Vorpal jabberwock (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

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{{ monster
|name=vorpal jabberwock
|difficulty=27
|level=20
|experience=809
|speed=12
|AC=-2
|MR=50
|align=0
|frequency=Very rare, appears only outside of [[Gehennom]]
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Bite 3d10, Bite 3d10, Claw 3d10, Claw 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|hitasthree=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=600
|weight=1300
|reference=[[SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2683]]
}}

The '''Vorpal jabberwock''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. It is also a [[deferred feature]] in vanilla. It is basically a more powerful [[jabberwock]], but is also not generated in [[Gehennom]]. A jabberwock will not grow up into a vorpal jabberwock.

==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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 {{for|other implementations of the monster|vorpal jabberwock}}
-A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The vorpal jabberwock is the strongest type of [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] that appears in both variants, and is an implemented version of the deferred [[Vorpal jabberwock (monster)|vorpal jabberwock]] that exists in the data of ''[[NetHack]]''. Like other jabberwocks, it is a [[strong]] [[carnivorous]] [[animal]] that is capable of [[flight]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and will pick up food and other items that they come across.
+A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The vorpal jabberwock is the strongest type of [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] that appears in both variants, and is an implemented version of the deferred [[Vorpal jabberwock (monster)|vorpal jabberwock]] that exists in the data of ''[[NetHack]]''. Like other jabberwocks, it is a [[strong]] [[carnivorous]] [[animal]] that is capable of [[flight]], can be seen via [[infravision]], will pick up food and other items that they come across while hostile, and can be [[saddled]] for [[riding]] while [[tame]].
 Vorpal jabberwocks have two strong [[bite]] attacks and two strong claw attacks, and [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as +3 weapons]]. Unlike regular [[jabberwock]]s, they do not have a special vulnerability to [[Vorpal Blade]].

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−	~~{{monster~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Vorpal jabberwock#SLASH'EM]]
−	~~\|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 '''~~Vorpal jabberwock''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. It is also a [[deferred feature]] in vanilla. It is basically a more powerful [[jabberwock]], but is also not generated in [[Gehennom]]. A jabberwock will not grow up into a vorpal jabberwock. Also, [[Vorpal Blade]] will not unfailingly behead them.
−
−	~~==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 ]~~
−	}}
−	~~{{slashem-7E7}}~~
−	~~[[Category:~~SLASH'EM ~~monsters~~]]

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	He went galumphing back.\|[ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ]		He went galumphing back.\|[ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ]
	}}		}}
		+
		+	[[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]

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−	The '''Vorpal jabberwock''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. It is also a [[deferred feature]] in vanilla. It is basically a more powerful [[jabberwock]], but is also not generated in [[Gehennom]]. A jabberwock will not grow up into a vorpal jabberwock.	+	The '''Vorpal jabberwock''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. It is also a [[deferred feature]] in vanilla. It is basically a more powerful [[jabberwock]], but is also not generated in [[Gehennom]]. A jabberwock will not grow up into a vorpal jabberwock. Also, [[Vorpal Blade]] will not unfailingly behead them.

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−	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[Vorpal jabberwock#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 [[Physical damage\|physical]], Bite 3d10 physical, Claw 3d10 physical, Claw 3d10 physical
		+	\|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]]
		+	}}
		+	{{for\|other implementations of the monster\|vorpal jabberwock}}
		+	A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym\|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The vorpal jabberwock is the strongest type of [[Jabberwock (monster class)\|jabberwock]] that appears in both variants, and is an implemented version of the deferred [[Vorpal jabberwock (monster)\|vorpal jabberwock]] that exists in the data of ''[[NetHack]]''. Like other jabberwocks, it is a [[strong]] [[carnivorous]] [[animal]] that is capable of [[flight]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and will pick up food and other items that they come across.
		+
		+	Vorpal jabberwocks have two strong [[bite]] attacks and two strong claw attacks, and [[Hits creatures as +x weapon\|hit as +3 weapons]]. Unlike regular [[jabberwock]]s, they do not have a special vulnerability to [[Vorpal Blade]].
		+
		+	==Generation==
		+	Randomly generated vorpal jabberwocks are always created hostile. They will not randomly generate in [[Gehennom]].
		+
		+	==Strategy==
		+	Vorpal jabberwocks are much tougher than their standard counterparts, and without the ability to instantly fell one via Vorpal Blade they can prove to be a tough challenge for a hero heading towards the late game.
		+
		+	==Origin==
		+	{{wikipedia\|Jabberwocky}}
		+	The vorpal jabberwock is based on the titular creature of ''Jabberwocky'', a famous nonsense poem by [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll\|Lewis Carroll]], and its [[encyclopedia]] entry is an excerpt from the poem. ''Jabberwocky'' is first printed in Carroll's 1871 novel ''[[wikipedia:Through the Looking-Glass\|Through the Looking-Glass]]'', the sequel to the 1865 ''[[wikipedia:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''.
		+
		+	Alice finds herself in a looking-glass world and encounters the poem as part of a book written in a seemingly unintelligible language; she shortly discovers the text and the world at large is in fact inverted (or mirrored), and holds a mirror to the poem to read it, finding it as puzzling as the odd land she is now in. The poem is also the inspiration for the [[artifact weapon]] Vorpal Blade, based on the unnamed adventurer's weapon that is used to behead the jabberwock - this is also the basis for the jabberwock's weakness to Vorpal Blade.
		+
		+	The original illustrations by [[wikipedia:John Tenniel\|John Tenniel]] accompanying the poem (and the rest of the two novels) depict the titular jabberwock as a bipedal creature that vaguely resembles a dragon: It has bat-like wings, a long serpentine neck, a long tail, a weird head with rabbit-like teeth, hands with three long spidery talons, and a waistcoat. Some of the jabberwock's more particular traits may reflect the contemporary Victorian obsession with natural history and the then-fast-evolving sciences of paleontology and geology.
		+
		+	==Encyclopedia entry==
		+	Jabberwocks and Vorpal Blade share the same 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 ]
		+	}}
		+	{{slashem-7E7\|offset=1}}
		+	{{variant-343}}
		+	[[Category:Lethe patch]]
		+	[[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]
		+	[[Category:SlashTHEM monsters]]

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 The '''Vorpal jabberwock''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. It is also a [[deferred feature]] in vanilla. It is basically a more powerful [[jabberwock]], but is also not generated in [[Gehennom]]. A jabberwock will not grow up into a vorpal jabberwock. Also, [[Vorpal Blade]] will not unfailingly behead them.
-==Encyclopedia Entry==
+==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|	"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

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-{{ monster
+{{monster
   |name=vorpal jabberwock
   |difficulty=27
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   |reference=[[SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2683]]
 }}
 The '''Vorpal jabberwock''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. It is also a [[deferred feature]] in vanilla. It is basically a more powerful [[jabberwock]], but is also not generated in [[Gehennom]]. A jabberwock will not grow up into a vorpal jabberwock. Also, [[Vorpal Blade]] will not unfailingly behead them.
 ==Encyclopedia Entry==
 {{encyclopedia|	"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
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    He went galumphing back.|[ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ]
 }}
+{{slashem-7E7}}
 [[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]

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   |MR=50
   |align=0
-  |frequency=Very rare, appears only outside of [[Gehennom]]
+  |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
   |attacks=Bite 3d10, Bite 3d10, Claw 3d10, Claw 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|hitasthree=1}}
+  |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