Pale horse (SpliceHack) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: oh major sike, most of these don't apply either

2026-03-28T21:30:27Z

oh major sike, most of these don't apply either

Umbire the Phantom: no infravision

2026-03-28T21:24:25Z

no infravision

Umbire the Phantom: cap

2026-03-28T21:14:59Z

cap

Umbire the Phantom: don't know experience per se

2026-03-28T21:01:32Z

don't know experience per se

Umbire the Phantom: hatnote

2026-03-28T20:50:15Z

hatnote

Umbire the Phantom: do up splice's versions as well

2026-03-28T20:50:03Z

do up splice's versions as well

New page

{{ monster
|name=pale horse
|symbol={{gray|u}}
|difficulty=21
|level=18
|experience=563
|speed=24
|AC=0
|MR=70
|align=0
|frequency=0
|genocidable=No
|attacks=[[Kick]] 2d8 [[Physical damage|physical]], kick 2d8 physical, [[Bite attack|bite]] 1d6 [[Drain life (monster attack)|drain life]]
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]]
|attributes={{attributes|A pale Horse|animal=1|nohands=1|herbivore=1|fly=1|nopoly=1|nasty=1|hostile=1|strong=1|infravision=1|infravisible=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=350
|weight=1800
|reference=[https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.2.0/src/monst.c#L1437 SpliceHack 1.2.0 - src/monst.c, line 1437]
}}
{{for|the monster in [[EvilHack]]|pale horse (EvilHack)}}
A '''pale horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The pale horse is a [[Unicorn or horse|horse]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], possesses [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced HP regeneration]], has [[infravision]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and cannot be [[tamed]].

A pale horse has two [[kick]] attacks that deal [[physical damage]] and a [[bite attack]] that [[Drain life (monster attack)|drains life]]. It has [[cold resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].

==Generation==
Pale horses are always generated hostile, and are not a valid polymorph form or genocide target.

Only one pale horse is encountered on the [[Astral Plane]], where Death is generated riding atop it during level creation.

==Origin==
{{wikipedia|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}
The "pale horse" refers to the steed of Death, who is one of the [[wikipedia:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] (or the Riders of the Apocalypse) that appear in ''The Book of Revelation'', the last book of most common versions of the Christian Bible. The sixth chapter of the book has verses describing Death and the other Riders as they appear when the Lamb (representing Jesus) opens six of the seven seals of the Apocalypse—these quotes serve as the [[encyclopedia]] entry for the Riders and their steeds in ''[[NetHack]]'' and its variants, and are cited from the New International Version. The passage describing Death and his horse is as follows:

{{message|I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.|Revelation 6:8}}

The colour of Death's horse is written as ''pàllidus'' in Latin and as χλωρός (''khlōrós'', latinized as ''"chlōrus"''; root word of "chlorophyll" and "chlorine") in the original Koine Greek: this can mean either green/greenish-yellow or pale/pallid in both languages, and the colour is often translated as "pale", though "ashen", "pale green", and "yellowish green" are other possible interpretations—in some modern artistic depictions, the horse is distinctly green. Based on the uses of the word in ancient Greek medical literature, several scholars suggest that the colour reflects the sickly pallor of a corpse; in the ''NetHack'' variants where a representative of Death's horse appears, this may be the basis for the grey color of the monster's glyph.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
You're Hell's Angels, then? What chapter are you from?

REVELATIONS. CHAPTER SIX.
|[ Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett ]
}}
{{stub}}
[[Category:SpliceHack monsters]]

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 {{for|the monster in [[EvilHack]]|Pale Horse (EvilHack)}}
-A '''pale horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The pale horse is a [[Unicorn or horse|horse]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], possesses [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced HP regeneration]], has [[infravision]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and cannot be [[tamed]].
+A '''pale horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The pale horse is a [[Unicorn or horse|horse]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].
 A pale horse has two [[kick]] attacks that deal [[physical damage]] and a [[bite attack]] that [[Drain life (monster attack)|drains life]]. It has [[cold resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].

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   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]]
-  |attributes={{attributes|A pale horse|animal=1|nohands=1|herbivore=1|fly=1|nopoly=1|nasty=1|hostile=1|strong=1|infravision=1|infravisible=1}}
+  |attributes={{attributes|A pale horse|animal=1|nohands=1|herbivore=1|fly=1|nopoly=1|nasty=1|hostile=1|strong=1|infravisible=1}}
   |size=Large
   |nutr=350

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   |difficulty=21
   |level=18
-  |experience=563
+  |experience=?
   |speed=24
   |AC=0

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   |reference=[https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.2.0/src/monst.c#L1437 SpliceHack 1.2.0 - src/monst.c, line 1437]
 }}
-{{for|the monster in [[EvilHack]]|pale horse (EvilHack)}}
+{{for|the monster in [[EvilHack]]|Pale Horse (EvilHack)}}
 A '''pale horse''', {{gray|u}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The pale horse is a [[Unicorn or horse|horse]] that serves as the [[steed]] of [[Death (monster)|Death]]: it is [[strong]], capable of [[flight]], possesses [[Regeneration (property)|enhanced HP regeneration]], has [[infravision]], can [[see invisible]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and cannot be [[tamed]].