Monk

The monk is one of the player classes in NetHack. Monk are always human, lawful, neutral or chaotic.

Starting Equipment

• +2 leather gloves
• +1 robe
• blessed spellbook, which can be either healing, protection or sleep
• random scroll
• 3 potions of healing
• food rations, apples, oranges and fortune cookies
• 20% chance of a magic marker, or if not, then 10% chance of an oil lamp.

Monks know all nonmagical armors from the start. Their special spell is restore ability.

Monks receive a bonus when fighting unarmed and acquire several intrinsics as they level up. They are penalized for wearing body armor (excluding robes) or eating non-vegetarian food.

There is a Monk FAQ.