Garter snake
S garter snake | |
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Difficulty | 3 |
Attacks |
Bite 1d2 |
Base level | 1 |
Base experience | 8 |
Speed | 8 |
Base AC | 8 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 50 |
Nutritional value | 60 |
Size | Tiny |
Resistances | None |
Resistances conveyed |
None |
A garter snake:
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Reference | monst.c#line1746 |
A garter snake, S, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It is a non-poisonous variety of snake that can swim and hide under objects, and are the first snakes (and often the first hiding monsters) that you may encounter.
A garter snake has a single bite attack.
Contents
Generation
Randomly generated garter snakes can appear in large groups of 2-11 each, and may generate as peaceful towards neutral player characters.
Garter snakes generate among the random S that are part of the second quest monster class for Archeologists and make up 24⁄35 of the monsters that randomly generate on the Archeologist quest. Garter snakes may generate among the random snakes that appear on the first and fourth variants of Medusa's Island.
Garter snakes generated at level creation are given a random item to hide under.[1]
Strategy
Garter snakes are quite harmless on their own, but their tendency to appear early and in groups can overwhelm weak or careless characters - they can still be handled fairly easily otherwise. Their ability to hide makes for a rude surprise when encountered in shops, though not nearly to the level of most mimics. Pets that are not terribly weak themselves should have no trouble dispatching a group of them.
History
The garter snake first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
Origin
Garter snakes are a group of generally harmless, small to medium-sized snakes commonly known snakes found in North America. While real garter snakes are venomous, they are only mildly so, and they can only become poisonous by feeding on toxic newts and retaining those toxins.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, The Snake Pit of the Lawful Quest may contain garter snakes among the random 2-4 S generated at level creation.
Encyclopedia entry
- See the encyclopedia entry for snake.
References
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1243: snakes get a free house