having to use the scroll 95% of the time.
+*There are a few cases where you can [[instadeath|instantly die]] in 1 turn, from 100% health, due no fault of your own. For instance, you could be teleported into the lungs of [[Zot:5]], and take too much damage. This amulet offers some protection against these theoretical cases.
-Despite already having multiple lives, [[felid]]s still receive a benefit from this amulet, as it will save them from experiencing the XL reduction from an actual death.
+It is best not to ''rely'' on the dreamshard necklace, since the *Dream effect can only be used once, and it only saves you for 1 turn. Thus, you should make sure you have a way to escape at 1 HP. Aside from those stipulations, if this amulet is used carefully, it can be a powerful tool.
+Despite already having multiple lives, [[Felid]]s still somewhat benefit from this amulet, since their extra lives are limited.
 ==History==
-*The dreamshard necklace were added in [[0.28]].
+*Prior to [[0.31]]:
+**The dreamshard necklace didn't have [[Acrobat]], and drained the wearer on unequip. Also, when activated, the necklace was destroyed (this didn't trigger the *Drain).
+**The *Dream effect would restore 50% - 100% of your max HP, instead of leaving you at 1 HP.
+**The *Dream effect had a 50% chance to activate if you lost half of your current HP in a single turn.
+*The dreamshard necklace was added in [[0.28]].
 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Unrands]]
 [[Category:Amulets]]