Human (monster) - Revision history

Ray Chason: Include the female tile

2026-05-12T23:36:53Z

Include the female tile

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ stranger

2026-04-28T02:54:56Z

‎dNetHack: stranger

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2025-08-19T08:01:34Z

tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ copyedit

2025-02-23T14:06:38Z

‎dNetHack: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: lede

2025-02-23T14:05:54Z

lede

Umbire the Phantom: *dnh, pothole

2025-01-19T19:52:34Z

*dnh, pothole

Ion frigate: i believe this is related to twoweaponing, like with dwarves

2024-12-30T09:00:47Z

i believe this is related to twoweaponing, like with dwarves

Ion frigate: this is how i discovered this in a real game; now if i could only find out why that random revival happens (it also happens on VotD, but corpses there are player monsters rather than humans)

2024-12-30T07:50:21Z

this is how i discovered this in a real game; now if i could only find out why that random revival happens (it also happens on VotD, but corpses there are player monsters rather than humans)

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ cap

2024-12-16T03:44:39Z

‎dNetHack: cap

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit, *dnh

2024-12-16T03:42:22Z

copyedit, *dnh

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 {{monster
   |name=human
-  |tile=[[Image:Human.png]]
+  |tile=[[Image:Human.png]] [[Image:human_female.png]]
   |difficulty=2
   |level=0

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], items derived from humans appear in the starting inventory of several races and roles:
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], items derived from humans appear in the starting inventory of certain races and roles:
 * [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire]] [[hero]]es are given [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|human blood]] as a replacement for the following items in their role's starting inventory: [[food ration]]s, [[cram ration]]s, [[potions of fruit juice]], [[tripe ration]]s, [[banana]]s, [[orange]]s, and [[potions of booze]].
 * All [[Samurai/dNetHack|Samurai]] start the game with a human [[Mask (dNetHack)|mask]] that is made of [[mithril]] for [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]] and made of [[iron]] otherwise.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 }}
-A '''human''', {{monsym|human}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The human serves as the base monster for the [[corpse]] left by [[Human (starting race)|human]] [[hero]]es, [[human zombie]]s, [[human mummies]], [[vampire]]s and [[vampire lord]]s. Humans are [[strong]] [[omnivore]]s that can be seen via [[infravision]] and will pick up weapons, food and other items that they come across.
+A '''human''', {{monsym|human}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The human serves as the base monster for [[Human (starting race)|human]] [[hero]]es, and provides the [[corpse]] left by human heroes, [[human zombie]]s, [[human mummies]], [[vampire]]s, and [[vampire lord]]s. Humans are [[strong]] [[omnivore]]s that can be seen via [[infravision]] and will pick up weapons, food and other items that they come across.
 A human has a single weapon attack.
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 ==Murder and monster humans==
-Strangely, killing ''any'' standard human, even a hostile one, will be considered [[murder]] for a lawful character. This occurs because the following conditions must be met for murder penalties to apply:
+Strangely, killing ''any'' standard human, even a hostile one, will be considered [[murder]] for a lawful hero. This occurs because the following conditions must be met for murder penalties to apply:
-* The player must not be [[chaotic]]
+* The hero must not be [[chaotic]]
 * The monster killed must be [[human (monster attribute)|of human type]]
-* The monster killed must not be a [[player monster]]
+* The monster killed must ''not'' be a [[player monster]]
 * The monster killed must not always be generated [[hostile]]
 * Killing the monster must produce a ''non-positive'' change in [[alignment record]] for the player
-For a non-chaotic character, the first four conditions are always met, since humans are not always generated hostile. However, they are also not guaranteed to be peaceful: they will always be hostile to a lawful hero, and have a {{frac|2}} chance of being peaceful to a neutral hero. Because of [[alignment record#Alignment gains from killing monsters|the way alignment gain works]], killing a ''hostile'' human will be considered murder for lawfuls, since killing a cross-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster adjusts the player's alignment record by <code>malign</code> - this represents the monster's alignment, which in the case of the neutral human is ''zero'' and thus neither positive nor negative. The human is the only monster for which these conditions can align.
+For a non-chaotic character, the first four conditions are always met, since humans are not always generated hostile. However, they are also not guaranteed to be peaceful: they will always be hostile to a lawful hero, and have a {{frac|2}} chance of being peaceful to a neutral hero. Because of [[alignment record#Alignment gains from killing monsters|the way alignment gain works]], killing a ''hostile'' human will be considered murder for lawfuls, since killing a cross-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster adjusts the player's alignment record by <tt>malign</tt>&mdash;this represents the monster's alignment, which in the case of the neutral human is ''zero'' and thus neither positive nor negative. The human is the only monster for which these conditions can align.
-For a neutral hero, killing a hostile human will not be considered murder, as the alignment gain from killing a co-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster is <code>max(3, malign)</code>, or 3 - killing a ''peaceful'' human will still be considered murder as normal.
+For a neutral hero, killing a hostile human will not be considered murder, as the alignment gain from killing a co-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster is <code>max(3, malign)</code>, or 3: killing a ''peaceful'' human will still be considered murder as normal.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|cd91d0630b4aac8b502713715b29a696ece5d765}}, killing standard humans no longer incurs murder penalties.}}

