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{{ monster
|name=deeper one
|difficulty=18
|level=15
|experience=388
|speed=12
|AC=0
|MR=30
|align=−7
|frequency=2
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Claw 3d4 [[Physical damage|physical]], Claw 3d4 physical, [[Bite]] 4d6 physical
|resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]] (100%)
|resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]]
|attributes={{attributes|A deeper one|sgroup=1|swim=1|amphibious=1|humanoid=1|omnivore=1|pois=1|hostile=1|stalk=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|collect=1|lord=1|strong=1|magic=1|infravisible=1|infravision=1|traitor=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=500
|weight=2000
|reference=[[SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line834]]
}}
{{for|the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives|deeper one (dNetHack)}}
A '''deeper one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of monster that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deeper one, {{brightgreen|h}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]].

Deeper ones are a type of large [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep ones]], and are [[strong]] in addition to their increased size. [[Tame]] deeper ones may turn [[traitor]].

Deeper ones have two claw attack and a strong bite attack, and possess [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].

A deeper one [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]]. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, eating a deep one corpse or [[tin]] always grants poison resistance, while in SpliceHack and Hack'EM doing so grants {{frac|2|9}} (+22%) [[Partial intrinsic|additional poison resistance]].

==Generation==
Randomly-generated deep ones are always created hostile, and can appear in large [[group]]s. A deep one can [[grow up]] into a deeper one, and a deeper one can grow up into a [[Deepest one (SLASH'EM)|deepest one]]—in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, the change in body size from the former instance will not break any currently worn [[suit]] of armor.

Deeper ones can appear among the random {{white|h}} that are part of the first quest [[monster class]] for [[Caveman/SLASH'EM|Cavepeople]] and make up {{frac|24|175}} of monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Caveman quest]].

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|Deep One}}
The Deep Ones are creatures in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. The beings first appeared in Lovecraft's 1931 novella ''[[Wikipedia:The Shadow over Innsmouth|The Shadow over Innsmouth]]'', but were already hinted at in the 1917 short story [[Wikipedia:Dagon (short story)|"Dagon"]]. The Deep Ones are a race of intelligent ocean-dwelling creatures, approximately human-shaped but with a fishy appearance, and the males would regularly mate with human women against their will, creating societies of hybrids along the coast.

Despite being primarily marine creatures, Deep Ones can survive on land for extended periods of time and possess biological immortality, never dying except by accident or violence. The Deep One portrayed in Dagon is of a vastly larger size than the roughly human-scaled beings seen in Innsmouth, and the wider Cthulhu Mythos implies that Deep Ones continuously grow throughout their lives, hence their size changing when they grow up in SLASH'EM and other variants.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
For eighty thousand years Pth'thya-l'yi had lived in Y'ha-nthlei,
and thither she had gone back after Obed Marsh was dead.
Y'ha-nthlei was not destroyed when the upper-earth men shot death
into the sea. It was hurt, but not destroyed. The Deep Ones
could never be destroyed, even though the palaeogean magic of the
forgotten Old Ones might sometimes check them. For the present
they would rest; but some day, if they remembered, they would
rise again for the tribute Great Cthulhu craved.
|[ The Shadow Over Innsmouth, by H.P. Lovecraft ]
}}
{{slashem-7E7|offset=1}}
{{variant-343}}
[[Category:Lethe patch]]
[[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]
[[Category:SlashTHEM monsters]]
[[Category:Hack'EM monsters]]

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 A '''deeper one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deeper one, {{brightgreen|h}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The deeper one is a type of large [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of the [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep one]]: they are [[strong]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[Lord (monster attribute)|lords]] to their kind. [[Tame]] deeper ones may turn [[traitor]].
-Deeper ones have two [[claw attack]]s and a strong [[bite attack]], and possess [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].
+Deeper ones have two [[claw attack]]s and a strong [[bite attack]], and possess [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]] along with a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]].
 A deeper one [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]]. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, eating a deeper one corpse or [[tin]] always grants poison resistance, while in SpliceHack and Hack'EM doing so grants {{frac|2|9}} (+22%) [[Partial intrinsic|additional poison resistance]].

