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Centaurs in NetHack come in three varieties:
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On [[NetHackWiki]], '''centaur''' may refer to any of the following [[monster]]s:
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* [[forest centaur]]
 
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* [[mountain centaur]]
 
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* [[plains centaur]]
 
  
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Check those three pages for specific information.
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* The {{monsymlink|plains centaur}}.
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* The {{monsymlink|forest centaur}}.
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* The {{monsymlink|mountain centaur}}.
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* The [[Centaur (monster class)|centaur]] [[monster class]].
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* The [[Centaur (starting race)|playable centaur]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]].
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* The [[Centaur (monster)|centaur monster]] that appears in older versions of ''[[NetHack]]'', and also appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]] to represent playable centaurs as well as centaur [[racial monster]]s.
  
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A centaur is a [[monster]] that is a particular cross between a [[human]] and a [[horse]]; it has the body and legs of a horse, but where the horse's head would be, it instead has the upper body, arms, head and face of a human. Centaurs can wield [[weapon]]s and use magic items, but unlike many other [[intelligent]] monsters, centaurs can also move fast and they can [[kick]] you.
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==Encyclopedia entry==
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Thus centaurs are dangerous in [[melee]]; their rapid and repeated use of wielded weapons (or bare-handed combat) combined with kicking can quickly harm or kill your [[character]]. A centaur with ranged weapons may shoot you. Shoot back or send your [[pet]].
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Of all the monsters put together by the Greek imagination
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the Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted a class in themselves.
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Some centaurs may start [[peaceful]], so you need not worry about each one that you encounter.
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Despite a strong streak of sensuality, in their make-up,
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their normal behaviour was moral, and they took a kindly
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== Encyclopedia entry ==
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thought of man's welfare. The attempted outrage of Nessos on
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Of all the monsters put together by the Greek imagination the Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted a class in themselves. Despite a strong streak of sensuality, in their make-up, their normal behavior was moral, and they took a kindly thought of man's welfare. The attempted outrage of Nessos on Deianeira, and that of the whole tribe of Centaurs on the Lapith women, are more than offset by the hospitality of Pholos and by the wisdom of Cheiron, physician, prophet, lyrist, and the instructor of Achilles. Further, the Centaurs were peculiar in that their nature, which united the body of a horse with the trunk and head of a man, involved an unthinkable duplication of vital organs and important members. So grotesque a combination seems almost un-Greek. These strange creatures were said to live in the caves and clefts of the mountains, myths associating them especially with the hills of Thessaly and the range of Erymanthos.
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Deianeira, and that of the whole tribe of Centaurs on the
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Lapith women, are more than offset by the hospitality of
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Mythology of All Races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271
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Pholos and by the wisdom of Cheiron, physician, prophet,
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lyrist, and the instructor of Achilles. Further, the
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Centaurs were peculiar in that their nature, which united the
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body of a horse with the trunk and head of a man, involved
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an unthinkable duplication of vital organs and important
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members. So grotesque a combination seems almost un-Greek.
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These strange creatures were said to live in the caves and
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clefts of the mountains, myths associating them especially
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with the hills of Thessaly and the range of Erymanthos.
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{{right-align|[ Mythology of all races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271 ]}}
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[[Category:Monsters]]

Latest revision as of 04:57, 15 April 2024

On NetHackWiki, centaur may refer to any of the following monsters:

Encyclopedia entry

Of all the monsters put together by the Greek imagination
the Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted a class in themselves.
Despite a strong streak of sensuality, in their make-up,
their normal behaviour was moral, and they took a kindly
thought of man's welfare. The attempted outrage of Nessos on
Deianeira, and that of the whole tribe of Centaurs on the
Lapith women, are more than offset by the hospitality of
Pholos and by the wisdom of Cheiron, physician, prophet,
lyrist, and the instructor of Achilles. Further, the
Centaurs were peculiar in that their nature, which united the
body of a horse with the trunk and head of a man, involved
an unthinkable duplication of vital organs and important
members. So grotesque a combination seems almost un-Greek.
These strange creatures were said to live in the caves and
clefts of the mountains, myths associating them especially
with the hills of Thessaly and the range of Erymanthos.

[ Mythology of all races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271 ]

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