Conduct

<h2>Official conducts</h2>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">The "official" conducts are the conducts that the game tracks.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">When you start the game, the list of conducts looks as follows:
</p>
<pre data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Voluntary challenges:

You have gone without food.
You have been an atheist.
You have never hit with a wielded weapon.
You have been a pacifist.
You have been illiterate.
You have never genocided any monsters.
You have never polymorphed an object.
You have never changed form.
You have used no wishes.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Foodless</h3>
<div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CFoodless%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">&#x200b;
<dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Foodless" title="Foodless">Foodless</a></i></div>
</dd></dl>
&#x200b;</div>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFoodless%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Foodless" title="Foodless">Foodless</a> means not eating anything at all. This includes sucking brains when polymorphed into a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22mind%20flayer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22mind%20flayer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmind%20flayer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Mind_flayer" title="Mind flayer">mind flayer</a>, or digesting monsters when polymorphed into a monster with a digest attack.
</p>
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegan</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegans refrain from eating anything which comes from an animal. Vegans may eat:
</p>
<ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">food rations, cram rations, K-rations, C-rations and lembas wafers
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">melons, oranges, carrots, pears, apples, bananas, kelp, eucalyptus, garlic, wolfsbane, and user-defined fruit
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">the corpse of any monster (or a tin of its 'meat') represented by <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cb%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">&#x200b;<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">b</span>&#x200b;</span>, <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cj%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">&#x200b;<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">j</span>&#x200b;</span>, or <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7CF%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">&#x200b;<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">F</span>&#x200b;</span>.
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">tins of spinach.
</li></ul>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">There are other monsters which are classified as vegan food, but which don't leave corpses: all <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cv%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">&#x200b;<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">v</span>&#x200b;</span> and <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cy%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">&#x200b;<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">y</span>&#x200b;</span>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22elemental%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22elemental%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Belemental%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Elemental" title="Elemental">elementals</a>, all <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7C%27%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">&#x200b;<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">'</span>&#x200b;</span> except <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22flesh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Flesh%20golem%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFlesh%20golem%7Cflesh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Flesh_golem" title="Flesh golem">flesh</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22leather%20golem%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22leather%20golem%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bleather%20golem%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Leather_golem" title="Leather golem">leather golems</a> (which are obviously also not vegetarian), and ghosts. You can eat such monsters when polymorphed into something with a digest attack. The same goes for monsters that leave vegetarian corpses.
</p>
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegetarian</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegetarians may, on top of vegan foods, eat:
</p>
<ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22brown%20pudding%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22brown%20pudding%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bbrown%20pudding%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Brown_pudding" title="Brown pudding">brown puddings</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22gray%20ooze%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22gray%20ooze%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgray%20ooze%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Gray_ooze" title="Gray ooze">gray oozes</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22green%20slime%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22green%20slime%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgreen%20slime%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Green_slime" title="Green slime">green slimes</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22egg%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22egg%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Begg%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Egg" title="Egg">eggs</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22pancake%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22pancake%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpancake%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pancake" title="Pancake">pancakes</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfortune%20cookie%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Fortune_cookie" title="Fortune cookie">fortune cookies</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22candy%20bar%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22candy%20bar%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcandy%20bar%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Candy_bar" title="Candy bar">candy bars</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22royal%20jelly%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22royal%20jelly%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Broyal%20jelly%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Royal_jelly" title="Royal jelly" class="mw-redirect">royal jelly</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cream%20pie%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22cream%20pie%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcream%20pie%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Cream_pie" title="Cream pie">cream pies</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">wax <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22candle%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22candle%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcandle%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Candle" title="Candle" class="mw-redirect">candles</a> (but not tallow candles)
</li></ul>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">All other comestibles break the conduct.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">All of the food restriction conducts make it much harder to gain <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22intrinsic%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22intrinsic%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bintrinsic%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Intrinsic" title="Intrinsic" class="mw-redirect">intrinsics</a>, as the main source of intrinsics is eating <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22corpses%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22corpses%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcorpses%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Corpses" title="Corpses" class="mw-redirect">corpses</a>. When paired with other conducts such as polyselfless and/or atheist, it can make gaining some intrinsics impossible.
