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Choongmyoung: /* Punishment */

2017-11-20T19:39:50Z

‎Punishment

Choongmyoung: /* {{boon|Plantation}} */

2017-11-17T02:34:18Z

‎{{boon|Plantation}}

Choongmyoung at 02:29, 17 November 2017

2017-11-17T02:29:13Z

Choongmyoung: /* Strategy */

2017-11-17T02:28:41Z

‎Strategy

Choongmyoung: /* {{boon|Entanglement}} */

2017-11-17T02:21:03Z

‎{{boon|Entanglement}}

Choongmyoung: /* {{boon|Entanglement}} */

2017-11-17T02:17:54Z

‎{{boon|Entanglement}}

Choongmyoung: /* {{boon|Clearance}} */

2017-11-17T02:11:20Z

‎{{boon|Clearance}}

Zayyeh at 10:00, 28 July 2016

2016-07-28T10:00:20Z

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 :'''Effect''': Grants you +4 to your maximum hit points, 1 point of {{t|Damage Reduction}}, spawns 2 plants
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 The Earthmother is uncovered in a subdungeon to the South. Her subdungeon is completely revealed, filled with plants and level 9 "Gardeners". Cut your way across the room to her altar to unlock her, or using the {{s|WEYTWUT}} glyph on a nearby Plant is even simpler.
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 Advanced players with slower playstyle can write down how many plants are currently on the dungeon level.
-== Preperation panelty and Punishment==
+== Preperation penalty and Punishment==
 {{g|The Earthmother}} also has the least harmful desecration penalty on her altar, causing a mere 5 layers of {{t|Corrosion}}. You can cure this with a {{i|Burn Salve}} potion, and it's not going to be a huge deal for a higher-level character anyway. This makes her pretty much the only deity who is routinely desecrated immediately after converting out, and one of the most frequent victims of desecration of any deity.

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 ;{{boon|Vine Form}} {{MultipleUse}}
 :'''Cost''': {{piety|5 (+3)}}
-:'''Effect''': Grants you +4 to your maximum hit points 1 point of {{t|Damage Reduction}}, spawns 2 plants
+:'''Effect''': Grants you +4 to your maximum hit points, 1 point of {{t|Damage Reduction}}, spawns 2 plants
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 Advanced players with slower playstyle can write down how many plants are currently on the dungeon level.
-== Punishment ==
+== Preperation panelty and Punishment==
 {{g|The Earthmother}} also has the least harmful desecration penalty on her altar, causing a mere 5 layers of {{t|Corrosion}}. You can cure this with a {{i|Burn Salve}} potion, and it's not going to be a huge deal for a higher-level character anyway. This makes her pretty much the only deity who is routinely desecrated immediately after converting out, and one of the most frequent victims of desecration of any deity.
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 === {{boon|Plantation}} ===
 This boon can be used to generate large sums of piety, and is particularly useful when converting into {{g|The Earthmother}} during the end-game.  Keep in mind that using this boon will effectively preclude a conversion into {{g|Dracul}}, since those blood pools will no longer be available for him.  If you intend to make such a conversion at some point, avoid {{boon|Plantation}}.
 == Strategy ==

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 === {{boon|Entanglement}} ===
-The Earthmother's best boon, slowing every monster on the same dungeon level. Unlike {{i|Titan Guitar}}, entanglement does not slow plants. {{t|Slowed}} monsters lose their {{t|First Strike}} benefits, and also grant 1 extra XP when killed. For a mere {{piety|5}}, this is a very good boon and one that you should almost always take. It's cheap enough to be used multiple times as a finishing move against a single higher level enemy. This allows you to kill higher level monsters. Together with {{g|IMAWAL}}, it's Earthmother's best help for your leveling.
+The Earthmother's best boon, slowing every monster on the same dungeon level. Unlike {{i|Titan Guitar}}, entanglement does not slow plants. {{t|Slowed}} monsters lose their {{t|First Strike}} benefits, and also grant 1 extra XP when killed. For a mere {{piety|5}}, this is a very good boon and one that you should almost always take.
 This boon is very useful when you want to slow all the lower level monsters. But slowed popcorns only give you bonus exp only when you can kill them in one shot. One trick is to attack all higher health monsters first so that they are in one-hit range, purchase entanglement, then killing them. This is one of the few rare cases where simultaneously fighting with several monsters is good approach.

