Pharaoh

M pharaoh (No tile)
Difficulty	30
Attacks	Weapon 8d4 physical, Offhand Weapon 8d4 physical, Cast 0d0 clerical spell, Passive 0d0 inflict curses

M pharaoh (No tile)
Difficulty	30
Attacks	Weapon 8d4 physical, Offhand Weapon 8d4 physical, Cast 0d0 clerical spell, Passive 0d0 inflict curses
Base level	25
Base experience	1016
Speed	12
Base AC	-4
Base MR	99
Alignment	20 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1200
Nutritional value	100
Size	medium
Resistances	cold, sleep, shock, poison
A pharaoh: can survive underwater. does not breathe. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. regenerates HP quickly. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is undead. is a human. is an overlord to its kind. is normally generated hostile. can pick up weapons and food. can pick up magical items. wants the Amulet of Yendor. wants the Book of the Dead. wants the Amulet of Yendor, the Bell of Opening, the Book of the Dead, the Candelabrum of Invocation, and your quest artifact. has infravision. appears only in Gehennom. never leaves a corpse. resists death magic.

A pharaoh, M, is a type of monster that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. The pharaoh is a powerful human mummy that is considered a prince to their kind, has enhanced regeneration along with infravision, and will seek out magical items and other objects to collect. Pharaohs are covetous and capable of warping, and desire the Amulet of Yendor, the invocation items, and the quest artifact of the hero's role.

A pharaoh has a strong weapon attack and offhand weapon attack, will attempt to cast one clerical monster spell during each of its turns, and on death inflicts powerful mummy curses: their dying curse will either inflict sickness, cause mummy rot (or else drain constitution or charisma if the hero already has mummy rot), or else stop the hero's heart (killing them if they have less than 100 current HP, and otherwise dealing 10d8 damage). Pharaohs possess cold resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance, and death resistance like other mummies, along with shock resistance.

Generation

Pharaohs are always created hostile, and are only randomly generated in Gehennom.

Pharaohs can be summoned by the Hmnyw-Pharaoh, and may be generated as minions of Ptah and Thoth.

A pharaoh does not leave a corpse upon death.

Strategy

The death curses that pharaohs can inflict upon player characters make them a very enticing target for genocide.

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