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[[File:Beogh altar.png]] "Show the world what it means to be an orc!"''
{{flavour|A god of outcasts, pariahs, and the dispossessed, Beogh's altars are rarely found among those of other faiths, but their missionaries may always be sought by those looking for a place to belong. Worshippers will find many friends within the dungeon, and those who prove their strength to Beogh may gain lifelong companions the equal of any adventurer. To worship Beogh is to believe there is strength that transcends species and bloodline. To worship Beogh is to be an orc.

Worshippers will gain the power to call down Beogh's wrath upon their oppressors, and other orcs will start to see you as one of their own. Especially promising adherents will find themselves beset by rivals for Beogh's favour, but overcoming these trials without fleeing will gain you loyal companions whom Beogh will resurrect time and time again - just so long as you continue to fight and avenge in their name. A true chosen one may even rally an entire orcish army to avenge a wrongful death.

Beogh likes it when you kill living beings, you destroy the undead, you kill demons, you kill holy beings, and you destroy nonliving beings. Beogh especially likes it when you kill the priests of other religions.

Beogh strongly dislikes it when you attack allied orcs.}}

'''Beogh the Outcast''' is the god of the [[orc]]s and is considered an [[Evil#Evil_gods|evil]] god.

==Racial Restrictions==
[[Demigod]]s cannot worship Beogh (or any other god). Also, characters who sacrificed love under [[Ru]] cannot join Beogh.

==Appreciates==
*You or your allies killing a living, holy, undead, demonic, or nonliving creature.
*You killing a hostile priest.

==Deprecates==
*Inactivity: You lose 1 piety per 340 turns, on average (1/17 chance every 20 turns).
*You will also lose piety (or incur [[penance]]) for the following:
**Attacking allied orcs. (Be careful if you are confused!)
**Leaving the current floor while an enemy apostle is present (see below).

==Altar==
Beogh altars are most often found in the [[Orcish Mines]], rarely appearing in the Dungeon itself. However, the primary way to worship Beogh is to find a conscious [[orc priest]] (or [[orc high priest|high priest]] / [[Saint Roka]]), who, if you are sufficiently injured and not currently worshipping another god, may give you an '''a'''ctive ability to convert. If you have not abandoned Beogh before, all orcs within [[line of sight]] will be turned neutral upon your conversion. 

Like most gods, Beogh [[vault]]s can also be found in the [[Abyss]], or worshipped through a [[faded altar]].

==Given Abilities==
'''[[Piety|Piety level -]]''': "Convert"
*No new abilities.
'''[[Piety|Piety level *]]''': "Proselytiser"
*'''Chance to turn orcs neutral''' - Orcs encountered in the dungeon may turn neutral on sight or upon dealing sufficient damage, with chance increasing with piety. Neutral orcs will head for the nearest staircase and exit the Dungeon, leaving their equipment behind for you to use as you see fit.
*'''Recall Apostles''' - You can instantly recall your orc apostles to your side. This ability is only available once you recruit an apostle, which can only be done at 3*, but will then subsequently remain available as long as you remain above 1*. (2 MP)
'''[[Piety|Piety level **]]''': "Priest"
*'''Smiting''' - You can [[smite]] any monster in view. Damage at 0 Invocation ranges from 9-12 (avg 10), and linearly scales to 9-72 (avg 40) at 27 Invocation. This is unavoidable, ignores [[AC]], and cannot be resisted by any means, but does not affect enemy apostles. (3 MP, 2-3 piety)
'''[[Piety|Piety level ***]]''': "Missionary"
*'''Apostle challenges''' - As you gain experience, Beogh will send apostles to challenge you in battle, which can be either a warrior, wizard, or priest, with HP, equipment and spells scaling with the number of previous challenges, capped at your XL. Upon defeat, you may recruit them into your service as a permanent ally.
**You may recruit up to three apostles at any one time. You may dismiss apostles at any time.
**If one of your apostles dies, Beogh will revive them as you gain piety. The time to revival is reduced if you kill the monster that killed your apostle, indicated by the '''Vengeance''' status; monsters you have sworn Vengeance against will tend to hang around the corpse of your fallen apostle. All apostles are revived simultaneously as a unit -- if another apostle dies before the first is revived, the time until both will be revived will be extended.
*'''Apostle healing''' - Every time you deal damage to a monster, there is a chance Beogh will heal one of your apostles in sight.
'''[[Piety|Piety level ****]]''': "Evangelist"
*No new abilities.
'''[[Piety|Piety level *****]]''': "Unifier"
*'''Walk on water''' -  You can cross [[deep water]] as if it was normal floor. Water walking will never end before reaching land, so you won't drown even if your piety falls too low.
*'''Blood for Blood''': Beogh will summon orcish allies over several turns, surrounding you. The summons will expire quickly once there are no more enemies in sight of the player. The ability summons <code>3 + 3 * Invocations / 4</code> high level orcs around the player immediately. The maximum number of orcs increases with Invocations too: <code>7 + 3 * Invocations / 4</code>. This ability can only be used while standing over the corpse of one of your apostles. (8 MP, 20-30 piety)
'''[[Piety|Piety level ******]]''': "Messiah"
*No new abilities.

