Convict/dNetHack - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: leprechauns - surprisingly no drawbacks stacked atop the usual fare

2026-04-13T19:49:32Z

leprechauns - surprisingly no drawbacks stacked atop the usual fare

Umbire the Phantom: chiro, fix fragment, etc.

2025-10-12T20:02:18Z

chiro, fix fragment, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: *ndnh, todo

2025-05-23T10:52:05Z

*ndnh, todo

Umbire the Phantom: /* Special rules */ detail

2025-05-23T10:34:18Z

‎Special rules: detail

Umbire the Phantom: /* Gods */ crowning

2025-05-23T10:32:45Z

‎Gods: crowning

Umbire the Phantom: /* Special rules */ inheritor

2025-05-22T13:34:19Z

‎Special rules: inheritor

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ tweak todo

2025-05-22T11:19:58Z

‎Strategy: tweak todo

Umbire the Phantom: /* Quest */ detail artifact

2025-05-22T03:14:57Z

‎Quest: detail artifact

Umbire the Phantom: /* Special rules */ guards, etc.

2025-05-22T00:32:37Z

‎Special rules: guards, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ plop old vamp info here

2025-05-22T00:07:00Z

‎Strategy: plop old vamp info here

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], 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. In dNetHack, they can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]], [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]], [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]], [[Half-dragon (starting race)|half-dragons]], [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifiers]], [[Chiropteran (starting race)|chiropterans]], or [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]]. In notdNetHack, they can be played as [[Salamander (starting race)|salamanders]] in addition to the above races, while in notnotdNetHack they can be played as salamanders or [[Octopode (starting race)|octopodes]] in addition to the above races.
+Convicts are always [[chaotic]], which overrides normal alignment restrictions. In dNetHack, they can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]], [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]], [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]], [[Half-dragon (starting race)|half-dragons]], [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifiers]], [[Chiropteran (starting race)|chiropterans]], or [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]]. In notdNetHack, they can be played as [[Leprechaun (starting race)|leprechauns]] and [[Salamander (starting race)|salamanders]] in addition to the above races, while in notnotdNetHack they can additionally be played as [[Octopode (starting race)|octopodes]].
 {{todo|Add a bit more detail about salamander and octopode Convicts below.}}
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 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). Drow Convicts are from fallen houses, and are not given any additional items as drow of most other roles are.
+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). Drow Convicts are from fallen houses, and are not given any additional items as drow of most other roles are. Leprechaun Convicts will be given at least 2000 [[gold]].
-The Convict's default starting pet is a [[sewer rat]] named Nicodemus.
+The Convict's default starting [[pet]] is a [[sewer rat]] named Nicodemus.
 ==Intrinsics==

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], 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. In dNetHack, they can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]], [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]], [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]], [[Half-dragon (starting race)|half-dragons]], [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifiers]], [[Chiropteran (starting race)|chiropterans]], or [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]]. In notdNetHack, they can be played as [[Salamander (starting race)|salamanders]] in addition to the above races, while in [[notnotdNetHack]] they can be played as salamanders or [[Octopode (starting race)|octopodes]] in addition to the above races.
+Convicts are always [[chaotic]], which overrides normal alignment restrictions. In dNetHack, they can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]], [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]], [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]], [[Half-dragon (starting race)|half-dragons]], [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifiers]], [[Chiropteran (starting race)|chiropterans]], or [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]]. In notdNetHack, they can be played as [[Salamander (starting race)|salamanders]] in addition to the above races, while in notnotdNetHack they can be played as salamanders or [[Octopode (starting race)|octopodes]] in addition to the above races.
 {{todo|Add a bit more detail about salamander and octopode Convicts below.}}
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 ==Special rules==
-Convicts start the game [[punished]], with an [[alignment record]] of -10, a [[sin]] counter of 16, and a hod counter of 6 (with 11 needed for a [[Hod Sephirah]] to generate).
+Convicts start the game [[punished]], with an [[alignment record]] of -10, a [[sin]] counter of 16, and a hod counter of 6 (with 11 needed for a [[Hod Sephirah]] to generate). Chiropteran Convicts will have the weight of their chained [[heavy iron ball]] set to 1600 aum.
 Convicts start each game with 600 [[nutrition]] if they are an incantifier and 200 nutrition otherwise, and they burn nutrition at half the normal rate while they are at least hungry.
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 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 that are not [[polymorph]]ed can train the flail skill while using a heavy iron ball as a weapon, and can make [[Sneak attack (dNetHack)|sneak attacks]] using spoons unless they are.
+Convicts that are not [[polymorph]]ed can train the flail skill while using a heavy iron ball as a weapon, and can make [[Sneak attack (dNetHack)|sneak attacks]] while using a spoon as a melee weapon.
 Convicts only gain 1 point of [[luck]] per [[luck item]] in their inventory, up to a maximum of +3 (which is the amount granted by a non-cursed luck item for other roles).

