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A '''drow''', {{monsym|drow}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The drow is a [[strong]] and [[omnivorous]] [[Elf (monster attribute)|elf]] that is always generated as male, despite their corpses also being used for [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] characters that can be male or female. Drow may turn [[traitor]] while tame.
 
A '''drow''', {{monsym|drow}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The drow is a [[strong]] and [[omnivorous]] [[Elf (monster attribute)|elf]] that is always generated as male, despite their corpses also being used for [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] characters that can be male or female. Drow may turn [[traitor]] while tame.
  
A drow has two weapon attacks, the first of which can put targets to [[sleep]], and possesses [[sleep resistance]] like other elves.
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A drow has two weapon attacks, with the first capable of puting targets to [[sleep]], and possesses [[sleep resistance]] like other elves.
  
 
Eating a drow [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|2|5}} of conveying sleep resistance.
 
Eating a drow [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|2|5}} of conveying sleep resistance.

Revision as of 03:39, 21 June 2024

A drow, @, is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. The drow is a strong and omnivorous elf that is always generated as male, despite their corpses also being used for drow characters that can be male or female. Drow may turn traitor while tame.

A drow has two weapon attacks, with the first capable of puting targets to sleep, and possesses sleep resistance like other elves.

Eating a drow corpse or tin has a 25 of conveying sleep resistance.

Generation

Randomly generated drow are always created hostile, and may appear in small groups. They are not a valid form for polymorph.

Drow are always generated with a dark elven mithril-coat, a dark elven short sword, a dark elven bow, and a stack of 3-15 dark elven arrows.[1]

Drow may appear among the @ generated within the Lawful Quest's Chamber of Junk.

Strategy

The drow's sleep-inducing melee attack can be very dangerous for unprepared characters, but can be completely nullified by sleep resistance and almost completely blocked by MC3, rendering them much less threatening opponents against elven and drow characters. Their guaranteed dark elven mithril-coat can be a useful upgrade for non-spellcasting characters until they obtain a dragon scale mail.

As elven monsters, eating their corpse or tin constitutes cannibalism for elven and drow characters, and elven characters (who are typically not chaotic unlike in NetHack) will want to avoid sacrificing the corpses as well. Other characters will find drow corpses to be a useful source of sleep resistance and a decent source of nutrition.

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