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| + | ==Common traits== | ||
| + | Centaurs are [[Intelligent monster|intelligent]] [[humanoid]] [[monster]]s that are a particular cross between a [[Human (monster)|human]] and a [[horse]]: they possess the body and legs of the latter, with the upper body of the former situated where a horse's head would be. Centaurs can wield [[weapon]]s and use [[magical item]]s, but are too large to wear any sort of body armor, though they can still equip [[helm]]s, [[gloves]] and [[shield]]s and wear [[amulet]]s. | ||
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| + | Centaurs generally have high [[speed]], moving fast enough enough to outpace an unburdened [[player]] character with intrinsic speed, and attack using weapons and [[kick]]s. | ||
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| + | A peaceful or tame centaur "discusses hunting" if you #[[chat]] to them. | ||
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| + | ===Generation=== | ||
| + | Randomly generated centaurs may be peaceful towards characters of the same alignment as them. | ||
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| + | Centaurs have a {{frac|2}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a [[launcher]] and [[missile]]s: the forest centaur will generate with a [[bow]] and 3–14 [[arrow]]s, while the other centaurs will generate with a [[crossbow]] and 3–14 [[crossbow bolt|bolt]]s. | ||
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| + | ==Variants== | ||
| + | ===EvilHack=== | ||
| + | {{main|Centaur (starting race)}} | ||
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| + | [[EvilHack]] adds centaurs as a playable [[race]], and makes player and non-player centaurs capable of wearing all non-[[boots]] armor. | ||
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| + | ==Encyclopedia entry== | ||
| + | {{encyclopedia|<poem> | ||
| + | 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. | ||
| + | {{right-align|[ Mythology of all races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271 ]}} | ||
| + | </poem>}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 07:20, 18 February 2024
The centaur is a monster class that appears in NetHack, and is represented by the uppercase C glyph (C). Centaurs are designated internally by the macro S_CENTAUR.[1]
The class contains the following monsters:[2]
Common traits
Centaurs are intelligent humanoid monsters that are a particular cross between a human and a horse: they possess the body and legs of the latter, with the upper body of the former situated where a horse's head would be. Centaurs can wield weapons and use magical items, but are too large to wear any sort of body armor, though they can still equip helms, gloves and shields and wear amulets.
Centaurs generally have high speed, moving fast enough enough to outpace an unburdened player character with intrinsic speed, and attack using weapons and kicks.
A peaceful or tame centaur "discusses hunting" if you #chat to them.
Generation
Randomly generated centaurs may be peaceful towards characters of the same alignment as them.
Centaurs have a 1⁄2 chance of being generated with a launcher and missiles: the forest centaur will generate with a bow and 3–14 arrows, while the other centaurs will generate with a crossbow and 3–14 bolts.
Variants
EvilHack
EvilHack adds centaurs as a playable race, and makes player and non-player centaurs capable of wearing all non-boots armor.
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.
References
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