Newt
: newt | |
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Difficulty | 1 |
Attacks |
Bite 1d2 |
Base level | 0 |
Base experience | 1 |
Speed | 6 |
Base AC | 8 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | Very common |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 10 |
Nutritional value | 20 |
Size | Tiny |
Resistances | None |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A newt:
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Reference | monst.c#line2849 |
A newt is one of the lower-level NetHack monsters, usually appearing on the first few floors. It can be quite the nuisance for low level characters.
Eating a newt corpse occasionally raises your current Power, with the message "You feel a mild buzz"[1]. The chance is determined two ways: 1) A fixed chance of approximately 1 in 3, and 2) it will always be increased if your (current Power * 3) is less than your (max Power * 2)[2].
If you do get an increase, your current Power will be increased by between 1 to 3 points[3]. If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, the maximum is increased by 1, and current Power is set to maximum. [4]
Newts are featured prominently in Dudley's dungeon.
Encyclopedia entry
(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of its time in the water. [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ] "Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble." [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]