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 == Strategy ==
 The only two acts that anger {{g|The Earthmother}} are destroying plant life and using the {{t|Life steal}} ability. The only act that pleases her is using {{s|IMAWAL}} (you can also use {{boon|Plantation}} to gain piety). This makes her fairly easy to play; petrify stuff to gain piety, and leave her plants alone. Since most dungeons don't have any plants to begin with, and the Earthmother does not create very many, it's unlikely you will ever have serious issues before the time comes to convert out.
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-The Earthmother is the goddess of nature and plants, and doesn't enjoy heroes cutting a safari-style path through her precious flora. The Earthmother is one of the most straightforward deities in the game to please, and in practice the one of the few which you can reliably go the entire game without ever incurring any penalty to piety. She offers strong combat boosts in the early game, good experience boosts throughout, and potentially a lot of mana refreshment for the late game. However, her boons spawn plants which can cause exploration to be difficult.
 {{g|The Earthmother}} grants {{piety|5}} for petrifying plants and other non-XP enemies, and {{piety|10}} for petrifying XP-yielding enemies. The best targets for this are plants, high level monsters that you are unlikely to kill such as the {{m|Animated Armour}}, and low level monsters. Petrifying plants can be used as a renewable piety generator, since the piety gained from petrifying the plants can be used to buy more boons which will spawn more plants. In this way, the penalty for preparing Earthmother's altar can sometimes actually be beneficial, although you will need to be able to cope with having your path blocked sometimes.
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 Earthmother's boons are strongest during the leveling up phase of the game. A dedicated Earthmother worshipper is often able to kill enemies one level higher than otherwise, and the bonus XP from these kills will be further multiplied by {{s|IMAWAL}}'s {{t|Experience Boost}}. This translates to more Entangled popcorn left on the field, and makes it easier to to level up twice during the boss fight.
-One strategy with {{g|The Earthmother}} is to use a variety of her boons at a low cost, then either use {{s|IMAWAL}} or {{boon|Plantation}} to build up to {{piety|100}}, activate {{boon|Entanglement}}, and convert to another god with {{piety|50}}. On the flip side, converting into {{g|The Earthmother}} to use {{boon|Plantation}} and then spend your piety on {{boon|Clearance}} to get mana for the final boss is a great "last-ditch" move for characters dependent on spellcasting. {{g|The Earthmother}} also makes a good "escape deity" choice if you just want to avoid taking further piety punishments. If there are no plants on the field and you don't have a {{t|Life steal}} ability, she will never punish you.
+One good strategy with {{g|The Earthmother}} is to use a variety of her boons at a low cost, then either use {{s|IMAWAL}} or {{boon|Plantation}} to build up to {{piety|100}}, activate {{boon|Entanglement}}, and convert to another god with {{piety|50}}. On the flip side, converting into {{g|The Earthmother}} to use {{boon|Plantation}} and then spend your piety on {{boon|Clearance}} to get mana for the final boss is a great "last-ditch" move for characters dependent on spellcasting. {{g|The Earthmother}} also makes a good "escape deity" choice if you just want to avoid taking further piety punishments. If there are no plants on the field and you don't have a {{t|Life steal}} ability, she will never punish you.
 == Punishment ==

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 The Earthmother's best boon, slowing every monster on the same dungeon level. Unlike {{i|Titan Guitar}}, entanglement does not slow plants. {{t|Slowed}} monsters lose their {{t|First Strike}} benefits, and also grant 1 extra XP when killed. For a mere {{piety|5}}, this is a very good boon and one that you should almost always take. It's cheap enough to be used multiple times as a finishing move against a single higher level enemy. This allows you to kill higher level monsters. Together with {{g|IMAWAL}}, it's Earthmother's best help for your leveling.
-This boon is very useful when you want to slow all the lower level monsters. But slowed popcorns only give you bonus exp only when you can kill them in one shot. One trick is to attack every higher health monsters first so that they are in one-hit range, purchase entanglement, then killing them.
+This boon is very useful when you want to slow all the lower level monsters. But slowed popcorns only give you bonus exp only when you can kill them in one shot. One trick is to attack all higher health monsters first so that they are in one-hit range, purchase entanglement, then killing them. This is one of the few rare cases where simultaneously fighting with several monsters is good approach.
 === {{boon|Vine Form}} ===

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 === {{boon|Clearance}} ===
 Restores 10 mana if there are enough plants on the map to be cleared, at a very affordable piety cost. This allows Earthmother followers a massive amount of extra spellcasting during the late game. If there aren't enough plants remaining on the map, the full amount of mana won't be restored. {{boon|Entanglement}} can be used to spawn plants cheaply if needed.
 === {{boon|Plantation}} ===

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 * Plant creation rate from boons is doubled
 |RewardedActions=
-Cast {{s|IMAWAL}} on an enemy:&nbsp;{{piety|+10}}
+*Cast {{s|IMAWAL}} on an enemy:&nbsp;{{piety|+10}}
-Cast {{s|IMAWAL}} on a plant:&nbsp;{{piety|+5}}
+*Cast {{s|IMAWAL}} on a plant:&nbsp;{{piety|+5}}
 |PenalizedActions=
-Kill a plant:&nbsp;{{piety|-15}}
+*Kill a plant:&nbsp;{{piety|-15}}
-Use {{t|Life steal}}:&nbsp;{{piety|-5}}
+*Use {{t|Life steal}}:&nbsp;{{piety|-5}}
 |Boons=
 ;{{boon|Plantation}} {{MultipleUse}}