Vorpal jabberwock (UnNetHack) - Revision history

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Ardub23 at 04:31, 7 August 2019

2019-08-07T04:31:03Z

Qazmlpok: It's a 1-in-40 chance (possibly changed at some point), but they get two attacks. Not quite 1-in-20. Also "vorpal" properties don't exist in UnNetHack as far as I'm aware.

2018-11-23T02:59:26Z

It's a 1-in-40 chance (possibly changed at some point), but they get two attacks. Not quite 1-in-20. Also "vorpal" properties don't exist in UnNetHack as far as I'm aware.

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2014-01-15T01:23:26Z

Created page with "{{ 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 ..."

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{{ 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
}}
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(content pulled as is from the GruntHack page--a quick source dive didn't reveal any obvious differences but there might be some. More importantly, if you came to this page you probably just want to know one thing--yes, it WILL behead you!)

The '''vorpal jabberwock''' is a [[:Category:UnNetHack monsters|monster]] in [[UnNetHack]], derived from the [[deferred feature]] in NetHack. It is a more powerful [[jabberwock]] ([[Vorpal Blade]] and [[Object properties|other vorpal weapons]] will still behead them), possessing a [[Instadeath|beheading]] attack - 1 in 20 successful hits it lands behead you, killing you instantly (this is a 100% chance if you are polymorphed into a jabberwock or vorpal jabberwock yourself).

==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 ]
}}

[[Category:UnNetHack monsters]]

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 A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[GruntHack]]. The vorpal jabberwock is the strongest type of [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] that a [[hero]] can encounter, 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 [[vorpal]] claw attacks that each have a {{frac|40}} chance of [[behead]]ing targets under the same conditions as [[Vorpal Blade]]&mdash;wielding Vorpal Blade will protect from the beheading effects. Hitting a vorpal jabberwock with Vorpal Blade will always behead them.
+Vorpal jabberwocks have two strong [[bite]] attacks and two strong [[vorpal]] claw attacks that each have a {{frac|40}} chance of [[behead]]ing targets under the same conditions as [[Vorpal Blade]]&mdash;wielding Vorpal Blade will protect from the beheading effects, and they will not occur if the vorpal jabberwock is [[canceled]]. Hitting a vorpal jabberwock with Vorpal Blade will always behead them.
 ==Generation==

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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 [[GruntHack]]. The vorpal jabberwock is the strongest type of [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] that a [[hero]] can encounter, 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 [[GruntHack]]. The vorpal jabberwock is the strongest type of [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] that a [[hero]] can encounter, 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 [[vorpal]] claw attacks that each have a {{frac|40}} chance of [[behead]]ing targets under the same conditions as [[Vorpal Blade]]&mdash;wielding Vorpal Blade will protect from the beheading effects. Hitting a vorpal jabberwock with Vorpal Blade will always behead them.

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Vorpal jabberwock#UnNetHack]]	+	{{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 [[behead]], Claw 3d10 behead
		+	\|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\|nosheol=1}}
		+	\|size=Large
		+	\|nutr=600
		+	\|weight=1300
		+	}}
		+	{{for\|other implementations of the monster\|vorpal jabberwock}}
		+	A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym\|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[GruntHack]]. The vorpal jabberwock is the strongest type of [[Jabberwock (monster class)\|jabberwock]] that a [[hero]] can encounter, 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 [[vorpal]] claw attacks that each have a {{frac\|40}} chance of [[behead]]ing targets under the same conditions as [[Vorpal Blade]]—wielding Vorpal Blade will protect from the beheading effects. Hitting a vorpal jabberwock with Vorpal Blade will always behead them.
		+
		+	==Generation==
		+	Randomly generated vorpal jabberwocks are always created hostile, and are not randomly created in [[Sheol]].
		+
		+	==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==
		+	Vorpal jabberwocks and Vorpal Blade share the same encyclopedia entry:
		+	{{encyclopedia\|
		+	The Cat materialized at the far end of the bar, downed the
		+	Hatter's drink, and said, "I hear the burbling, and eyes of
		+	flame are drifting to the left."
		+	I glanced at the mural, and I, too, saw the fiery eyes and heard
		+	a peculiar sound.
		+	"It could be any number of things," Luke remarked.
		+	The Cat moved to a rack behind the bar and reached high up on
		+	the wall to where a strange weapon hung, shimmering and shifting
		+	in shadow. He lowered the thing and slid it along the bar; it came
		+	to rest before Luke.
		+	"Better have the Vorpal Sword in hand, that's all I can say."
		+	Luke laughed, but I stared fascinated at the device which looked
		+	as if it were made of moth wings and folded moonlight.
		+	\|[ Sign of Chaos, by Roger Zelazny ]
		+	}}
		+	{{variant-343}}
		+	[[Category:UnNetHack monsters]]

