Apprentice witch - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: oh right, can't rely on just the symbol OR the attribute for dnh

2026-03-23T23:09:09Z

oh right, can't rely on just the symbol OR the attribute for dnh

Umbire the Phantom: other tweaks

2026-03-23T23:06:12Z

other tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-03-23T23:05:20Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ word choice

2026-03-23T23:05:00Z

‎Strategy: word choice

Furey: /* Generation */ Neutral Quest (dNethack) -> Neutral Quest (dNetHack). Fixes a redlink.

2024-06-16T15:07:59Z

‎Generation: Neutral Quest (dNethack) -> Neutral Quest (dNetHack). Fixes a redlink.

ScienceBall: /* Strategy */ Typo

2024-02-07T12:21:34Z

‎Strategy: Typo

Umbire the Phantom: strat

2024-02-07T10:00:48Z

strat

Umbire the Phantom: gen + word choice

2024-02-05T04:12:21Z

gen + word choice

Umbire the Phantom: this should work

2024-02-05T02:19:43Z

this should work

Umbire the Phantom: expand some - origin taking longer than it should due to distractability

2024-02-05T01:55:19Z

expand some - origin taking longer than it should due to distractability

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-An '''apprentice witch''', {{gray|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] adn [[notdNetHack]]. The apprentice witch is a [[strong]] [[Human or elf|human]] woman that is capable of [[flight]] and [[dNetHack monster spells|spellcasting]], can be seen via [[infravision]] and will seek out and collect items, particularly [[magical item]]s.
+An '''apprentice witch''', {{gray|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] adn [[notdNetHack]]. The apprentice witch is a [[strong]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] woman that is part of the [[human or elf]] [[monster class]]: She is capable of [[flight]] and [[dNetHack monster spells|spellcasting]], can be seen via [[infravision]] and will seek out and collect items, particularly [[magical item]]s.
 An apprentice witch has a single weapon attack, and will attempt to cast spells clerically once during each of her turns: she will cast either [[psi bolt]] or [[Evil eye (monster spell)|evil eye]]. An apprentice witch can only cast spells if [[Witch's familiar|her familiar]] is present, but is able to do so without any cooldown&mdash;however, she cannot summon another familiar if her current one is killed.

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-An '''apprentice witch''', {{gray|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. The apprentice witch is a [[strong]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] woman that is capable of [[flight]] and [[dNetHack monster spells|spellcasting]], can be seen via [[infravision]] and will seek out and collect items, particularly [[magical item]]s.
+An '''apprentice witch''', {{gray|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] adn [[notdNetHack]]. The apprentice witch is a [[strong]] [[Human or elf|human]] woman that is capable of [[flight]] and [[dNetHack monster spells|spellcasting]], can be seen via [[infravision]] and will seek out and collect items, particularly [[magical item]]s.
-An apprentice witch has a single weapon attack, and will attempt to cast spells clerically once during each of her turns: she will cast either [[psi bolt]] or [[Evil eye (monster spell)|evil eye]]. An apprentice witch can only cast spells if [[Witch's familiar|her familiar]] is present, but is able to do so without any cooldown - however, she cannot summon another familiar if hers is killed.
+An apprentice witch has a single weapon attack, and will attempt to cast spells clerically once during each of her turns: she will cast either [[psi bolt]] or [[Evil eye (monster spell)|evil eye]]. An apprentice witch can only cast spells if [[Witch's familiar|her familiar]] is present, but is able to do so without any cooldown&mdash;however, she cannot summon another familiar if her current one is killed.
 ==Generation==

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 An '''apprentice witch''', {{gray|@}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. The apprentice witch is a [[strong]] [[Human (monster attribute)|human]] woman that is capable of [[flight]] and [[dNetHack monster spells|spellcasting]], can be seen via [[infravision]] and will seek out and collect items, particularly [[magical item]]s.
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 ==Strategy==
-While the apprentice witches are unlikely to be a threat on their own, their familiars' [[open wounds]] spells will prove very annoying and force you to avoid line-of-sight when approaching the witch coven. Though a familiar's casting abilities and importance to her witch should make the them a priority target in theory, only the witches are capable of flying&mdash;in practice, this results in them leaving the familiars behind to cast at you from across the river. Dealing with the witch battalion generally requires a character to have a high amount of HP and a source of [[half spell damage]].
+While the apprentice witches are unlikely to be a threat on their own, their familiars' [[open wounds]] spells will prove very annoying and force you to avoid line-of-sight when approaching the witch coven. Though a familiar's casting abilities and importance to her witch should make the them a priority target in theory, only the witches are capable of flying&mdash;in practice, this results in them leaving the familiars behind to cast at you from across the river. Dealing with the witch battalion generally requires a [[hero]] to have a high amount of HP and a source of [[half spell damage]].
 ==Origin==