==Apostles==
When a challenge is issued, the challenger and any followers they may have will be placed nearby out of your line of sight. Challengers can track you similar to being [[Mark]]ed, are empowered by the Touch of Beogh (which grants them extra HP, damage, and spellpower), and are immune to your own Smite ability.

Leaving the current floor will dismiss the challenger, but place you under moderate [[penance]].

Challenges will not be issued before you reach [[Dungeon|D:6]], in [[portal]] vaults, on [[Zot:5]], during the [[orb run]], or if you are currently under penance.

There are three types of apostle:
* [[File:Orc apostle warrior.png]] '''Warriors''' are the toughest and most physically powerful apostles. They are most likely to get high-quality equipment.
* [[File:Orc apostle priest.png]] '''Priests''' have moderate durability and power, and get support and/or summoning spells.
* [[File:Orc apostle wizard.png]] '''Wizards''' are the most fragile apostles, but make up for it with increased evasion and multiple powerful offensive spells. They are also naturally cautious, and will attempt to hang back and blast enemies from afar.

Regardless of type, all apostles can walk on water and are immune to being [[polymorph]]ed.

===Apostle spells===
Your orcish allies can have different spells, depending on their class.

'''Warriors''' are the least likely to have any spells. If they do have spells, they may know [[Battlecry]], and possibly one other spell useful in physical combat:
*[[Haste]], [[Might]], [[Harpoon Shot]], [[Vhi's Electrolunge]], [[Manifold Assault]], [[Injury Bond]].

'''Wizards''' may know up to three spells -- up to two primary spells and one secondary. Their primary spells will often share a spell school (other than [[Conjurations]]):
*Primary spells:
**[[Throw Flame]], [[Throw Frost]], [[Soul Splinter]], [[Shock]], [[Sting]], [[Foxfire]], [[Sandblast]], [[Scorch]], [[Grave Claw]], [[Stone Arrow]], [[Searing Ray]], [[Lee's Rapid Deconstruction]], [[Borgnjor's Vile Clutch]], [[Fireball]], [[Iceblast]], [[Airstrike]], [[Venom Bolt]], [[Bolt of Draining]], [[Force Lance]], [[Lightning Bolt]], [[Bolt of Magma]], [[Throw Icicle]], [[Poison Arrow]], [[Bolt of Cold]], [[Bolt of Fire]], [[Bombard]], [[Permafrost Eruption]], [[Plasma Beam]], [[Hellfire Mortar]], [[Lehudib's Crystal Spear]].
*Secondary spells:
**[[Haste]], [[Confuse]], [[Slow]], [[Blink]], [[Blink Range]], [[Vitrify]], [[Paralyse]], [[Petrify]], [[Battlesphere]].

'''Priests''' will always know [[Smiting]], and may know one or two other spells, only one of which may be a summoning spell:
*Main spells:
**[[Minor Healing]], [[Injury Bond]], [[Might Other]], [[Haste Other]], [[Regenerate Other]], [[Mass Regeneration]], [[Agony]], [[Stunning Burst]], [[Prayer of Brilliance]], [[Call Down Lightning]], [[Conjure Living Spells]].
*Summoning spells:
**[[Call Imp]], [[Summon Scorpions]], [[Sticks to Snakes]], [[Divine Armament]], [[Vanquished Vanguard]], [[Summon Demon]], [[Summon Vermin]], [[Summon Greater Demon]].

==Punishments==
{{flavour|Beogh does not appreciate abandonment, and will call down fearful punishments on disloyal followers!

