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| − | Some monsters are classified as '''animals''', identified by the '''is_animal()''' macro and ultimately defined by the '''M1_ANIMAL''' flag in [[monst.c]]. | + | Some monsters are classified as '''animals''', identified by the '''is_animal()''' macro and ultimately defined by the '''M1_ANIMAL''' flag in [[monst.c]]. It has the following implications: |
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| + | * Animals with an [[Theft (attack)|item-stealing attack]] will attempt take an object and flee on foot rather than teleport if successful, as [[nymph]]s do. They cannot steal cursed objects stuck to you, rings worn under a curse-welded weapon or armor that takes more than one move to take off. The same caveats apply to theft by [[mugger]]s in variants. | ||
| + | * Animals with an [[engulfing]] attack can remove [[you]] from a [[steed]], even if your saddle is cursed. They are affected by a [[chameleon]], [[doppelganger]], [[nurse]], [[wraith]], or [[cockatrice]] corpse dropped or thrown inside of them. They can be forced to release you by [[Giant spider|spinning a web]], ringing the [[Bell of Opening]] or using [[opening]] magic inside of them. | ||
| + | * Animals can't use (and don't generate with) [[armor]], [[Offensive item|offensive]], [[Defensive item|defensive]], [[miscellaneous item]]s or [[tin]]s, and will not deliberately use traps or stairs to flee. | ||
| + | * [[Chameleon]]s usually imitate animals. | ||
The animals are: | The animals are: | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 20 April 2020
Some monsters are classified as animals, identified by the is_animal() macro and ultimately defined by the M1_ANIMAL flag in monst.c. It has the following implications:
- Animals with an item-stealing attack will attempt take an object and flee on foot rather than teleport if successful, as nymphs do. They cannot steal cursed objects stuck to you, rings worn under a curse-welded weapon or armor that takes more than one move to take off. The same caveats apply to theft by muggers in variants.
- Animals with an engulfing attack can remove you from a steed, even if your saddle is cursed. They are affected by a chameleon, doppelganger, nurse, wraith, or cockatrice corpse dropped or thrown inside of them. They can be forced to release you by spinning a web, ringing the Bell of Opening or using opening magic inside of them.
- Animals can't use (and don't generate with) armor, offensive, defensive, miscellaneous items or tins, and will not deliberately use traps or stairs to flee.
- Chameleons usually imitate animals.
The animals are:
- all a insects
- all c: c cockatrices, c chickatrices, and c pyrolisks
- all d canines except for werejackals and werewolves
- all f felines
- all m mimics
- all p piercers
- all q quadrupeds
- all r rodents except for wererats
- all s arachnids and centipedes, including s Scorpius
- all t: t trappers and t lurkers above
- u ponies, horses and warhorses (but not unicorns)
- all w worms
- all x: x grid bugs and x xans
- z zruties
- all B bats and birds
- E stalkers (but not elementals)
- H ettins and H minotaurs
- J jabberwocks
- all R: R rust monsters and R disenchanters
- all S snakes
- all Y apelike creatures
- all ; sea monsters except jellyfish
- all : lizards except salamanders
Body parts
Animal also refers to the grouping of body parts for the forms of many animals. It affects the messages referring to the appropriate body parts as follows:
| Bodypart[1] | Description |
|---|---|
| arm | forelimb |
| eye | eye |
| face | face |
| finger | foreclaw |
| fingertip | claw tip |
| foot | rear limb |
| hand | foreclaw (paw for dfY) |
| handed | clawed (pawed for dfY) |
| head | head |
| leg | rear limb |
| light headed | light headed |
| neck | neck |
| spine | spine |
| toe | rear claw tip |
| hair | fur |
| blood | blood |
| lung | lung |
| nose | nose (trunk for mumakil and mastodons) |
| stomach | stomach |
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