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The '''Hall of the Hellbinder''' is a [[Wizard Laboratory]] made of unnatural black walls and yellow floor sigils dedicated to control over all manner of [[demon]]s. Its map is a convoluted series of demonic summoning and containment chambers, with two small treasure rooms southeast of the entrance area, a portal out opposite of the entrance, and a wide open boss chamber at the very bottom. Expect to face almost any tier [[2]] or [[3]] demon along the way, as well as various demon summoners and gouts of flaming [[cloud]]s that fill the bottom-center of the halls.<br />
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The treasure in the top two chambers consists of 18 squares of the following:<br />
*83.33% chance: [[gold]]<br />
*8.33% chance: [[scroll of torment]], [[scroll of summoning]]<br />
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The boss chamber contains a wide spread of vaguely thematic items across 12 squares:<br />
*20.27% chance: random [[spell book]]<br />
*6.76% chance: [[rod of shadows]], [[ring of fire]], [[ring of protection from fire]], [[wand of fire]], [[wand of draining]], [[scroll of torment]], [[scroll of summoning]], [[staff of summoning]], [[gold]]<br />
*0.68% chance: [[demon whip]], [[demon blade]], [[demon trident]]<br />
*10.14% chance: a random moderate-quality item<br />
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==Monsters==<br />
The sheer variety of demons you can face here make proper preparations difficult, especially since red devils and reapers will have random weapon brands. [[Fire]], [[cold]], and [[poison]] resistance will definitely help minimize the amount of damage, [[negative energy]] resistance will help with the common soul eaters and [[mutation]] resistance will help with spare cacodemons. [[Willpower]] is of immense use for said cacodemons and [[banishment]] from deep elf demonologists. [[Hellfire]] is, as always, irresistible for players.<br />
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The placement of demons in this Wizlab is fairly consistent, though the exact demons placed can vary significantly. The following section helps explain demon placement on the map found below.<br />
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There are two groups of '''2'''s guarding the safe path midway through the Wizlab. Each '''2''' represents one of the following:<br />
*32.79% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Soul eater}}<br />
*24.59% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Hell beast}}<br />
*16.39% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Green death}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Reaper}}<br />
*8.19% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Tormentor}}<br />
*1.64% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Lorocyproca}}<br />
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A single '''3''' accompanies each of the groups of '''2'''s. Two groups of '''3'''s can also be found shortly after entering the Halls. Each '''3''' represents one of the following:<br />
*15.38% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Ice devil}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Orange demon}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Red devil}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Sun demon}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Ynoxinul}}<br />
*7.69% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Rust devil}}<br />
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There is a single '''7''' and a single '''f''' found shortly before reaching the Hellbinder's chambers. There are equal odds of these being either:<br />
*Another '''3'''<br />
*{{monsterlink|Deep elf demonologist}}<br />
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The two '''6'''s found midway through the map, one to a side, are some of the most dangerous creatures found here:<br />
*25% chance<br />
**{{monsterlink|Balrug}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Blizzard demon}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Cacodemon}}<br />
**{{monsterlink|Hellion}}<br />
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There is a single '''4''' and a single '''d''' found after passing through the first area of the map. There are equal odds of these being either:<br />
*Another '''6'''<br />
*{{monsterlink|Kobold demonologist}}<br />
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===Boss: Hellbinder===<br />
In the center of the altar room at the bottom of the map (located at the '''1'''), you'll find a randomly named '''hellbinder''' worshiping at an [[altar]] to [[Makhleb]]. Although he's armed with a [[demon blade]], his melee attacks are still much less devastating than his [[hellfire]] and demon summons. Any decent combat spell specialist or ranged attacker should be able to obliterate him before he can put up much of a fight. If he manages to summon something actually threatening, don't be afraid to teleport and come back once his allies time out.<br />
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{{flavour|A mighty spellcaster, wreathed in arcane energies, and muttering the most profane incantations you might have ever heard.}}<br><br />
{{Red|@}} [[Image:Hellbinder.png]]<br><br />
'''[[HP]]''': 150<br><br />
'''[[HD]]''': 20<br><br />
'''Spells''': [[Summon Minor Demon]], [[Summon Demon]], [[Haste]], [[Hellfire]], [[Blink Away]]<br><br />
'''Equipment''': [[Demon blade]], [[robe]]<br><br />
'''Recommendations''': Fortunately, his demon summons are mostly weak for their relative depth, lacking [[Summon Greater Demon]]. Unfortunately, he can still blast you with 3d20 hellfire, or get a lucky nasty brand on his demon blade. Take him out fast to keep things simple.<br />
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== Source ==<br />
Nearly all of the unusual glyphs here are for specific decorative floor tiles, which are simply differently-coloured floor in console. The rest are as follows:<br />
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'''1''' Hellbinder<br />
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'''0''' Random tier-5 demon<br />
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'''2 3 6''' Various demons (see above for details)<br />
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'''4 d 7 f''' Demons or summoners<br />
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'''h''' Fire cloud generator<br />
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'''$ i''' Treasure<br />
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'''A''' Entrance<br />
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'''<''' Exit<br />
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'''x''' Rock wall<br />
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'''c''' Stone wall<br />
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'''+''' Door<br />
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Entrance on A, exit on <, stone on c, doors on +, rock on x, a fire [[cloud]] generator on h, and loot on $ and i. The 4d pair and 7f pair are both randomly a kobold demonologist and the 6 above or a deep elf demonologist and the 3 above. The 0 is a random [[Demon#Tier-5_Demons|5]] or other-such demonic weakling, a minor speed-bump before the hellbinder himself. <br />
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==History==<br />
*Prior to [[0.22]], this WizLab had more higher-tier demons.<br />
*Prior to [[0.14|0.14-9ae1ffb6]], the vault contained a significantly different demon set. Hellions, sun demons, tormentors, and blizzard demons were more common; soul eaters and hell beasts were less common; the vault had a random chance for the kobold and deep elf demonologists; and neqoxecs were present while red and blue devils were absent. The vault's danger was thus more random than now. ([[http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;f=crawl-ref/source/dat/des/portals/wizlab.des;hb=7225c62f196562aaa461aaba55639fb25dfc82fc#l1883|A 0.14.1 source link.]])<br />
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