Yuki-onna (starting race)
The yuki-onna is a playable race that appears in dNetHack and notdNetHack.
Yuki-onna are a form of cold-elemental fey nymph.
Racial benefits and restrictions
Yuki-onna have a passive cold attack, and can use their nymph theft attack on enemies by attacking unarmed. However, they have low HP, and as fey beings are vulnerable to objects made of iron. They gain intrinsic fire resistance at level 11.
Yuki-onna that would start with iron armor are given non-iron replacements - currently, this only applies to ring mail, which is replaced with studded leather armor.
Attribute caps
Character Race |
Strength | Dexterity | Constitution | Intelligence | Wisdom | Charisma |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yuki-onna | 16 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
Yuki-onna are quite dexterous and capable in terms of mental stats, but are physically very frail.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, yuki-onna can be of any alignment, and can play as a Binder, Convict, Healer, Madwoman, Monk, Samurai, Troubadour, or Valkyrie.
Yuki-onna gain a significant reduction in failure rate for the spell of charm monster.
Starting equipment
Yuki-onna characters begin the game with knowledge of the randomized appearance for the potion of object detection, which nymphs are typically generated with.
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