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'''Breathlessnesss''', also known as '''magical breathing''', is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that allows a monster to breathe in any environment even if it would ordinarily be lethal, and also makes them [[amphibious]], allowing for underwater travel.
  
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Being breathless allows one to travel underwater; it makes one [[amphibious]].{{refsrc|mondata.h|32}}. Furthermore, breathless players cannot choke on food, but will instead "vomit voluminously" and lose 1000 nutrition.{{refsrc|eat.c|240}} Breathlessness protects from [[sleeping gas trap]]s{{refsrc|trap.c|784}}{{refsrc|trap.c|1227}}{{refsrc|trap.c|1808}} and [[scroll of stinking cloud|stinking clouds]].{{refsrc|region.c|908}}{{refsrc|region.c|925}} It does ''not'' protect from a worn [[amulet of strangulation]], though it does prevent from choking on it.
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The only item that grants the breathless property is the [[amulet of magical breathing]]. Various monsters also have this trait as an [[Monster attribute|attribute]], sometimes referred to as '''unbreathing''', that is governed by <code>breathless(ptr)</code> in the code.{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|37|nethack=3.6.7}}  
  
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Breathlessness is only granted by [[eating jewelry|eating]] or wearing an [[amulet of magical breathing]], but possessed naturally by many monsters.
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==Description==
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While breathless, you can breathe while underwater without [[drowning]] by any means, though your inventory will be subject to [[Wet|water damage]] as usual - water squares become "safe" for purposes of [[teleportation]]. You are also protected from the effects of [[sleeping gas trap]]s and the [[engulf]]ing attacks of [[fog cloud]]s;{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1109|nethack=3.6.7|comment=sleeping gas traps against you}} [[poison cloud]]s will not damage you regardless of [[poison resistance]] and are not a major [[trouble]] for prayer, though they can still [[blind]] you.{{refsrc|src/region.c|972|nethack=3.6.7|comment=you and poison clouds}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|1081|nethack=3.6.7|comment=dangerous locations and prayer}} Protection from sleeping gas and poison clouds also applies to breathless monsters.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1619|nethack=3.6.7|comment=sleeping gas traps against your steed}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2312|nethack=3.6.7|comment=sleeping gas traps against other monsters}}{{refsrc|src/region.c|995|nethack=3.6.7|comment=monsters and poison clouds}}
  
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==Breathless monsters==
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You cannot choke from [[eating]] too much food while breathless: you will always "vomit voluminously" instead and lose 1000 [[nutrition]], though you still abuse [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|252|nethack=3.6.7}} Breathlessness protects from the effect of eating an [[amulet of strangulation]], but does ''not'' protect from a worn amulet of strangulation unless the player is also [[mindless]], since the amulet is also crushing your neck.
  
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*All {{white|e}} except [[floating eye]]s:
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The 1000 [[experience point]]-bonus for killing [[sea monster]]s with drowning attacks does not apply while you are amphibious, including from breathlessness.{{refsrc|src/exper.c|119|nethack=3.6.7}}
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**{{monsymlink|gas spore}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|freezing sphere}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|flaming sphere}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|shocking sphere}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|beholder}} (currently not generated, except in [[SLASH'EM]], and in a [[beholder (monster)|different form]])
 
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*Gargoyles
 
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**{{monsymlink|gargoyle}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|winged gargoyle}}
 
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*All {{white|j}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|blue jelly}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|spotted jelly}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|ochre jelly}}
 
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*All {{white|m}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|small mimic}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|large mimic}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|giant mimic}}
 
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*All {{white|v}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|fog cloud}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|dust vortex}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|ice vortex}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|energy vortex}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|steam vortex}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|fire vortex}}
 
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*All {{white|y}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|yellow light}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|black light}}
 
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*All {{white|F}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|lichen}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|brown mold}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|yellow mold}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|green mold}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|red mold}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|shrieker}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|violet fungus}}
 
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*All {{white|L}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|lich}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|demilich}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|master lich}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|arch-lich}}
 
