Mountain centaur
C mountain centaur 
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| Difficulty | 9 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 1d10 physical, Kick 1d6 physical, Kick 1d6 physical |
| Base level | 6 |
| Base experience | 88 |
| Speed | 20 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | -3 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 2550 |
| Nutritional value | 500 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A mountain centaur:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1165 |
A mountain centaur, C, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. The mountain centaur is the strongest of the centaur monster class.
A mountain centaur has a weapon attack and two kick attacks.
A peaceful or tame mountain centaur "discusses hunting" if you #chat to them.
Generation
Randomly generated mountain centaurs may be peaceful towards chaotic characters.
Mountain centaurs may appear among the hostile monsters that generate in throne rooms, as well the monsters randomly generated by looting a throne while confused and carrying gold (provided there is no chest on the level).[1]
Two statues of mountain centaurs are featured on the Oracle level.
Mountain centaurs appear among the random C that are part of the first quest monster class for Rangers and make up 24⁄175 of the monsters that are randomly generated on the Ranger quest. Several mountain centaurs are also generated on several floors of the quest branch below the home level at level creation: two are generated on the upper filler level, four each are generated on the lower filler level(s), and eight each are generated on the locate and goal levels.
Mountain centaurs also appear among the random C that are part of the second quest monster class for Tourists and make up 6⁄175 of the monsters that are randomly generated on the Tourist quest.
Mountain centaurs have a 1⁄2 chance of being generated with a crossbow and 3–14 bolts.[2]
History
The mountain centaur first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
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
- ↑ src/mkroom.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 746: centaurs and throne rooms
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 461
