Zombie (dNetHack) - Revision history

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‎Other zombies: clarify new monsters

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ slight smithing

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated zombies occur in groups. Living monsters that are damaged in melee by zombies at any point, or are damaged by any [[Skeleton (dNetHack)|skeletal]] monster with a {{frac|20}} chance on each hit, will reanimate from their [[corpse]] as a zombie themselves if they are killed by any means that leaves behind a [[corpse]]. The presence of a [[dread seraph]] on a level will cause any corpses dropped upon death to revive as zombies.
+Randomly generated zombies occur in groups. Living monsters that are damaged in melee by zombies at any point, or are damaged by any [[Skeleton (monster template)|skeletal]] monster with a {{frac|20}} chance on each hit, will reanimate from their [[corpse]] as a zombie themselves if they are killed by any means that leaves behind a [[corpse]]. The presence of a [[dread seraph]] on a level will cause any corpses dropped upon death to revive as zombies.
 ==Description==

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 ==Other zombies==
-A basic [[Zombie (monster)#dNetHack|"zombie"]] still exists in monst.c as a form of fallback for [[wizard mode]], and is equivalent to the vanilla [[human zombie]] in this regard: [[Guard]]s, [[high priest]]s, [[aligned priest]]s, [[shopkeeper]]s, and [[Angel]]s are special-cased to become zombies if the player attempts to directly create them in [[wizard mode]]&mdash;this is the case for them in vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'', since these monsters are not intended to be created outside of specific circumstances.{{refsrc|src/read.c|2415|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=In ''NetHack'', this applies to animating their corpse or statue as well. While this technically also applies to shopkeepers, revival is special-cased to work on them.}} Unlike ''NetHack'', it is possible to properly animate the corpses and statues of these monsters in normal play (with the exception of temple priest corpses).
+A basic [[Zombie (monster)#dNetHack|"zombie"]] still exists in <tt>monst.c</tt> as a form of fallback for [[wizard mode]], and is equivalent to the vanilla [[human zombie]] in this regard: [[Guard]]s, [[high priest]]s, [[aligned priest]]s, [[shopkeeper]]s, and [[Angel]]s are special-cased to become zombies if the player attempts to directly create them in [[wizard mode]]&mdash;this is the case for them in vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'', since these monsters are not intended to be created outside of specific circumstances.{{refsrc|src/read.c|2415|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=In ''NetHack'', this applies to animating their corpse or statue as well. While this technically also applies to shopkeepers, revival is special-cased to work on them.}} Unlike ''NetHack'', it is possible to properly animate the corpses and statues of these monsters in normal play (with the exception of temple priest corpses).
 In addition to the above, dNetHack also has several distinct monsters in the [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie]] [[monster class]], with most of the monsters being new (highlighted in '''bold'''):

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 * {{black|Z}} [[ghoul]]
 * {{black|Z}} '''[[hedrow zombie]]'''
-* {{white|Z}} '''[[skeletal pirate]]'''
+* {{white|Z}} '''[[Skeletal pirate (dNetHack)|skeletal pirates]]'''
 * {{yellow|Z}} '''[[hungry dead]]'''
 * {{white|Z}} [[skeleton]]

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated zombies occur in groups. Living monsters that are damaged in melee by zombies (or damaged by any [[Skeleton (dNetHack)|skeletal]] monster, with a {{frac|20}} chance each hit) and then killed by any means that leaves behind a [[corpse]] will reanimate from that corpse as a zombie themselves. The presence of a [[dread seraph]] on a level will cause any corpses dropped upon death to revive as zombies.
+Randomly generated zombies occur in groups. Living monsters that are damaged in melee by zombies at any point, or are damaged by any [[Skeleton (dNetHack)|skeletal]] monster with a {{frac|20}} chance on each hit, will reanimate from their [[corpse]] as a zombie themselves if they are killed by any means that leaves behind a [[corpse]]. The presence of a [[dread seraph]] on a level will cause any corpses dropped upon death to revive as zombies.
 ==Description==

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated zombies occur in groups. Living monsters that are damaged in melee by zombies (or damaged by any [[Skeleton (dNetHack)|skeletal]] monster, with a {{frac|20}} chance each hit) and then killed by any means that leaves behind their [[corpse]] will rise from the dead as a zombie themselves. The presence of a [[dread seraph]] on a level will cause any corpses dropped to revive as zombies.
+Randomly generated zombies occur in groups. Living monsters that are damaged in melee by zombies (or damaged by any [[Skeleton (dNetHack)|skeletal]] monster, with a {{frac|20}} chance each hit) and then killed by any means that leaves behind a [[corpse]] will reanimate from that corpse as a zombie themselves. The presence of a [[dread seraph]] on a level will cause any corpses dropped upon death to revive as zombies.
 ==Description==

