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| − | }} | + | }}The '''elder priest''' plays the part of [[high priest|high priest of Moloch]] in [[dNetHack]], guarding the [[Amulet of Yendor]] in [[Moloch's Sanctum]]. |
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| + | The elder priest is a terrifying figure with a [[paralysis|paralyzing]] [[gaze]], [[Monster spellcasting|clerical spellcasting abilities]], and a distinctive melee attack which destroys your worn armor. In addition, the priest is [[covetous]] and will try to steal the Amulet, the [[invocation]] artifacts, and your [[quest artifact]]. If destroyed, the priest will quickly revive like a [[Rider]]. | ||
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| + | The elder priest is generated with a blessed +3 quarterstaff, blessed +3 cloak of magic resistance, potions of full healing and extra healing, and a leather drum and wooden flute. | ||
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| + | ==Origin== | ||
| + | Given its encyclopedia entry, the elder priest who guards the Amulet of Yendor in dNetHack is probably the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Priest_Not_to_Be_Described high priest] that appears in H. P. Lovecraft's ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath''. The high priest is a mysterious but disturbing figure shrouded in yellow silk, which sits alone in a temple on the Plateau of Leng in Lovecraft's Dreamlands, and communicates with visitors by playing an ivory flute. | ||
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| + | Commentators on Lovecraft's writings have speculated that this being is either a servant of Nyarlathotep, or an avatar of the "crawling chaos" itself. | ||
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| + | ==Encyclopedia== | ||
| + | {{Encyclopedia|From Leng, where rocky peaks climb bleak and bare | ||
| + | Under cold stars obscure to human sight, | ||
| + | There shoots at dusk a single beam of light | ||
| + | Whose far blue rays make shepherds whine in prayer. | ||
| + | They say (though none has been there) that it comes | ||
| + | Out of a pharos in a tower of stone, | ||
| + | Where the last Elder One lives on alone, | ||
| + | Talking to Chaos with the beat of drums. | ||
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| + | The Thing, they whisper, wears a silken mask | ||
| + | Of yellow, whose queer folds appear to hide | ||
| + | A face not of this earth, though none dares ask | ||
| + | Just what those features are, which bulge inside. | ||
| + | Many, in man's first youth, sought out that glow, | ||
| + | But what they found, no one will ever know. | ||
| + | [ H. P. Lovecraft, Fungi from Yuggoth XXVII. ]}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:DNethack monsters]] | ||
Revision as of 16:26, 6 June 2016
@ elder priest 
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| Difficulty | 33 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 2d10 physical, Gaze attack 1d4 paralysis, Tentacle 2d10 Amulet theft, Tentacle 2d10 intrusion, Cast 2d8 clerical spell, Cast 2d8 clerical spell |
| Base level | 25 |
| Base experience | 1070 |
| Speed | 15 |
| Base AC | -9 |
| Base MR | 90 |
| Alignment | -128 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | medium |
| Resistances | fire, sleep, shock, poison, petrification |
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The elder priest:
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The elder priest plays the part of high priest of Moloch in dNetHack, guarding the Amulet of Yendor in Moloch's Sanctum.
The elder priest is a terrifying figure with a paralyzing gaze, clerical spellcasting abilities, and a distinctive melee attack which destroys your worn armor. In addition, the priest is covetous and will try to steal the Amulet, the invocation artifacts, and your quest artifact. If destroyed, the priest will quickly revive like a Rider.
The elder priest is generated with a blessed +3 quarterstaff, blessed +3 cloak of magic resistance, potions of full healing and extra healing, and a leather drum and wooden flute.
Origin
Given its encyclopedia entry, the elder priest who guards the Amulet of Yendor in dNetHack is probably the high priest that appears in H. P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. The high priest is a mysterious but disturbing figure shrouded in yellow silk, which sits alone in a temple on the Plateau of Leng in Lovecraft's Dreamlands, and communicates with visitors by playing an ivory flute.
Commentators on Lovecraft's writings have speculated that this being is either a servant of Nyarlathotep, or an avatar of the "crawling chaos" itself.
Encyclopedia
From Leng, where rocky peaks climb bleak and bare
Under cold stars obscure to human sight,
There shoots at dusk a single beam of light
Whose far blue rays make shepherds whine in prayer.
They say (though none has been there) that it comes
Out of a pharos in a tower of stone,
Where the last Elder One lives on alone,
Talking to Chaos with the beat of drums.
The Thing, they whisper, wears a silken mask
Of yellow, whose queer folds appear to hide
A face not of this earth, though none dares ask
Just what those features are, which bulge inside.
Many, in man's first youth, sought out that glow,
But what they found, no one will ever know.
[ H. P. Lovecraft, Fungi from Yuggoth XXVII. ]
