Gnome (monster class) - Revision history

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Umbire the Phantom: style guide on variant templates

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 'What is the trouble, Alaraba?'  said Ramon Alonzo.
 'White magic.  Run!'  said the gnome ..
-                        [ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]
+{{right-align|[ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]}}
 "Muggles have garden gnomes, too, you know," Harry told Ron as they crossed the lawn.
-"Yeah, I've seen those things they think are gnomes," said Ron, bent double with his head in a peony bush, "like fat little Santa Clauses with fishing rods..."
+"Yeah, I've seen those things they think are gnomes," said Ron, bent double with his head in a peony bush, "like fat little Santa Clauses with fishing rods ..."
 There was a violent scuffling noise, the peony bush shuddered, and Ron straightened up.  "This is a gnome," he said grimly.
 "Geroff me! Gerroff me!" squealed the gnome.

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 * {{brightmagenta|G}} [[hellfire colossus]]
 * {{red|G}} [[hellfire orb]]
-* {{yellow|G}} [[clockwork automaton]]
+* {{yellow|G}} [[Gizmo#Clockwork_automaton|clockwork automaton]]
 * {{yellow|G}} [[colossal clockwork war-machine]]
 * {{magenta|G}} [[Ruggo the Gnome High King]]

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 Gnomes are [[small]], [[omnivorous]] [[humanoid]] monsters that have [[infravision]] and can be seen with infravision. Naturally, all monsters in the monster class have the [[Gnome (monster attribute)|gnome]] [[monster attribute]].
-Hostile gnomes will collect items that they are capable of using such as weapons, armor and wands.
+Hostile gnomes will collect items that they are capable of using, such as [[weapon]]s, [[armor]] and [[wand]]s.
 ===Generation===
-Randomly generated monsters from the gnome monster class are always peaceful towards [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomish]] and [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarvish]] characters, and will be hostile towards the other playable races.
+Randomly generated monsters from the gnome monster class are always peaceful towards [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomish]] and [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarvish]] [[hero]]es, and will be hostile towards heroes of other races.
 Several monsters from the gnome class are generated within the [[Gnomish Mines]] at level creation, including the following instances of random gnomes:
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 A gnome placed at level creation has a chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a single [[candle]]: the chance is {{frac|20}} if they are in the [[Gnomish Mines]], and {{frac|60}} otherwise.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|777|nethack=3.6.7}} The candle has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of being tallow and a {{frac|4}} chance of being wax, and will be lit if the gnome is generated in a dark area.
-Gnomes with weapon attacks that are not generated on the [[Rogue level]] have a chance of being generated with one of the five default weapon sets: 3-14 [[dart]]s, a [[crossbow]] and 3-14 [[crossbow bolt]]s, a [[bow]] and 3-14 [[arrow]]s, a stack of 3-5 [[dagger]]s, or an [[aklys]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|512|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name="default"|common=Default set of cases for monster weapon generation}} The chance is {{frac|5|14}} for standard gnomes, {{frac|5|12}} for gnome lords, and {{frac|2}} for gnome kings.
+Gnomes with weapon attacks that are not generated on the [[Rogue level]] have a chance of being generated with one of the five default weapon sets: 3-14 [[dart]]s, a [[crossbow]] and 3-14 [[crossbow bolt]]s, a [[bow]] and 3-14 [[arrow]]s, a stack of 3-5 [[dagger]]s, or an [[aklys]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|512|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name="default"|comment=Default set of cases for monster weapon generation}} The chance is {{frac|5|14}} for standard gnomes, {{frac|5|12}} for gnome lords, and {{frac|2}} for gnome kings.
 ==Strategy==
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 * {{monsym|Gnome king}} Gnome kings become {{monsym|ogre}} [[ogre]]s
-Note that these substitutions only affect monsters ''explicitly'' specified as part of level generation - if a random {{white|h}} or {{white|G}} is called for, that monster will be generated as normal, even if the monster chosen is one of the above monsters. Some of the substitutions are rare or impossible:
+Note that these substitutions only affect monsters ''explicitly'' specified as part of level generation - if a random {{white|G}} is called for, that monster will be generated as normal, even if the monster chosen is one of the above monsters. Some of the substitutions are also quite rare:
 * Two gnomish wizards are generated in all variants of Minetown, as well as in The Gnome King's Wine Cellar variant of Mines' End. These wizards will be replaced with orc shamans, but otherwise this substitution will not be seen.
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 ===dNetHack===
-[[dNetHack]] expands the monster class to include [[gizmo]]s: Gizmos are nonliving machine monsters that share the same glyph, but are not considered gnomish monsters and typically do not share traits with them (though some gnomes can create gizmo monsters). dNetHack adds several other new monsters to the monster class as well:
+[[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] expand the monster class to include [[gizmo]]s: Gizmos are nonliving machine monsters that share the same glyph, but are not considered gnomish monsters and typically do not share traits with them (though some gnomes can create gizmo monsters). dNetHack and its variants add several other new monsters to the monster class as well:
 * {{green|G}} [[clockwork soldier]]

