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==Strategy==
Nightmare can be a surprisingly difficult opponent: given her high speed and damage output, she does comparable damage to a [[minotaur]].  She does respect [[Elbereth]], but due to her speed and covetous nature she will often land multiple blows before a player can engrave it.  The fact that most of her damage is concentrated in a single attack also makes [[AC]] somewhat less effective against her.  Finally, she has excellent defenses herself: a good AC of -2, complete elemental resistances , and high [[magic resistance (monster)|MR]] that makes disabling spells such as [[sleep]] unreliable against her.
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Nightmare can be a surprisingly difficult opponent: given her high speed and damage output, she does comparable damage to a [[minotaur]].  She does respect [[Elbereth]], but due to her speed and covetous nature she will often land multiple blows before a player can engrave it.  The fact that most of her damage is concentrated in a single attack also makes [[AC]] somewhat less effective against her.  Finally, she has excellent defenses herself: a good AC of -2, complete elemental resistances and a high [[magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 70 that makes disabling spells such as [[sleep]] unreliable against her.
  
An AC of -15 or better as well as a means to permanently engrave Elbereth are advised for players facing Nightmare.
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An AC of -15 or better and a means to permanently engrave Elbereth are advised for players facing Nightmare.
  
 
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Revision as of 08:24, 6 December 2023

This article is about the boss in SLASH'EM. For the boss in dNetHack, see Nightmare (dNetHack).
For other uses, see Nightmare (disambiguation).

Nightmare, u, is a unique monster that appears in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM and Hack'EM. She is a unicorn-like monster that serves as the Lawful Quest nemesis and guards the Key of Law.

Nightmare is covetous and has a strong headbutt attack and a kick attack - she also has reflection from her unique unicorn horn, Nighthorn. Nightmare also possesses poison resistance, fire resistance, cold resistance, and shock resistance.

Generation

Nightmare does not leave a corpse upon death: if Nightmare is killed in a manner that would ordinarily leave a corpse, she will instead drop Nighthorn.

Strategy

Nightmare can be a surprisingly difficult opponent: given her high speed and damage output, she does comparable damage to a minotaur. She does respect Elbereth, but due to her speed and covetous nature she will often land multiple blows before a player can engrave it. The fact that most of her damage is concentrated in a single attack also makes AC somewhat less effective against her. Finally, she has excellent defenses herself: a good AC of -2, complete elemental resistances and a high MR score of 70 that makes disabling spells such as sleep unreliable against her.

An AC of -15 or better and a means to permanently engrave Elbereth are advised for players facing Nightmare.

Messages

All that remains is her horn...
Nightmare was killed and dropped Nighthorn.