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(Unlike most characters in this game, Hippocrates is based on the real physician.)
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{{questmon|Hippocrates|Healer|leader}} Like his [[attendant]]s, the player and [[healer (player monster)|player monster]] Healers, he has intrinsic [[poison resistance]].
 
{{questmon|Hippocrates|Healer|leader}} Like his [[attendant]]s, the player and [[healer (player monster)|player monster]] Healers, he has intrinsic [[poison resistance]].
 
Unlike most characters in NetHack, Hippocrates is based on a real person: the father of ancient medicine as shown by the Wikipedia link on the right.
 
  
 
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Hippocrates also starts with a +5 [[silver dagger]].
 
Hippocrates also starts with a +5 [[silver dagger]].
 
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As referenced in the encyclopedia entry, Hippocrates is based off of the real-life historical figure of the same name.
  
 
==Encyclopedia entry==
 
==Encyclopedia entry==

Revision as of 19:00, 5 January 2024


Hippocrates, @, is the Healer quest leader. Like his attendants, the player and player monster Healers, he has intrinsic poison resistance.

Strategy

The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.

Hippocrates, along with other quest leaders, has been made significantly stronger, since killing quest leaders no longer makes the game unwinnable.

The changed stats are as follows: Speed becomes 15 (from 12); MR becomes 90 (from 30), and he gains two 3d8 cast clerical attacks.

Hippocrates also starts with a +5 silver dagger.

Origin

As referenced in the encyclopedia entry, Hippocrates is based off of the real-life historical figure of the same name.

Encyclopedia entry

Greek physician, recognized as the father of medicine. He is believed to have been born on the island of Cos, to have studied under his father, a physician, to have traveled for some time, perhaps studying in Athens, and to have then returned to practice, teach, and write at Cos. The Hippocratic or Coan school that formed around him was of enormous importance in separating medicine from superstition and philosophic speculation, placing it on a strictly scientific plane based on objective observation and critical deductive reasoning.

[ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ]


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