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Umbire the Phantom: /* SlashTHEM */ typo

2026-05-18T08:01:48Z

‎SlashTHEM: typo

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ wards

2026-05-18T07:40:29Z

‎dNetHack: wards

Umbire the Phantom: un, dnh, xnh, them

2026-05-18T07:36:42Z

un, dnh, xnh, them

Umbire the Phantom: alright so there were a couple of things, lol - thankfully not too much more than that for vanilla, can safely focus on variants

2026-05-18T07:00:11Z

alright so there were a couple of things, lol - thankfully not too much more than that for vanilla, can safely focus on variants

Umbire the Phantom: and after all that, this is one of the easiest parts

2026-05-18T05:58:34Z

and after all that, this is one of the easiest parts

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks, tocright, *dnh

2025-12-13T13:50:09Z

tweaks, tocright, *dnh

Umbire the Phantom: /* Common traits */ detail

2025-05-29T13:28:26Z

‎Common traits: detail

Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ copyedit

2025-04-20T21:30:33Z

‎History: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: /* Common traits */ some smithing here

2024-07-12T09:44:40Z

‎Common traits: some smithing here

Umbire the Phantom: rephrase

2024-07-12T09:38:35Z

rephrase

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 ===SlashTHEM===
-SlashTHEM retains the blob added in SLASH'EM, and adds a few other new monsters to the group:
+SlashTHEM retains the blobs added in SLASH'EM, and adds a few other new monsters to the group:
 * {{red|b}} [[red blob]]

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	[[Alabaster elves]], [[Alabaster elf-elder]]s and [[sentinels of Mithardir]] have a mutual [[grudge]] with all blob monsters.		[[Alabaster elves]], [[Alabaster elf-elder]]s and [[sentinels of Mithardir]] have a mutual [[grudge]] with all blob monsters.
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		+	Blobs can be [[Ward (dNetHack)\|warded]] by the [[Elder Sign]] or [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Cerulean Sign\|the Cerulean Sign]].

	In the [[Mithardir]] variant of the [[Chaos Quest]], roughly half the monsters that are randomly generated in the catacombs level will be blobs.		In the [[Mithardir]] variant of the [[Chaos Quest]], roughly half the monsters that are randomly generated in the catacombs level will be blobs.

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 * {{monsymlink|static blob}}
 * {{monsymlink|burbling blob}}
 ===dNetHack===
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 * {{black|b}} [[pitch black cube]]
 * {{brightblue|b}} [[perfectly clear cube]]
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Common traits==
-Blobs are [[neutral]] [[amoeboid]]s that are [[unbreathing]] and lack any [[body parts]] such as limbs, eyes or heads. Each blob is generally slower-moving than an unburdened [[hero]], and they have a tendency to [[wander]] around while moving. Blobs that have non-[[passive]] attacks typically use [[touch attack]]s, and they possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
+Blobs are [[neutral]] [[amoeboid]]s that are [[unbreathing]] and lack a sense of [[smell]] or any [[body parts]] such as limbs, eyes or heads.{{refsrc|src/mondata.c|1512|nethack=5.0.0}} Each blob is generally slower-moving than an unburdened [[hero]], and they have a tendency to [[wander]] around while moving. Blobs are [[vegan]] to consume.{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|233|nethack=5.0.0}}
 ===Generation===
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 * {{cyan|b}} [[crystal ooze]]
 * {{orange|b}} [[blood bloater]]
 * {{brightgreen|b}} [[Shoggoth (dNetHack)|shoggoth]]
 * {{magenta|b}} [[priest of Ghaunadaur]]

