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Umbire the Phantom: word choice

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word choice

Umbire the Phantom: pasto

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pasto

Umbire the Phantom: messages et. al.

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messages et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: paragraphing, grunt, un

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paragraphing, grunt, un

Umbire the Phantom: word choice

2026-05-22T01:49:28Z

word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ word choice

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‎Generation: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: kensei

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kensei

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ italics

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‎Origin: italics

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ make complete sentences

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‎EvilHack: make complete sentences

Umbire the Phantom: always missing something...

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always missing something...

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 Foxes live on every continent except Antarctica, and their global distribution, together with their widespread reputation for cunning, has contributed to their prominence in popular culture and folklore within many societies around the world. The hunting of foxes with packs of hounds is a long-established pursuit in Europe and especially in the British Isles, and was exported by European settlers to various parts of the New World&mdash;the practice is still alive as a form of recreation in several countries, though the United Kingdom bans the use of dogs in fox hunting.
-Many foxes adapt well to human environments, to the point several species are classified as "resident urban carnivores" for their ability to sustain populations entirely within urban boundaries, where they can live longer and can have smaller litter sizes. Urban foxes are ubiquitous in Europe, where they show altered behaviors compared to non-urban foxes, including increased population density, smaller territory, and pack foraging; however, they have been identified as threats to cats and small dogs, often resulting in pressure to exclude them from these environments. Foxes have been introduced in numerous locations, with varying effects on indigenous flora and fauna: in some countries, foxes are major predators of rabbits and hens, and they are also often considered pests for their opportunistic attacks on poultry and other small livestock. There are many records of domesticated red foxes and other species, but evidence of sustained domestication is rare.
+Many foxes adapt well in human environments to the point that several species of fox are classified as "resident urban carnivores" for their ability to sustain populations entirely within urban boundaries, where they can live longer and can have smaller litter sizes. Urban foxes are ubiquitous in Europe, where they show altered behaviors compared to non-urban foxes, including increased population density, smaller territory, and pack foraging; however, they have been identified as threats to cats and small dogs, often resulting in pressure to exclude them from these environments. Foxes have been introduced in numerous locations, with varying effects on indigenous flora and fauna: in some countries, foxes are major predators of rabbits and hens, and they are also often considered pests for their opportunistic attacks on poultry and other small livestock. There are many records of domesticated red foxes and other species, but evidence of sustained domestication is rare.
 The fox's role in folklore is often that of a trickster figure similar to the jackal or [[coyote]], serving as either a nuisance to the story, a misunderstood hero or a devious villain. Foxes in Western and Persian folklore being symbols of cunning based on their reputed ability to evade hunters; foxes in East Asian folklore are depicted as familiar spirits possessing magic powers that they use to trick other people, with the ability to disguise as an attractive female human, or else as mystical, sacred creatures who can bring wonder and/or ruin. Nine-tailed foxes appear in Chinese folklore, literature and mythology, where they can be a good or bad omen depending on the tale, with the motif also spreading to Japanese and Korean cultures.

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 ===GruntHack===
-In [[GruntHack]], foxes cannot be summoned by werejackals. Eating coyotes is not considered cannibalism for a hero with lycanthropy from a werejackal.
+In [[GruntHack]], foxes cannot be summoned by werejackals. Eating foxes is not considered cannibalism for a hero with lycanthropy from a werejackal.
 ===UnNetHack===

