Vorpal jabberwock (monster) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2026-04-06T07:32:55Z

potholes

Umbire the Phantom: fix hatnote...

2025-05-04T18:54:13Z

fix hatnote...

Umbire the Phantom: /* UnNetHack */ do it this way

2025-04-26T00:45:33Z

‎UnNetHack: do it this way

Umbire the Phantom: /* UnNetHack */ detail

2025-04-26T00:44:47Z

‎UnNetHack: detail

Umbire the Phantom: one last tweak

2025-04-25T23:47:24Z

one last tweak

Umbire the Phantom: Umbire the Phantom moved page Vorpal jabberwock to Vorpal jabberwock (monster) without leaving a redirect: disambig

2025-04-25T23:32:38Z

Umbire the Phantom moved page Vorpal jabberwock to Vorpal jabberwock (monster) without leaving a redirect: disambig

Umbire the Phantom: do up similar to beholder

2025-04-25T23:32:24Z

do up similar to beholder

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ link to existing article

2025-04-25T07:26:26Z

‎EvilHack: link to existing article

Umbire the Phantom: todo so I don't keep putting this off much longer

2025-04-24T14:11:25Z

todo so I don't keep putting this off much longer

Aximili: category change

2022-04-27T17:13:48Z

category change

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=[[Bite]] 3d10 [[Physical damage|physical]], bite 3d10 physical, claw 3d10 physical, claw 3d10 physical
+  |attacks=[[Bite]] 3d10 [[Physical damage|physical]], bite 3d10 physical, [[Claw attack|claw]] 3d10 physical, claw 3d10 physical
   |weight=1300
   |nutr=600
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 A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The vorpal jabberwock is a monster that is part of the [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] [[monster class]], and has many of the same traits as a normal [[jabberwock]].{{refsrc|src/monst.c|1472|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Vorpal jabberwocks have two strong [[bite]] attacks and two strong claw attacks. As a deferred monster, they lack the jabberwock's special vulnerability to [[beheading]] by [[Vorpal Blade]].{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|1295|nethack=3.6.7|comment=case for Vorpal Blade only lists the jabberwock monster}}
+Vorpal jabberwocks have two strong [[bite attack]]s and two strong [[claw attack]]s. As a deferred monster, they lack the jabberwock's special vulnerability to [[beheading]] by [[Vorpal Blade]].{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|1295|nethack=3.6.7|comment=case for Vorpal Blade only lists the jabberwock monster}}
 ==Generation==

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   |reference=[[monst.c#line1472]]
 }}
-{{for|other implementations of the monster|beholder}}
+{{for|other implementations of the monster|vorpal jabberwock}}
 A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The vorpal jabberwock is a monster that is part of the [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] [[monster class]], and has many of the same traits as a normal [[jabberwock]].{{refsrc|src/monst.c|1472|nethack=3.6.7}}

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 ===UnNetHack===
 {{main|Vorpal jabberwock (UnNetHack)}}
-In [[UnNetHack]], the vorpal jabberwock can behead targets with their claw attacks under the same conditions as Vorpal Blade, though with a much lower {{frac|40}} chance (2.5%), and the beheading will not occur if they are [[cancelled]]. Vorpal jabberwocks are always beheaded if hit by Vorpal Blade.
+In [[UnNetHack]], the vorpal jabberwock can behead targets with their claw attacks under the same conditions as Vorpal Blade, though with a much lower {{frac|40}} chance (2.5%), and the beheading will also not occur if they are [[cancelled]] or the target is wielding Vorpal Blade. Vorpal jabberwocks are always beheaded if hit by Vorpal Blade.
 ===SpliceHack===

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 ===UnNetHack===
 {{main|Vorpal jabberwock (UnNetHack)}}
-In [[UnNetHack]], the vorpal jabberwock can behead targets with their claw attacks under the same conditions as Vorpal Blade, though with a much lower {{frac|40}} chance (2.5%), and are always beheaded if hit by Vorpal Blade. Wielding Vorpal Blade protects the wielder from beheading of any type.
+In [[UnNetHack]], the vorpal jabberwock can behead targets with their claw attacks under the same conditions as Vorpal Blade, though with a much lower {{frac|40}} chance (2.5%), and the beheading will not occur if they are [[cancelled]]. Vorpal jabberwocks are always beheaded if hit by Vorpal Blade.
 ===SpliceHack===