</p>
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Atheist</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Being an atheist means that you are not involved with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22religion%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22religion%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Breligion%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> in any way. You must not drop any objects on an altar while nonblind, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22pray%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22pray%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpray%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pray" title="Pray" class="mw-redirect">pray</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22turn%20undead%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22turn%20undead%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bturn%20undead%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Turn_undead" title="Turn undead">turn undead</a> as a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22priest%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22priest%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpriest%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a> or <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22knight%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22knight%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bknight%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knight</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22offer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22offer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Boffer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Offer" title="Offer" class="mw-redirect">offer</a> to gods (with the exception of offering the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Amulet%20of%20Yendor%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Amulet%20of%20Yendor%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmulet%20of%20Yendor%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Amulet_of_Yendor" title="Amulet of Yendor">Amulet of Yendor</a> to complete the game), or even <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22chat%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22chat%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bchat%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Chat" title="Chat">chat</a> with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22priests%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22aligned%20priest%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Baligned%20priest%7Cpriests%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Aligned_priest" title="Aligned priest">priests</a>. Atheists may, however, make use of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22holy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22holy%20water%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bholy%20water%7Choly%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Holy_water" title="Holy water" class="mw-redirect">holy</a> or <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22unholy%20water%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22unholy%20water%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bunholy%20water%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Unholy_water" title="Unholy water" class="mw-redirect">unholy water</a> if they obtain some without praying.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The worst problem for a late-game atheist character is likely to be the lack of divine <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22protection%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22protection%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bprotection%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Protection" title="Protection">protection</a>. Holy water and an artifact weapon can be wished for or obtained in other ways, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Luck%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Luck%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLuck%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Luck" title="Luck">Luck</a> can be maximised by throwing valuable gems to a coaligned <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22unicorn%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22unicorn%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bunicorn%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">unicorn</a> in lieu of sacrificing.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Christian%20Cooper%27s%20NetHack%20page%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fglass.tvu.ac.uk%5C%2F~chi%5C%2Fnethack%5C%2Fnethack.html%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fglass.tvu.ac.uk%5C%2F~chi%5C%2Fnethack%5C%2Fnethack.html%20Christian%20Cooper%27s%20NetHack%20page%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://glass.tvu.ac.uk/~chi/nethack/nethack.html">Christian Cooper's NetHack page</a> includes a patch enabling atheist characters to win the game without sacrificing the Amulet of Yendor.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">4.0% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> have an atheist ascension.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Pacifist</h3>
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<dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Pacifist%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pacifist%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pacifist" title="Pacifist">Pacifist</a></i></div>
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<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">A pacifist is a player who does not directly kill any monster. A pacifist may, however, use a wielded weapon if they take care not to kill the victim.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Never hit with a wielded weapon</h3>
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<dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Never%20hit%20with%20a%20wielded%20weapon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Never%20hit%20with%20a%20wielded%20weapon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Never_hit_with_a_wielded_weapon" title="Never hit with a wielded weapon">Never hit with a wielded weapon</a></i></div>
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<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This is mostly self-explanatory. Throwing weapons, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22firing%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22firing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfiring%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Firing" title="Firing">firing</a> missiles and using wands is allowed. Hitting with other objects than weapons does not break this conduct. Thus you may very well use a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cockatrice%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22cockatrice%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcockatrice%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Cockatrice" title="Cockatrice">cockatrice</a> corpse as a weapon should you acquire one. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Pick-axe%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pick-axe%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPick-axe%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pick-axe" title="Pick-axe">Pick-axes</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22unicorn%20horn%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22unicorn%20horn%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bunicorn%20horn%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Unicorn_horn" title="Unicorn horn">unicorn horns</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22grappling%20hook%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22grappling%20hook%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgrappling%20hook%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Grappling_hook" title="Grappling hook">grappling hooks</a>, however, do count as weapons, even though they are shown in the tool-category. Applying a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22bullwhip%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22bullwhip%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bbullwhip%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Bullwhip" title="Bullwhip">bullwhip</a> only breaks conduct if the target is not wielding a weapon. When trying to maintain a weaponless conduct, one should be very careful when wielding a pick-axe for digging.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Illiterate</h3>
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<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Being illiterate means that you do not read or write anything. This includes <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22scroll%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22scroll%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bscroll%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Scroll" title="Scroll">scrolls</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22spellbook%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22spellbook%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bspellbook%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Spellbook" title="Spellbook">spellbooks</a> and even <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfortune%20cookie%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Fortune_cookie" title="Fortune cookie">fortune cookie</a> messages and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22t-shirt%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22t-shirt%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bt-shirt%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/T-shirt" title="T-shirt" class="mw-redirect">t-shirts</a>. Scrolls of mail (e.g. from users viewing your game on NAO) also break the conduct, so it is advisable to turn off this option when attempting to be illiterate. Using a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22magic%20marker%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22magic%20marker%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmagic%20marker%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Magic_marker" title="Magic marker">magic marker</a> is also banned. Reading random engravings you may encounter does not break this conduct. Engraving anything but an <i>x</i>, such as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Elbereth%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Elbereth%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BElbereth%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Elbereth" title="Elbereth">Elbereth</a>, also breaks this conduct.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Never polymorph an object</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">"Polyless" conduct means never causing an object to be polymorphed via spell, wand, or potion of polymorph. Polymorphing monsters does not break this conduct. However, if a monster drops carried objects as a result of polymorphing, they will also get polymorphed<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bfact%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22fact%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">&#x200b;<sup data-rte-washtml="1">[<i>citation needed</i>]</sup>&#x200b;</span>.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This conduct is comparatively easy: 42.3% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> have a polpiles-less ascension.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Never change form</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">"Polyselfless" conduct means never changing into another monster, including from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22lycanthropy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22lycanthropy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Blycanthropy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Lycanthropy" title="Lycanthropy">lycanthropy</a>. Becoming a new man/woman/orc/etc does not count as changing.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This conduct is relatively easy: 73.5% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> achieve it.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Genocideless</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">Genocideless conduct is pretty obvious; refrain from causing <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22genocide%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22genocide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgenocide%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a>. Reverse genocide does not break this conduct.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Fully 33.1% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> achieve this conduct at least once.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Wishless</h3>
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<dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Wishless%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Wishless%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Wishless" title="Wishless">Wishless</a></i></div>
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<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Two <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22wish%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22wish%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bwish%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Wish" title="Wish">wishing</a>-related conducts are tracked: wishing for anything and wishing for <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22artifact%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22artifact%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bartifact%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Artifact" title="Artifact">artifacts</a>. If you wish for, say, a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22silver%20dragon%20scale%20mail%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22silver%20dragon%20scale%20mail%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsilver%20dragon%20scale%20mail%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Silver_dragon_scale_mail" title="Silver dragon scale mail">silver dragon scale mail</a>, you still have the artifact-wishless conduct. However, if you wish for any artifact, you lose both conducts, regardless if the wish was granted.
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