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{{monster
|name=vorpal jabberwock
|difficulty=?
|level=20
|experience=?
|speed=12
|AC=-2
|MR=50
|align=0
|frequency=1
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Bite 3d10, Bite 3d10, Claw 3d10, Claw 3d10
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=None
|attributes={{attributes|A vorpal jabberwock|nohell=1|animal=1|fly=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|collect=1|infravisible=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=600
|weight=1300
|reference=monst.c, line 1471{{refsrc|src/monst.c|1471|version=NetHack 3.6.6}}
}}

The '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym|vorpal jabberwock}}, is an [[unused monster]] in the code of ''[[NetHack]]''. It was intended to be a more powerful version of the regular [[jabberwock]], and like the regular jabberwock, it is guaranteed to be beheaded by [[Vorpal Blade]].
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==Variant descriptions==
Many variants of the game - [[SLASH'EM]], [[GruntHack]], [[UnNetHack]], [[SpliceHack]], and [[EvilHack]] - implement the vorpal jabberwock and give it additional buffs, often including a decapitating attack of its own.
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SLASH'EM|{{monster
|name=vorpal jabberwock
|difficulty=27
|level=20
|experience=809
|speed=12
|AC=-2
|MR=50
|align=0
|frequency=1
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Bite 3d10, Bite 3d10, Claw 3d10, Claw 3d10
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=None
|attributes={{attributes|A vorpal jabberwock|nohell=1|animal=1|fly=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|collect=1|infravisible=1|hitasthree=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=600
|weight=1300
|reference=[[SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2683]]
}}

The SLASH'EM version of the vorpal jabberwock possesses no beheading attacks. It does not grow up from a regular jabberwock and does not generate in [[Gehennom]]; it is no more or less vulnerable to being decapitated by Vorpal Blade than any other non-jabberwock monster.
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GruntHack|
{{monster
|name=vorpal jabberwock
|difficulty=27
|level=20
|experience=809
|speed=12
|AC=-2
|MR=50
|align=0
|frequency=1
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Bite 3d10, Bite 3d10, Claw beheading 3d10, Claw beheading 3d10
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=None
|attributes={{attributes|A vorpal jabberwock|animal=1|fly=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|collect=1|infravisible=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=600
|weight=1300
}}

In GruntHack, the vorpal jabberwock possesses multiple [[instadeath|beheading]] attacks, each with a 5% chance of instantly beheading you on every successful hit; as with Vorpal Blade, this is guaranteed to hit if you are polymorphed into a jabberwock or vorpal jabberwock yourself, and will miss 5% of the time instead if you are currently [[headless]] or [[amorphous]]. Jabberwocks can [[grow up]] into vorpal jabberwocks.
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UnNetHack|
In UnNetHack, the vorpal jabberwock behaves very similarly to GruntHack's version, except that the chance of beheading is only 2.5% per hit, and [[cancel]]ing the vorpal jabberwock prevents it from beheading anything.
{{todo|Please verify: beheading chance seems more like 20% and cancelling seems to not be possible}}
|-|
EvilHack|{{ monster
|name=vorpal jabberwock
|difficulty=26
|level=20
|experience=729
|speed=12
|AC=-2
|MR=50
|align=0
|frequency=1
|genocidable=No
|attacks=Bite 3d10, Bite 3d10, Claw 3d10 beheading, Claw 3d10 beheading
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=None
|attributes={{attributes|A vorpal jabberwock|animal=1|fly=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|collect=1|infravisible=1|mh_jabberwock=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=600
|weight=1300
|reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/master/src/monst.c#L2059 EvilHack - monst.c, line 2059]
}}

In EvilHack, the vorpal jabberwock behaves very similarly to GruntHack's version. Additionally, it is one of the alternate forms the [[Wizard of Yendor]] may take on, monsters may use a wish for a figurine of a vorpal jabberwock, and they cannot be genocided.

The encyclopedia entry is the same as the vanilla entry for the jabberwock.
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SpliceHack|
[[SpliceHack]]'s vorpal jabberwock acts mostly like SLASH'EM's version, except that Vorpal Blade will always decapitate it.
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==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia| "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.|[ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ]
}}
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[[Category:Deferred features]]
[[Category:GruntHack monsters]]
[[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]
[[Category:SpliceHack Monsters]]
[[Category:UnNetHack monsters]]
[[Category:EvilHack monsters]]

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 In UnNetHack, the vorpal jabberwock behaves very similarly to GruntHack's version, except that the chance of beheading is only 2.5% per hit, and [[cancel]]ing the vorpal jabberwock prevents it from beheading anything.
-{{todo|Please verify: beheading chance seems more like 20% and cancelling seems to not be possible}}
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+<!--==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|	"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
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 [[Category:SpliceHack Monsters]]
 [[Category:UnNetHack monsters]]
-[[Category:EvilHack monsters]]
+[[Category:EvilHack monsters]]-->

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