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*All {{white|M}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|kobold mummy}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|gnome mummy}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|orc mummy}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|dwarf mummy}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|elf mummy}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|human mummy}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|ettin mummy}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|giant mummy}}
 
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*All {{white|P}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|gray ooze}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|brown pudding}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|black pudding}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|green slime}}
 
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*All {{white|V}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|vampire}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|vampire lord}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|vampire mage}} (currently not generated, except in [[SLASH'EM]])
 
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**{{monsymlink|Vlad the Impaler}}
 
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*All {{white|W}}:
 
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**{{monsymlink|barrow wight}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|wraith}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|Nazgul}}
 
  
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*All {{white|Z}}:
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===List of breathless monsters===
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**{{monsymlink|kobold zombie}}
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The following monsters are breathless:
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**{{monsymlink|gnome zombie}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|orc zombie}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|dwarf zombie}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|elf zombie}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|human zombie}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|ettin zombie}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|giant zombie}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|ghoul}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|skeleton}}
 
  
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*All {{white|'}}:
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* All [[undead]]: {{mcsl|L}}{{mcsl|M}}{{mcsl|V}}{{mcsl|W}}{{mcsl|Z}}{{mcsl| }}
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**{{monsymlink|straw golem}}
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* All {{mcsl|j}}{{mcsl|m}}{{mcsl|v}}{{mcsl|y}}{{mcsl|F}}{{mcsl|P}}{{mcsl|'}}
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**{{monsymlink|paper golem}}
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* All {{mcsl|e}}, except [[floating eye]]s
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**{{monsymlink|rope golem}}
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* {{monsymlink|acid blob}}
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**{{monsymlink|gold golem}}
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* {{monsymlink|gargoyle}}
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**{{monsymlink|leather golem}}
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* {{monsymlink|winged gargoyle}}
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**{{monsymlink|wood golem}}
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* {{monsymlink|earth elemental}}
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**{{monsymlink|flesh golem}}
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* {{monsymlink|xorn}}
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**{{monsymlink|clay golem}}
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* the {{monsymlink|Wizard of Yendor}}
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**{{monsymlink|stone golem}}
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* {{monsymlink|Charon}} ([[deferred features|deferred]])
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**{{monsymlink|glass golem}}
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* {{monsymlink|mail daemon}}
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**{{monsymlink|iron golem}}
 
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*All ghosts:
 
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**{{monsymlink|ghost}}
 
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**{{monsymlink|shade}}
 
  
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*Others:
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==Messages==
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**{{monsymlink|xorn}}
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{{message|You are laden with moisture and find it mildly uncomfortable.|You are breathless and engulfed by a [[fog cloud]].}}
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**{{monsymlink|acid blob}}
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{{message|You sink like a rock. But you aren't drowning. You touch bottom.|You fell into the water while breathless.}}
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**{{monsymlink|earth elemental}}
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{{message|You choke, but recover your composure.|You were saved from choking by breathlessness.}}
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**the {{monsymlink|Wizard of Yendor}}
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{{message|You stuff yourself and then vomit voluminously.|You were saved from overeating by breathlessness.}}
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**{{monsymlink|Charon}} (currently not generated)
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**{{monsymlink|mail daemon}}
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==Variants==
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===SLASH'EM===
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In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Vampire (starting race in SLASH'EM)|vampiric]] characters are naturally unbreathing.
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===UnNetHack===
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In [[UnNetHack]], [[Vampire (starting race in UnNetHack)|vampiric]] characters are also naturally unbreathing.
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===dNetHack===
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In [[dNetHack]], breathlessness does not prevent strangulation as such, but causes your breath timer to ignore the status entirely until it times out harmlessly.
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[[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampiric]] characters are naturally unbreathing as in other variants. [[White dragon scales]] and scale armor grant breathlessness as a secondary extrinsic while worn. The [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Astaroth]] confers breathlessness while bound.
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===FIQHack===
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In [[FIQHack]], wearing white dragon scales or [[white dragon scale mail]] also grant breathlessness.
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Breathlessness is one of the properties that can be conferred by [[quaff]]ing or [[dip]]ping into a [[potion of wonder]].
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===EvilHack===
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In [[EvilHack]], [[sea dragon scales]] and [[sea dragon scale mail]] grant breathlessness while worn.
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===notdNetHack===
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In addition to dNetHack details, [[notdNetHack]] adds [[The Gillystone]], an [[artifact]] emerald that conveys breathlessness while carried.
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===Hack'EM===
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In [[Hack'EM]], sea dragon scales and sea dragon scale mail grant breathlessness while worn.
  