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], items from humans appear in the starting inventory of several races and roles:
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], items derived from humans appear in the starting inventory of several races and roles:
-* [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampire]] [[hero]]es are given [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|human blood]] as a replacement for the following items in their role's starting inventory: [[food ration]]s, [[cram ration]]s, [[potions of fruit juice]], [[tripe ration]]s, [[banana]]s, [[orange]]s, and [[potions of booze]].
+* [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire]] [[hero]]es are given [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|human blood]] as a replacement for the following items in their role's starting inventory: [[food ration]]s, [[cram ration]]s, [[potions of fruit juice]], [[tripe ration]]s, [[banana]]s, [[orange]]s, and [[potions of booze]].
 * All [[Samurai/dNetHack|Samurai]] start the game with a human [[Mask (dNetHack)|mask]] that is made of [[mithril]] for [[Yuki-onna (starting race)|yuki-onna]] and made of [[iron]] otherwise.

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 }}
-A '''human''', {{monsym|human}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. Humans are [[strong]] [[omnivore]]s that can be seen via [[infravision]] and will pick up weapons, food and other items&mdash;they serve as the base monster for the [[corpse]] left by [[Human (starting race)|human]] [[hero]]es, [[human zombie]]s, [[human mummies]], [[vampire]]s and [[vampire lord]]s.
+A '''human''', {{monsym|human}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The human serves as the base monster for the [[corpse]] left by [[Human (starting race)|human]] [[hero]]es, [[human zombie]]s, [[human mummies]], [[vampire]]s and [[vampire lord]]s. Humans are [[strong]] [[omnivore]]s that can be seen via [[infravision]] and will pick up weapons, food and other items that they come across.
 A human has a single weapon attack.

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 ===SLASH'EM===
 In [[SLASH'EM]], corpses created at level generation have a small chance per turn of spontaneously reviving, and [[Grund's Stronghold]] is guaranteed to contain a human corpse.  It is thus possible (albeit rare) to encounter a live human there; lawful characters should be aware that, as mentioned above, killing said human will be considered murder.
 ===dNetHack===

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 ==Variants==
 ===dNetHack===
 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampire]] [[hero]]es are given [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|human blood]] as a replacement for the following items in their role's starting inventory: [[food ration]]s, [[cram ration]]s, [[potions of fruit juice]], [[tripe ration]]s, [[banana]]s, [[orange]]s, and [[potions of booze]].

