Cave Dweller - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-05-20T18:36:50Z

pothole

2026-05-05T04:07:17Z

‎Rank titles: rephrase

2026-05-05T02:22:01Z

‎Rank titles: gonna have to make these notes everywhere

2026-05-05T02:11:42Z

get the lead out for the lede

2026-05-05T02:05:29Z

Umbire the Phantom moved page Caveman to Cave Dweller over redirect: Reflect recent release of NetHack 5

2026-02-02T16:09:34Z

tweak

2026-02-02T15:58:04Z

‎UnNetHack: sick res

2026-02-02T15:54:45Z

‎UnNetHack: clarify and correct

2026-01-14T22:21:58Z

per my talk page

2026-01-13T12:56:09Z

‎Attributes: forgot lead-in

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 Cavepeople are restricted in most of the strong one-handed weapon skills, so the deterministic nature of lawful [[sacrifice gift]]s can be an advantage: your first gift is likely to be an [[artifact]] [[long sword]] that unrestricts the skill and grants access to [[Excalibur]], or even possibly one of the strongest artifact weapons in [[Grayswandir]]. In addition to the lower reliability of neutral sacrifice gifts, only humans and gnomes can be neutral Cavepeople, which carries the aforementioned drawbacks; [[The Sceptre of Might]] is also a stronger artifact in the hands of a lawful Caveperson, especially once you reach [[Gehennom]].
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Demonbane's base item is changed, first to a [[mace]] via {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}, then to a [[Silver mace (3.7.0)|silver mace]] via {{commit|67d58202ad84dd04ccfd6079fc2665e87ef80fc3}}, which means that a lawful Cave Dweller is no longer guaranteed to receive a long sword as their first gift.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Demonbane's base item is changed, first to a [[mace]] via {{commit|b1a5a9c3903a0282f82787d20fd70f13196e2465}}, then to a [[silver mace]] via {{commit|67d58202ad84dd04ccfd6079fc2665e87ef80fc3}}, which means that a lawful Cave Dweller is no longer guaranteed to receive a long sword as their first gift.
 Per {{commit|e8212743825365569b2162384eb653520b59c1d3}}, there is only a {{frac|30}} chance of a non-Knight receiving Excalibur by dipping.}}

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 ==Rank titles==
-The [[status line]] displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels, which are also used by the corresponding player monsters of the same [[monster level]]:{{refsrc|src/role.c|112|nethack=3.6.7}}
+The [[status line]] displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels, which are also used by player monsters of the same role and [[monster level]]:{{refsrc|src/role.c|112|nethack=3.6.7}}
 *XL 1-2: Troglodyte

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 ==Rank titles==
-The [[status line]] displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels:{{refsrc|src/role.c|112|nethack=3.6.7}}
+The [[status line]] displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels, which are also used by the corresponding player monsters of the same [[monster level]]:{{refsrc|src/role.c|112|nethack=3.6.7}}
 *XL 1-2: Troglodyte

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 {{tocright}}
-The '''Caveman''' or '''Cavewoman''', sometimes referred to as the '''Caveperson''' and abbreviated as '''Cav''', is one of the [[role]]s available for a [[hero]] in ''NetHack''. Their corresponding [[player monster]] is the {{monsymlink|caveman|variant=player monster}} (or cavewoman). The [[guidebook]] has little to say about Cavepeople:
+The '''Cave Dweller''', known informally as the '''Caveperson''' (or '''Cavepeople''') and abbreviated as '''Cav''', is one of the [[role]]s available for a [[hero]] in ''[[NetHack]]''. Male and female Cave Dwellers are known as '''Cavemen''' and '''Cavewomen''' respectively. Their corresponding [[player monster]] is the {{monsymlink|cave dweller|variant=player monster}}. The [[guidebook]] has little to say about Cave Dwellers:
 {{guidebook|Cavemen  and  Cavewomen start with exceptional strength but, unfortunately, with neolithic weapons.}}
-Cavepeople can be [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]] or [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], and can be [[lawful]] or [[neutral]].
+Cave Dwellers can be [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]] or [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], and can be [[lawful]] or [[neutral]].
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|0c3b9642e4207ed3c0b756585b83477f59116305}}, the role is known as the '''Cave Dweller''', with "Caveman" and "Cavewoman" as gendered role names.}}
 ==Starting equipment==

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 {{Caveman skill table}}
-Cavepeople start with ''Basic'' skill in clubs, slings and bare-handed combat. They use the intelligence stat to cast spells, and their [[special spell]] is {{+ of|dig}}.{{refsrc|src/role.c|151|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Cavepeople start with ''Basic'' skill in clubs, slings and bare-handed combat. They use the [[intelligence]] stat to cast spells, and their [[special spell]] is {{+ of|dig}}.{{refsrc|src/role.c|151|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==Special rules==

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 ===UnNetHack===
 {{main|Caveman/UnNetHack}}
-In [[UnNetHack]], Cavepeople have a {{frac|4}} chance of starting with a pet [[wolf]] and a {{frac|12}} chance of starting with a pet [[winter wolf cub]]&mdash;these chances are raised to {{frac|3|4}} and {{frac|4}} respectively if the player sets the option to always start with exotic pets.
+In [[UnNetHack]], Cavepeople can gain [[immunity to sickness]] by reaching experience level 10.
 Cavepeople reading scrolls will always produce the same results as other heroes reading that scroll while confused.

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 The means and standard deviations were calculated via simulation, whose source code can be found on [[Talk:Role#Initial attribute simulation code|the role article's talk page]], and assumes that all given roles are played as humans&mdash;non-human races will have different attribute means as a result of different attribute maximums.
-The following table summarizes the starting [[HP]] and [[energy]] values for each race of Caveman, as well as their bonuses upon gaining an experience level:
+Human Cavepeople start with 16 [[HP]] and 2 [[Pw]]. Dwarven Cavepeople start with 18 HP and 1 Pw. Gnomish Cavepeople start with 15 HP and 3 Pw.
 ==Skills==

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	The means and standard deviations were calculated via simulation, whose source code can be found on [[Talk:Role#Initial attribute simulation code\|the role article's talk page]], and assumes that all given roles are played as humans—non-human races will have different attribute means as a result of different attribute maximums.		The means and standard deviations were calculated via simulation, whose source code can be found on [[Talk:Role#Initial attribute simulation code\|the role article's talk page]], and assumes that all given roles are played as humans—non-human races will have different attribute means as a result of different attribute maximums.
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		+	The following table summarizes the starting [[HP]] and [[energy]] values for each race of Caveman, as well as their bonuses upon gaining an experience level:

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