Aberration - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2023-12-31T05:16:00Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2023-12-31T05:13:59Z

tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: lede, circle back later

2023-08-22T14:04:37Z

lede, circle back later

Umbire the Phantom: slightly better presentation

2023-07-15T18:04:31Z

slightly better presentation

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2023-07-09T22:11:25Z

tweaks

Umbire the Phantom at 19:54, 29 March 2022

2022-03-29T19:54:44Z

Umbire the Phantom: 6_9

2022-03-29T19:35:34Z

6_9

Umbire the Phantom at 19:31, 29 March 2022

2022-03-29T19:31:40Z

Umbire the Phantom: per ChrisANG's suggestion

2022-03-28T22:23:01Z

per ChrisANG's suggestion

Umbire the Phantom: /* xNetHack */

2022-03-28T21:23:56Z

‎xNetHack

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 ==Strategy==
-The presence of mind flayers in the monster class serves primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player. This change additionally solves the problem of "[[minesflayers]]", which occur in vanilla ''NetHack'' as a result of initial level creation for [[Gnomish Mines]] floors outside of [[Minetown]] and [[Mines' End]]: [[mkclass]] may ignore out-of-depth rules when placing a random [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster.
+The presence of mind flayers in the monster class serves primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player. This change additionally solves the problem of "[[minesflayer]]s", which occur in vanilla ''NetHack'' as a result of initial level creation for [[Gnomish Mines]] floors outside of [[Minetown]] and [[Mines' End]]: [[mkclass]] may ignore out-of-depth rules when placing a random [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster.
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-The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[xNetHack]], represented by the uppercase [[U]] glyph ({{white|U}}). It is designated internally by the macro '''S_ABERRATION'''.
+The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[xNetHack]]. Aberrations are represented by the uppercase [[U]] glyph ({{white|U}}), and are designated internally by the macro '''S_ABERRATION'''.
 The aberration class "replaces" the [[Umber hulk (monster class)|umber hulk]] monster class from vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'', which has the titular monster as its only member, and includes several other existing monsters that are moved to the monster class.
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 ==Strategy==
-The presence of mind flayers in the monster class serves primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player - this change additionally solves the problem of "minesflayers", which occur in vanilla ''NetHack'' as a result of initial level creation for [[Gnomish Mines]] floors outside of [[Minetown]] and [[Mines' End]] ignoring out-of-depth rules when placing a random [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster.
+The presence of mind flayers in the monster class serves primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player. This change additionally solves the problem of "[[minesflayers]]", which occur in vanilla ''NetHack'' as a result of initial level creation for [[Gnomish Mines]] floors outside of [[Minetown]] and [[Mines' End]]: [[mkclass]] may ignore out-of-depth rules when placing a random [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster.
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-The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[xNetHack]], represented by the uppercase [[U]] glyph ({{white|U}}). It is designated internally by the macro '''S_ABERRATION'''. The aberration class "replaces" the [[Umber hulk (monster class)|umber hulk]] monster class from vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'', which has the titular monster as its only member, and includes several other
+The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[xNetHack]], represented by the uppercase [[U]] glyph ({{white|U}}). It is designated internally by the macro '''S_ABERRATION'''.
 Aberrations consist of the following monsters:
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 ==Strategy==
-The presence of mind flayers in the monster class serves primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player - this change additionally solves the problem of "minesflayers", which occurred in vanilla ''NetHack'' as a result of initial level creation for [[Gnomish Mines]] floors outside of [[Minetown]] and [[Mines' End]] ignoring out-of-depth rules when placing a random [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster.
+The presence of mind flayers in the monster class serves primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player - this change additionally solves the problem of "minesflayers", which occur in vanilla ''NetHack'' as a result of initial level creation for [[Gnomish Mines]] floors outside of [[Minetown]] and [[Mines' End]] ignoring out-of-depth rules when placing a random [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster.
