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{{ monster
|name=vampire mage
|difficulty=26
|level=20
|experience=746
|speed=14
|AC=-4
|MR=50
|align=-9
|frequency=1
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Claw 2d8 [[drain life]], Bite 1d8 [[drain life]], [[monster spell|Spell-casting]] 2d6
|resistances conveyed=None
|resistances=sleep,poison,psychic,level drain
|attributes={{attributes|A vampire mage|fly=1|breathless=1|humanoid=1|pois=1|regen=1|stalk=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|lord=1|male=1|magic=1|shapeshifter=1|infravisible=1|m4_vulnerable_fire=1|mh_undead=1|nocorpse=1}}
|size=Medium
|nutr=400
|weight=1450
|reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/master/src/monst.c#L2516 EvilHack - monst.c, line 2516]
}}

{{otheruses|monster as it appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM|the monster in the original code or other variants|Vampire mage (disambiguation)}}

A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is derived from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]'', but is implemented differently from the [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mage]] of [[SLASH'EM]] and its variants.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
He can transform himself to wolf, as we gather from the ship
arrival in Whitby, when he tear open the dog; he can be as
bat, as Madam Mina saw him on the window at Whitby, and as
friend John saw him fly from this so near house, and as my
friend Quincey saw him at the window of Miss Lucy. He can come
in mist which he create--that noble ship's captain proved him
of this; but, from what we know, the distance he can make this
mist is limited, and it can only be round himself. He come on
moonlight rays as elemental dust--as again Jonathan saw those
sisters in the castle of Dracula. He become so small--we
ourselves saw Miss Lucy, ere she was at peace, slip through a
hairbreadth space at the tomb door.
[ Dracula, by Bram Stoker ]

The Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
the blood of sleeping persons. ..."
[]
}}{{stub|This page was automatically generated by a modified version of nhtohtml version 2.05w}}
[[Category:EvilHack monsters]]
[[Category:Hack'EM monsters]]

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 2d8 [[drain life]], Bite 1d8 [[drain life]], [[Monster spell|Spell-casting]] 2d6 mage
+  |attacks=Weapon 2d8 [[drain life]], Bite 1d8 [[drain life]], [[Monster spell|Spell-casting]] 2d6 mage
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=sleep, poison, psychic, level drain
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 A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The vampire mage is derived from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]'', but is implemented somewhat differently from the [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mage]] of [[SLASH'EM]] and its variants. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire noble]] and even a [[vampire royal]]: he shares the same [[Vampire (monster attribute)|traits]] as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to his kind.
-A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]], and the usual weakness to [[silver]]. In Hack'EM, a [[tame]] vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
+A vampire mage possesses a weapon attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]], and the usual weakness to [[silver]]. In Hack'EM, a [[tame]] vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
 ==Generation==

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   |nutr=400
   |weight=1450
-  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/master/src/monst.c#L2651 EvilHack 0.8.4 - monst.c, line 2651]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/0.9.0/src/monst.c#L2799 EvilHack 0.9.0 - monst.c, line 2799]
 }}
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 ===EvilHack===
-In EvilHack, vampire mages cannot be selected for [[genocide]] until the [[Vlad the Impaler]] is killed.
+In EvilHack, vampire mages cannot be selected for [[genocide]] until the [[Vlad the Impaler (EvilHack)|Vlad the Impaler]] is killed.
 Vampire mages cannot be generated among the vampires found in [[Mines' End]], which generally applies to the Catacombs map.

