Newly sentient beings

newly sentient beings

Water Ritual Liquid	water
Initial Player Reputation	0
Relationships	Others: Neutral0 Reputation
Interested in Learning	everything
Old^?Whether this faction existed during the sultanate, which determines if they: can be obliterated can be fabricated can be Cherubim	yes
ID^?Use this ID to Wish for faction reputation Example: `factionrep:Newly Sentient Beings:100`	Newly Sentient Beings

Newly sentient beings are a faction in Caves of Qud. In most cases, they are normally inanimate objects which have become intelligent and mobile.

Beings can be granted sentience using Spray-a-Brain or a nano-neuro animator on animatable furniture. Animated furniture can also be found randomly throughout Qud. Very rarely, the player character may even discover one's lair.^[1] These legendary creatures have a variety of titles based on their function or construction.

One group of newly sentient beings, the slynth, are the subject of the Landing Pads quest. slynth are the only "static" members of their faction, meaning they will appear as members of the cult of a Sultan loved by newly sentient beings. The slynth have a different origin than animated furniture: they are grown from lilypad cuttings inside the hydropon.

Water Ritual Choice

Although newly sentient beings "don't know anything," it is still possible to learn from them. While performing the water ritual with legendary newly sentient beings, for 200 reputation, the player character can ask their water-sib to "teach me to think like a child again." This option will grant 200 Skill Points, displaying the following message:

Talking to (name) rouses in you an inert truth. You once wore the frock of a child. You poured salt through the cracks of your fingers, and you watched worlds form. Can it be all so simple still?