Leash
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| Name | leash |
| Appearance | leash |
| Base price | 20 zm |
| Weight | 12 |
| Material | [[{{{material}}}]] |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
A leash is a tool for keeping your pets close to you, especially when using stairs or portals. You may only have two leashed pets at one time. A cursed leash cannot be removed and will strangle the pet if it gets too far away (for example, because it hit a teleport trap). A noncursed leash will harmlessly snap loose if you become too far removed from your pet. To remove a leash from a pet, simply apply it to that pet.
A leashed pet will not want to move more than two squares away from you. Be aware that leashed pets will also not attack monsters that are not adjacent to you, unless that monster is exactly two cells above, below, or to the side of you. See below:
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The first three examples show where a monster could be attacked by your kitten. The fourth example shows where your kitten will not attack the kobold.
Leashes are not useful for curse-testing items with the aid of a pet, since leashed or whistled pets will not reliably give the "moves only reluctantly" message for cursed items, in rare cases even if it moves by its own free will.
A leash can also be used to encourage pets to steal from shops, by dragging them out of the shop while they're still holding an item.
The leash can also make it easier to drag, whistle, or displace your pet into a polymorph trap.
A leashed dog might "whine" if there is a trap nearby, even if you have not yet detected the trap. A leashed cat will "whimper", and other pets can make appropriate nervous sounds around traps.
If you move too far away from your leashed pet, it may "yowl" or make some other angry noise. While this will not hurt your pet ( when using an non-cursed leash ), the yowling can wake up other nearby monsters. Pay attention when your pet is eating, or when going through doorways or around corners. If you move much faster than your pet, this will happen frequently. It is possible to drag leashed pets through closed doors. This is a bug that is marked fixed.
Even if there is solid wall between you and your pet, the leash will still stay connected. For example, if there were two parallel corridors, one square apart, that connected two rooms, you could walk down one corridor and your leashed pet could walk down the other and you'd both end up in the second room with the leash still attached.
In the Endgame, a leash is better than a magic whistle because you might hit the portal when your pet is not adjacent.
Protection runners often desire a leash so they can dig down and bypass dark mines levels. Alternatively, if you have only one pet, you can dig two squares' length of corridor into rock, displace your pet into the end, and dig down. It will stay adjacent and fall down with you.
Messages
- Your leash goes slack.
- You leashed pet just died of starvation[1].
- Its leash suddenly comes loose.
- You moved to another level, but your pet was unable to follow you because he is either eating, trapped or carrying the amulet of yendor[2]. "Its" is replaced with "His" or "Her" if your pet is humanoid.
- <pet>'s leash goes slack.
- You moved to another level, but your pet was not near you and so was unable to follow you[3].
- <pet> <whimper>s.
- You are near a trap and your leashed pet is whimpering because of it[4]. The whimpering sound will wake up other nearby monsters[5]
- You pull on the leash.
- You pulled on a non-cursed leash[6]. This has no significant effect on your pet other than causing him to growl, yowl or whimper which can wake up nearby monsters.
- <pet>'s leash snaps loose!
- You pulled too hard on a non-cursed leash and your leash is now removed from your pet[7].
- <pet> chokes on the leash!
- You pulled too hard on a cursed leash, which choked your pet dealing d2 damage and have a chance of reducing his tameness by one[8].
- Your leash chokes <pet> to death!
- You pulled too hard on a cursed leash, which choked your pet and caused enough injury to kill it[9]. You will recieve all of the normal penalties of killing a pet.
- <pet> pulls free of his leash!
- You pet is just about to become untame or dead[10].
- Your leash falls slack.
- You pet is just about to become untame or dead, but you can't see him right now[11].
- You cannot leash any more pets.
- You already have two pets leashed and cannot leash any more[12].
- Leash yourself? Very funny...
- You tried to apply a leash to yourself[13].
Encyclopedia entry
They had splendid heads, fine shoulders, strong legs, and
straight tails. The spots on their bodies were jet-black and
mostly the size of a two-shilling piece; they had smaller
spots on their heads, legs, and tails. Their noses and eye-
rims were black. Missis had a most winning expression.
Pongo, though a dog born to command, had a twinkle in his
eye. They walked side by side with great dignity, only
putting the Dearlys on the leash to lead them over crossings.