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   |genocidable=Yes
   |attacks=[[Claw attack|Claw]] 3d4 [[Physical damage|physical]], claw 3d4 physical, [[Bite attack|bite]] 4d6 physical
-  |resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]] (100%)
+  |resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]] (100%, SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM)<br/>[[Partial intrinsic|poison resistance]] (+22%, SpliceHack and Hack'EM)
   |resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]]
   |attributes={{attributes|A deeper one|sgroup=1|swim=1|amphibious=1|humanoid=1|omnivore=1|pois=1|hostile=1|stalk=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|collect=1|lord=1|strong=1|magic=1|infravisible=1|infravision=1|traitor=1}}
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 }}
 {{for|the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives|deeper one (dNetHack)}}
-A '''deeper one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deeper one, {{brightgreen|h}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]]. Deeper ones are a type of large [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep ones]]: they are [[strong]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[Lord (monster attribute)|lords]] to their kind. [[Tame]] deeper ones may turn [[traitor]].
+A '''deeper one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deeper one, {{brightgreen|h}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The deeper one is a type of large [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of the [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep one]]: they are [[strong]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[Lord (monster attribute)|lords]] to their kind. [[Tame]] deeper ones may turn [[traitor]].
 Deeper ones have two [[claw attack]]s and a strong [[bite attack]], and possess [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].
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 Deeper ones can appear among the random {{white|h}} that are part of the first quest [[monster class]] for [[Caveman/SLASH'EM|Cavepeople]] and make up {{frac|24|175}} of monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Caveman quest]].
 ==Origin==

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 }}
 {{for|the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives|deeper one (dNetHack)}}
-A '''deeper one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of monster that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deeper one, {{brightgreen|h}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]].
+A '''deeper one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deeper one, {{brightgreen|h}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]].
 Deeper ones are a type of large [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep ones]]: they are [[strong]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[Lord (monster attribute)|lords]] to their kind. [[Tame]] deeper ones may turn [[traitor]].

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 A '''deeper one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of monster that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deeper one, {{brightgreen|h}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]].
-Deeper ones are a type of large [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep ones]], and are [[strong]] in addition to their increased size. [[Tame]] deeper ones may turn [[traitor]].
+Deeper ones are a type of large [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep ones]]: they are [[strong]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[Lord (monster attribute)|lords]] to their kind. [[Tame]] deeper ones may turn [[traitor]].
 Deeper ones have two claw attack and a strong bite attack, and possess [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].
-A deeper one [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]]. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, eating a deep one corpse or [[tin]] always grants poison resistance, while in SpliceHack and Hack'EM doing so grants {{frac|2|9}} (+22%) [[Partial intrinsic|additional poison resistance]].
+A deeper one [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]]. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, eating a deeper one corpse or [[tin]] always grants poison resistance, while in SpliceHack and Hack'EM doing so grants {{frac|2|9}} (+22%) [[Partial intrinsic|additional poison resistance]].
 ==Generation==
-Randomly-generated deep ones are always created hostile, and can appear in large [[group]]s. A deep one can [[grow up]] into a deeper one, and a deeper one can grow up into a [[Deepest one (SLASH'EM)|deepest one]]&mdash;in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, the change in body size from the former instance will not break any currently worn [[suit]] of armor.<!--verify for these variants and splice/hack'em-->
+Randomly-generated deeper ones are always created hostile, and can appear in large [[group]]s. A deep one can [[grow up]] into a deeper one, and a deeper one can grow up into a [[Deepest one (SLASH'EM)|deepest one]]&mdash;in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, the change in body size for each growth stage will not break any currently worn [[suit]] of armor.<!--verify for these variants and splice/hack'em-->
 Deeper ones can appear among the random {{white|h}} that are part of the first quest [[monster class]] for [[Caveman/SLASH'EM|Cavepeople]] and make up {{frac|24|175}} of monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Caveman quest]].