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:44, 14 December 2023

Breathlessnesss, also known as magical breathing, is a property in NetHack that allows a monster to breathe in any environment even if it would ordinarily be lethal, and also makes them amphibious, allowing for underwater travel.

The only item that grants the breathless property is the amulet of magical breathing. Various monsters also have this trait as an attribute, sometimes referred to as unbreathing, that is governed by breathless(ptr) in the code.[1]

Description

While breathless, you can breathe while underwater without drowning by any means, though your inventory will be subject to water damage as usual - water squares become "safe" for purposes of teleportation. You are also protected from the effects of sleeping gas traps and the engulfing attacks of fog clouds;[2] poison clouds will not damage you regardless of poison resistance and are not a major trouble for prayer, though they can still blind you.[3][4] Protection from sleeping gas and poison clouds also applies to breathless monsters.[5][6][7]

You cannot choke from eating too much food while breathless: you will always "vomit voluminously" instead and lose 1000 nutrition, though you still abuse constitution.[8] Breathlessness protects from the effect of eating an amulet of strangulation, but does not protect from a worn amulet of strangulation unless the player is also mindless, since the amulet is also crushing your neck.

The 1000 experience point-bonus for killing sea monsters with drowning attacks does not apply while you are amphibious, including from breathlessness.[9]

List of breathless monsters

The following monsters are breathless:

Messages

You are laden with moisture and find it mildly uncomfortable.
You are breathless and engulfed by a fog cloud.
You sink like a rock. But you aren't drowning. You touch bottom.
You fell into the water while breathless.
You choke, but recover your composure.
You were saved from choking by breathlessness.
You stuff yourself and then vomit voluminously.
You were saved from overeating by breathlessness.

Variants

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, vampiric characters are naturally unbreathing.

UnNetHack

In UnNetHack, vampiric characters are also naturally unbreathing.

dNetHack

In dNetHack, breathlessness does not prevent strangulation as such, but causes your breath timer to ignore the status entirely until it times out harmlessly.

vampiric characters are naturally unbreathing as in other variants. White dragon scales and scale armor grant breathlessness as a secondary extrinsic while worn. The spirit Astaroth confers breathlessness while bound.

FIQHack

In FIQHack, wearing white dragon scales or white dragon scale mail also grant breathlessness.

Breathlessness is one of the properties that can be conferred by quaffing or dipping into a potion of wonder.

EvilHack

In EvilHack, sea dragon scales and sea dragon scale mail grant breathlessness while worn.

notdNetHack

In addition to dNetHack details, notdNetHack adds The Gillystone, an artifact emerald that conveys breathlessness while carried.

Hack'EM

In Hack'EM, sea dragon scales and sea dragon scale mail grant breathlessness while worn.

References

  1. ↑ include/mondata.h in NetHack 3.6.7, line 37
  2. ↑ src/trap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1109: sleeping gas traps against you
  3. ↑ src/region.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 972: you and poison clouds
  4. ↑ src/region.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1081: dangerous locations and prayer
  5. ↑ src/trap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1619: sleeping gas traps against your steed
  6. ↑ src/trap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2312: sleeping gas traps against other monsters
  7. ↑ src/region.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 995: monsters and poison clouds
  8. ↑ src/eat.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 252
  9. ↑ src/exper.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 119
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