Good Neighbor - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-04-04T02:50:17Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: thought I fixed that...

2025-04-01T05:00:16Z

thought I fixed that...

ScienceBall: /* Origin */ Typo

2025-04-01T04:51:45Z

‎Origin: Typo

Umbire the Phantom: follow-up + other tweaks

2025-04-01T04:07:32Z

follow-up + other tweaks

Klepto: made small change regarding distinction between Benesozia and good neighbor

2025-04-01T04:04:25Z

made small change regarding distinction between Benesozia and good neighbor

Umbire the Phantom: couple bits I missed

2025-04-01T03:16:30Z

couple bits I missed

Umbire the Phantom: follow up

2025-04-01T03:02:21Z

follow up

Klepto: created page.

2025-04-01T02:36:44Z

created page.

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{{monster
|name=Good Neighbor
|symbol={{black|&}}
|tile=
|difficulty=39
|level=66
|experience=5376
|speed=16
|AC=-3
|MR=66
|align=0
|frequency=0
|genocidable=No
|attacks=Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Cast 0d0 [[mage spell]]
|weight=1740
|nutr=0
|size=medium
|resistances=
|resistances conveyed=
|attributes={{attributes
|The Good Neighbor|=
|fly=1
|humanoid=1
|seeinvis=1
|omnivore=1
|nopoly=1
|prince=1
|female=1
|wander=1
|strong=1
|collect=1
|magic=1
|infravisible=1
|nocorpse=1
|notame=1
}}
|reference=
}}

The '''Good Neighbor''' is a monster that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]].

Her symbol is a black {{black|&}}. She is a [[humanoid]] and is an [[overlord]] to her kind. She will be generated hostile, can [[see invisible]], can pick up and use weapons, [[fly]] and is not a valid polymorph form.

The good neighbor has four reach, 4d8 [[armor shredding]] attacks and casts magical spells.
The armor shredding attacks will disenchant an armor piece by one point if it hits. This destroys the target piece outright once it falls below -5 unless the armor in question is an artifact, in which case it avoids being shredded but not the disenchantment. The target piece of armor is chosen at random for every attack.

==Generation==
Only one good neighbor generates in the game and will be placed randomly somewhere on the sixth level of the lost cities in the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|neutral quest]] upon map generation.

==Strategy==
Engaging with The Good Neighbor in melee is dangerous due to her shredding reach attack which can quikly disenchant and destroy your armor. Although she only has a speed of 16 and AC of -3, her reach means that kiting in melee without getting hit by armor shredding infeasible without the use of a [[preservative engine]]. She can cast high level spells inlcuding [[touch of death]], [[curse items]] and [[life drain]] as well. Her [[acid rain]] spell may also destroy any scrolls, potions and books being carried in open inventory. A player can also find themselves repeatedly getting confused and unable to cast spells when hit by a [[doubt bolt]].

The notable lack of resistances besides player-style [[magic resistance]] allows for the use of elemental attack spells as a viable way to kill her without entering her range or putting her to sleep with the help of the wand or spell, though any magical attack will still be subject to her MR score of 66. Using a boulder fort will trivialize her reach attack and block line of sight preventing constant spell spam cursing items and destroying scrolls and potions. This may also help diminish the barrage of [[open wounds]] cast by the abundance of witches and their familiars present on the level. She can only be warded off by [[Ward(dNetHack)|heptagrams]] but may still hit the player before fleeing while approaching due to her reach.

==Madness==
On death the Good neighbour will permanently afflict the player with the Masks of Nyarlathotep [[sanity|madness]], causing monsters killed to sometimes reveal their true form, turning into a random [[U|unknown abomination]], becoming far more likely at low sanity. Summons are exempt from this effect.

==Origin==
The good neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent". In his account he also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phonetical similarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed", or good neighbor. This probably does not reflect what the phrase would have sounded like in the original gaulish but rather the later indo-european pronounciation.

