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In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the '''Tourist''' is one of the [[role]]s from ''[[NetHack]]'' that is available to the [[hero]].

Tourists can be [[Human (starting race)|humans]] or [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifiers]], and always start as [[neutral]].

==Starting equipment==
Each Tourist starts with the following equipment:

* 1-1000 [[gold]] pieces
* 21-40 +2 [[dart]]s (quivered)
* a non-cursed +0 [[Hawaiian shirt]]
* a non-cursed +0 pair of [[Hawaiian shorts]]
* a non-cursed +0 pair of [[low boots]]
* 10-20 random [[comestibles]]
* 4 non-cursed [[scrolls of magic mapping]]
* 2 non-cursed [[potions of extra healing]]
* a non-cursed pair of [[sunglasses]]
* an uncursed [[expensive camera]] with 30-99 charges
* an uncursed [[credit card]]
* an uncursed [[leash]]
* an uncursed [[towel]]

Incantifier Tourists do not have their food items replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]] like incantifier heroes of other roles, which is done intentionally to maintain the role's difficulty for them.

The Tourist's default starting [[pet]] is a [[little dog]] or [[kitten]] with equal probability.

==Intrinsics==
Tourists gain the following intrinsic [[properties]] upon reaching the given [[experience level]]s:

*XL 10: [[Searching]]
*XL 20: [[Poison resistance]]

==Attributes==
The Tourist's starting [[attribute]]s are distributed as follows

{| class="prettytable"
!| Attributes || [[Strength]] || [[Dexterity]] || [[Constitution]] ||[[Intelligence]] || [[Wisdom]] || [[Charisma]] || Remaining
|-
| Minimum attributes || 7 || 7 || 7 || 10 || 6 || 10 || 28
|-
| Distribution percentages || 15% || 15% || 30% || 10% || 10% || 20% ||
|-
| Mean w/ standard deviation (human) || 11.60±1.99 || 11.31±1.94 || 15.28±2.10 || 12.89±1.65 || 8.89±1.66 || 15.29±1.86
|}

==Skills==
Tourists have the following [[skill]]s available to them before racial adjustments:
{| class="prettytable"
! colspan="2" style="font-size:larger" | Tourist skills
|-
! Max !! [[Skill]]s
|-
| Basic
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[dagger]], [[knife]], [[axe]], [[pick-axe]], [[short sword]], [[broadsword]], [[long sword]], [[two handed sword]], [[scimitar]], [[mace]], [[morning star]], [[flail]], [[hammer]], [[quarterstaff]], [[polearms]], [[spear]], [[trident]], [[lance]], [[bow]], [[sling]], [[Shield (skill)#dNetHack|shields]], [[firearm]], [[crossbow]], [[shuriken]], [[whip]]
* ''Combat:'' [[riding]], [[two weapon combat]], [[bare-handed combat]],
* ''Spells:'' [[Enchantment spells|enchantment]]
|-
| Skilled
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[farm implements]], [[unicorn horn]], [[short sword]], [[club]], [[sling]], [[shuriken]]
* ''Combat:'' [[beast mastery]]
* ''Spells:'' [[divination spells|divination]], [[Escape spells|escape]], [[Wands Balance Patch|wand damage]], [[Musicalize spell|musicalize]]
|-
| Expert
|
* ''Weapons:'' [[saber]], [[dart]], [[boomerang]]
|}

Tourists start with ''Basic'' skill in darts and no other weapon skills. They use the [[intelligence]] stat to cast spells, and their special spell is {{+ of|charm monster}}.

==Special rules==
[[Shopkeeper]]s recognize Tourists that are below experience level 15 as suckers and charge them an extra {{frac|3}} markup when buying, and only offer {{frac|3}} the base price of sold items—this does not stack with the same extra markup for heroes that are wearing a visible Hawaiian shirt, [[T-shirt]], pair of Hawaiian shorts, or a dunce cap.

Tourists have a -1 penalty to casting [[emergency spell]]s.

==Rank titles==
The [[status line]] displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels:

*XL 1-2: Rambler
*XL 3-5: Sightseer
*XL 6-9: Excursionist
*XL 10-13: Peregrinator/Peregrinatrix
*XL 14-17: Traveler
*XL 18-21: Journeyer
*XL 22-25: Voyager
*XL 26-29: Explorer
*XL 30: Adventurer

==Gods==
{{main|Religion}}
The Tourist pantheon is based on the pantheon of the [[Wikipedia:Discworld (world)|Discworld]].

* Lawful: [[Blind Io]]
* Neutral: [[The Lady]]
* Chaotic: [[Offler]]

==Quest==
{{main|Tourist quest/dNetHack}}
The Tourist's quest sees them fighting the [[Master of Thieves]] for [[The Platinum Yendorian Express Card]], an artifact credit card. The Platinum Yendorian Express Card grants [[magic resistance]], [[telepathy]] and [[half spell damage]] while carried. [[Invoking]] the Card can charge objects like a scroll of charging, with an effect partly dependent on the Card's beatitude: Tourists can invoke the blessed Platinum Yendorian Express Card to charge objects in the same way as a blessed scroll of charging, and otherwise the artifact only charges as an uncursed scroll does.

