'Eek! There's something squirmy in the sink!'Ī random ring is created, and you exercise wisdom. 'From the murky drain, a hand reaches up. 'You hear snatches of song from among the sewers.' The specific message you receive depends on your status and the condition of dungeon monsters. Upon doing so you get a message hinting at the resulting consequences. You can drink from a sink by using the quaff command while standing over it. Ouch! That hurts! You lose up to 5 hit points, abuse dexterity and strength, and possibly end up with a wounded leg. Once per sink, a ring is generated on the sink's square, and dexterity and wisdom are exercised the latter message is omitted if a ring was already produced this way. Flupp! Muddy waste pops up from the drain. The dishwasher returns! A foocubus of opposite sex to the hero is summoned (or of random sex if the hero is polymorphed into a neuter form) dexterity is exercised. A black ooze gushes up from the drain! A black pudding is summoned, and dexterity is exercised.

Dexterity is exercised, and this wakes nearby sleeping monsters.

Kicking a sink produces one of several possible effects: If there is a sink on the current dungeon level, you will occasionally hear a 'gurgling noise' or a 'slow drip'.

Digging down on a sink will turn it into a (non-magical) fountain (which can then be dug down onto to produce pools for blanking and diluting if so desired).

Dropping rings into a sink will cause them to be lost down the drain, with a message that enables you to identify the ring.

Kicking a sink or quaffing from it has its own set of effects - most of them are negative, though there a few notably beneficial ones.

Sitting on a sink will produce the message 'Your rump gets wet' with no other effect.

Falling into a sink while levitating will deal up to 25 damage, killing you if you're unlucky.

Sinks will cause anything in the air above them to 'sink' to the floor, be it thrown weapons or your levitating hero.

Sinks have a varying amount of effects depending on how they are interacted with:

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