Spellbook of charm monster
spellbook of + charm monster | |
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Appearance | random |
Abundance | 2.03% |
Base price | 300 zm |
Weight | 50 |
Turns to read | 6 |
Ink to write | 15–29 |
Spell type | enchantment |
Level | 3 |
Power cost | 15 Pw |
Direction | non-directional |
Equivalent | scroll of taming |
Special for | tourist |
In NetHack, the spellbook of charm monster can be read to learn the spell of charm monster. It is a level 3 enchantment spell, and the spellbook takes roughly 6 turns to read. It is the special spell for Tourists.
Contents
Generation
There is a ~2.03% chance that a randomly-generated spellbook will be a spellbook of charm monster.
Wizards may start the game with this spellbook as one of their non-force bolt spellbooks.[1]
Description
This spell has the basic effect of an uncursed scroll of taming at all skill levels:[2] adjacent monsters may become pacified or even tame, depending on their level and MR score, and angry shopkeepers are pacified regardless of MR score.[3][4] Covetous monsters, minions and humans such as guards, aligned priests and shopkeepers can only be made peaceful, and the same is true of demons unless you are in the form of a demon yourself.[5] The Wizard of Yendor, Medusa and the quest nemeses cannot be pacified or tamed.[6]
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
Charm monster is now a level 5 spell, and the spellbook requires 25-49 magic marker charges to write.Strategy
Charm monster is one of the better spells available to players: characters that can gain skill in enchantment spells or else gain enough levels to cast it even at Unskilled can tame some very powerful monsters. Some in particular, such as minotaurs and mastodons, will never resist it as they have no MR, while others such as arch-liches have such a high level and MR that you may be unable to even pacify them at all.
Charm monster is useful for any role which can gain skill in enchantment spells, or can gain ; Tourists in particular will have a good chance of being able to cast it. However, it is also quite useful as an emergency spell, particularly in the earlier stages of the game where few monsters have appreciable magic resistance - it is much better to have that soldier ant become your pet than your killer.
References
- ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 169
- ↑ src/read.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1402: both call
maybetame
function, located at line 930 - ↑ src/read.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 942
- ↑ src/dog.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 876
- ↑ src/dog.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 924
- ↑ src/dog.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 871