Baby purple worm - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ corpse-eating

2024-12-29T04:19:01Z

‎Variants: corpse-eating

Umbire the Phantom: formatting + copyedit pass + variants

2024-09-13T22:04:51Z

formatting + copyedit pass + variants

Umbire the Phantom: word choice

2023-12-04T07:07:50Z

word choice

Umbire the Phantom: history, gen

2023-09-23T05:33:34Z

history, gen

Umbire the Phantom: split off to its own page

2023-09-23T05:23:40Z

split off to its own page

Shijun: redirected to purple worm

2006-12-31T03:44:25Z

redirected to purple worm

Someone Else: Wrong colour.

2006-12-23T21:55:06Z

Wrong colour.

Yidda: from JAH

2006-12-23T05:23:49Z

from JAH

New page

{{monster
|name=baby purple worm
|symbol={{purple|w}}
|tile=[[Image:baby purple worm.png]]
|difficulty=9
|level=8
|experience=113
|speed=3
|AC=5
|MR=0
|align= 0
|frequency=Extremely rare(0)
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Bite: 1d6
|weight=600
|nutr= 250
|size=large
|resistances=None
|resistances conveyed=None
|attributes=no limbs

carnivore
}}

{{JAH}}

{{stub}}

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 ===dNetHack===
 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], baby purple worms can slither between [[iron bars]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 }}
-A '''baby purple worm''', {{monsym|baby purple worm}}, is a type of [[monster]] in that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[slithy]], [[carnivorous]] [[animal]] that has a bite attack.
+A '''baby purple worm''', {{monsym|baby purple worm}}, is a type of [[monster]] in that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[slithy]], [[carnivorous]] [[worm]] that is a juvenile form of the [[purple worm]].
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Baby purple worms can sense [[shrieker]]s like their adult selves; while [[you]] are [[Polyself|polymorphed]] into a baby purple worm, you are [[Warned of monster type|warned of shriekers on the level]].}}
+Baby purple worms possess a single bite attack.
 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated baby purple worms are always hostile.
+Randomly generated baby purple worms are always created hostile. A baby purple worm can [[grow up]] into a purple worm, and purple worm [[egg]]s can hatch into baby purple worms.
-In addition to random generation, baby purple worms can [[grow up]] into adult [[purple worm]]s. Purple worm [[egg]]s can hatch into baby purple worms.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|A shrieker that would summon a purple worm with its shriek will instead generate a baby purple worm if a purple worm would be out-of-depth.}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|If a shrieker would summon an adult purple worm with its shriek, a baby purple worm is generated instead if an adult would be out of depth.}}
+==Strategy==
-==Strategy==
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|A shrieker summoning a baby purple worms may provide an opportunity for an early hero to gain a significant amount of experience from killing it - especially-fortunate heroes can potentially take advantage of this to even tame one and raise it to adulthood for a powerful early pet.}}
 ==History==
 The baby purple worm first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Generation==
-Baby purple worms are always generated hostile.
+Randomly generated baby purple worms are always hostile.
 In addition to random generation, baby purple worms can [[grow up]] into adult [[purple worm]]s. Purple worm [[egg]]s can hatch into baby purple worms.

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 Baby purple worms are always generated hostile.
-In addition to random generation, adult [[purple worm]] eggs can hatch into baby purple worms.
+In addition to random generation, baby purple worms can [[grow up]] into adult [[purple worm]]s. Purple worm [[egg]]s can hatch into baby purple worms.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|If a shrieker would summon an adult purple worm with its shriek, a baby purple worm is generated instead if an adult would be out of depth.}}
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 ==Strategy==
 Baby purple worms are not particularly remarkable monsters to encounter and can be dispatched with ease by most characters. A player willing to invest the time and energy into taming and raising one will be rewarded with a powerful pet in the purple worm, which can [[engulf]] monsters up to [[large]] size and instantly kill them via [[digestion]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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−	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[purple worm]]	+	{{monster
		+	\|name=baby purple worm
		+	\|difficulty=9
		+	\|level=8
		+	\|experience=113
		+	\|speed=3
		+	\|AC=5
		+	\|MR=0
		+	\|align=0
		+	\|frequency=0
		+	\|genocidable=Yes
		+	\|attacks=Bite 1d6
		+	\|weight=600
		+	\|nutr=250
		+	\|size=Large
		+	\|resistances=None
		+	\|resistances conveyed=None
		+	\|attributes={{attributes\|A baby purple worm\|animal=1\|slithy=1\|nolimbs=1\|carnivore=1\|hostile=1}}
		+	\|reference=[[monst.c#line915]]
		+	}}
		+
		+	A '''baby purple worm''', {{monsym\|baby purple worm}}, is a type of [[monster]] in that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[slithy]], [[carnivorous]] [[animal]] that has a bite attack.
		+
		+	{{upcoming\|3.7.0\|Baby purple worms can sense [[shrieker]]s like their adult selves; while [[you]] are [[Polyself\|polymorphed]] into a baby purple worm, you are [[Warned of monster type\|warned of shriekers on the level]].}}
		+
		+	==Generation==
		+	Baby purple worms are always generated hostile.
		+
		+	In addition to random generation, adult [[purple worm]] eggs can hatch into baby purple worms.
		+
		+	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|If a shrieker would summon an adult purple worm with its shriek, a baby purple worm is generated instead if an adult would be out of depth.}}
		+
		+	==Strategy==
		+	Baby purple worms are not particularly remarkable monsters to encounter and can be dispatched with ease by most characters. A player willing to invest the time and energy into taming and raising one will be rewarded with a powerful pet in the purple worm, which can [[engulf]] monsters up to [[large]] size and instantly kill them via [[digestion]].
		+
		+	==Encyclopedia entry==
		+	{{encyclopedia\|<poem>
		+	A gargantuan version of the harmless rain-worm, the purple worm poses a huge threat to the ordinary adventurer. It is known to swallow whole and digest its victims within only a few minutes. These worms are always on guard, sensitive to the most minute vibrations in the earth, but may also be awakened by a remote shriek.
		+	</poem>}}
		+	{{nethack-367}}
		+	[[Category:Monsters]]

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−	~~{{monster~~	+	#REDIRECT [[purple worm]]
−	~~\|name=baby purple worm~~
−	~~\|symbol={{magenta\|w}}~~
−	~~\|tile=~~[[~~Image:baby~~ purple worm~~.png~~]]
−	~~\|difficulty=9~~
−	~~\|level=8~~
−	~~\|experience=113~~
−	~~\|speed=3~~
−	~~\|AC=5~~
−	~~\|MR=0~~
−	~~\|align= 0~~
−	~~\|frequency=Extremely rare(0)~~
−	~~\|genocidable=Yes~~
−	~~\|attacks=Bite: 1d6~~
−	~~\|weight=600~~
−	~~\|nutr= 250~~
−	~~\|size=large~~
−	~~\|resistances=None~~
−	~~\|resistances conveyed=None~~
−	~~\|attributes=no limbs~~
−
−	~~carnivore~~
−	}}
−
−	~~{{JAH}}~~
−
−	~~{{stub}}~~

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 {{monster
   |name=baby purple worm
-  |symbol={{purple|w}}
+  |symbol={{magenta|w}}
   |tile=[[Image:baby purple worm.png]]
   |difficulty=9