Neverwas

n neverwas (No tile)
Difficulty	18
Attacks	Bite 1d8 vampiric, claw 0d0 charm, claw 0d0 charm

n neverwas (No tile)
Difficulty	18
Attacks	Bite 1d8 vampiric, claw 0d0 charm, claw 0d0 charm
Base level	15
Base experience	426
Speed	10
Base AC	10
Base MR	10
Alignment	-10 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	0 (Not randomly generated)
Genocidable	No
Weight	0
Nutritional value	0
Size	medium
Resistances	cold resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance, stoning resistance
A neverwas: can fly. can phase through walls. can survive underwater. does not need to breathe. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. does not have a solid form. can teleport. does not eat. (*) is undead. is a demon. is female. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. has infravision. normally appears only in Gehennom. never leaves a corpse. resists death magic. lacks natural HP regeneration.

A neverwas (plural neverwere or neverweres), n, is a type of monster that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. The neverwas is an always-female type of non-fey humanoid nymph that is demonic, undead and extra-terrestrial in nature: she is unsolid, possesses infravision and bloodsense, is capable of flight and phasing, can follow a hero to other levels if she is close enough, has the normal teleportitis and similar teleporting abilities of other nymphs, and lacks HP regeneration due to being undead. Seeing a neverwas can lower the hero's sanity and raise their insight.

Neverweres have a vampiric bite attack and two claw attacks that can charm victims. They possess cold resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance, and stoning resistance, along with drain resistance and death resistance due to being undead, and have a weakness to silver like other demons.

Neverweres can be warded by a Elder Sign at any level of reinforcement, as well as a fourfold-or-better Elder Elemental Eye.

Generation

Neverweres are not randomly generated in the main dungeon or Gehennom normally, although they are flagged to only appear in the latter, and are normally generated as hostile. They are not a valid genocide target.

Neverweres may be generated as minions of Hel.

Neverweres make up ²⁄₆₃ of the monsters randomly generated on the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest.

Neverweres generated outside of the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest have a ¹⁄₂ chance each of generating with a mirror and a potion of object detection—neverweres generated within these levels are not given elven armor like other nymphs.

Neverweres do not leave corpses upon death.

Encyclopedia entry

You weren't there. In the final days of the war. You never saw
what was born. But if the time lock's broken then everything is
coming through. Not just the Daleks, but the Star of
Degradations. The Horde of Travesties. The Nightmare Child. The
Could-Have-Been King with his army of Meanwhiles and Neverweres.
The war turned into hell! And that's what you've opened. Right
above the Earth. Hell is descending.

[ Dr. Who, The End of Time (Part Two) ]

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