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 ===SpliceHack===
-[[SpliceHack]] does not add any new monsters to the gnome monster class, but gives gnolls [[Gnoll (SpliceHack)|their own monster class]] and accompanying glyph, {{white|9}}, rather than making them a part of the gnome monster class as in SLASH'EM and some other variants based on it.
+[[SpliceHack]] does not add any new monsters to the gnome monster class, but gives gnolls [[Gnoll (SpliceHack)|their own monster class]] and accompanying glyph, {{white|9}}, rather than making them a part of the gnome monster class as in SLASH'EM and some other variants.
 ===GnollHack===

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 ===GruntHack===
-In [[GruntHack]], gnomes are eligible to generate as the various [[racial monster]]s that appear in the dungeon. Gnomish wizards are replaced by [[Mage (GruntHack)|mages]]; gnome lords and kings are replaced by [[Lord (GruntHack)|lords and ladies]] as well as [[King (GruntHack)|kings and queens]].
+In [[GruntHack]], gnomes are an eligible race for the various [[racial monster]]s that appear in the dungeon: gnomish wizards are replaced by [[Mage (GruntHack)|mages]], while gnome lords are replaced by [[Lord (GruntHack)|lords and ladies]], and gnome kings are replaced by [[King (GruntHack)|kings and queens]].
 ===dNetHack===

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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-367|offset=1}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Monster classes]]

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 * {{yellow|G}} [[gnoll shaman]]
-For gnomish and dwarvish characters, the normally peaceful gnomes in the Mines are mostly replaced with hostile undead, with the following substitutions made for monsters generated at level creation:{{refsrc|sp_lev.c|854|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+For gnomish and dwarvish characters, the normally peaceful gnomes and other friendly monsters in the Mines are mostly replaced with hostile undead, with the following substitutions made for gnomish monsters generated at level creation:{{refsrc|sp_lev.c|854|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 * {{monsym|Gnome}} Gnomes become {{monsym|Gnome zombie}} [[gnome zombie]]s

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 ==Common traits==
-Gnomes are [[small]], [[omnivorous]] [[humanoid]] monsters that have [[infravision]] and can be seen with infravision. All monsters in the monster class have the [[Gnome (monster attribute)|gnome]] [[monster attribute]].
+Gnomes are [[small]], [[omnivorous]] [[humanoid]] monsters that have [[infravision]] and can be seen with infravision. Naturally, all monsters in the monster class have the [[Gnome (monster attribute)|gnome]] [[monster attribute]].
 Hostile gnomes will collect items that they are capable of using such as weapons, armor and wands.

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	The gnome lady and gnome queen are separate monsters from gnome lords and kings, rather than female versions of gnome lords and gnome kings.		The gnome lady and gnome queen are separate monsters from gnome lords and kings, rather than female versions of gnome lords and gnome kings.
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		+	===SpliceHack===
		+	[[SpliceHack]] does not add any new monsters to the gnome monster class, but gives gnolls [[Gnoll (monster class)\|their own monster class]] and accompanying glyph, {{white\|9}}, rather than making them a part of the gnome monster class as in SLASH'EM and other variants based on it.

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