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 As a deferred monster, vorpal jabberwocks are not generated at all, but have rules governing their generation like any other monster.
-Randomly generated vorpal jabberwocks will always be created hostile, and they are not a valid target for [[polymorph]].
+Randomly generated vorpal jabberwocks will always be created hostile, and they are not a valid polymorph form due to being deferred.
 ==History==

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 {{monster
   |name=vorpal jabberwock
-  |difficulty=27
+ |symbol={{magenta|J}}
   |level=20
-  |experience=809
+  |experience=?
   |speed=12
   |AC=-2
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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Bite 3d10, Bite 3d10, Claw beheading 3d10, Claw beheading 3d10
+  |attacks=[[Bite]] 3d10 [[Physical damage|physical]], bite 3d10 physical, claw 3d10 physical, claw 3d10 physical
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |attributes={{attributes|A vorpal jabberwock|animal=1|fly=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|collect=1|infravisible=1}}
-  |size=Large
+  |reference=[[monst.c#line1472]]
- |nutr=600
+}}
- |weight=1300
+{{for|other implementations of the monster|beholder}}
-}}
+A '''vorpal jabberwock''', {{monsym|vorpal jabberwock}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The vorpal jabberwock is a monster that is part of the [[Jabberwock (monster class)|jabberwock]] [[monster class]], and has many of the same traits as a normal [[jabberwock]].{{refsrc|src/monst.c|1472|nethack=3.6.7}}
-The vorpal jabberwock possesses multiple [[instadeath|beheading]] attacks, each with a 5% chance of instantly beheading you on every successful hit (100% chance if you are polymorphed into a jabberwock or vorpal jabberwock yourself; 0% if you are currently headless or [[amorphous]]). Additionally, jabberwocks can [[grow up]] into vorpal jabberwocks.
+==Variants==
-== UnNetHack ==
+===SLASH'EM===
-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.
+{{main|Vorpal jabberwock (SLASH'EM)}}
-{{stub|Please verify: beheading chance seems more like 20% and cancelling seems to not be possible}}
+In [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], the vorpal jabberwock is simply a stronger jabberwock with no special vulnerability to Vorpal Blade.
-== EvilHack ==
+===GruntHack===
-{{main|Vorpal jabberwock (EvilHack)}}
+{{main|Vorpal jabberwock (GruntHack)}}
-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.
+In [[GruntHack]], the vorpal jabberwock can behead targets with their claw attacks under the same conditions as Vorpal Blade, and are always beheaded if hit by Vorpal Blade or any weapon with the [[vorpal]] object property.
-{{clear}}
+===UnNetHack===
-== SLASH'EM ==
+===SpliceHack===
-{{monster
+{{main|Vorpal jabberwock (SpliceHack)}}
- |name=vorpal jabberwock
+In [[SpliceHack]], the vorpal jabberwock can behead targets with their claw attacks under the same conditions as Vorpal Blade, though with a much lower {{frac|50}} chance (2%), and are always beheaded if hit by Vorpal Blade.
-The [[SLASH'EM]] version of the vorpal jabberwock possesses no beheading attack, will not grow up from a regular jabberwock, does not generate in [[Gehennom]], and is not especially vulnerable to being decapitated by Vorpal Blade.
+===EvilHack===
-== SpliceHack ==
+===Hack'EM===
-[[SpliceHack]]'s vorpal jabberwock acts mostly like SLASH'EM's version, except that Vorpal Blade will still always decapitate it.
+In [[Hack'EM]], the vorpal jabberwock behaves as in EvilHack, though with a slightly lower [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 50 (compared to 70 in EvilHack).
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|	"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
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 }}
-[[Category:GruntHack monsters]]
+==References==
-[[Category:SLASH'EM monsters]]
+<references/>
-[[Category:SpliceHack Monsters]]
+{{nethack-367}}
-[[Category:UnNetHack monsters]]
+[[Category:Deferred features]]

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	== EvilHack ==		== EvilHack ==
		+	{{main\|Vorpal jabberwock (EvilHack)}}
	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.		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.

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	In every incarnation, the vorpal jabberwock is a more powerful version of the regular [[jabberwock]], appearing as {{magenta\|J}}. Like the regular jabberwock, it is especially vulnerable to being beheaded by [[Vorpal Blade]] (and other methods of decapitation, depending on the variant).		In every incarnation, the vorpal jabberwock is a more powerful version of the regular [[jabberwock]], appearing as {{magenta\|J}}. Like the regular jabberwock, it is especially vulnerable to being beheaded by [[Vorpal Blade]] (and other methods of decapitation, depending on the variant).
		+	{{todo\|Split into articles by variant.}}

	== GruntHack ==		== GruntHack ==