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 Many foxes adapt well to human environments, to the point several species are classified as "resident urban carnivores" for their ability to sustain populations entirely within urban boundaries, where they can live longer and can have smaller litter sizes. Urban foxes are ubiquitous in Europe, where they show altered behaviors compared to non-urban foxes, including increased population density, smaller territory, and pack foraging; however, they have been identified as threats to cats and small dogs, often resulting in pressure to exclude them from these environments. Foxes have been introduced in numerous locations, with varying effects on indigenous flora and fauna: in some countries, foxes are major predators of rabbits and hens, and they are also often considered pests for their opportunistic attacks on poultry and other small livestock. There are many records of domesticated red foxes and other species, but evidence of sustained domestication is rare.
-The fox's role in folklore is often that of a trickster figure similar to the jackal or [[coyote]], serving as either a nuisance to the story, a misunderstood hero or a devious villain. Foxes in Western and Persian folklore being symbols of cunning based on their reputed ability to evade hunters; foxes in East Asian folklore are depicted as familiar spirits possessing magic powers that they use to trick other people, with the ability to disguise as an attractive female human, or else as mystical, sacred creatures who can bring wonder and/or ruin. Nine-tailed foxes appear in Chinese folklore, literature, and mythology, where they can be a good or bad omen depending on the tale, with the motif spreading to Japanese and Korean cultures.
+The fox's role in folklore is often that of a trickster figure similar to the jackal or [[coyote]], serving as either a nuisance to the story, a misunderstood hero or a devious villain. Foxes in Western and Persian folklore being symbols of cunning based on their reputed ability to evade hunters; foxes in East Asian folklore are depicted as familiar spirits possessing magic powers that they use to trick other people, with the ability to disguise as an attractive female human, or else as mystical, sacred creatures who can bring wonder and/or ruin. Nine-tailed foxes appear in Chinese folklore, literature and mythology, where they can be a good or bad omen depending on the tale, with the motif also spreading to Japanese and Korean cultures.
 ==Variants==
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], foxes cannot be summoned by werejackals, but are summonable by [[werefox]]es (including their kitsune forms): werefoxes that call for help and summon hostile monsters have a {{frac|5|6}} chance of generating a fox per summoned monster&mdash;a hero that contracts lycanthropy from a werefox will both take on the form of a fox, and can spend 10 [[power]] to summon tame foxes with the same odds by using the [[Monster (command)|#monster]] [[extended command]]. Eating foxes is not considered cannibalism for a hero with lycanthropy from either werefoxes or werejackals.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], foxes cannot be summoned by werejackals, but are summonable by [[werefox]]es (including their kitsune forms): werefoxes that call for help and summon hostile monsters have a {{frac|5|6}} chance of generating a fox per summoned monster&mdash;a hero that contracts lycanthropy from a werefox will both transform into a fox randmoly, and can spend 10 [[power]] to summon tame foxes with the same odds by using the [[Monster (command)|#monster]] [[extended command]]. Eating foxes is not considered cannibalism for a hero with lycanthropy from either werefoxes or werejackals.
 Foxes can be warded by a [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Toustefna|Toustefna]] [[stave]] that is carved into a [[wooden]] weapon and placed on the hero's square, and that weapon will also [[Warned of monster type|warn of foxes and other canines]] while wielded.

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   |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-5.0.0_Released/include/monsters.h#L206 NetHack 5.0.0 - include/monsters.h, line 206]
 }}
-A '''fox''', {{monsym|fox}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The fox is a [[small]] and [[carnivorous]] [[canine]] [[animal]] that can be seen via [[infravision]], and is one of the earliest canines that a [[hero]] can encounter. [[Eating]] foxes is considered [[cannibalism]] for a [[hero]] that has [[lycanthropy]] from a [[werejackal]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|770-L777|nethack=5.0.0}}{{refsrc|src/were.c|78-L82|nethack=5.0.0}}
+A '''fox''', {{monsym|fox}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The fox is a [[small]] and [[carnivorous]] [[canine]] [[animal]] that can be seen via [[infravision]], and is one of the earliest canines that a [[hero]] can encounter.
 A fox has a single [[bite attack]].
 ==Generation==
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 Foxes can appear among the random {{white|d}} that are part of the second quest monster class for [[Yeomen]] and make up {{frac|6|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Yeoman quest]].
 ===dNetHack===