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 }}
-A '''human''', {{monsym|human}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It serves as the base monster for the [[corpse]] left by [[Human (starting race)|human]] characters, [[human zombie]]s or [[human mummies]].
+A '''human''', {{monsym|human}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. Humans are [[strong]] [[omnivores]] that can be seen via [[infravision]] and will pick up weapons, food and other items&mdash;they serve as the base monster for the [[corpse]] left by [[Human (starting race)|human]] [[hero]]es, [[human zombie]]s, [[human mummies]], [[vampire]]s and [[vampire lord]]s.
 ==Generation==
 Standard humans are [[Normal mechanism|not randomly generated]].
-A human zombie or human mummy will leave an aged human [[corpse]] behind upon death;{{refsrc|src/mon.c|147|nethack=3.6.7|name="undead_to_corpse"|comment=Converting monster index of undead to corpses of their living counterparts}}{{refsrc|src/mon.c|372|nethack=3.6.7|name="make_corpse"|comment=Undead corpses and their ages are handled with other "special" death drops}} player humans that are killed and leave [[bones]] will have a human corpse atop their grave, unless they were killed by certain monsters, [[stoned]] or else [[disintegrated]]. Humans can be generated by zapping a [[wand of undead turning]] at a human corpse that is ''not'' left by a human zombie or mummy, or else selecting humans while reading a [[cursed]] [[scroll of genocide]].
+A human zombie, human mummy, vampire, or vampire lord will leave an aged human [[corpse]] behind upon death;{{refsrc|src/mon.c|147|nethack=3.6.7|name="undead_to_corpse"|comment=Converting monster index of undead to corpses of their living counterparts}}{{refsrc|src/mon.c|372|nethack=3.6.7|name="make_corpse"|comment=Undead corpses and their ages are handled with other "special" death drops}} human heroes that are killed and leave [[bones]] will have a human corpse atop their grave, unless they were killed by certain monsters, [[stoned]] or else [[disintegrated]]. Humans can be generated by zapping a [[wand of undead turning]] at a human corpse that is ''not'' left by an [[undead]] monster, or else by selecting humans while reading a [[cursed]] [[scroll of genocide]].
-The [[Wizard of Yendor]] may create a clone of himself in the guise of a human via the [[Double Trouble]] [[monster spell]], which is one of the few instances a player can encounter the monster without creating one themselves.{{refsrc|src/wizard.c|51|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+The [[Wizard of Yendor]] may create a clone of himself in the guise of a human via the [[Double Trouble]] [[monster spell]], which is one of the few instances where the monster can be encountered without the hero creating any themselves.{{refsrc|src/wizard.c|51|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|524ae27c990e7d097c7513d6c0218c98dbd62684}}, human corpses generated as part of fake [[bones]] on [[trap]]s have a {{frac|24|25}} chance of being replaced with a [[player monster]] corpse.}}
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 * Killing the monster must produce a ''non-positive'' change in [[alignment record]] for the player
-For a non-chaotic character, the first four conditions are always met, since humans are not always generated hostile. However, they are also not guaranteed to be peaceful: they will always be hostile to a lawful character, and have a 50% chance of being peaceful to a neutral character. Because of [[alignment record#Alignment gains from killing monsters|the way alignment gain works]], killing a ''hostile'' human will be considered murder for lawfuls, since killing a cross-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster adjusts the player's alignment record by <code>malign</code> - this represents the monster's alignment, which in the case of the neutral human is ''zero'' and thus neither positive nor negative. The human is the only monster for which these conditions can align.
+For a non-chaotic character, the first four conditions are always met, since humans are not always generated hostile. However, they are also not guaranteed to be peaceful: they will always be hostile to a lawful hero, and have a {{frac|2}} chance of being peaceful to a neutral hero. Because of [[alignment record#Alignment gains from killing monsters|the way alignment gain works]], killing a ''hostile'' human will be considered murder for lawfuls, since killing a cross-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster adjusts the player's alignment record by <code>malign</code> - this represents the monster's alignment, which in the case of the neutral human is ''zero'' and thus neither positive nor negative. The human is the only monster for which these conditions can align.
-For a neutral character, killing a hostile human will not be considered murder, as the alignment gain from killing a co-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster is <code>max(3, malign)</code>, or 3 - killing a ''peaceful'' human will still be considered murder as normal.
+For a neutral hero, killing a hostile human will not be considered murder, as the alignment gain from killing a co-aligned "sometimes peaceful" monster is <code>max(3, malign)</code>, or 3 - killing a ''peaceful'' human will still be considered murder as normal.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|cd91d0630b4aac8b502713715b29a696ece5d765}}, killing standard humans no longer incurs murder penalties.}}
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 ==History==
 The human first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==