Ghost
ghost 
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| Difficulty | 12 |
| Attacks |
Touch 1d1 |
| Base level | 10 |
| Base experience | 220 |
| Speed | 3 |
| Base AC | -5 |
| Base MR | 50 |
| Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Not randomly generated |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 0 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | Cold, Disintegration, Sleep, Poison, Stoning |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A ghost:
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| Reference | monst.c#line2515 |
A ghost is a type of monster in NetHack. Ghosts are most likely to appear as copies of previous-dead players in bones files, complete with their whole object assortment, and the pet may be nearby (feral). Any objects that were carried in the unfortunate player's main inventory have an 80% chance of becoming cursed, even if they were originally blessed. Other objects on the level and the contents of containers in the player's inventory maintain their BUC status. Ghosts will also appear in graveyards and in haunted temples.
Quaffing a milky potion may cause a ghost to appear.
Ghosts are very slow and do very little damage. However, they will probably evade all your hits if you meet them on a low level. If you can't kill them fast via regular attack, try kicking them instead.
By default ghosts and shades are represented by a blank space, making them difficult to see and almost impossible to locate by telepathy. Some players use the monsters option to give ghosts and shades a different appearance, such as X or 8. This makes them easier to see, and allows you to quickly identify bones levels via telepathy.
When a player leaves a bones file, they leave a corpse and a ghost under regular circumstances. The ghost has the same experience level