In issue #76 of Dragon, Bensozia, the Queen of Hell, is described as a human appearing devil who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment.

dNetHack also draws inspiration from the Cthulhu mythos, loosely associating the Good Neigbor with the outer god Nyarlathotep, god of a thousand forms. In the Cthulhu mythos Nyarlathotep is an eldritch deity that acts as a messanger and harbinger to the outer gods spreading their influence over the world. The Good Neighbor is implied to either be one of the forms taken on by it or an avatar, in order to propagate the witch cult present on the level. The Good Neighbor has a unique death message which also reflects this idea.

[[Category:dNethack]]
[[Category:dNethack Alignment Quests]]
[[Category:DNethack Neutral Quest]]
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 The '''Good Neighbor''', {{black|&}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. She is a [[unique]] [[Demon (monster class)|demon-like]] [[humanoid]] that is [[fey]] and a Great Old One, and is an [[overlord]] to her kind. She is [[strong]] and capable of [[flight]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via infravision, has a tendency to wander, and will pick up weapons, armor and [[magical item]]s that she comes across. The Good Neighbor has 13 points of effective [[AC]]: six each are in the natural and protection categories, with the remaining point in the dodge category. She cannot be made [[tame]].
-The Good Neighbor has four [[armor shredding]] reach attacks and the ability to cast one [[dNetHack monster spells|mage monster spell]] during each of her turns.
+The Good Neighbor has four [[armor-shredding]] reach attacks and the ability to cast one [[dNetHack monster spells|mage monster spell]] during each of her turns.
 Killing the Good Neighbour will permanently afflict the [[hero]] with the "Masks of Nyarlathotep" [[madness]], which has a chance of causing any non-summoned monster they kill to "reveal their true form" and turn into a random [[unknown abomination]], with the chance increasing steadily at lower sanity.

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 ==Origin==
-The Good Neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phonetical similarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
+The Good Neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phonetic similarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
 Bensozia appears in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where she debuts in issue #76 of ''Dragon'' Magazine as the Queen of Hell: she is described as a devil with a human appearance who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is a consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment.

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 ==Origin==
-The Good Neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phoneticalsimilarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
+The Good Neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phonetical similarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
 Bensozia appears in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where she debuts in issue #76 of ''Dragon'' Magazine as the Queen of Hell: she is described as a devil with a human appearance who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is a consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment.

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 ==Origin==
-The good neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phoneticalsimilarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
+The Good Neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phoneticalsimilarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
-In issue #76 of ''Dragon'' Magazine, Bensozia, the Queen of Hell, is described as a devil with a human appearance who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is a consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment. Although sharing the same namesake, in dNetHack the Good Neighbor is a distinct entity from the devil referenced in the magazine.
+Bensozia appears in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', where she debuts in issue #76 of ''Dragon'' Magazine as the Queen of Hell: she is described as a devil with a human appearance who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is a consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment.
-dNetHack also draws inspiration for the Good Neighbor from the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], loosely associating her with the outer god Nyarlathotep, god of a thousand forms. In the Cthulhu Mythos, Nyarlathotep is an eldritch deity that acts as a messenger and harbinger to the outer gods spreading their influence over the world. The Good Neighbor of dNetHack and its variants is implied to either be an avatar or one of its many forms taken on in order to propagate witch cults like the one that the hero encounters, which is further implied by her unique death message.
+dNetHack also draws inspiration for the Good Neighbor from the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], loosely associating her with the outer god Nyarlathotep, god of a thousand forms. In the Cthulhu Mythos, Nyarlathotep is an eldritch deity that acts as a messenger and harbinger to the outer gods spreading their influence over the world. The Good Neighbor of dNetHack and its variants is implied to either be an avatar or one of its many forms taken on in order to propagate witch cults like the one that the hero encounters, which is further implied by her unique death message&mdash;she is also a distinct entity from Bensozia as described above.
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 The good neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phoneticalsimilarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
-In issue #76 of ''Dragon'' Magazine, Bensozia, the Queen of Hell, is described as a devil with a human appearance who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is a consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment.
+In issue #76 of ''Dragon'' Magazine, Bensozia, the Queen of Hell, is described as a devil with a human appearance who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is a consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment. Although sharing the same namesake, in dNetHack the Good Neighbor is a distinct entity from the devil referenced in the magazine.
 dNetHack also draws inspiration for the Good Neighbor from the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], loosely associating her with the outer god Nyarlathotep, god of a thousand forms. In the Cthulhu Mythos, Nyarlathotep is an eldritch deity that acts as a messenger and harbinger to the outer gods spreading their influence over the world. The Good Neighbor of dNetHack and its variants is implied to either be an avatar or one of its many forms taken on in order to propagate witch cults like the one that the hero encounters, which is further implied by her unique death message.

