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{{monster
|name=Gollum
|symbol={{black|h}}
|tile=
|difficulty=
|level=16
|experience=
|speed=10
|AC=-5
|MR=0
|align=-6
|frequency=Unique
|genocidable=No
|attacks=Weapon 1d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], weapon 1d6, touch 1d2 (poison)
|weight=500
|nutr=200
|size=Small
|resistances=[[Poison resistance]]
|resistances conveyed=[[Poison resistance]]
|attributes={{attributes|Gollum|humanoid=1|omnivore=1|seeinvis=1|pois=1|nopoly=1|pname=1|strong=1|stalk=1|hostile=1|nasty=1|male=1|collect=1|jewels=1|magic=1|wantsarti=1|waitforu=1}}
|reference={{sourcecode|monst.c|5120|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
}}
{{for|the monster in EvilHack|Gollum (EvilHack)}}
'''Gollum''', {{black|h}}, is a [[Defunct features (SLASH'EM)|defunct]] [[monster]] that exists in the code of [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. He is a [[unique]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that serves as the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Hobbit quest]] in [[SLASH]], an ancestral version of SLASH'EM: there, he guards both the [[Bell of Opening]] and the [[Hobbit (starting race)|Hobbit]] [[quest artifact]], [[The One Ring]]. The Hobbit quest became defunct when SLASH adopted the [[Wizard Patch]] and became SLASH'EM, and the Hobbit role and other similar roles were translated into playable [[race]]s like the [[Elf (role)|Elf]] of [[NetHack 3.3.0]]—the data for Gollum has been retained and commented out in every iteration of SLASH'EM since.

Gollum is a [[strong]] and [[omnivorous]] [[humanoid]] creature that desires the hero's quest artifact, will also pick up any [[gem]]s, [[magical item]]s and other objects that he comes across, and can also follow the [[hero]] to other levels if he is adjacent like other quest nemeses. Gollum has two weapon attacks and a [[poisonous]] [[touch attack]] that can drain [[strength]], but lacks any means to steal back the quest artifact if the hero obtains it without killing him. He possesses [[poison resistance]].

Gollum is poisonous to consume, and eating his corpse or tin has a chance of granting poison resistance.

==Generation==
Gollum is always generated hostile, and is not a valid polymorph form or genocide target.
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 '''Gollum''', {{black|h}}, is a [[Defunct features (SLASH'EM)|defunct]] [[monster]] that exists in the code of [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. He is a [[unique]] [[Humanoid (monster class)|humanoid]] that serves as the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Hobbit quest]] in [[SLASH]], an ancestral version of SLASH'EM: there, he guards both the [[Bell of Opening]] and the [[Hobbit (starting race)|Hobbit]] [[quest artifact]], [[The One Ring]]. The Hobbit quest became defunct when SLASH adopted the [[Wizard Patch]] and became SLASH'EM, and the Hobbit role and other similar roles were translated into playable [[race]]s like the [[Elf (role)|Elf]] of [[NetHack 3.3.0]]&mdash;the data for Gollum has been retained and commented out in every iteration of SLASH'EM since.
-Gollum is a [[strong]] and [[omnivorous]] [[humanoid]] creature that desires the hero's quest artifact, will also pick up any [[gem]]s, [[magical item]]s and other objects that he comes across, and can also follow the [[hero]] to other levels if he is adjacent like other quest nemeses. Gollum has two weapon attacks and a [[poisonous]] [[touch attack]] that can drain [[strength]], but lacks any means to steal back the quest artifact if the hero obtains it without killing him. He possesses [[poison resistance]].
+Gollum is a [[strong]] and [[omnivorous]] [[humanoid]] creature that desires the hero's quest artifact, will also pick up any [[gem]]s, [[magical item]]s and other objects that he comes across, and can also follow the [[hero]] to other levels if he is adjacent like other quest nemeses. Gollum has two weapon attacks and a [[touch attack]] that can inflict [[strength]]-draining [[poison]], but lacks any means to steal back the quest artifact if the hero obtains it without killing him. He possesses [[poison resistance]].
 Gollum is poisonous to consume, and eating his corpse or tin has a chance of granting poison resistance.

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 Eventually banished from his family and hobbit-hole, Smeagol wandered in loneliness up the River, using the invisibility of the Ring to survive by catching and eating raw fish. Some time later, he made his way to a cave in the Misty Mountains from which the stream ran&mdash;there, the Ring's malignant influence twisted his appearance and mind, prolonging his life well beyond its normal span with the murder of Déagol haunting him the entire time. For over four hundred years, "Gollum" managed to live on a small island surrounded by a subterranean lake; he would prey upon any raw fish he caught from his small raft, along with goblins from the nearby Goblin-town. Meanwhile, he had developed a habit of talking to the Ring and reassuring himself that it turned up to him so it could be his "Birthday Present" and his "precious".
-Gollum eventually became so disfigured and grotesque in appearance and mentality that by the time he encountered [[Bilbo Baggins]], he was afflicted with almost complete madness. ''[[wikipedia:The Hobbit|The Hobbit]]'' details Bilbo's encounter with Gollum and subsequent theft of the Ring (which Bilbo may well have been aided in by the Ring itself). Gollum would eventually leave the caves in pursuit of Bilbo and the Ring, encountering Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring&mdash;in events that span much of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, Gollum leads Frodo into Mordor and betrays him to [[Shelob]], and eventually he finally seizes the Ring from Frodo in Sammath Naur; in his euphoria, he loses his balance and fell into the fires of Mount Doom, destroying both him and the Ring for good.
+Gollum eventually became so disfigured and grotesque in appearance and mentality that by the time he encountered [[Bilbo Baggins]], he was afflicted with almost complete madness. ''[[wikipedia:The Hobbit|The Hobbit]]'' details Bilbo's encounter with Gollum and subsequent theft of the Ring (which Bilbo may well have been aided in by the Ring itself). Gollum would eventually leave the caves in pursuit of Bilbo and the Ring, encountering Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring&mdash;in events that span much of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, Gollum leads Frodo into Mordor and betrays him to [[Shelob]], and eventually he finally seizes the Ring from Frodo in Sammath Naur; in his euphoria, he loses his balance and falls into the fires of Mount Doom, destroying both him and the Ring for good.
 [[Category:SLASH monsters]]
 [[Category:Defunct features (SLASH'EM)]]
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 ==Generation==
 Gollum is always generated hostile, and is not a valid polymorph form or genocide target.
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 [[Category:SLASH monsters]]
 [[Category:Defunct features (SLASH'EM)]]
 [[Category:Deferred and defunct features (SlashTHEM)]]

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   |frequency=Unique
   |genocidable=No
-  |attacks=Weapon 1d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], weapon 1d6, touch 1d2 (poison)
+  |attacks=Weapon 1d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], Weapon 1d6 physical, [[Touch]] 1d2 [[poison]] ([[strength]])
   |weight=500
   |nutr=200