Gold lover

Some monsters are classified as gold lovers. Among other effects, this gives them a chance to be generated with some gold in their inventory.

Leprechauns love gold so much that they have a special steal gold attack.

List of gold lovers

The following monsters are gold lovers:

• all varieties of dwarf:
  • h dwarf
  • h dwarf lord
  • h dwarf king
  • M dwarf mummy
• both varieties of mind flayer:
  • h mind flayer
  • h master mind flayer
• l leprechaun
• all proper orcs:
  • o orc
  • o hill orc
  • o Mordor orc
  • o Uruk-hai
  • o orc shaman
  • o orc-captain
  • M orc mummy
• r rock mole
• all varieties of centaur:
  • C plains centaur
  • C forest centaur
  • C mountain centaur
• all varieties of D dragon, including baby dragons, D Ixoth, and the D Chromatic Dragon
• all varieties of ogre:
  • O ogre
  • O ogre lord
  • O ogre king
• @ Croesus
• @ player monsters representing Rogues
• @ Master of Thieves
• @ thug

Internals

Gold lovers are identified by the macro likes_gold(ptr), which checks for the flag M2_GREEDY.

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