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'''Hallucinatory [[monster]]s''' do not exist in [[NetHack]], but their names can appear when you are [[hallucination|hallucinating]] and interacting with monsters. A few appear as real monsters in [[SLASH'EM]]. Many of the monster names come from other [[roguelike]]s, mythologies, fantasy worlds, and popular culture<ref>[[do_name.c#line888]]</ref>.
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'''Hallucinatory [[monster]]s''' do not exist in [[NetHack]], but their names can appear when you are [[hallucination|hallucinating]] and interacting with monsters. A few appear as real monsters in [[SLASH'EM]]. Many of the monster names come from other [[roguelike]]s, mythologies, fantasy worlds, and popular culture<ref>{{sourcecode|do_name.c|888}}</ref>.
  
 
==List of hallucinatory monsters==
 
==List of hallucinatory monsters==
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Revision as of 17:01, 17 May 2008

Hallucinatory monsters do not exist in NetHack, but their names can appear when you are hallucinating and interacting with monsters. A few appear as real monsters in SLASH'EM. Many of the monster names come from other roguelikes, mythologies, fantasy worlds, and popular culture[1].

List of hallucinatory monsters

Quendor (Zork, etc.)

Moria

  • Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon
  • Evil Iggy

Rogue

Greek legend

Xanth

  • tangle tree
  • nickelpede[2]
  • wiggle

Lewis Carroll

Star Trek

Monster movies

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • microscopic space fleet
  • Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

50's rock 'n' roll

Miscellaneous

References

  1. do_name.c, line 888
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Appears as a real monster in SLASH'EM.


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