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−	~~{{ monster~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Vorpal jabberwock#UnNetHack]]
−	~~\|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~~
−	}}
−	~~{{stub}}~~
−	<!--content pulled as is from the GruntHack page--a quick source dive didn't reveal any obvious differences but there might be some. More importantly, if you came to this page you probably just want to know one thing—yes, it WILL behead you!-->
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−	~~The '''vorpal jabberwock''' is a~~ [[:Category:UnNetHack monsters\|monster]] in [[UnNetHack]], derived from the [[deferred feature]] in NetHack. It is a more powerful [[jabberwock]]. They possess two [[Instadeath\|beheading]] attacks; each successful hit it lands has a {{frac\|40}} chance of beheading you, killing you instantly. If you are polymorphed into a jabberwock or vorpal jabberwock, ''any'' hit from a vorpal jabberwock will behead you.
−
−	~~Polymorphing into a headless or [[amorphous]] form protects you from its beheading attacks, as does [[Cancellation\|cancelling]] the vorpal~~ jabberwock~~. [[Vorpal Blade]] always beheads vorpal jabberwocks.~~
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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 ]~~
−	}}
−
−	~~[[Category:~~UnNetHack ~~monsters~~]]

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−	The '''vorpal jabberwock''' is a [[:Category:UnNetHack monsters\|monster]] in [[UnNetHack]], derived from the [[deferred feature]] in NetHack. It is a more powerful [[jabberwock]] ([[Vorpal Blade~~]] and [[Object properties\|other vorpal weapons~~]] will still behead them), possessing a [[Instadeath\|beheading]] ~~attack~~ - 1 in 20 successful hits it lands ~~behead~~ you, killing you instantly (this is a 100% chance if you are polymorphed into a jabberwock or vorpal jabberwock yourself).	+	The '''vorpal jabberwock''' is a [[:Category:UnNetHack monsters\|monster]] in [[UnNetHack]], derived from the [[deferred feature]] in NetHack. It is a more powerful [[jabberwock]] ([[Vorpal Blade]] will still behead them), possessing two [[Instadeath\|beheading]] attacks - 1 in 40 successful hits it lands beheads you, killing you instantly (this is a 100% chance if you are polymorphed into a jabberwock or vorpal jabberwock yourself). Polymorphing into a headless or amorphous form will protect you, as will cancelling the vorpal jabberwock.

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==

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   |experience=809
   |speed=12
-  |AC=-2
+  |AC=&minus;2
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 {{stub}}
-(content pulled as is from the GruntHack page--a quick source dive didn't reveal any obvious differences but there might be some.  More importantly, if you came to this page you probably just want to know one thing--yes, it WILL behead you!)
+<!--content pulled as is from the GruntHack page--a quick source dive didn't reveal any obvious differences but there might be some. More importantly, if you came to this page you probably just want to know one thing—yes, it WILL behead you!-->
-The '''vorpal jabberwock''' is a [[:Category:UnNetHack monsters|monster]] in [[UnNetHack]], derived from the [[deferred feature]] in NetHack. It is a more powerful [[jabberwock]] ([[Vorpal Blade]] will still behead them), possessing two [[Instadeath|beheading]] attacks - 1 in 40 successful hits it lands beheads you, killing you instantly (this is a 100% chance if you are polymorphed into a jabberwock or vorpal jabberwock yourself). Polymorphing into a headless or amorphous form will protect you, as will cancelling the vorpal jabberwock.
+Polymorphing into a headless or [[amorphous]] form protects you from its beheading attacks, as does [[Cancellation|cancelling]] the vorpal jabberwock. [[Vorpal Blade]] always beheads vorpal jabberwocks.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==