Watchman

@ watchman
Difficulty	8
Attacks	Weapon 1d8

@ watchman
Difficulty	8
Attacks	Weapon 1d8
Base level	6
Base experience	78
Speed	10
Base AC	10
Base MR	0
Alignment	-2 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	Not randomly generated
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A watchman: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is a member of the Yendorian army. is normally generated peaceful. can follow you to other levels. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can be seen through infravision. normally appears in small groups.
Reference	monst.c#line2453

@ watch captain
Difficulty	12
Attacks	Weapon 3d4, Weapon 3d4

@ watch captain
Difficulty	12
Attacks	Weapon 3d4, Weapon 3d4
Base level	10
Base experience	221
Speed	10
Base AC	10
Base MR	15
Alignment	-4 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	Not randomly generated
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A watch captain: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is a member of the Yendorian army. is normally generated peaceful. can follow you to other levels. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	monst.c#line2461

Watchmen are the peacekeepers of Minetown. They are always generated peaceful, but can become hostile through a number of player actions.

• Attacking a peaceful watchman
• Attacking a peaceful shopkeeper
• Killing the priest
• Cutting down trees
• Destroying fountains by quaffing from or dipping in them (you will be usually get a warning before a fountain dries up)
• Stealing from shops
• Digging through walls or doors (you will be warned first)
• Kicking down doors (you will be warned first)
• Unlocking doors (you will be warned first)

Some of these actions will not anger a watchman as long as he isn't in eyesight. Consult the entry on Minetown for a full discussion of the laws and ordinances in force.

In addition, attacking a peaceful watchman or a shopkeeper with a spell or wand does not anger all the guards; only the target of the attack. The watchmen are quite easy to kill (even easier than shopkeepers), and they have some potentially useful items in their inventory, although they often have a cursed item, so check all items on an altar or with a pet first. The watch captains are much harder to kill, but not as hard as shopkeepers. So don't do anything that will anger all the watchmen.

If you do run into any problems with watchmen, or you just want them out of your way without having to commit murder, you can usually buy a key from a Minetown shop and then use it to lock the watchmen inside one of the empty rooms.

Encyclopedia entry

See the encyclopedia entry for human.