Leo Nemaeus hide
[ Leo Nemaeus hide 
| |
|---|---|
| Appearance | lion skin |
| Slot | cloak |
| AC | 0 |
| Special | 5 DR |
| Base price | 1200 zm |
| Weight | 60 |
| Material | dragonhide |
A Leo Nemaeus hide is a type of cloak that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is made of dragonhide special-cased as "lionhide", and appears as a lion skin when unidentified.
Generation
Leo Nemaeus hides are not randomly generated.
Shaman Karnov always generates with a blessed +5 Leo Nemaeus hide. Jrt Netjer always generate with a blessed, holy and anarchic Leo Nemaeus hide. Priest mummies have a 1⁄20 chance of generating with a Leo Nemaeus hide.
A son of Typhon has a 1⁄3 chance of dropping an uncursed Leo Nemaeus hide upon death, which is reduced to 1⁄20 if the monster was revived.
The Anachrononaut quest has a 3⁄5 chance of randomly generating a Leo Nemaeus hide on the locate level, and a 1⁄10 percent chance of randomly generating one on the lower filler level. The Android quest can also generate Leo Nemaeus hides in the same locations, though the chance of one occurring on the locate level is reduced to 3⁄10.
Description
While worn, a Leo Nemaeus hide grants 0 base AC, 5 DR and half physical damage. A monster or character that polymorphs while wearing a Leo Nemeaus hide will turn into a son of Typhon.
Origin
The son of Typhon is based on the Nemean lion, a creature in classical Greek folklore that is one of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna according to Apollodorus. Some sources and tellings give a different origin for the beast: Hesiod has the Nemean lion as the offspring of Orthus and an ambiguous "she" (often understood as possibly referring to the Chimera, Echidna or even Ceto) and sent by Hera to terrorize the hills of Nemea; the tradition held by Aelian, Epimenides and Hyginus states that the lion was "sprung from" the moon-goddess Selene, who threw him from the Moon at Hera's request. Its golden fur was impervious to attack, it could not be killed with mortal weapons, and its claws were sharper than swords and could cut through any strong armour.
Heracles (or Hercules) was tasked with slaying the Nemean lion as the first of his many Labors set by his cousin King Eurystheus. Heracles was tasked with searching for the Nemean lion, and found that it was invulnerable to his arrows; he instead opted to chase the lion back to its cave, where he had blocked one of the entrances and snuck in through the other. Upon meeting the Nemean lion in close quarters, Heracles stunned it with his club and strangled it to death - he then made a pelt out of its hide, using one of the lion's claws per Athena's advice, and wore it for the rest of his days.
