Miscellaneous item
A miscellaneous item may be created as part of a monster's inventory when the monster is generated. This will happen if the monster's level equals or exceeds the roll of a d100.[1]
The following monster types are ineligible for miscellaneous items:
- Animals
- Monsters with explosion attacks
- Mindless monsters
- Ghosts and shades
- Keystone Kops
- 12⁄13 of all soldiers
Each monster will receive at most one miscellaneous item. If the monster's difficulty is 5 or less, there is a 1⁄36 chance that it will be a potion of polymorph and a 1⁄180 chance that its miscellaneous item will be a wand of polymorph.
Next, if the monster is living (undead monsters, golems, and vortices among others are nonliving), there is a 1⁄40 chance that it will be given an amulet of life saving.
If neither of these possibilities is selected, the monster has an equal chance of taking one of the following three options:
- wand of speed monster (5⁄6) or else a potion of speed (1⁄6); nothing if the monster is a guard
- wand of make invisible (5⁄6) or else a potion of invisibility (1⁄6); nothing if the monster is peaceful and the player cannot currently see invisible
- potion of gain level
Monsters with hands will attempt to zap the wands at themselves and quaff the potion of gain level immediately.
References
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