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 {{tocright}}
-The '''blob''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is represented by the lowercase [[b]] glyph ({{white|b}}). Blobs are designated internally by the macro '''<tt>S_BLOB</tt>'''.{{refsrc|include/monsym.h|16|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+The '''blob''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]'', and is represented by the lowercase [[b]] glyph ({{white|b}}). Blobs are designated internally by the macro '''<tt>S_BLOB</tt>'''.{{refsrc|include/defsym.h|296|nethack=5.0.0}}
-The class contains the following monsters:{{refsrc|src/monst.c|145|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+The class contains the following monsters:{{refsrc|include/monsters.h|135|nethack=5.0.0}}
 * {{monsymlink|acid blob}}
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 ==Common traits==
-Blobs are [[neutral]] [[amoeboid]]s that are [[unbreathing]] and lack any [[body parts]] such as limbs, eyes or heads. Each blob is generally slower-moving than an un-hasted and unburdened [[hero]], and they have a tendency to [[wander]] around while moving. Blobs that have non-[[passive]] attacks typically use [[touch attack]]s, and possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
+Blobs are [[neutral]] [[amoeboid]]s that are [[unbreathing]] and lack any [[body parts]] such as limbs, eyes or heads. Each blob is generally slower-moving than an unburdened [[hero]], and they have a tendency to [[wander]] around while moving. Blobs that have non-[[passive]] attacks typically use [[touch attack]]s, and they possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
 ===Generation===
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 The acid blob and quivering blob first appear in Hack 1.21, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], while the gelatinous cube appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is also based on Jay Fenlason's Hack. In Hack 1.21, the acid blob uses the {{white|a}} glyph, while the quivering blob uses the {{white|Q}} glyph; in Hack for PDP-11, the quivering blob uses the {{white|q}} glyph, the gelatinous cube uses the {{white|q}} glyph, and the acid blob retains its previous glyph.
-All three are part of the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. The blob monster class is introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], and all three monsters are grouped into it under the current glyph.
+All three are part of the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. [[NetHack 3.0.0]] introduces the blob monster class and groups all three monsters into it under their current glyphs.
 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-[[SLASH'EM]] introduces a few new monsters to the monster class:
+[[SLASH'EM]] introduces a few monsters to the monster class:
 * {{monsymlink|jiggling blob}}
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 ===dNetHack===
-[[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] introduce several new monsters to the monster class:
+[[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] introduce several monsters to the monster class:
 * {{yellow|b}} [[blob of preserved organs]]
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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
-{{encyclopedia|<poem>
+{{encyclopedia|
 These giant amoeboid creatures look like nothing more than puddles of slime, but they both live and move, feeding on metal or wood as well as the occasional dungeon explorer to supplement their diet.
 But we were not on a station platform.  We were on the track ahead as the nightmare, plastic column of fetid black iridescence oozed tightly onward through its fifteen-foot sinus, gathering unholy speed and driving before it a spiral, re-thickening cloud of the pallid abyss vapor.  It was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster than any subway train -- a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and unforming as pustules of greenish light all over the tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic penguins and slithering over the glistening floor that it and its kind had swept so evilly free of all litter.
-{{right-align|[ At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft ]}}
+|[ At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft ]
-</poem>}}
+}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-367}}
+{{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Monster classes]]

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 ==Common traits==
-Blobs are [[neutral]] [[amoeboid]]s that are [[unbreathing]] and lack several [[body parts]]: they have no limbs, eyes or heads. Each blob is generally slower-moving than an unhasted and unburdened [[hero]], and they have a tendency to wander around while moving. Blobs have [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
+Blobs are [[neutral]] [[amoeboid]]s that are [[unbreathing]] and lack [[body parts]] such as limbs, eyes or heads. Each blob is generally slower-moving than an un-hasted and unburdened [[hero]], and they have a tendency to wander around while moving. Blobs that have non-[[passive]] attacks typically use [[touch]] attacks, and possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
 ===Generation===

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 ==History==
-The blob monster class first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]] - the acid blob, quivering blob and gelatinous cube all appear in previous versions of ''NetHack'', and NetHack 3.0.0 establishes the monster class and its current glyph to group them under.
+The acid blob and quivering blob first appear in Hack 1.21, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], while the gelatinous cube appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is also based on Jay Fenlason's Hack. In Hack 1.21, the acid blob uses the {{white|a}} glyph, while the quivering blob uses the {{white|Q}} glyph; in Hack for PDP-11, the quivering blob uses the {{white|q}} glyph, the gelatinous cube uses the {{white|q}} glyph, and the acid blob retains its previous glyph.
 ==Variants==