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In [[SpliceHack]], 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.

Convicts are always [[chaotic]], which overrides normal alignment restrictions, and can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]], or [[Vampire (starting race in SpliceHack)|vampires]].

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

* a [[cursed]] [[striped shirt]]
* some [[rock]]s

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

Orcish Convicts are exempt from the extra [[food]] given to orcs of most other roles, since there is no equipment replaced (as they barely have any at all).

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 SpliceHack have the following [[Skills (SpliceHack)|skills]] 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:'' [[Skills (SpliceHack)#Sunder|sunder]], [[Skills (SpliceHack)#Tumbling|tumbling]]
|-
| Skilled
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[dagger]], [[hammer]], [[dart]], [[sling]]
* ''Combat:'' [[bare hands]], [[two weapon combat]]
|-
| Expert
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[knife]], [[pick-axe]], [[club]], [[flail]]
* ''Spells:'' [[escape spells|escape]]
* ''Combat:'' [[Skills (SpliceHack)#Rat tamer|rat tamer]]
|}

Convicts start with no skills trained to ''Basic''. They use the intelligence stat to cast spells, and their [[special spell]] is {{+ of|teleport away}}.

==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.

Convicts cannot switch into other roles, though heroes of other roles can switch into Convict.

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 (DynaHack)|Luck Blade]], which is unaltered from the original patch.

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

==Quest==
{{main|Convict quest/SpliceHack}}
The Convict's quest sees them fight [[Warden Arianna]] for [[The Iron Ball of Liberation]], an [[artifact]] heavy iron ball that grants [[magic resistance]], [[stealth]], automatic searching, and [[warning]] while carried. [[Invoking]] The Iron Ball of Liberation chains the artifact to the Convict, unchaining any existing mundane iron ball if necessary, and grants [[phasing]] for 51-150 turns.

==Strategy==
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 The Convict's quest sees them fight [[Warden Arianna]] for [[The Iron Ball of Liberation]], an [[artifact]] heavy iron ball that grants [[magic resistance]], [[stealth]], automatic searching, and [[warning]] while carried. [[Invoking]] The Iron Ball of Liberation chains the artifact to the Convict, unchaining any existing mundane iron ball if necessary, and grants [[phasing]] for 51-150 turns.

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