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 2d8 [[drain life]], Bite 1d8 [[drain life]], [[monster spell|Spell-casting]] 2d6 mage
+  |attacks=Claw 2d8 [[drain life]], Bite 1d8 [[drain life]], [[Monster spell|Spell-casting]] 2d6 mage
   |resistances conveyed=None
-  |resistances=sleep,poison,psychic,level drain
+  |resistances=sleep, poison, psychic, level drain
   |attributes={{attributes|A vampire mage|fly=1|breathless=1|humanoid=1|pois=1|regen=1|stalk=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|lord=1|male=1|magic=1|shapeshifter=1|infravisible=1|m4_vulnerable_fire=1|mh_undead=1|nocorpse=1}}
   |size=Medium
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 {{otheruses|monster as it appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM|the monster in the original code or other variants|vampire mage}}
-A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is derived from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]'', but is implemented somewhat differently from the [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mage]] of [[SLASH'EM]] and its variants. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire noble]] and even a [[vampire royal]]: he shares the same traits as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[M2 LORD|lord]] to his kind.
+A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The vampire mage is derived from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]'', but is implemented somewhat differently from the [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mage]] of [[SLASH'EM]] and its variants. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire noble]] and even a [[vampire royal]]: he shares the same [[Vampire (monster attribute)|traits]] as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to his kind.
-A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]], and the usual weakness to [[silver]]. In Hack'EM, a tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
+A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]], and the usual weakness to [[silver]]. In Hack'EM, a [[tame]] vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated vampire mages are always hostile.
+Randomly generated vampire mages are always created hostile.
 A vampire mage leaves an [[old]] [[Human (monster)|human]] [[corpse]] behind upon death.
 ===EvilHack===
-In EvilHack, a vampire mage is generated in [[Kas]]'s chamber on the second level of [[Vecna's Domain]] at level creation.
+In EvilHack, vampire mages cannot be selected for [[genocide]] until the [[Vlad the Impaler]] is killed.
-At least two vampire mages are generated among the servants of [[Vlad the Impaler]] on the top floor of [[Vlad's Tower (EvilHack)|his Tower]] at level creation.
+Vampire mages cannot be generated among the vampires found in [[Mines' End]], which generally applies to the Catacombs map.
 ===Hack'EM===

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 2d8 [[drain life]], Bite 1d8 [[drain life]], [[monster spell|Spell-casting]] 2d6
+  |attacks=Claw 2d8 [[drain life]], Bite 1d8 [[drain life]], [[monster spell|Spell-casting]] 2d6 mage
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=sleep,poison,psychic,level drain
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   |nutr=400
   |weight=1450
-  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/master/src/monst.c#L2516 EvilHack - monst.c, line 2516]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/master/src/monst.c#L2651 EvilHack 0.8.4 - monst.c, line 2651]
 }}
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 A '''vampire mage''', {{monsym|vampire mage}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is derived from the [[deferred]] monster in the code of ''[[NetHack]]'', but is implemented somewhat differently from the [[Vampire mage (SLASH'EM)|vampire mage]] of [[SLASH'EM]] and its variants. Among [[Vampire (monster class)|vampires]], the vampire mage is considerably stronger than a [[vampire noble]] and even a [[vampire royal]]: he shares the same traits as his [[undead]] vampire kin, will seek out and pick up [[magical item]]s, and is a [[M2 LORD|lord]] to his kind.
-A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], a [[vulnerability]] to [[fire]], and the usual weakness to [[silver]]. In Hack'EM, a tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
+A vampire mage possesses a claw attack and bite attack that can [[drain life]], and will attempt to cast one mage [[monster spell]] for each round of combat. Vampire mages possess [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]], and the usual weakness to [[silver]]. In Hack'EM, a tame vampire mage may turn [[traitor]].
 ==Generation==
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 	the blood of sleeping persons. ..."
 		[]
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+}}{{stub}}<!--{{variant-36X}}-->
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 Vampire mages also appear among the random {{white|V}} generated in the [[Chaotic Quest]] at level creation.
-A vampire mage is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] an [[opera cloak]] and either a [[potion of blood]] or a [[potion of vampire blood]].
+A vampire mage is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] an [[opera cloak]] and either a [[Potion of blood (Hack'EM)|potion of blood]] or a [[Potion of blood (Hack'EM)|potion of vampire blood]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==