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A '''newt''' is one of the lower-level [[NetHack]] [[monster]]s, usually appearing on the first few floors.  It can be quite the nuisance for low level characters.
 
A '''newt''' is one of the lower-level [[NetHack]] [[monster]]s, usually appearing on the first few floors.  It can be quite the nuisance for low level characters.
  
Eating a newt [[corpse]] occasionally raises your current [[Power]], with the message ''"You feel a mild buzz"''<ref>[[eat.c#line805]]</ref>. The chance is determined two ways: 1) A fixed chance of approximately 1 in 3, and 2) it will always be increased if your ''(current Power * 3)'' is less than your ''(max Power * 2)''<ref>[[eat.c#line797]]</ref>.
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Eating a newt [[corpse]] occasionally raises your current [[Power]], with the message ''"You feel a mild buzz"''<ref>[[eat.c#line805]]</ref>. If your current Power is less than 2/3 of your maximum, you will always receive the increase; otherwise the chance of receiving it is approximately 1 in 3.
  
 
If you do get an increase, your current Power will be increased by between 1 to 3 points<ref>[[eat.c#line799]]</ref>. If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, the maximum is increased by 1, and current Power is set to maximum. <ref>[[eat.c#line795]]</ref>
 
If you do get an increase, your current Power will be increased by between 1 to 3 points<ref>[[eat.c#line799]]</ref>. If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, the maximum is increased by 1, and current Power is set to maximum. <ref>[[eat.c#line795]]</ref>

Revision as of 04:54, 29 December 2008

A newt is one of the lower-level NetHack monsters, usually appearing on the first few floors. It can be quite the nuisance for low level characters.

Eating a newt corpse occasionally raises your current Power, with the message "You feel a mild buzz"[1]. If your current Power is less than 2/3 of your maximum, you will always receive the increase; otherwise the chance of receiving it is approximately 1 in 3.

If you do get an increase, your current Power will be increased by between 1 to 3 points[2]. If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, the maximum is increased by 1, and current Power is set to maximum. [3]

Newts are featured prominently in Dudley's dungeon.

Encyclopedia entry

(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
        [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
        [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]