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 ==Strategy==
-While the apprentice witches are unlikely to be a threat on their own, their familiars' [[open wounds]] spells will prove very annoying and force you to avoid line-of-sight when approaching the witch coven. Though a familiar's casting abilities and importance to her witch should make the them a priority target in theory, only the witches are capable of flying - in practice, this results in them leaving the familiars behind to cast at you from across the river. Dealing with the witch battalion generally requires that characters have a high amount of HP and a source of [[half spell damage]].
+While the apprentice witches are unlikely to be a threat on their own, their familiars' [[open wounds]] spells will prove very annoying and force you to avoid line-of-sight when approaching the witch coven. Though a familiar's casting abilities and importance to her witch should make the them a priority target in theory, only the witches are capable of flying&mdash;in practice, this results in them leaving the familiars behind to cast at you from across the river. Dealing with the witch battalion generally requires a character to have a high amount of HP and a source of [[half spell damage]].
 ==Origin==

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 Apprentice witches are not randomly generated, and are not a valid form for polymorph. An apprentice witch can grow up into a regular [[Witch (dNetHack)|witch]].
-At level creation, nine apprentice witches are generated accompanying their witch superiors and the coven leader in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNethack)|Neutral Quest]]. A witch's familiar is generated alongside each apprentice witch, at the same level as her.
+At level creation, nine apprentice witches are generated accompanying their witch superiors and the coven leader in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]]. A witch's familiar is generated alongside each apprentice witch, at the same level as her.
 An apprentice witch is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] black [[high boots]], a [[plain dress]], a [[witch hat]], and a [[knife]].

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	An apprentice witch is [[Monster starting inventory\|always generated with]] black [[high boots]], a [[plain dress]], a [[witch hat]], and a [[knife]].		An apprentice witch is [[Monster starting inventory\|always generated with]] black [[high boots]], a [[plain dress]], a [[witch hat]], and a [[knife]].
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		+	==Strategy==
		+	While the apprentice witches are unlikely to be a threat on their own, their familiars' [[open wounds]] spells will prove very annoying and force you to avoid line-of-sight when approaching the witch coven. Though a familiar's casting abilities and importance to her witch should make the them a priority target in theory, only the witches are capable of flying - in practice, this results in them leaving the familiars behind to cast at your from across the river. Dealing with the witch battalion generally requires that characters have a high amount of HP and a source of [[half spell damage]].

	==Origin==		==Origin==

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 ==Generation==
-Apprentice witches are not randomly generated, and are not a valid form for polymorph.
+Apprentice witches are not randomly generated, and are not a valid form for polymorph. An apprentice witch can grow up into a regular [[Witch (dNetHack)|witch]].
-Apprentice witches are always generated accompanying their witch superiors and the coven leader in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNethack)|Neutral Quest]]: A witch's familiar is generated alongside each witch at the same level as her.
+At level creation, nine apprentice witches are generated accompanying their witch superiors and the coven leader in the Temples of the Old Gods within the [[Neutral Quest (dNethack)|Neutral Quest]]. A witch's familiar is generated alongside each apprentice witch, at the same level as her.
 ==Origin==
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 Witchcraft in its modern context generally refers to followers of certain types of modern paganism, who self-identify as witches and use the term witchcraft for their beliefs and practices, though some other neo-pagans avoid the term due to its negative connotations. Witches are also depicted in various forms of media as practitioners of magic that can range from empowered humans to almighty sorcerers to monstrous hag-like beings, and there are many instances of a witch "species" separate from mundane humanity. Witches in fairy tales and cartoons, particularly of the "monster" variety, are often depicted as long-nosed crones that are malevolent and seen as hideous witch croaky voices and shrieking laughs - they often wear distinct pointed brimmed hats and are sometimes depicted taking flight, with the stereotypical witch using a broom; many of these qualities are sometimes omitted or even subverted in modern depictions.
-The witches of ''dNetHack'' are mostly based on witches such as Keziah Mason from the 1933 [[H.P. Lovecraft]] short story "The Dreams in the Witch House", who is depicted as a cultist and servant of the alien [[wikipedia:Outer Gods|"Outer Gods"]]. Keziah Mason was an old woman who lived in a house in Arkham during the 1692 Salem witch trials, and was one of the many accused witches arrested - in her testimony to the judge, Keziah spoke of "lines and curves that could be made to point out directions leading through the walls of space to other spaces beyond", as well as describing a pitch-black man later revealed to be an avatar of Nyarlathotep. Keziah later disappeared mysteriously from Salem Gaol, leaving behind "curves and angles smeared on the grey stone walls with some red, sticky fluid" that were inexplicable even to the most studied clergymen of the time. Protagonist Walter Gilman, who moved into her former home, begins having bizarre dreams where he falls under Keziah's influence.
+The witches of ''dNetHack'' are mostly based on cultists from the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], such as Keziah Mason from the 1933 [[H.P. Lovecraft]] short story "The Dreams in the Witch House", who is depicted as a servant of the alien [[wikipedia:Outer Gods|"Outer Gods"]]. Keziah Mason was an old woman who lived in a house in Arkham during the 1692 Salem witch trials, and was one of the many accused witches arrested - in her testimony to the judge, Keziah spoke of "lines and curves that could be made to point out directions leading through the walls of space to other spaces beyond", as well as describing a pitch-black man later revealed to be an avatar of Nyarlathotep. Keziah later disappeared mysteriously from Salem Gaol, leaving behind "curves and angles smeared on the grey stone walls with some red, sticky fluid" that were inexplicable even to the most studied clergymen of the time. Protagonist Walter Gilman, who moved into her former home, begins having bizarre dreams where he falls under Keziah's influence.
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