                         Chatting with priests
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                by Boudewijn Wayers (dedos4@win.tue.nl).


If you chat with a priest, various things can happen:

If you - have no money
       - are coaligned and
       - have not strayed,
you actually get one or two gold pieces (if the priest has that much).

Else, the priest will ask you for a contribution.

If you - are coaligned and
       - give him nothing,
your alignment will suffer.

If you give him - less than 200 times your level in gold but
                - less than half your money,
you are a "Cheapskate".

If you give him - less than 200 times your level in gold but
                - more than half your money,
you are thanked, and your wisdom is excercised.

If you - give him 200 or more times your level in gold but
       - give him less than 400 times your level in gold,
you are "indeed a pious individual", and if that amount was more than
half your gold, you are coaligned, and your alignment is not below -5,
you get clairvoyance for 500-1000 turns.

If you - give him 400 or more times your level in gold but
       - give him less than 600 times your level in gold,
your "devotion has been rewarded", and you may gain a better AC. If
your intrinsic AC is less than 10, you will always get this. If your
intrinsic AC is more than 10 but less than 20, you have a
1-in-(intrinsic AC) chance of getting this. If your intrinsic AC was
less than 20, you are thanked, but nothing else happens. For example,
if your intrinsic AC is 13, you have a 1-in-13 chance of improving your
AC by donating the specified amount of money to a priest.

If you give him 600 or more times your level in gold,
and - you gave more than half your money and
    - you were coaligned and
    - you had strayed and
    - the number of turns it would have taken to get cleansed was less
      than 5000),
you will be cleansed: your "selfless generosity is deeply appreciated".

If you give him 600 or more times your level in gold, and the above
extra conditions are not fulfilled, your alignment will be increased by
two: your "selfless generosity is deeply appreciated".

