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In [[Hack'EM]], the '''Convict''' is a [[role]] available to the [[hero]] that is incorporated from the original [[Convict Role]] patch against [[NetHack 3.4.3]] by Karl Garrison. The Convict of Hack'EM takes more after [[Convict/dNetHack|the implementation of the role]] in [[dNetHack]] and its derivatives, with some elements from [[Convict/EvilHack|its implementation]] in [[EvilHack]] as well.

Convicts are always [[chaotic]], which overrides normal alignment restrictions, and can be played as any available race except for the [[Tortle (starting race)|tortle]].

==Starting inventory==
Each Convict starts with the following "equipment":

* an uncursed +0 [[spoon]]
* a [[cursed]] [[striped shirt]]
* some [[rock]]s

Convicts start with knowledge of the [[skeleton key]], the [[grappling hook]], all [[firearms]], and any applicable racial equipment.

[[Draugr (starting race)|Draugr]] and [[Orc (starting race)|orcish]] Convicts are exempt from the extra [[food]] given to orcs of most other roles, since there is no equipment or food replaced (as they barely have any equipment and no food at all). [[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]] convicts are given a cursed [[amulet of unchanging]] to inhibit their natural [[polymorph]] abilities and prevent the use of [[liquid leap]] to free themselves from their chains. Other race-specific items that would be given to a hero are not given to Convicts.

The Convict's default starting pet is a [[sewer rat]] named Nicodemus.

==Intrinsics==
Convicts gain the following intrinsic [[properties]] upon reaching the given [[experience level]]s:

*XL 1: [[Sickness resistance]]
*XL 7: [[Poison resistance]]
*XL 20: [[Automatic searching]]

==Attributes==
The Convict's starting [[attribute]]s are distributed as follows:

{| class="prettytable"
!| Attributes || [[Strength]] || [[Dexterity]] || [[Constitution]] ||[[Intelligence]] || [[Wisdom]] || [[Charisma]] || Remaining
|-
| Minimum attributes || 10 || 7 || 13 || 7 || 7 || 6 || 25
|-
| Distribution percentages || 20% || 20% || 20% || 20% || 10% || 10% ||
|}

==Skills==
Convicts in EvilHack that are not draugr have the following [[skill]]s available to them:
{| class="prettytable"
! colspan="2" style="font-size:larger" | Convict skills
|-
! Max !! Skills
|-
| Basic
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[mace]], [[short sword]]
* ''Spells:'' [[attack spells|attack]]
* ''Combat:'' [[riding]], [[Shield (skill)#EvilHack|shields]]
|-
| Skilled
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[dagger]], [[hammer]], [[dart]], [[broadsword]], [[sling]]
* ''Combat:'' [[thievery]], [[two weapon combat]]
|-
| Expert
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[knife]], [[pick-axe]], [[club]], [[flail]], [[firearms]]
* ''Spells:'' [[escape spells|escape]]
|}

Convicts start with ''Basic''' skill level in thievery. They use the intelligence stat to cast spells, and their [[special spell]] is {{+ of|teleport away}}.

Draugr Convicts instead have the following skills available to them:
{| class="prettytable"
! colspan="2" style="font-size:larger" | Convict skills
|-
! Max !! Skills
|-
| Basic
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[mace]], [[short sword]]
* ''Combat:'' [[riding]], [[Shield (skill)#EvilHack|shields]]
|-
| Skilled
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[hammer]], [[dart]], [[broadsword]], [[sling]]
* ''Combat:'' [[thievery]], [[two weapon combat]]
|-
| Expert
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[dagger]], [[pick-axe]], [[club]], [[flail]]
|}

Draugr Convicts are restricted in all [[spell]] skills since they lack the ability to spellcast.

==Techniques==
Convicts can learn the [[disarm]] [[technique]] by reaching Skilled in any weapon, but do not gain any techniques from their role.

==Special rules==
Convicts start the game [[punished]], with an [[alignment record]] of -10.

Convicts start each game with 200 [[nutrition]], and they burn nutrition at half the normal rate while they are at least hungry.

A Convict cannot [[tame]] [[domestic animal]]s with food, which renders them peaceful at most, but has a chance of pacifying or taming [[rat]]s by [[chatting]] to them.

Convicts can train the flail skill while using a heavy iron ball as a weapon.

[[Watchmen]], [[watch captain]]s and [[guard]]s that see an unpolymorphed Convict will become hostile.

Monsters of races that would normally be friendly to the hero will be generated hostile for Convicts.

==Rank titles==
The [[status line]] displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels:

*XL 1-2: Detainee
*XL 3-5: Inmate
*XL 6-9: Jail-bird
*XL 10-13: Prisoner
*XL 14-17: Outlaw
*XL 18-21: Crook
*XL 22-25: Desperado
*XL 26-29: Felon
*XL 30: Fugitive

==Gods==
{{main|Religion}}
The Convict pantheon is based on deities worshiped by the human inhabitants of Faerûn in the ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. Their first gift is [[Luck Blade (Hack'EM)|Luck Blade]].

* Lawful: [[Ilmater]]
* Neutral: [[Grumbar]]
* Chaotic: [[Tymora]]

==Quest==
{{main|Convict quest/Hack'EM}}
The Convict's quest sees them fight [[Warden Arianna]] for [[The Iron Spoon of Liberation]], an [[artifact]] spoon. The Iron Spoon of Liberation acts as a [[luck item]] while carried, and grants automatic searching, [[stealth]], blocks [[paralysis]] as with [[free action]], and adds its [[enchantment]] as a bonus to manual [[searching]] while [[wielded]]. As a weapon, The Iron Spoon of Liberation has +1d5 [[to-hit]] and double damage, and can be [[applied]] to [[dig]] as with other spoons. [[Engraving]] with the artifact has the same quality as using an [[athame]]. [[Invoking]] The Iron Spoon of Liberation grants temporary [[phasing]].

==Strategy==
{{todo|Add strategy specifically tailored to Hack'EM as a variant.}}
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[[Category:Convict patch]]
[[Category:SlashTHEM roles|Convict]]

Convict/Hack'EM - Revision history

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