Baby long worm - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: correct lede citations that I misread, etc.

2025-04-22T19:45:20Z

correct lede citations that I misread, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: /* UnNetHack */ pothole

2025-04-18T12:26:59Z

‎UnNetHack: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ punc

2024-12-22T23:30:16Z

‎History: punc

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ drow noble

2024-12-22T22:50:23Z

‎dNetHack: drow noble

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ section header + spork + un

2024-12-22T22:35:51Z

‎Variants: section header + spork + un

Umbire the Phantom: de-stub - not that it really needed to be one, since there wasn't a lot to note as is

2024-12-22T22:15:51Z

de-stub - not that it really needed to be one, since there wasn't a lot to note as is

Umbire the Phantom: details + *dnh

2024-12-22T22:05:27Z

details + *dnh

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ pothole

2024-12-22T21:59:28Z

‎Origin: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ worm stats

2024-12-22T21:39:11Z

‎History: worm stats

Umbire the Phantom: variants

2024-12-22T21:26:05Z

variants

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   |frequency=0
   |genocidable=Yes
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   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=None
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   |nutr=250
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-A '''baby long worm''', {{monsym|baby long worm}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The baby long worm is a [[worm]] that is a juvenile form of the [[long worm]]. Baby long worms cannot be displaced.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|353|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/mon.c|1588|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+A '''baby long worm''', {{monsym|baby long worm}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The baby long worm is a a juvenile form of [[long worm]] that is usually the first [[worm]] most [[heroes]] will encounter.
 A baby long worm has a single bite attack.
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 ==Strategy==
-Baby long worms are incredibly slow at 3 [[speed]] and are not remotely threatening in most cases&mdash;they can be easily dispatched unless a [[hero]] is severely incapacitated.
+Baby long worms are incredibly slow at 3 [[speed]], and are not remotely threatening in most cases&mdash;they can be easily dispatched unless a [[hero]] is severely incapacitated.
 ==History==
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 |[ Dune, by Frank Herbert ]
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 In [[UnNetHack]], baby long worms retain their stats from NetHack 3.4.3.
-The corpse or [[tin]] of a long worm or baby long worm is described as "spicy" when eaten as a reference to the ''Dune'' novels.
+The [[corpse]] or [[tin]] of a long worm or baby long worm is described as "spicy" when eaten as a reference to the ''Dune'' novels.
 ===dNetHack===

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 ==History==
-The baby long worm first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including variants based on those versions, the baby long worm has the same [[monster level]] (8) and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] (9) as its adult form, but possesses a stronger bite at 1d6. This is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] via {{commit|6bcfa8f88bce1bbd5351c27ecf3da2782d646699}}.
+The baby long worm first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including variants based on those versions, the baby long worm has the same [[monster level]] (8) and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] (9) as its adult form, but possesses a stronger bite at 1d6&mdash;this is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] via {{commit|6bcfa8f88bce1bbd5351c27ecf3da2782d646699}}.
 ==Origin==

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 ===dNetHack===
 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], baby long worms have a monster level of 4 and a difficulty of 5, move at a slightly faster 6 speed, have a slightly weaker bite at 2d2, and can slither between [[iron bars]].
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 ==Variants==
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], the corpse or [[tin]] of a long worm or baby long worm is described as "spicy" when eaten as a reference to the ''Dune'' novels.
+In [[UnNetHack]], baby long worms retain their stats from NetHack 3.4.3.
 ===dNetHack===

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 ==References==
 <references/>
 {{nethack-367}}
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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Sandworm (Dune)}}
-The long worm is based on the sandworm from [[wikipedia:Frank Herbert|Frank Herbert]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' series of novels. Sandworms are colossal annelids that live on the desert planet Arrakis, with lamprey-like features such as an array of crystalline teeth which are used primarily for rasping rocks and sand. Sandworms grow to hundreds of meters in length, with specimens observed over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long and 40 metres (130 ft) in diameter, and worms more than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length occur in the story as well; these gigantic worms burrow deep in the ground and travel swiftly. Due to this given size, it can be inferred that the long worms of ''NetHack'' and their young are either significantly smaller-scale or simply small and very young versions of these sandworms.
+The long worm is based on the sandworm from [[Frank Herbert]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' series of novels. Sandworms are colossal annelids that live on the desert planet Arrakis, with lamprey-like features such as an array of crystalline teeth which are used primarily for rasping rocks and sand. Sandworms grow to hundreds of meters in length, with specimens observed over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long and 40 metres (130 ft) in diameter, and worms more than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length occur in the story as well; these gigantic worms burrow deep in the ground and travel swiftly. Due to this given size, it can be inferred that the long worms of ''NetHack'' and their young are either significantly smaller-scale or simply small and very young versions of these sandworms.
 Sandworms are described as "incredibly tough", and it is said that a high-voltage electrical shock applied separately to each ring segment is the only known way to kill and preserve them: "atomics" are the only explosive powerful enough to kill an entire worm, since conventional explosives are unfeasible as "each ring segment having a life of its own"; while water is poisonous to the worms, it is in too short supply on Arrakis to be of use against any but the smallest worms.  The sandworms are reverently called "Shai-Hulud" (from the Arabic شيء خلود, ''šayʾ khulūd'' "thing of eternity") by the planet's indigenous Fremen, who worship them as agents of God whose actions are a form of divine intervention.

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	Sandworm larvae produce a drug called melange (known colloquially as "the spice"), the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe because it makes safe and accurate interstellar travel possible; melange deposits are found in the sand seas of Arrakis, where the sandworms live and hunt, and harvesting the spice from the sand is a dangerous activity because sandworms are aggressive and territorial. Harvesting vehicles must be airlifted in and out of the sand sea in order to evade sandworm attacks, and the struggle over the production and supply of melange is a central theme of the Dune saga—the relationship between sandworms and spice is given homage in some variants of ''NetHack''.		Sandworm larvae produce a drug called melange (known colloquially as "the spice"), the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe because it makes safe and accurate interstellar travel possible; melange deposits are found in the sand seas of Arrakis, where the sandworms live and hunt, and harvesting the spice from the sand is a dangerous activity because sandworms are aggressive and territorial. Harvesting vehicles must be airlifted in and out of the sand sea in order to evade sandworm attacks, and the struggle over the production and supply of melange is a central theme of the Dune saga—the relationship between sandworms and spice is given homage in some variants of ''NetHack''.
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		+	==Variants==
		+	===UnNetHack===
		+	In [[UnNetHack]], the corpse or [[tin]] of a long worm or baby long worm is described as "spicy" when eaten as a reference to the ''Dune'' novels.
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		+	===xNetHack===
		+	In [[xNetHack]], the corpse or tin of a long worm or baby long worm is described as "spicy" when eaten as a reference to the ''Dune'' novels, similar to UnNetHack.

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==