Ninja

@ ninja
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Weapon 1d8, weapon 1d8

@ ninja
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Weapon 1d8, weapon 1d8
Base level	5
Base experience	66
Speed	12
Base AC	10
Base MR	10
Alignment	3 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	0 (Not randomly generated)
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A ninja: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is normally generated hostile. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	monst.c#line3179

Ninja are notable as the only non-unique, non-randomly-generated hostile monsters to appear on a Quest—the Samurai quest, to be exact.

As of NetHack 3.6.0, ninjas are generated with 6-11 shuriken (75% chance) or darts (25% chance), and a short sword (75% chance) or axe (25% chance) as main weapon. This makes them an excellent source of the otherwise extremely rare shuriken for samurai.

There was once a Ninja role, which was replaced by the Rogue role.

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