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 }}
-The '''Good Neighbor''', {{black|&}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. She is a [[unique]] [[Demon (monster class)|demon-like]] [[humanoid]] that is [[fey]] and a Great Old One, and is an [[overlord]] to her kind. She is [[strong]] and capable of [[flight]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via infravision, has a tendency to wander, and will pick up weapons, armor and [[magical item]]s that she comes across. The Good Neighbor has 13 points of effective [[AC]]: six each are in the natural and protection categories, with the remaining point in the She cannot be made [[tame]].
+The '''Good Neighbor''', {{black|&}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. She is a [[unique]] [[Demon (monster class)|demon-like]] [[humanoid]] that is [[fey]] and a Great Old One, and is an [[overlord]] to her kind. She is [[strong]] and capable of [[flight]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via infravision, has a tendency to wander, and will pick up weapons, armor and [[magical item]]s that she comes across. The Good Neighbor has 13 points of effective [[AC]]: six each are in the natural and protection categories, with the remaining point in the dodge category. She cannot be made [[tame]].
 The Good Neighbor has four [[armor shredding]] reach attacks and the ability to cast one [[dNetHack monster spells|mage monster spell]] during each of her turns.
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   |MR=66
   |align=0
-  |frequency=0
+  |frequency=Unique
   |genocidable=No
   |attacks=Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Reach 4d8 [[armor shredding]], Cast 0d0 [[mage spell]]
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   |resistances=
   |resistances conveyed=
-  |attributes={{attributes
+  |attributes={{attributes|The Good Neighbor|fly=1|humanoid=1|seeinvis=1|omnivore=1|nopoly=1|prince=1|female=1|wander=1|strong=1|collect=1|magic=1|infravisible=1|nocorpse=1|notame=1}}
   |reference=
 }}
-The '''Good Neighbor''' is a monster that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]].
+The '''Good Neighbor''', {{black|&}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. She is a [[unique]] [[Demon (monster class)|demon-like]] [[humanoid]] that is [[fey]] and a Great Old One, and is an [[overlord]] to her kind. She is [[strong]] and capable of [[flight]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via infravision, has a tendency to wander, and will pick up weapons, armor and [[magical item]]s that she comes across. The Good Neighbor has 13 points of effective [[AC]]: six each are in the natural and protection categories, with the remaining point in the She cannot be made [[tame]].
-Her symbol is a black {{black|&}}. She is a [[humanoid]] and is an [[overlord]] to her kind. She will be generated hostile, can [[see invisible]], can pick up and use weapons, [[fly]] and is not a valid polymorph form.
+The Good Neighbor has four [[armor shredding]] reach attacks and the ability to cast one [[dNetHack monster spells|mage monster spell]] during each of her turns.
-The good neighbor has four reach, 4d8 [[armor shredding]] attacks and casts magical spells.
+Killing the Good Neighbour will permanently afflict the [[hero]] with the "Masks of Nyarlathotep" [[madness]], which has a chance of causing any non-summoned monster they kill to "reveal their true form" and turn into a random [[unknown abomination]], with the chance increasing steadily at lower sanity.
 ==Generation==
-Only one good neighbor generates in the game and will be placed randomly somewhere on the sixth level of the lost cities in the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|neutral quest]] upon map generation.
+The Good Neighbor is not a valid target for genocide or polymorph.
 ==Strategy==
-Engaging with The Good Neighbor in melee is dangerous due to her shredding reach attack which can quikly disenchant and destroy your armor. Although she only has a speed of 16 and AC of -3, her reach means that kiting in melee without getting hit by armor shredding infeasible without the use of a [[preservative engine]]. She can cast high level spells inlcuding [[touch of death]], [[curse items]] and [[life drain]] as well. Her [[acid rain]] spell may also destroy any scrolls, potions and books being carried in open inventory. A player can also find themselves repeatedly getting confused and unable to cast spells when hit by a [[doubt bolt]].
