Gremlin

g gremlin
Difficulty	8
Attacks	Claw 1d6, claw 1d6, bite 1d4, claw intrinsic-stealing

g gremlin
Difficulty	8
Attacks	Claw 1d6, claw 1d6, bite 1d4, claw intrinsic-stealing
Base level	5
Base experience	60
Speed	12
Base AC	2
Base MR	25
Alignment	-9 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	Rare
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	100
Nutritional value	20
Size	Small
Resistances	Poison
Resistances conveyed	Poison

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The gremlin, g, is a NetHack monster. Getting them wet will cause them to divide into two gremlins with half the maximum HP as the original; they will actively seek moats and fountains in order to promote this process. In addition, at night they have the ability to steal intrinsics. Their flesh is poisonous.

Steal intrinsic attack

Each successful hit at night with the intrinsic-stealing attack has a 1/10 chance of picking a random intrinsic from the following list:

• Fire resistance
• Teleportitis
• Poison resistance
• Telepathy
• Cold resistance
• Invisibility
• See invisible
• Speed
• Stealth
• Protection
• Aggravate monster

If the player has that intrinsic from an external source, he loses it.

Additionally, players that are polymorphed into clay golems are turned back to their original form. This occurs even if they have the unchanging property.

The attack is not affected by magic cancellation, though it can still be prevented by canceling the monster.

Night is 22:00 - 05:59 server time.

Messages

"The gremlin chuckles."

It is night, and the gremlin is attempting to steal an intrinsic from you.

"Some writing vanishes from your head!"

You were polymorphed into a clay golem. This will return you to your original form, even with unchanging. (This is a reference to Terry Pratchett's Discworld)

"You feel warmer."

You lost intrinsic fire resistance.

"You feel less jumpy."

You lost intrinsic teleportitis.

"You feel a little sick!"

You lost intrinsic poison resistance.

"Your senses fail!"

You lost intrinsic telepathy.

"You feel cooler."

You lost intrinsic cold resistance.

"You feel paranoid."

You lost intrinsic invisibility.

"You thought you saw something!"

You lost the see invisible intrinsic while not hallucinating.

"You tawt you taw a puttie tat!"

You lost the see invisible intrinsic while hallucinating.

"You feel slower."

You lost intrinsic speed.

"You feel clumsy."

You lost intrinsic stealth.

"You feel vulnerable."

You lost intrinsic protection.

"You feel less attractive."

You lost the aggravate monster intrinsic.

Mythology

The idea of gremlins multiplying in water appears in the 1984 movie Gremlins.

Encyclopedia entry

       The gremlin is a highly intelligent and completely evil
       creature.  It lives to torment other creatures and will go
       to great lengths to inflict pain or cause injury.

       Suddenly, Wilson thought about war, about the newspaper
       stories which recounted the alleged existence of creatures in
       the sky who plagued the Allied pilots in their duties.  They
       called them gremlins, he remembered.  Were there, actually,
       such beings?  Did they, truly, exist up here, never falling,
       riding on the wind, apparently of bulk and weight, yet
       impervious to gravity?
       He was thinking that when the man appeared again.
               [ Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, by Richard Matheson ]