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Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2026-02-05T16:57:52Z

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2025-01-12T11:49:33Z

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2024-12-28T00:47:14Z

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Cathartes: /* Description */ fix typo

2024-09-06T03:18:36Z

‎Description: fix typo

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit on upcoming

2024-06-16T21:37:02Z

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Furey: /* SlashTHEM */ https://github.com/Soviet5lo/SlashTHEM/blob/develop/src/monst.c#L4881 says they deliberately spell it "Ford Perfect".

2024-06-16T19:03:30Z

‎SlashTHEM: https://github.com/Soviet5lo/SlashTHEM/blob/develop/src/monst.c#L4881 says they deliberately spell it "Ford Perfect".

Umbire the Phantom: potholes, refsrc, etc.

2024-05-22T12:09:28Z

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2024-05-08T19:03:10Z

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 * [[Defunct features (SLASH'EM)|Defunct and unused monsters]]:
 ** {{red|D}} [[Smaug]]
-** {{monsymlink|Father Dagon}}
+** {{monsymlink|Father Dagon|variant=SLASH'EM}}
-** {{monsymlink|Mother Hydra}}
+** {{monsymlink|Mother Hydra|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 ** {{monsymlink|Cthulhu}} (replaces the high priest of Moloch in SLethe)
 ** {{monsymlink|Cerberus}}

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 ** {{magenta|h}} [[Bilbo Baggins]]
 ** {{brown|h}} [[Farmer Maggot]]
-** {{black|h}} [[Gollum]]
+** {{black|h}} [[Gollum (SLASH'EM)|Gollum]]
 ** {{magenta|h}} [[Thorin]]
 ** {{monsymlink|Goblin King}}

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 * {{monsymlink|The Rat King (SLASH'EM)}}
 * {{monsymlink|Girtab}}
-* {{monsymlink|Shelob}}
+* {{monsymlink|Shelob|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{monsymlink|Nightmare|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{monsymlink|Pegasus}}

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 * {{monsymlink|Beholder}}
 * {{monsymlink|Kroo the Kobold King}}
-* {{monsymlink|Aphrodite}}
+* {{monsymlink|Aphrodite|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{monsymlink|Grund the Orc King}}
 * {{monsymlink|Jumbo the Elephant}}

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 * {{monsymlink|Ruggo the Gnome King}}
 * {{monsymlink|The Largest Giant}}
-* {{monsymlink|Vecna}}
+* {{monsymlink|Vecna|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{monsymlink|Doctor Frankenstein}}
 * {{monsymlink|Beholder}}

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 A unique monster that is generated and then killed usually will not be generated again, although it is usually possible to reanimate most unique monsters from their [[corpse]]s or using [[stone to flesh]] on their [[statue]], provided they leave a corpse (and are not [[corpseless]]) and are not immune to [[stoning]] in the first place (e.g. as with most [[quest]] nemeses). The [[Rider]]s in particular are capable of resurrecting from their own corpses.
-Unique monsters cannot have [[figurine]]s generated of them, and [[wishing]] for one will result in a random figurine being given instead.{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|3955|nethack=3.6.7}} If the corpse of a unique monster would be left in a [[bones]] file, it is replaced with the corpse of a [[doppleganger]], and a statue of a unique monster found in bones will turn into a doppleganger in the guise of that monster if revived via stone to flesh.{{refsrc|src/bones.c|152|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|587|nethack=3.6.7}} Trying to wish for a statue of a unique monster and reanimating it will also produce a doppelganger disguised as that monster.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|608|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Unique monsters cannot have [[figurine]]s generated of them, and [[wishing]] for one will result in a random figurine being given instead.{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|3955|nethack=3.6.7}} If the corpse of a unique monster would be left in a [[bones]] file, it is replaced with the corpse of a [[doppelganger]], and a statue of a unique monster found in bones will turn into a doppelganger in the guise of that monster if revived via stone to flesh.{{refsrc|src/bones.c|152|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|587|nethack=3.6.7}} Trying to wish for a statue of a unique monster and reanimating it will also produce a doppelganger disguised as that monster.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|608|nethack=3.6.7}}
 The primary exception to the rule of not being generated again after death is the [[Wizard of Yendor]], who can resurrect himself one level stronger after each death.

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 The primary exception to the rule of not being generated again after death is the [[Wizard of Yendor]], who can resurrect himself one level stronger after each death.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Since {{commit|dc9fe0d8bc96e006c119fa183c9c9a7c4cde2f53}}, scroll of scare monster on the ground and Elbereth no longer scare unique monsters.  Note that although the commit message only mentions the scroll of scare monster, Elbereth is also affected because it is handled in the same function.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|dc9fe0d8bc96e006c119fa183c9c9a7c4cde2f53}}, the [[scroll of scare monster]] on the ground and [[Elbereth]] (which is handled in the same function) no longer scare unique monsters.}}
 ==List of unique monsters==

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 * {{green|Y}} [[Zaphod Breeblebrox]]
 * {{white|@}} [[Arthur Dent]]
-* {{white|@}} [[Ford Prefect]]
+* {{white|@}} [[Ford Perfect]]
 * {{magenta|@}} [[High Lycanthrope]] (no longer deferred)
 * {{white|@}} [[Mr. Prosser]]

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 * {{monsymlink|Croesus}}
 * {{monsymlink|High priest}} of Moloch and the other gods
-** An [[aligned priest]] can become a high priest by [[growing up]]
+** Specifically, only four normally occur in a particular game, though an [[aligned priest]] can become a high priest by [[growing up]].
 * {{monsymlink|Medusa}}
-* {{monsymlink|Oracle}}
+* {{monsymlink|Oracle (monster)}}
 * {{monsymlink|Wizard of Yendor}}
 * [[Defunct features|Defunct monsters]]
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 ** {{monsymlink|Earendil}} and Elwing
-The [[long worm tail]], {{monsym|long_worm_tail}}, is an unusual case: it is a dummy monster that exists purely to represent the worm's body on the visual interface, and is marked unique primarily in order to prevent figurines of it generating.{{refsrc|src/monst.c|2709|nethack=3.6.6}}
+The [[long worm tail]], {{monsym|long worm tail}}, is an unusual case: it is a dummy monster that exists purely to represent the worm's body on the visual interface, and is marked unique primarily in order to prevent figurines of it generating.{{refsrc|src/monst.c|2709|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==Variants==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Unique monsters| ]]

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-In ''NetHack'', there are various '''unique monsters''' that are generally only generated once, which is governed by the <code>'''G_UNIQ'''</code> flag in the code.
+In ''NetHack'', there are various '''unique monsters''' that are usually only generated once, which is governed by the <code>'''G_UNIQ'''</code> flag in the code.
 ==Description==
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 * {{monsymlink|Girtab}}
 * {{monsymlink|Shelob}}
-* {{monsymlink|Nightmare}}
+* {{monsymlink|Nightmare|variant=SLASH'EM}}
 * {{monsymlink|Pegasus}}
 * {{monsymlink|Frankenstein's Monster}}