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], 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]], [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]], [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]], [[Half-dragon (starting race)|half-dragons]], [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifiers]], [[Chiropteran (starting race)|chiropterans]], or [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]].
+Convicts are always [[chaotic]], which overrides normal alignment restrictions. In dNetHack, they can be played as [[Human (starting race)|humans]], [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]], [[Elf (starting race)|elves]], [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|drow]], [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampires]], [[Half-dragon (starting race)|half-dragons]], [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifiers]], [[Chiropteran (starting race)|chiropterans]], or [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]]. In notdNetHack, they can be played as [[Salamander (starting race)|salamanders]] in addition to the above races, while in [[notnotdNetHack]] they can be played as salamanders or [[Octopode (starting race)|octopodes]] in addition to the above races.
 ==Starting inventory==

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 Monsters of races that would normally be friendly to the hero will be generated hostile for Convicts.
-A Convict [[descendant]] will have their inherited artifact placed in their [[Quest]] branch as opposed to beginning the game with it, while their experience gain is reduced to {{frac|2}}, and the increase in effective depth is applied upon reaching experience level 14 rather than immediately as with other descendants&mdash;starting attribute reductions are applied as normal.
+A Convict [[descendant]] will have their inherited artifact placed in the locate level their [[Quest]] branch as opposed to beginning the game with it, while their experience gain is reduced to {{frac|2}}, and the increase in effective depth is applied upon reaching experience level 14 rather than immediately as with other descendants&mdash;starting attribute reductions are applied as normal.
 ==Rank titles==

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 * Neutral: [[Grumbar]]
 * Chaotic: [[Tymora]]
 ==Quest==

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	Monsters of races that would normally be friendly to the hero will be generated hostile for Convicts.		Monsters of races that would normally be friendly to the hero will be generated hostile for Convicts.
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		+	A Convict [[descendant]] will have their inherited artifact placed in their [[Quest]] branch as opposed to beginning the game with it, while their experience gain is reduced to {{frac\|2}}, and the increase in effective depth is applied upon reaching experience level 14 rather than immediately as with other descendants—starting attribute reductions are applied as normal.

	==Rank titles==		==Rank titles==

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 ==Strategy==
-{{todo|Writeup in the section below applies primarily to 2017 dnh - update, and write other parts from scratch to be applicable to the most recent versions of dNetHack.}}
+{{todo|Writeup in the section below applies primarily to 2017 dnh - update, and write other parts from scratch to be applicable to the most recent versions of dNetHack and its derivatives.}}
 ===Vampiric Convicts===
 Vampires get the advantage of being able to fly, so you will never take damage when going downstairs with the iron ball (wielded or not). The sickness resistance is not very useful for food, but it may be useful late-game. Unless you get incredibly lucky, you will most likely not make it to turn 600 without fainting.

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

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 ==Strategy==
-{{todo|Write from scratch to be applicable to dNetHack.}}
+{{todo|Writeup in the section below applies primarily to 2017 dnh - update, and write other parts from scratch to be applicable to the most recent versions of dNetHack.}}
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