Leprechaun - Revision history

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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-The Irish Leprechaun is the Faeries' shoemaker and is known under various names in different parts of Ireland: Cluricaune in Cork, Lurican in Kerry, Lurikeen in Kildare and Lurigadaun in Tipperary.  Although he works for the Faeries, the Leprechaun is not of the same species.  He is small, has dark skin and wears strange clothes.  His nature has something of the manic-depressive about it:  first he is quite happy, whistling merrily as he nails a sole on to a shoe; a few minutes later, he is sullen and morose, drunk on his home-made heather ale.  The Leprechaun's two great loves are tobacco and whiskey, and he is a first-rate con-man, impossible to out-fox.  No one, no matter how clever, has ever managed to cheat him out of his hidden pot of gold or his magic shilling.  At the last minute he always thinks of some way to divert his captor's attention and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye.|[ A Field Guide to the Little People by Nancy Arrowsmith & George Moorse ]
+The Irish Leprechaun is the Faeries' shoemaker and is known under various names in different parts of Ireland: Cluricaune in Cork, Lurican in Kerry, Lurikeen in Kildare and Lurigadaun in Tipperary.  Although he works for the Faeries, the Leprechaun is not of the same species.  He is small, has dark skin and wears strange clothes.  His nature has something of the manic-depressive about it:  first he is quite happy, whistling merrily as he nails a sole on to a shoe; a few minutes later, he is sullen and morose, drunk on his home-made heather ale.  The Leprechaun's two great loves are tobacco and whiskey, and he is a first-rate con-man, impossible to out-fox.  No one, no matter how clever, has ever managed to cheat him out of his hidden pot of gold or his magic shilling.  At the last minute he always thinks of some way to divert his captor's attention and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye.
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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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-The Irish Leprechaun is the Faeries' shoemaker and is known under various names in different parts of Ireland: Cluricaune in Cork, Lurican in Kerry, Lurikeen in Kildare and Lurigadaun in Tipperary.  Although he works for the Faeries, the Leprechaun is not of the same species.  He is small, has dark skin and wears strange clothes.  His nature has something of the manic-depressive about it:  first he is quite happy, whistling merrily as he nails a sole on to a shoe; a few minutes later, he is sullen and morose, drunk on his home-made heather ale.  The Leprechaun's two great loves are tobacco and whiskey, and he is a first-rate con-man, impossible to out-fox.  No one, no matter how clever, has ever managed to cheat him out of his hidden pot of gold or his magic shilling.  At the last minute he always thinks of some way to divert his captor's attention and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye.
+The Irish Leprechaun is the Faeries' shoemaker and is known under various names in different parts of Ireland: Cluricaune in Cork, Lurican in Kerry, Lurikeen in Kildare and Lurigadaun in Tipperary.  Although he works for the Faeries, the Leprechaun is not of the same species.  He is small, has dark skin and wears strange clothes.  His nature has something of the manic-depressive about it:  first he is quite happy, whistling merrily as he nails a sole on to a shoe; a few minutes later, he is sullen and morose, drunk on his home-made heather ale.  The Leprechaun's two great loves are tobacco and whiskey, and he is a first-rate con-man, impossible to out-fox.  No one, no matter how clever, has ever managed to cheat him out of his hidden pot of gold or his magic shilling.  At the last minute he always thinks of some way to divert his captor's attention and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye.|[ A Field Guide to the Little People by Nancy Arrowsmith & George Moorse ]
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], leprechauns are [[Fey (dNetHack)|fey]] and take extra damage from iron weapons.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], leprechauns are [[Fey (dNetHack)|fey]] and take extra damage from [[iron]] weapons.
-The [[Ward (dNetHack)|wards]] [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Thjofastafur|Thjofastafur stave]], [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Elder Sign|Elder Sign]] and [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Cerulean Sign|the Cerulean sign]] can repel leprechauns. Carving Thjofastafur into a wooden [[weapon]] will cause that weapon to [[Warned of monster type|warn of them]] while [[wielded]].
+Leprechauns can be [[Ward (dNetHack)|warded]] by the [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Elder Sign|Elder Sign]] and [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Cerulean Sign|the Cerulean sign]]. The [[User:Chris/dNetHack/Thjofastafur|Thjofastafur stave]] carved into a [[wooden]] weapon can repel leprechauns and other monsters of that class if placed on the hero's square, and that weapon will [[Warned of monster type|warn of those monsters]] while [[wielded]].
 Leprechauns may appear in the court of a [[Throne room#dNetHack|throne room]] ruled by a [[gnome king]], [[Gnome queen (dNetHack)|gnome queen]], [[dwarf king]] or [[Dwarf queen (dNetHack)|dwarf queen]].

