SlashTHEM races
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In SlashTHEM, there are a total of 19 playable races:
- The 5 base races from NetHack - dwarf, elf, human, gnome, and orc;
- the 5 additional races from SLASH'EM - doppelgänger, drow, hobbit, lycanthrope, vampire; and
- 9 new playable races introduced by SlashTHEM, either entirely new or inherited from Slash'EM Extended - Clockwork automaton, ghoul, giant, illithid (mind flayer), incantifier, kobold, nymph, ogre, troll
Attribute limits
| race | Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clockwork automaton | 18/100 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| doppelgänger | 18/100 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| drow | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| dwarf | 18/100 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| elf | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| ghoul | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| giant | 25 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| gnome | 18 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
| hobbit | 18 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
| human | 18/100 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| illithid | 18 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 16 |
| incantifier | 18/100 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| kobold | 17 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| lycanthrope | 19 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| nymph | 16 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 25 |
| ogre | 23 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| orc | 18/50 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| troll | 23 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| vampire | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
Racial intrinsics
Each race has various intrinsics, unique abilities and weaknesses that are detailed in the table below. They also gain a dNetHack-style boost to certain skills, with their minimum caps in parentheses - if a monster of a listed race is paired with a role that has a boosted skill, that skill's cap will be one level higher.
| Race | Intrinsics by XL | Skills (standard cap) |
|---|---|---|
| clockwork automaton | 1: poison, sickness and stoning resistance 5: shock resistance 10: cold resistance 15: fire resistance |
long sword (Basic) |
| doppelgänger | 25: polymorph control | dagger (Basic) unless Caveperson body spells (Skilled) |
| drow | saber (Basic) musicalize spells (Basic) bow (Skilled) | |
| dwarf | pick-axe (Skilled) axe (Skilled) hammer (Skilled) | |
| elf | 4: sleep resistance | bow (Skilled) musicalize spell (Skilled) |
| ghoul | 1: sickness, cold, sleep, and poison resistance | bare-handed combat (Skilled) attack spells (Basic) |
| giant | 10: fire resistance 15: cold resistance 20: shock resistance |
two-weapon combat (Skilled) two-handed sword (Skilled) unless Caveperson |
| gnome | 5: stealth 9: speed 11: searching |
club (Basic) pick-axe (max. Basic) |
| human | none | none |
| hobbit | 1 stealth 7 speed |
sling (Skilled) |
| illithid | 1 telepathy 5 extrinsic elepathy |
attack spells (Expert) divination spells (Skilled) enchantment spells (Skilled) matter spells (Expert) |
| incantifier | 1: magic resistance | all 7 spell schools (Expert) |
| kobold | 1: poison resistance | spear (Basic) dagger (Basic) unless Caveperson dart (Basic) |
| lycanthrope | 1: poison resistance, regeneration 7: stealth |
bare-handed combat (+2 levels, min. Expert) short sword (Skilled) |
| nymph | 1: teleportitis 15: teleport control |
healing spells (Basic) musicalize spell (Skilled) |
| ogre | club (Skilled) | |
| orc | 1: poison resistance | scimitar (Skilled) |
| troll | 1: sickness resistance, regeneration | polearms (Skilled) |
| vampire | none | bare-handed combat (Basic) dagger (Basic) knife (Basic) |
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