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Revision as of 01:37, 3 June 2021
The leprechaun monster class contains monsters represented by the lowercase l (l) glyph. The leprechaun is the only member of this monster class.
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History
The leprechaun is among the many monsters present in the very first version of Hack by Andries Brouwer, along with "Hack for PDP-11" (which was based on an early draft). In early versions such as this and NetHack 1.3d, leprechuans used the L glyph and had slightly different behavior: they would still attempt to attack players that closed in as they attempted to keep their distance.
Variants
Most variants opt to further populate the leprechaun monster class so that it has more than one member. In variants featuring an object materials system, leprechauns are commonly given the additional ability to steal gold items.
xNetHack
In xNetHack version 3.0, leprechauns were previously merged into the i imp or minor demon class, with xNetHack changing the glyph for the lizard monster class to lowercase l (l) instead to avoid using a punctuation glyph; this is reverted as of version 6.0.[1]
Like other minor demons and fey creatures, leprechauns are subject to bonus damage from iron and silver weapons. Leprechauns are also capable of stealing gold items as well as gold pieces.
