Dwarf thief

h dwarf thief
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Weapon 1d8, Touch steal item

h dwarf thief
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Weapon 1d8, Touch steal item
Base level	2
Base experience	25
Speed	6
Base AC	10
Base MR	10
Alignment	4 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	0 (Not randomly generated)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	900
Nutritional value	300
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A dwarf thief: can tunnel through walls. needs a pick-axe to tunnel through walls. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is omnivorous. is a dwarf. is normally generated hostile. is strong. likes gold. likes gems. can pick up weapons and food. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. may turn against you when tame.
Reference	SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line768

A dwarf thief, h, is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM and Hack'EM. They are similar to the standard dwarf, and share the same attributes and weapon attack as normal dwarves do in NetHack - they also have a theft attack that works similarly to that of a nymph, with a successful theft causing them to teleport away afterwards (though they do not possess or convey teleportitis).

Generation

Dwarf thieves are not randomly generated, though they are a valid form for polymorph. A normally-generated dwarf thief will always be hostile.

SLASH'EM

Each variant of Minetown will always generate a pair of dwarf thieves at level creation.

A dwarf thief can be generated with each of the following items:

• A ⁶⁄₇ chance of a pair of iron shoes and an independent ⁶⁄₇ chance of a dwarvish cloak.
• A ¹⁄₄ chance of a dwarvish short sword and dwarvish iron helm, combined with an equal probability of either of the following:
  • A dwarvish mattock, or
  • A dwarvish roundshield paired with either a dwarvish spear or an axe, with an equal probability for each weapon.
  • Dwarf thieves that receive a dwarvish short sword and dwarvish iron helm also have a further ¹⁄₃ chance of receiving a dwarvish mithril-coat.
• Dwarf thieves that are not given a dwarvish short sword and dwarvish iron helm will instead receive either a pick-axe (¹⁄₃ chance) or a dagger (²⁄₃ chance).

SlashTHEM

SlashTHEM includes all variants of Minetown present and adds three new variants that each generate a dwarf thief at level creation: Zoo Town, Creek Town and Ruined & Dangerous Town.

The dwarf thief's starting inventory is the same as in SLASH'EM.

Strategy

Dwarf thieves tend to have better AC than the nymphs they replace in Minetown, and can inflict damage outside of stealing items from you. Thankfully, they only have one theft attack and cannot charm you into disrobing - they also cannot teleport unless they steal successfully, and move at half the speed of a nymph, making them considerably easier to track down and kill.

Dwarf thieves can be a source of dwarvish mithril-coats or pick-axes for lawful, dwarvish and gnomish characters that do not want to risk their pet's well-being or a huge hit to alignment record by attacking peaceful dwarves.