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 ==Variants==
-In variants featuring an [[object materials]] system, leprechauns are commonly given the additional ability to steal [[gold (material)|gold items]] other than money.
+In ''NetHack'' [[variant]]s featuring an [[object materials]] system, leprechauns are commonly given the additional ability to steal [[gold (material)|gold items]] other than money.
 ===NetHack: The Next Generation===

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], leprechauns are capable of stealing gold items and [[The One Ring (EvilHack)|the One Ring]] as well as gold pieces.
+In [[EvilHack]], leprechauns are capable of stealing gold items as well as gold pieces.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 [[Eating]] a leprechaun [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of granting teleportitis, which is the highest of any corpse that gives the property.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|2591a21cf0f752331124acc52750c0f5b91c4c29}}, leprechauns that steal a hero's gold with their attack have a chance of burying it in the ground after teleporting if their destination is in a non-shop room out of the hero's sight.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|2591a21cf0f752331124acc52750c0f5b91c4c29}}, leprechauns that steal a hero's gold with their attack have a chance of burying it in the ground after teleporting if their destination is in a non-shop room out of the hero's sight.}}
 ==Generation==

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 Randomly generated leprechauns are always [[hostile]]. Leprechauns are normally generated asleep.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1259|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-[[Leprechaun hall]]s are [[special room]]s filled with sleeping leprechauns at level creation, with each one on top of a pile of gold in a similar manner to a [[treasure zoo]].
+[[Leprechaun hall]]s are [[special room]]s that are filled with sleeping leprechauns during level creation, with each one placed on top of a pile of gold in a similar manner to a [[treasure zoo]].{{refsrc|src/mkroom.c|304-L305|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/mkroom.c|337-L338|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 A leprechaun is always generated with an amount of gold equal to ([[Level difficulty|LD]])d30.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|764|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==

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-A '''leprechaun''', {{monsym|leprechaun}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The leprechaun is a [[tiny]] [[humanoid]] that is the only member of the [[leprechaun (monster class)|leprechaun]] [[monster class]]: leprechauns are [[gold lover]]s that have intrinsic [[teleportitis]], and can be see via [[infravision]]. A hostile leprechaun will try to keep their distance from the hero unless they have any [[gold]] in their open inventory. If a hero attacks a leprechaun that is not [[paralyzed]], [[asleep]], [[confused]], or [[blind]] in [[melee]], the leprechaun has a {{frac|7}} chance of moving one square away instead of being hit, causing the hero to "miss wildly and stumble forward" onto that square unless they attacked by [[force-fighting]].{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|431|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+A hostile leprechaun will try to keep their distance from the hero unless they have any [[gold]] in their open inventory. If a hero attacks a leprechaun that is not [[paralyzed]], [[asleep]], [[confused]], or [[blind]] in [[melee]], the leprechaun has a {{frac|7}} chance of moving one square away instead of being hit, causing the hero to "miss wildly and stumble forward" onto that square unless they attacked by [[force-fighting]].{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|431|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-A leprechaun has a weak claw attack that can [[steal gold]] from a target.
+A leprechaun has a weak [[claw attack]] that can [[steal gold]] from a target.
-[[Eating]] a leprechaun [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of granting [[teleportitis]], which is the highest of any corpse that gives the property.
+[[Eating]] a leprechaun [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of granting teleportitis, which is the highest of any corpse that gives the property.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|2591a21cf0f752331124acc52750c0f5b91c4c29}}, leprechauns that steal a hero's gold with their attack have a chance of burying it in the ground after teleporting if their destination is in a non-shop room out of the hero's sight.}}