Ancient of death - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2024-02-12T07:29:06Z

potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-02-12T07:25:57Z

pothole

Actual-nh: Grammar/style

2021-02-09T22:53:02Z

Grammar/style

Ardub23 at 04:45, 4 September 2019

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EasterlyIrk at 18:44, 27 October 2017

2017-10-27T18:44:45Z

EasterlyIrk: add link to related monster

2017-08-20T21:11:40Z

add link to related monster

Chris at 17:14, 19 August 2017

2017-08-19T17:14:49Z

EasterlyIrk at 14:54, 19 August 2017

2017-08-19T14:54:18Z

Cherokee Jack: Created page for ancient of death

2015-09-14T20:42:06Z

Created page for ancient of death

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{{monster
|name=ancient of death
|symbol={{black|&}}
|difficulty=23
|level=15
|experience=666
|speed=4
|AC=-44
|MR=88
|align=14
|frequency=1
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Weapon 88d1 [[vorpal]], Weapon 88d1 [[life drain]], Explode on death 88d1 physical
|weight=1450
|nutr=400
|size=large
|resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[poison]]
|resistances conveyed=
|attributes={{attributes
|An ancient of death|=
|fly=1
|wallwalk=1
|humanoid=1
|seeinvis=1
|pois=1
|demon=1
|hostile=1
|stalk=1
|nasty=1
|strong=1
|collect=1
|infravision=1
|hell=1
|nocorpse=1
|death=1
|notame=1
}}
}}

The '''ancient of death''' is a very slow but powerful [[demon]] in [[dNetHack]].

Its weapon attacks are high-damage and can [[drain level]]s and even behead its target. When destroyed it explodes, dealing physical damage.

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 Its weapon attacks are high-damage and can [[drain level]]s and even behead its target.  When destroyed it explodes, dealing physical damage.  It has a very low AC, and thus can be very hard to hit.
-Unlike most other demons, ancients of death will [[Demon#Demon_summoning|summon]] groups of [[nupperibo]]s instead of additional major demons. However, this does not apply when self-polymorphed into one, making that an easy way to get a tame ancient of death.
+Ancients of death will [[Demon gating|gate in]] groups of [[nupperibo]]s unlike most major demons. However, this does not apply when self-polymorphed into one, making that an easy way to get a tame ancient of death.
 Ancients of death breathe in life and breathe out death.  If a living (ie, not undead or a golem or other nonliving creature) target is within 4 squares of an ancient of death, the ancient will suck some life out of it, dealing level/3 d4 damage (ie, between 5d4 and 10d4).  After inhaling life, if one or more targets that are sensitive to death magic are within 8 squares, the ancient will exhale death at one such target.  Hostile ancients will target the player character with high priority, unless the character is 100% immune to death magic (death spells are able to partially penetrate magic resistance, dealing 4d4 damage).  If the character is not a valid target, the ancient will choose the closest valid target instead.

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-The '''ancient of death''' is a very slow but powerful [[demon]] in [[dNetHack]]. Compare to the cold-based and less powerful [[ancient of ice]].
+The '''ancient of death''' is a very slow but powerful [[major demon]] in [[dNetHack]]. Compare to the cold-based and less powerful [[ancient of ice]].
 Its weapon attacks are high-damage and can [[drain level]]s and even behead its target.  When destroyed it explodes, dealing physical damage.  It has a very low AC, and thus can be very hard to hit.

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 Unlike most other demons, ancients of death will [[Demon#Demon_summoning|summon]] groups of [[nupperibo]]s instead of additional major demons. However, this does not apply when self-polymorphed into one, making that an easy way to get a tame ancient of death.
-Ancients of death breath in life and breath out death.  If a living (ie, not undead or a golem or other nonliving creature) target is within 4 squares of an ancient of death, the ancient will suck some life out of it, dealing level/3 d4 damage (ie, between 5d4 and 10d4).  After inhaling life, if one or more targets that are sensitive to death magic are within 8 squares, the ancient will exhale death at one such target.  Hostile ancients will target the player character with high priority, unless the character is 100% immune to death magic (death spells are able to partially penetrate magic resistance, dealing 4d4 damage).  If the character is not a valid target, the ancient will choose the closest valid target instead.
+Ancients of death breathe in life and breathe out death.  If a living (ie, not undead or a golem or other nonliving creature) target is within 4 squares of an ancient of death, the ancient will suck some life out of it, dealing level/3 d4 damage (ie, between 5d4 and 10d4).  After inhaling life, if one or more targets that are sensitive to death magic are within 8 squares, the ancient will exhale death at one such target.  Hostile ancients will target the player character with high priority, unless the character is 100% immune to death magic (death spells are able to partially penetrate magic resistance, dealing 4d4 damage).  If the character is not a valid target, the ancient will choose the closest valid target instead.
 Tame ancients of death make powerful pets, in large part due to the rarity of targets able to resist their breath.  Ancients can reach a maximum of 30th level.

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 Its weapon attacks are high-damage and can [[drain level]]s and even behead its target.  When destroyed it explodes, dealing physical damage.  It has a very low AC, and thus can be very hard to hit.
-Unlike most other demons, ancients of death will [[Demon#Demon_summoning|summon]] groups of [[nupperibo]]s instead of additional major demons.
+Unlike most other demons, ancients of death will [[Demon#Demon_summoning|summon]] groups of [[nupperibo]]s instead of additional major demons. However, this does not apply when self-polymorphed into one, making that an easy way to get a tame ancient of death.
 Ancients of death breath in life and breath out death.  If a living (ie, not undead or a golem or other nonliving creature) target is within 4 squares of an ancient of death, the ancient will suck some life out of it, dealing level/3 d4 damage (ie, between 5d4 and 10d4).  After inhaling life, if one or more targets that are sensitive to death magic are within 8 squares, the ancient will exhale death at one such target.  Hostile ancients will target the player character with high priority, unless the character is 100% immune to death magic (death spells are able to partially penetrate magic resistance, dealing 4d4 damage).  If the character is not a valid target, the ancient will choose the closest valid target instead.

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	Its weapon attacks are high-damage and can [[drain level]]s and even behead its target. When destroyed it explodes, dealing physical damage. It has a very low AC, and thus can be very hard to hit.		Its weapon attacks are high-damage and can [[drain level]]s and even behead its target. When destroyed it explodes, dealing physical damage. It has a very low AC, and thus can be very hard to hit.
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		+	Unlike most other demons, ancients of death will [[Demon#Demon_summoning\|summon]] groups of [[nupperibo]]s instead of additional major demons.
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		+	Ancients of death breath in life and breath out death. If a living (ie, not undead or a golem or other nonliving creature) target is within 4 squares of an ancient of death, the ancient will suck some life out of it, dealing level/3 d4 damage (ie, between 5d4 and 10d4). After inhaling life, if one or more targets that are sensitive to death magic are within 8 squares, the ancient will exhale death at one such target. Hostile ancients will target the player character with high priority, unless the character is 100% immune to death magic (death spells are able to partially penetrate magic resistance, dealing 4d4 damage). If the character is not a valid target, the ancient will choose the closest valid target instead.
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		+	Tame ancients of death make powerful pets, in large part due to the rarity of targets able to resist their breath. Ancients can reach a maximum of 30th level.
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		+	At most 4 ancients of death will appear per game.

	[[Category:dNethack monsters]]		[[Category:dNethack monsters]]