Fiddlehack

A nethack variant based on FIQhack. Some commits come from Fourk and DynaHack.

No online server yet! Source code

Lineage: NetHack_3.4.3 -> NetHack_4 -> FIQhack -> FiddleHack!

Chronological Changelog

The most recent changes are at the bottom of the page.

November 2017

• Quaffing blessed enlightenment increases Charisma in addition to Int/Wis.
• Racial stats rejiggered. Each race can reach 20 (or 18/**) in at least one stat, and each race except for Human has at least one stat that is capped at 16.

Race	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
Human	18	18	18	18	18	20
Elf	18	20	16	18	20	18
Dwarf	18/**	16	20	16	16	18
Gnome	16	18	18	20	18	18
Orc	18/**	18	18	16	16	16

• A wizard wearing a cornuthaum gets +1 int and +1 wis in addition to the existing +1 cha. git
• Wooden fiddles added. Patches or ideas for magic fiddles welcome! git
• Maximum carry cap removed. With sufficient str and con a player may be able to carry as much as 1260 weight. git
• (from dynahack) The Heart of Ahriman grants displacement as well as 1 power regen per turn. When thrown/fired as a projectile, it deals an additional 1d20 damage. git
• Chaotic Wish Improvements: heart of ahriman, and the Tsurugi count as chaotic for the purposes of wishing. Also, Diana counts as an elven bow to make it more appealing to elves. (b411b2a..55156f0)
• (inspired by Fourk) archons and floating eyes glow. floating lights glow a lot. git
• "Racialize" starting inventory. This means each race starts with more stuff, so that from turn 1 each role/race combo hopefully feels a little more different. For instance: dwarves start with booze, gnomes get oil and grease and an aklys, orcs get meat and poison, humans start with a "canteen" of alignment-based water, and elves always get an instrument.
  • This has been rejiggered a few times, so check u_init.c if you want to see the latest stuff each race gets.
• Compared to FIQhack, wizard energy-regen and healer regen have been reduced below XL 11 and increased above XL 11. git
• Role HP cutoff rejiggered. The cutoff is now at level 12 for all roles. To compensate healers, they get 3 hp per level after the cutoff. git
• Racial HP rejiggered. Humans scale past level 11 better than other races do, and Dwarves get a lot more hit points from 1 to 11. git

Race	pre-cutoff	post-cutoff	starting
Human	d1	2	2
Elf	d1	1	1
Dwarf	d5	0	4
Gnome	d1	0	1
Orc	d1	0	2

• (from Fourk) Racial skill boosts. I increased the skill caps for elves in bow, dwarves in pick-axe, gnomes in crossbow and club, and orcs in scimitar. More detail in the commit! git
• Fire brand is a scimitar, frost brand is a short sword. Goes well with orcs' racial scimitar skill boost! git
• Rogues can reach Expert wand skill, priests and monks can only reach Skilled, Knights and Samurai can only reach Basic. git
• (from Fourk) Magic_chests! Currently magic chests only exist in Castle, VotD, Ludios, Minetown, Sokoban, and the Wizard's Tower. git
• (from ) [ git]

role.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 406