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 In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, foxes appear among the random {{white|d}} that are part of the first quest monster class for [[Ninja (role)|Ninjas]] and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Ninja quest]].
-A fox is generated in the village level of the [[Town]] branch during level creation.
+A fox is randomly placed in the village level of the [[Town]] branch during level creation.
 ===Hack'EM===
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 Foxes can appear among the random {{white|d}} that are part of the second quest monster class for [[Yeomen/Hack'EM|Yeomen]] and make up {{frac|6|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Yeoman quest, as they do in SLASH'EM. Similarly, foxes can also appear among the random {{white|d}} that are part of the first quest monster class for Infidels and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Infidel quest, as in EvilHack.
-A fox is generated in the village area of the Town branch during level creation, as in SlashTHEM.
+A fox is randomly placed in the village area of the Town branch during level creation, as in SlashTHEM.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated foxes are always hostile.
+Randomly-generated foxes are always created [[hostile]].
 Werejackals that call for help and summon hostile monsters have a {{frac|21}} chance of generating a fox per summoned monster{{refsrc|src/were.c|166|nethack=5.0.0}}&mdash;a hero that contracts lycanthropy from a werejackal can spend 10 [[power]] to summon tame foxes with the same odds by using the [[Monster (command)|#monster]] [[extended command]].

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 Foxes can be warded by a [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Toustefna|Toustefna]] [[stave]] that is carved into a [[wooden]] weapon and placed on the hero's square, and that weapon will also [[Warned of monster type|warn of foxes and other canines]] while wielded.
 Foxes can appear among the {{white|d}} that make up {{frac|10}} of monsters randomly generated in the [[Windowless Tower]] branch.
 ===EvilHack===

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 ==Origin==
 {{Wikipedia|Fox}}
-Foxes are omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family ''Canidae'', and are small to medium in size with a flattened skull shape, upright triangular ears, a pointed and slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species belong to the "true fox" group of genus ''[[Wikipedia:Vulpes|Vulpes]]''&mdash;the [[Wikipedia:red fox|red fox]] (Vulpes vulpes) is the most common and widespread species of fox, with about 47 recognized subspecies. Approximately 25 current or extinct species are either part of the [[Wikipedia:South American foxes|South American foxes]], or are part of the outlying group consisting of the [[Wikipedia:bat-eared fox|bat-eared fox]], [[Wikipedia:gray fox|gray fox]], and [[Wikipedia:island fox|island fox]].
+Foxes are omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family ''Canidae'', and are small to medium in size with a flattened skull shape, upright triangular ears, a pointed and slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species belong to the "true fox" group of genus ''[[Wikipedia:Vulpes|Vulpes]]''&mdash;the [[Wikipedia:red fox|red fox]] (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the most common and widespread species of fox, with about 47 recognized subspecies. Approximately 25 current or extinct species are either part of the [[Wikipedia:South American foxes|South American foxes]], or are part of the outlying group consisting of the [[Wikipedia:bat-eared fox|bat-eared fox]], [[Wikipedia:gray fox|gray fox]], and [[Wikipedia:island fox|island fox]].
 Foxes live on every continent except Antarctica, and their global distribution, together with their widespread reputation for cunning, has contributed to their prominence in popular culture and folklore within many societies around the world. The hunting of foxes with packs of hounds is a long-established pursuit in Europe and especially in the British Isles, and was exported by European settlers to various parts of the New World&mdash;the practice is still alive as a form of recreation in several countries, though the United Kingdom bans the use of dogs in fox hunting.

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], hero and monster werejackals have a {{frac|42}} chance of generating a tame or hostile fox per monster when calling for help, and eating foxes is considered cannibalism for a hero with lycanthropy from werejackals.
+In [[EvilHack]], hero and monster werejackals have a {{frac|42}} chance of generating a tame or hostile fox per monster when calling for help. Eating foxes is considered cannibalism for a hero with lycanthropy from werejackals.
 Foxes can appear among the random {{white|d}} that are part of the first quest monster class for [[Infidel]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Infidel quest]].

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 ==References==
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+{{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]