Brownie

n brownie
Difficulty	11
Attacks	Claw steal item, Spell-casting

n brownie
Difficulty	11
Attacks	Claw steal item, Spell-casting
Base level	8
Base experience	126
Speed	15
Base AC	3
Base MR	20
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	60
Nutritional value	30
Size	Tiny
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	causes teleportitis (80%)
A brownie: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can teleport. does not eat. (*) is normally generated hostile. likes gold. can pick up magical items. can be seen through infravision. does not appear in Gehennom. hits creatures as a +1 weapon.
Reference	SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line1115

The brownie, n, is a small fairy-like creature that appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. It is essentially a spellcasting counterpart to standard nymphs, and shares its glyph with the mountain nymph.

Generation

Randomly generated brownies are always created hostile, and are not randomly generated in Gehennom.

Brownies are generated asleep ⁴⁄₅ of the time unless the character has the Amulet of Yendor, in which case they will always be generated awake.

One brownie is generated in the Lawful Quest within the forest where Nightmare dwells, and brownies may be among the nymphs that are generated on the nymph level. Brownies appear among the random n that are part of the first quest monster class for Rogues and make up ²⁴⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters randomly generated on the Rogue quest.

Brownies have a ¹⁄₂ chance of being generated with a mirror, and an independent ¹⁄₂ chance of generating with a potion of object detection.

SlashTHEM

In SlashTHEM, one brownie is generated asleep within the village of the Town branch.

Strategy

Brownies are especially dangerous when awake; they are fast and possess spells such as destroy armor and curse items, on top of being able to steal items and teleport away. They also have many more hit dice than the typical nymph, although they only have one seduction attack.

While not a particularly damaging threat, they are annoying and generally not worth the risk of a cursed inventory, stolen items or even destroyed armor. It is well worth to check if that n is a brownie or a mountain nymph before engaging it - if you decide not to avoid them altogether using stealth or other methods, be prepared to get rid of them quickly. Brownies can be dispatched most safely using available ranged weapons and/or Elbereth - be wary that even with magic resistance, allowing the brownie to get within melee range may lead to them whisking the source of your resistance off your person.