Blasphemers against the word of Beogh find themselves assaulted by waves of orcish warriors, or by dancing electric weapons. Beogh may also simply smite such blasphemers – and when smiting true sinners, Beogh has a heavy hand indeed! Those who still worship Beogh will also find their followers regularly deserting them.}}

During penance or following desertion, you'll occasionally experience one of the following forms of [[divine retribution]]<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|god-wrath.cc|827}}</ref>:
*25%: Beogh smites you, dealing damage that scales with your XL. This smiting can be very dangerous and potentially kill you if you are already heavily wounded.
*12.5%: [[Durable summon|Durably summons]] 1-2 hostile [[dancing weapon]]s. These summoned weapon will be enchanted up to +2 and [[brand]]ed with [[electrocution]]. The weapons sent will be weak (at most [[halberd]]s or [[great sword]]s) but can seriously injure lower-level characters.
*62.5%: Sends forth an army of [[durably summoned]] orcs, led by a stronger, occasionally named orc, whose type depends on your experience level.

Additionally, those who still worship Beogh will have their apostles dismissed for the duration of the penance.

==Strategy==
At the ''very'' least, Beogh gives you a way to survive [[orc priest]] encounters that would've had a chance to kill you. It isn't wise to intentionally engage in combat, though, if you want to win that game.

Smite is nice as a source of "true damage" - it ignores line of fire and all defenses the enemy may have, enabling it to finish off weakened enemies while acting as a ranged attack. It can take out troublesome enemies on its own if you're willing to burn piety and spend enough XP on Invocations.

===Apostle strategy===
Your apostles do not grow in strength. As you grow stronger and defeat mightier challengers, you may need to dismiss previous apostles to make room for more powerful ones.

Unlike some other ally-centric gods, Beogh does not protect your apostles from your own attacks. Be careful about using area-of-effect magic or ranged attacks around your apostles.

==Trivia==
*In very ancient versions of ''Crawl'', comments in the code referring to orc priest smiting stated that they were channeling the wrath of B.O.G. (Brian's Orc God). This eventually evolved into the name, "Beogh."
*Very rarely, an orc follower can be given the name "Judas".

==History==
*Beogh was overhauled in [[0.32]]. Previously, they could only be worshipped by [[Hill Orc]]s, and rather than gaining permanent allies through apostle challenges, worshippers of Beogh would have a chance to turn orcs they encounter in the dungeon into permanent allies on sight, or upon bringing them near to death. Beogh would improve the equipment of these orcs over time above 4*, and the player could gift one piece of equipment of their own to each named orc from 5*. Blood for Blood did not exist---instead, Beogh's 6* ability allowed the player to resurrect an orc for a large piety cost if they left a corpse.
*Prior to [[0.28]], orcs that were near-death received less HP on conversion.
*Prior to [[0.27]], conversion occurred the turn after an Orc entered [[LOS]]. 
:Also, monsters would attack slower with almost any weapon, <code>(1.0 + base delay) / 2</code>, though orcs had higher base damage. For orc warlords, this meant that [[demon trident]]s and even [[spear]]s were stronger (per turn) than [[bardiche]]s. For example, a warlord would have stats of (32 + 6 dmg, 1.05 delay, 36.2 dmg/turn) with a +0 spear, but (32 + 18 dmg, 1.5 delay, 33.3 dmg/turn) with a +0 bardiche.
*Prior to [[0.19]], Beogh increased the benefits of armour and shields. Also, Water Walking would end immediately if piety dropped below 120, killing the character if over deep water or lava at the time the effect ended. Destroying an [[Statue#Inanimate Statues|orcish idol]] could anger Beogh.
*Prior to [[0.18]], Beogh did not have the ability to resurrect orcs. Instead, Beogh rewarded the player for "blessing" (i.e. sacrificing) the corpses of fallen orcs. Also, the [[Orcish Mines]] had four easier levels with more low-level orcs but fewer strong orcs like [[orc knight]]s or [[orc warrior]]s.
:In addition, Beogh had a <code>10 + (Piety/10)</code>% chance to prevent a hit that would've killed the player. This protection would reduce piety by <code>20 + 1d20</code> and did not function while under penance. The protection was disabled in this version due to a bug, though the in-game description of Beogh's powers still mentions this passive effect, even in [[0.31]].
*Prior to [[0.17]], Smiting dealt approximately 40 max damage with 27 invocations; the approximate formula was 6 + 1d(5 + Invocation Skill).
*Prior to [[0.15]], players could not gift equipment to followers, and Beogh did not gift random gear to followers with empty equipment slots.
*Prior to [[0.14]], orcish versions of gear existed, and Beogh only granted bonuses for wearing orcish armour (as well as wielding orcish melee weapons).
*Prior to [[0.13]], hill orc [[priest]]s started with this religion.
*Prior to [[0.12]], recalling orcish followers did not have any delay, but it was not able to recall orcish followers from other levels. Shared experience was added in 0.12.

==References==
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[[Category:Evil Gods]]
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