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-The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that is used in [[xNetHack]], represented by the uppercase [[U]] glyph ({{white|U}}). It is composed of the following monsters:
+The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[xNetHack]], represented by the uppercase [[U]] glyph ({{white|U}}). It is designated internally by the macro '''S_ABERRATION'''. The aberration class "replaces" the [[Umber hulk (monster class)|umber hulk]] monster class from vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'', which has the titular monster as its only member, and includes several other
 * {{monsymlink|umber hulk}}
-* {{magenta|U}} [[mind flayer]]
+* {{magenta|U}} [[mind flayer]] (formerly {{monsym|mind flayer}})
-* {{brightmagenta|U}} [[master mind flayer]]
+* {{brightmagenta|U}} [[master mind flayer]] (formerly {{monsym|master mind flayer}})
-* {{cyan|U}} [[quantum mechanic]]
+* {{cyan|U}} [[quantum mechanic]] (formerly {{monsym|quantum mechanic}})
-* {{green|U}} [[genetic engineer]]
+* {{green|U}} [[genetic engineer]] (formerly {{monsym|genetic engineer}})
-This class "replaces" the [[Umber hulk (monster class)|umber hulk]] monster class from vanilla, which has the titular monster as its only member; the quantum mechanic and genetic engineer are moved here from their original monster class glyph ({{white|Q}}), which xNetHack uses to represent the [[Quendi]] monster class (i.e., [[Elf (monster attribute)|elves]]). Mind flayers and master mind flayers are moved here from the [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster class ({{white|h}}), primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player - this additionally solves the problem of "minesflayers".
+==Strategy==
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-The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that is used in [[xNetHack]], represented by the U glyph ({{white|U}}). It is composed of the following monsters:
+The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that is used in [[xNetHack]], represented by the uppercase [[U]] glyph ({{white|U}}). It is composed of the following monsters:
 * {{monsymlink|umber hulk}}
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 * {{green|U}} [[genetic engineer]]
-This class "replaces" the umber hulk monster class from vanilla, which has the titular monster as its only member; the quantum mechanic and genetic engineer are moved hree from their original monster class glyph ({{white|Q}}), which xNetHack uses to represent the [[Quendi]] monster class (i.e., [[Elf (monster attribute)|elves]]). Mind flayers and master mindflayers are moved here from the [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster class ({{white|h}}) primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player - this additionally solves the problem of "minesflayers".
+This class "replaces" the [[Umber hulk (monster class)|umber hulk]] monster class from vanilla, which has the titular monster as its only member; the quantum mechanic and genetic engineer are moved here from their original monster class glyph ({{white|Q}}), which xNetHack uses to represent the [[Quendi]] monster class (i.e., [[Elf (monster attribute)|elves]]). Mind flayers and master mind flayers are moved here from the [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] monster class ({{white|h}}), primarily to avert the [[YASD]] potential from using a blessed [[scroll of genocide]] on them as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] player - this additionally solves the problem of "minesflayers".
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-[[Category:xNetHack Monster classes]]
+[[Category:xNetHack monster classes]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:35, 29 March 2022
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−	The '''aberration''' is ~~a monster~~ a [[monster class]] that is used in [[xNetHack]], represented by the U glyph ({{white\|U}}). It is composed of the following monsters:	+	The '''aberration''' is a [[monster class]] that is used in [[xNetHack]], represented by the U glyph ({{white\|U}}). It is composed of the following monsters:

	* {{monsymlink\|umber hulk}}		* {{monsymlink\|umber hulk}}

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-The '''aberration''' is a monster grouping that is used in [[dNetHack]] and [[xNetHack]].
+The '''aberration''' is a monster  a [[monster class]] that is used in [[xNetHack]], represented by the U glyph ({{white|U}}). It is composed of the following monsters:
 * {{monsymlink|umber hulk}}
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 This class "replaces" the umber hulk monster class from vanilla, which has the titular monster as its only member.
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 [[Category:Monster classes]]