Slash'EM Spells

Introduction and Spell Schools

Both Slash'EM and vanilla Nethack have different schools of magic, and your character's ability to cast spells is affected by their skill in the relevant spell school as well as by their general magical ability. However, the spell schools are different in Nethack and Slash'EM. The spell schools in vanilla Nethack are attack, healing, divination, enchantment, matter, clerical and escape. The clerical and escape schools do not exist in Slash'EM; they are replaced by the protection and body schools. Another minor difference relating to spellcasting ability is that reading scrolls in Slash'EM exercises the relevant spellcasting skill.

Spell timeout also works slightly differently in Slash'EM. When you cast a spell successfully, its timeout increases by 500 moves, subject to an absolute maximum timeout of 70 000 moves. Reading a spellbook will increase the spell's timeout by 10 000 moves, provided that it was 60 000 moves or less to begin with (otherwise, there is no effect). The reinforce memory technique can also sometimes be used to increase spell timeout.

In vanilla Nethack, only shields and metallic armour interfere with spellcasting. In Slash'EM, any body armour other than robes hinders spellcasting, although metallic body armour is worse. (A robe of power is actively beneficial to spellcasting.)

Table of Spells

In the table below, spells have been highlighted in red if they do not exist in vanilla Nethack, and in blue if they do exist in vanilla but are a different school or level.

Attack Healing Divination Enchantment Matter Protection Body

Level 1 force bolt healing light
detect monsters sleep knock
flame sphere
freeze sphere protection (clerical in NH)
resist poison
resist sleep jumping (escape in NH)

Level 2 magic missile
create monster (clerical in NH) cure blindness detect food confuse monster
slow monster wizard lock endure cold
endure heat
insulate

Level 3 drain life (lev 2 in NH) cure sickness
extra healing
stone to flesh clairvoyance
detect unseen cause fear
charm monster haste self (escape in NH)

Level 4 poison blast restore ability detect treasure fireball (attack in NH)
lightning
acid stream enlighten
invisibility (escape in NH)
levitation (escape in NH)

Level 5 command undead
summon undead identify (lev 3 in NH)
magic mapping cone of cold (lev 4 attack in NH)
dig remove curse (lev 3 clerical in NH)

Level 6 create familiar (clerical in NH) turn undead (clerical in NH) teleport away (escape in NH)
passwall
polymorph (matter in NH)

Level 7 finger of death enchant weapon
enchant armour cancellation

	Attack	Healing	Divination	Enchantment	Matter	Protection	Body
Level 1	force bolt	healing	light detect monsters	sleep	knock flame sphere freeze sphere	protection (clerical in NH) resist poison resist sleep	jumping (escape in NH)
Level 2	magic missile create monster (clerical in NH)	cure blindness	detect food	confuse monster slow monster	wizard lock	endure cold endure heat insulate
Level 3	drain life (lev 2 in NH)	cure sickness extra healing stone to flesh	clairvoyance detect unseen	cause fear charm monster			haste self (escape in NH)
Level 4	poison blast	restore ability	detect treasure		fireball (attack in NH) lightning acid stream		enlighten invisibility (escape in NH) levitation (escape in NH)
Level 5	command undead summon undead		identify (lev 3 in NH) magic mapping		cone of cold (lev 4 attack in NH) dig	remove curse (lev 3 clerical in NH)
Level 6		create familiar (clerical in NH)				turn undead (clerical in NH)	teleport away (escape in NH) passwall polymorph (matter in NH)
Level 7	finger of death			enchant weapon enchant armour	cancellation