+The Good Neighbor has a solid 16 [[speed]], and engaging with her in melee is dangerous due to her shredding attack, which can quickly disenchant and destroy your armor&mdash;this makes kiting infeasible without the use of a [[preservative engine]]. She can cast high-level spells including [[touch of death]], [[curse items]] and [[life drain]], and her [[acid rain]] spell may also destroy any scrolls, potions and books being carried in open inventory. A player can also find themselves repeatedly getting confused and unable to cast spells when hit by a [[doubt bolt]].
-==Madness==
+The notable lack of resistances besides player-style [[magic resistance]] allows for the use of elemental attack spells as a viable way to kill her without entering her range or putting her to sleep with the help of the wand or spell, though any magical attack will still be subject to her MR score of 66. Using a boulder fort will trivialize her reach attack and block line of sight preventing constant spell spam cursing items and destroying scrolls and potions. This may also help diminish the barrage of [[open wounds]] cast by the abundance of witches and [[Witch's familiar|their familiars]] present on the level. She can only be warded off by [[heptagram]]s but may still hit the player before fleeing while approaching due to her reach.
 ==Origin==
-The good neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent". In his account he also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phonetical similarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed", or good neighbor. This probably does not reflect what the phrase would have sounded like in the original gaulish but rather the later indo-european pronounciation.
+The good neighbor is loosely based on Bensozia, a mythological figure traced back to the Gauls and associated with witchcraft. Jacques de Martin, the 18th century french benedictine monk, discusses Bensozia as being a major moon deity described as "malevolent, sometimes benevolent", and also mentions the names Herodias, Nocticula and Diana as being similarly associated with this figures' worship. The name's origin supposedly comes from the phoneticalsimilarity to a phrase closely associated with her worship, loosely "bon(a) socia/sosed" or "good neighbor". This probably reflects the later Indo-European pronunciation rather than the original Gaulish.
-dNetHack also draws inspiration from the Cthulhu mythos, loosely associating the Good Neigbor with the outer god Nyarlathotep, god of a thousand forms. In the Cthulhu mythos Nyarlathotep is an eldritch deity that acts as a messanger and harbinger to the outer gods spreading their influence over the world. The Good Neighbor is implied to either be one of the forms taken on by it or an avatar, in order to propagate the witch cult present on the level. The Good Neighbor has a unique death message which also reflects this idea.
+In issue #76 of ''Dragon'' Magazine, Bensozia, the Queen of Hell, is described as a devil with a human appearance who is coldly polite and haughty in nature. She is a consort to Asmodeus and mother to Glasya, Princess of Hell. The story goes that Levistus killed Bensozia and was in turn imprisoned in a block of ice as punishment.
-[[Category:dNethack]]
+dNetHack also draws inspiration for the Good Neighbor from the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], loosely associating her with the outer god Nyarlathotep, god of a thousand forms. In the Cthulhu Mythos, Nyarlathotep is an eldritch deity that acts as a messenger and harbinger to the outer gods spreading their influence over the world. The Good Neighbor of dNetHack and its variants is implied to either be an avatar or one of its many forms taken on in order to propagate witch cults like the one that the hero encounters, which is further implied by her unique death message.
-[[Category:dNethack Alignment Quests]]
+{{variant-343}}
-[[Category:DNethack Neutral Quest]]
+[[Category:dNetHack monsters]]
-[[Category:DNetHack_monsters]]
+[[Category:notdNetHack monsters]]