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 A basic [[Zombie (monster)#dNetHack|"zombie"]] still exists in monst.c as a form of fallback for [[wizard mode]], and is equivalent to the vanilla [[human zombie]] in this regard: [[Guard]]s, [[high priest]]s, [[aligned priest]]s, [[shopkeeper]]s, and [[Angel]]s are special-cased to become zombies if the player attempts to directly create them in [[wizard mode]], as is the case for them in vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' - these monsters are not intended to be created outside of specific circumstances.{{refsrc|src/read.c|2415|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=In ''NetHack'', this applies to animating their corpse or statue as well. While this technically also applies to shopkeepers, revival is special-cased to work on them.}} <!--Commented pending visual confirmation: Unlike ''NetHack'', it is possible to properly animate the corpses and statues of these monsters (with the exception of temple priest corpses).-->
-In addition to the above, dNetHack also has several distinct monsters in the [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie]] [[monster class]], most of them new:
+In addition to the above, dNetHack also has several distinct monsters in the [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie]] [[monster class]], with most of the monsters being new (highlighted in '''bold'''):
-* {{brown|Z}} [[undead knight]]
+* {{brown|Z}} '''[[undead knight]]'''
-* {{yellow|Z}} [[warrior of sunlight]]
+* {{yellow|Z}} '''[[warrior of sunlight]]'''
-* {{gray|Z}} [[undead maiden]]
+* {{gray|Z}} '''[[undead maiden]]'''
-* {{white|Z}} [[knight of the princess's guard]]
+* {{white|Z}} '''[[knight of the princess's guard]]'''
-* {{brightblue|Z}} [[blue sentinel]]
+* {{brightblue|Z}} '''[[blue sentinel]]'''
-* {{blue|Z}} [[darkmoon knight]]
+* {{blue|Z}} '''[[darkmoon knight]]'''
-* {{gray|Z}} [[undead rebel]]
+* {{gray|Z}} '''[[undead rebel]]'''
-* {{black|Z}} [[pardoner]]
+* {{black|Z}} '''[[pardoner]]'''
-* {{black|Z}} [[occultist]]
+* {{black|Z}} '''[[occultist]]'''
 * {{black|Z}} [[ghoul]]
-* {{black|Z}} [[hedrow zombie]]
+* {{black|Z}} '''[[hedrow zombie]]'''
-* {{white|Z}} [[skeletal pirate]]
+* {{white|Z}} '''[[skeletal pirate]]'''
-* {{yellow|Z}} [[hungry dead]]
+* {{yellow|Z}} '''[[hungry dead]]'''
 * {{white|Z}} [[skeleton]]
-* {{black|Z}} [[gnoll ghoul]]
+* {{black|Z}} '''[[gnoll ghoul]]'''
-* {{monsymlink|dread seraph}}
+* {{monsym|dread seraph}} '''[[dread seraph]]'''
-* {{brown|Z}} [[phalanx]]
+* {{brown|Z}} '''[[phalanx]]'''
 ==References==

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 ==Description==
-A zombified monster is [[mindless]] and has [[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[sleep resistance]]; they are resistant to piercing and bludgeoning weapons, they have a roughly {{frac|2}} chance of reviving from their corpse, and their base dice for melee attacks are doubled (or tripled at [[midnight]]). However, they have a 2-point penalty to [[AC]] and take double damage from slashing weapons - weapons that have been given the "true death" boon by [[the Silver Flame]] deal double damage + 2d7 additional damage.<ref>Specifically, a bonus equal to double the sum of the base dice plus its enchantment, e.g. a +7 saber (1d8 base damage versus all monsters) would do 2x(1d8+7)+2d7.</ref> They also tend to move slower than living monsters: a monster with a [[speed]] of 6 or higher in their living form will have their zombie speed lowered to the higher of two values between half their normal speed and 6.
+A zombified monster is [[mindless]] and gains [[cold resistance]], [[poison resistance]] and [[sleep resistance]]; they are resistant to piercing and bludgeoning weapons, they have a roughly {{frac|2}} chance of reviving from their corpse, and their base dice for melee attacks are doubled (or tripled at [[midnight]]). However, they have a 2-point penalty to [[AC]] and take double damage from slashing weapons - weapons that have been given the "true death" boon by [[the Silver Flame]] deal double damage + 2d7 additional damage.<ref>Specifically, a bonus equal to double the sum of the base dice plus its enchantment, e.g. a +7 saber (1d8 base damage versus all monsters) would do 2x(1d8+7)+2d7.</ref> They also tend to move slower than living monsters: a monster with a [[speed]] of 6 or higher in their living form will have their speed in zombie form lowered to the higher of two values between half their normal speed and 6.
 Other non-undead monsters will mutually [[grudge]] zombies, with each attacking the other on sight.