Deepest one (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: and that covers the slash'em side...

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and that covers the slash'em side...

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Umbire the Phantom: and slash'em et. al. was easier than I thought they'd be

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and slash'em et. al. was easier than I thought they'd be

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{{ monster
|name=deepest one
|difficulty=33
|level=30
|experience=1188
|speed=15
|AC=−5
|MR=70
|align=−9
|frequency=1
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Claw 3d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], Claw 3d6 physical, [[Bite]] 5d6 physical
|resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]] (100%)
|resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]]
|attributes={{attributes|A deepest one|swim=1|amphibious=1|humanoid=1|omnivore=1|pois=1|thick=1|hostile=1|stalk=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|collect=1|prince=1|strong=1|magic=1|infravisible=1|infravision=1|traitor=1}}
|size=Huge
|nutr=500
|weight=3000
|reference=[[SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line843]]
}}
{{for|the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives|deepest one (dNetHack)}}
A '''deepest one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of monster that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deepest one, {{monsym|deeper one}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]].

Deepest ones are a type of huge [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deeper one (SLASH'EM)|deeper ones]]: they are [[strong]] like deeper ones in addition to their increased size, and are [[overlord]]s to their kind. [[Tame]] deepest ones may turn [[traitor]].

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

A deepest one [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]]. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, eating a deepest 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 deepest ones are always created hostile. A deeper one can [[grow up]] into a deepest one—in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, the change in body size will not break any currently worn [[suit]] of armor.

Deepest 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 ]
}}
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[[Category:Lethe patch]]
[[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]
[[Category:SlashTHEM monsters]]
[[Category:Hack'EM monsters]]

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 }}
 {{for|the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives|deepest one (dNetHack)}}
-A '''deepest one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of monster that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]], and [[Hack'EM]].
+A '''deepest one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]], and [[Hack'EM]].
 Deepest ones are a type of huge [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deeper one (SLASH'EM)|deeper ones]]: they are [[strong]] like deeper ones and [[thick-skinned]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[overlord]]s to their kind. [[Tame]] deepest ones may turn [[traitor]].

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 }}
 {{for|the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives|deepest one (dNetHack)}}
-A '''deepest one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of monster that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The deepest one, {{monsym|deeper one}}, also appears in [[SpliceHack]].
+A '''deepest one''', {{monsym|deeper one}}, is a type of monster that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]], and [[Hack'EM]].
 Deepest ones are a type of huge [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deeper one (SLASH'EM)|deeper ones]]: they are [[strong]] like deeper ones and [[thick-skinned]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[overlord]]s to their kind. [[Tame]] deepest ones may turn [[traitor]].

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   |genocidable=Yes
   |attacks=[[Claw attack|Claw]] 3d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], claw 3d6 physical, [[Bite attack|bite]] 5d6 physical
-  |resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]] (100%)
+  |resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]] (100%, SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM)<br/>[[Partial intrinsic|poison resistance]] (+33%, SpliceHack and Hack'EM)
   |resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]]
   |attributes={{attributes|A deepest one|swim=1|amphibious=1|humanoid=1|omnivore=1|pois=1|thick=1|hostile=1|stalk=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|collect=1|prince=1|strong=1|magic=1|infravisible=1|infravision=1|traitor=1}}
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 }}
 {{for|the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives|deepest one (dNetHack)}}
-A '''deepest one''', {{monsym|deepest one}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]], and [[Hack'EM]].
+A '''deepest one''', {{monsym|deepest one}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[Lethe patch]], [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]], and [[Hack'EM]]. The deepest one is a type of huge [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that is an even tougher variant of the [[Deep one (SLASH'EM)|deep one]] and [[Deeper one (SLASH'EM)|deeper one]]: they are [[strong]] like deeper ones and [[thick-skinned]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[overlord]]s to their kind. [[Tame]] deepest ones may turn [[traitor]].
-Deepest ones are a type of huge [[amphibious]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that are tougher variants of [[Deeper one (SLASH'EM)|deeper ones]]: they are [[strong]] like deeper ones and [[thick-skinned]] in addition to their increased size, and are [[overlord]]s to their kind. [[Tame]] deepest ones may turn [[traitor]].
+Deepest ones have two claw attack and a strong bite attack, and possess [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]] along with a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]].
-Deepest ones have two claw attack and a strong bite attack, and possess [[poison resistance]] and [[cold resistance]].
+A deepest one [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]]. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, eating a deepest one corpse or [[tin]] always grants poison resistance, while in SpliceHack and Hack'EM doing so grants {{frac|3}} (+33%) [[Partial intrinsic|additional poison resistance]].
 ==Generation==
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 Deepest 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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 [[Category:Lethe patch]]
 [[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]
 [[Category:SlashTHEM monsters]]
 [[Category:Hack'EM monsters]]