Noncorporeal - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants / dnh

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‎Variants: *dnh

Umbire the Phantom: /* Incorporeal heroes */ spacing

2025-04-04T07:53:34Z

‎Incorporeal heroes: spacing

Umbire the Phantom: both are considered words, but the game uses noncorporeal over incorporeal so that's the name we go with

2025-04-04T07:51:53Z

both are considered words, but the game uses noncorporeal over incorporeal so that's the name we go with

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In ''[[NetHack]]'', a '''noncorporeal''' or '''incorporeal''' [[monster]] is any being that lacks a physical or material form.

==Description==
A noncorporeal monster is defined by the pointer <tt>noncorporeal(ptr)</tt> within <tt>[[mondata.h]]</tt>, and the list of noncorporeal monsters consists solely of the [[Ghost (monster class)|ghost]] [[monster class]], i.e. the [[ghost]] and [[shade]].{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|42|nethack=3.6.7}}

All noncorporeal monsters are immune to [[sliming]] and [[intelligence drain]] attacks.{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|82|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|505|nethack=3.6.7}} They are considered [[vegan]] to consume, presumably due to lacking any flesh in the first place.{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|214|nethack=3.6.7}} Noncorporeal monsters are ineligible to function as [[steed]]s.{{refsrc|src/steed.c|31|nethack=3.6.7}}

Noncorporeal monsters can move through and over [[moat]]s, [[lava]], [[door]]s, diagonal gaps, and walls of any kind{{refsrc|src/dbridge.c|403|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/hack.c|682|nethack=3.6.7}}—both monsters also possess [[flight]] and [[phasing]], which combined will enable most if not all of these in practice. A noncorporeal monster is unaffected by either a [[drawbridge]] or its portcullis being opened, closed or destroyed while they are on the square of either dungeon feature, and is also unharmed by falling [[boulder]]s or [[rock]]s from a [[scroll of earth]].{{refsrc|src/dbridge.c|490|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/read.c|1791|nethack=3.6.7}} A boulder can be moved through a noncorporeal monster, provided nothing else would block that boulder's path normally.{{refsrc|src/hack.c|153|nethack=3.6.7}}

Rules for [[monster starting inventory]] and item usage check if an [[intelligent monster]] is noncorporeal when generating that monster with a scroll of earth (which noncorporeal monsters will not receive in practice) or deciding if they should [[read]] one.{{refsrc|src/muse.c|1205|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/muse.c|1588|nethack=3.6.7}}

===Incorporeal heroes===
There is a check for a noncorporeal [[polyself]] when dealing with a hero that is buried in solid rock, as well as one for when the hero is subjected to intelligence drain or else has a boulder or rocks from a scroll of earth fall on them{{refsrc|src/dig.c|2104|nethack=3.6.7}} {{refsrc|src/eat.c|508|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/read.c|1748|nethack=3.6.7}}—these are generally fail-safes that should not occur in practice, as neither of the noncorporeal monsters are valid forms to polymorph into even in [[wizard mode]].

==Variants==
[[Variant]]s of ''NetHack'' often introduce additional noncorporeal monsters.

==References==
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 ===Incorporeal heroes===
-There is a check for a noncorporeal [[polyself]] when dealing with a hero that is buried in solid rock, as well as one for when the hero is subjected to intelligence drain or else has a boulder or rocks from a scroll of earth fall on them{{refsrc|src/dig.c|2104|nethack=3.6.7}} {{refsrc|src/eat.c|508|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/read.c|1748|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;these are generally fail-safes that should not occur in practice, as neither of the noncorporeal monsters are valid forms to polymorph into even in [[wizard mode]].
+There is a check for a noncorporeal [[polyself]] when dealing with a hero that is buried in solid rock, as well as one for when the hero is subjected to intelligence drain or else has a boulder or rocks from a scroll of earth fall on them{{refsrc|src/dig.c|2104|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|508|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/read.c|1748|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;these are generally fail-safes that should not occur in practice, as neither of the noncorporeal monsters are valid forms to polymorph into even in [[wizard mode]].
 ==Variants==

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 ==Variants==
 [[Variant]]s of ''NetHack'' often introduce additional noncorporeal monsters.
 ==References==

Noncorporeal - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ *dnh

Umbire the Phantom: /* Incorporeal heroes */ spacing

Umbire the Phantom: both are considered words, but the game uses noncorporeal over incorporeal so that's the name we go with

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants / dnh