Roles and races (Hack'EM) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2025-10-28T08:56:14Z

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Umbire the Phantom: fix up pirate section a bit

2025-10-24T14:47:10Z

fix up pirate section a bit

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-10-18T17:26:19Z

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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

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Umbire the Phantom: detail

2025-05-10T06:14:41Z

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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-05-08T23:08:59Z

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Umbire the Phantom: potholes - resuming preparation for article moves

2024-12-11T07:32:34Z

potholes - resuming preparation for article moves

Mobileuser: Monk air dash

2024-12-05T15:38:52Z

Monk air dash

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit

2024-10-23T20:46:35Z

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Malor: Removed vulnerable to fire

2024-10-21T12:41:02Z

Removed vulnerable to fire

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 * Can lash flint to arrows, making them more deadly with a +1 bonus. Simply (a)pply a flint stone when you have some arrows, and select the arrows to upgrade. The arrows can only get a maximum of +1 this way.
 ** Your wisdom is also exercised on each level up that you remain illiterate on.
-* Are the only role that can successfully tame and ride  [[saber-toothed cat]]s and [[saber-toothed tiger]]s.
+* Are the only role that can successfully tame and ride [[Saber-toothed cat (Hack'EM)|saber-toothed cats]] and [[Saber-toothed tiger (Hack'EM)|saber-toothed tigers]].
 * Starting pet is a [[wolf]] (from UnNetHack). wolfname option can be set in the options file.
 * First sacrifice gift is [[Skullcrusher]] (from SLASH'EM).

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 ==== Pirate ====
-Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! If it's a pirate's life ye want, then it's the pirate role for ye! This role offers a fun immersive experience into the pirate role where most of the game messages will be translated into pirate speak for you. You'll also start with a pet [[monkey]] or [[Parrot (Hack'EM)|parrot]], and what pirate would leave home without a few bottles of rum?
+This role offers a few twists on the standard NetHack experience. Most notably, the Pirate can only gain one gift from sacrifice at an altar in [[The Marauder's Map (Hack'EM)|the Marauder's Map]] - after that, they will receive no further gifts from their god and have to rely on randomly generated artifacts. Luckily, pirates have improved odds: artifacts generate four times as often as for other roles when you're a Pirate! Additionaly, they can still get an artifact cutlass in [[Reaver]] from being crowned, which will handily steal items from enemies when it hits them. Finally, their quest artifact is [[the Treasury of Proteus]], a chest that has mysterious powers. Once you have possession of the chest, you are considered "King of the Hill", and will attract the attention of pirates far and wide, dead and alive.
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 ==== Pirate ====
-Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! If it's a pirate's life ye want, then it's the pirate role for ye! This role offers a fun immersive experience into the pirate role where most of the game messages will be translated into pirate speak for you. You'll also start with a pet [[monkey]] or [[parrot]], and what pirate would leave home without a few bottles of rum?
+Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! If it's a pirate's life ye want, then it's the pirate role for ye! This role offers a fun immersive experience into the pirate role where most of the game messages will be translated into pirate speak for you. You'll also start with a pet [[monkey]] or [[Parrot (Hack'EM)|parrot]], and what pirate would leave home without a few bottles of rum?
-This role offers a few twists on the standard NetHack experience. Most notably, the pirate can only gain one gift from altar sacrifice gifts - the [[Marauder's Map]] - after that, they will receive no further gifts from their god. After that, you have to rely on randomly generated artifacts. Luckily, pirates have improved odds: artifacts generate four times as often as for other roles when you're a Pirate! Although they can't get weapons from sacrifice gifts, they do get an artifact cutlass from being crowned - the [[Reaver]], which will handily steal items from enemies when it hits them. Finally, their quest artifact is the [[Treasury of Proteus]] - a powerful chest that has mysterious powers. Once you have possession of the chest, you are considered "King of the Hill", and will attract the attention of pirates far and wide, dead and alive.
+This role offers a few twists on the standard NetHack experience. Most notably, the pirate can only gain one gift from altar sacrifice gifts - the [[Marauder's Map]] - after that, they will receive no further gifts from their god. After that, you have to rely on randomly generated artifacts. Luckily, pirates have improved odds: artifacts generate four times as often as for other roles when you're a Pirate! Although they can't get weapons from sacrifice gifts, they do get an artifact cutlass from being crowned - the [[Reaver]], which will handily steal items from enemies when it hits them. Finally, their quest artifact is [[the Treasury of Proteus]] - a powerful chest that has mysterious powers. Once you have possession of the chest, you are considered "King of the Hill", and will attract the attention of pirates far and wide, dead and alive.
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-|[[shell]]
+|[[Shell (technique)|shell]]
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 * Rogues get backstab bonus on many other monster statuses (xnh).
 * The backstab formula has been adjusted: bonus is based on skill with a cap (xnh).
-* Unlike in SLASH'EM, rogues do not start with the [[Bat from Hell]].
+* Unlike in SLASH'EM, rogues do not have the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]] as a guaranteed first sacrifice gift.
 * Rogues start with +1 short sword (DynaHack).

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 * Starts with a green coat that grants MC2
 * [[tooled horn]]
-* a [[torch]]
+* a [[Torch (SLASH'EM)|torch]]
 * a blessed [[whetstone]]

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 ** [[potion of sleeping]]
 ** [[potion of restore ability]]
-** [[potion of blood]]
+** [[Potion of blood (Hack'EM)|potion of blood]]
 ** all healing potions
 ** [[healthstone]]
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-* All vampirics start with a [[medical kit]] so they can use their draw blood technique.
+* All vampirics start with a [[medical kit]] so they can use their [[draw blood]] technique.
-* They start with knowledge of [[potion of blood]] and [[potion of vampire blood]].
+* They start with knowledge of the [[Potion of blood (Hack'EM)|potion of blood]] and [[Potion of vampire blood (Hack'EM)|potion of vampire blood]].
 * Vampires who wear an opera cloak get a +1 charisma bonus
 * Can be chaotic or neutral.

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-|[[dash]]
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 ==== Draugr ====
-This is very close to the [https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Draugr_(starting_race) Evilhack version of Draugr].
+One minor exception is that Draugr can wear an amulet of life saving without preventing their innate life saving ability from functioning.
 === Existing race changes ===

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 * Starts with a small penalty to luck (-1) and alignment (-5)
 * Vulnerable to silver.
 * Vulnerable to lycanthropy (can't eat wolfsbane to cure it!)
 * Vulnerable to blood draining from other vampires.