==Strategy==
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 Tourists are capable of utilizing "[[future tech]]", items that are normally reserved for [[Anachrononaut]]s and [[Android]]s, and can even [[wish]] for them where both roles cannot. They can also gain the knowledge required to repair [[imperial elven armor]] by physically seeing a [[Star-elf]], [[Star-emperor]] or [[Star-empress]] while adjacent to them.
-[[Shopkeeper]]s recognize Tourists that are below experience level 15 as suckers and charge them an extra {{frac|3}} markup when buying, and only offer {{frac|3}} the base price of sold items&mdash;this does not stack with the same extra markup for heroes that are wearing a visible Hawaiian shirt, [[T-shirt]], [[pair of Hawaiian shorts]], or a [[dunce cap]].
+[[Shopkeeper]]s recognize Tourists that are below experience level 15 as suckers and charge them an extra {{frac|3}} markup when buying, and only offer {{frac|3}} the base price of sold items&mdash;this does not stack with the same extra markup for heroes that are wearing a visible Hawaiian shirt, [[T-shirt]], pair of [[Hawaiian shorts]], or a [[dunce cap]].
 Tourists are capable of creating the artifact [[Snickersnee]] by [[naming]] any [[knife]], provided they have completed their quest or reached experience level 19&mdash;they can also [[twoweapon]] Snickersnee in the off-hand. Snickersnee is an intelligent knife with +1d3 to-hit and +1d10 bonus damage, and has a chance of beheading targets like [[Vorpal Blade]]; it also uses doubled and [[exploding dice|exploding]] damage dice with +1 damage per dice, i.e. it deals 2d5+2 damage versus small monsters and 2d3+2 damage versus large ones, with each explosion addding 1d5+1/1d3+1 damage.

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the '''Tourist''' is one of the [[role]]s from ''[[NetHack]]'' that is available to the [[hero]].
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 | Mean w/ standard deviation (human) || 11.60±1.99 || 11.31±1.94 || 15.28±2.10 || 12.89±1.65 || 8.89±1.66 || 15.29±1.86
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 ==Skills==
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 ==Special rules==
-[[Shopkeeper]]s recognize Tourists that are below experience level 15 as suckers and charge them an extra {{frac|3}} markup when buying, and only offer {{frac|3}} the base price of sold items&mdash;this does not stack with the same extra markup for heroes that are wearing a visible Hawaiian shirt, [[T-shirt]], pair of Hawaiian shorts, or a dunce cap.
+Tourists have a +0.5 [[base attack bonus]] per experience level, which is increased to +1 for thrown darts.
-Tourists have a -1 penalty to casting [[emergency spell]]s.<!--Fill this section out more and verify the following:
+[[Shopkeeper]]s recognize Tourists that are below experience level 15 as suckers and charge them an extra {{frac|3}} markup when buying, and only offer {{frac|3}} the base price of sold items&mdash;this does not stack with the same extra markup for heroes that are wearing a visible Hawaiian shirt, [[T-shirt]], [[pair of Hawaiian shorts]], or a [[dunce cap]].
-Tourists only gain [[multishot]] bonus from training darts to Skilled level, though they do gain normal multishot bonuses for any projectiles trained to Expert skill (i.e. only daggers).
+Tourists are capable of creating the artifact [[Snickersnee]] by [[naming]] any [[knife]], provided they have completed their quest or reached experience level 19&mdash;they can also [[twoweapon]] Snickersnee in the off-hand. Snickersnee is an intelligent knife with +1d3 to-hit and +1d10 bonus damage, and has a chance of beheading targets like [[Vorpal Blade]]; it also uses doubled and [[exploding dice|exploding]] damage dice with +1 damage per dice, i.e. it deals 2d5+2 damage versus small monsters and 2d3+2 damage versus large ones, with each explosion addding 1d5+1/1d3+1 damage.
-Tourists gain experience points when they enter a new level for the first time, excluding the first dungeon level. The amount of experience is equal to the [[level difficulty]] at the time the level is entered.-->
+Tourists gain experience points when they enter a new [[dungeon level]] for the first time, excluding the first dungeon level: the amount of experience gained is equal to that dungeon level's depth from the starting floor times the hero's current experience level, so a Tourist reaching dungeon level 4 at experience level 3 would gain 12 experience points. [[Sokoban (dNetHack)|Sokoban]], the [[Windowless Tower]], and the various quest branches all count their depth from the branch's starting point instead of the dungeon's, i.e. the Tourist quest home level would be counted as a depth of 1&mdash;Sokoban and the Windowless Tower additionally multiply the experience value they would grant by 5. The last floor of the [[Neutral Quest (dNetHack)|Neutral Quest]], the [[Valley of the Dead]] and the [[Astral Plane]] all count as a depth of 100 for this purpose.
 ==Rank titles==

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 | Skilled
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-* ''Weapons:'' [[farm implements]], [[unicorn horn]], [[short sword]], [[club]], [[sling]], [[shuriken]]
+* ''Weapons:'' [[farm implements]], [[unicorn horn]], [[short sword]], [[club]], [[sling]]
 * ''Combat:'' [[beast mastery]]
 * ''Spells:'' [[divination spells|divination]], [[Escape spells|escape]], [[Wands Balance Patch|wand damage]], [[Musicalize spell|musicalize]]

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 ==Attributes==
-The Tourist's starting [[attribute]]s are distributed as follows
+The Tourist's starting [[attribute]]s are distributed as follows:
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