Noble

Noble Role
Author	Chris
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The Noble is a role added in the Pirate Role patch, which was implemented for dNetHack. It is also a playable role in Slash'EM Extended.

Nobles are a melee-focused role that specializes in one-handed weapons. They can engage in some spellcasting if their ability scores are good enough. Their starting pet is a saddled pony.

In Slash'EM Extended, they can be of any race, gender and alignment, and also reach expert firearms skill. Their artifacts are less powerful in that variant though. Also in that variant, they may choose to curse their ruffled shirt/victorian underwear on purpose, which is a good idea because wearing a cursed one grants a 25% chance of automatic life saving on death, with no penalties; this feature only exists in Slash'EM Extended version v45 or greater.

Skills

Noble skills
Max	Skills
Basic	Weapons: dagger, club, morning star, polearms, trident, flail, javelin, crossbow
Skilled	Weapons: short sword, bow, broad sword, lance Combat: riding, bare handed Spells: attack spell, escape spell, healing spell, enchantment spell
Expert	Weapons: axe, long sword, scimitar, spear, knife, saber, mace

The Noble's special spell is protection. Spell success is determined by intelligence.

Starting Equipment

• +2 rapier
• Noblemen: ruffled shirt
• Noblewomen: Victorian underwear
• +1 leather gloves
• +1 leather cloak
• A random ring
• Apples
• Food rations

The ruffled shirt and Victorian underwear will be cursed in Slash'EM Extended.

Artifacts

First Gift: Rod of Lordly Might

The Rod grants +1d3 to-hit, 2x damage, and can be invoked for a variety of effects.

• At will: The Rod can be ordered to assume a different form as often as desired.
  • Become Mace
  • Become Axe
  • Become Rapier
  • Become Spear
  • Become Lance
  • Fast engraving: the Rod engraves as an athame.
• Limited: these powers are limited by the artifact's invoke cooldown. Once you invoke one of them, you can't invoke any of these powers for rnz(100) turns.
  • Become Ladder (Rod must be a mace):
    • Prior to gaining the amulet: Similar to quaffing a cursed potion of gain level, allows you to escape through the ceiling to the level above.
    • After gaining the amulet: Similar to zapping a wand of digging downward, allows you to escape through the floor to the level below.
    • While swallowed: Similar to zapping a wand of digging, the extending ladder seriously injures physical monsters engulfing you.
  • Show me my surroundings: Maps local area using clairvoyance.
  • Inspire Fear: Scares nearby monsters that can see you.
  • Give me your life (Rod must be a spear): Drains two levels from one adjacent monster, healing you for 4d8 hp.
  • Kneel: Paralyzes one adjacent monster.

Quest Artifact (non-vampire): Mantle of Heaven

The Mantle of Heaven is an artifact ornamental cope that grants cold resistance when carried. When worn, it also grants shock resistance , half spell damage, and double the AC bonus of a non-artifact ornamental cope. As an ornamental cope, its base item type varies from game to game. If found in a bones file, it will be lawful

Quest Artifact (vampire): Vestment of Hell

The Vestment of Hell is an artifact opera cloak that grants fire resistance when carried. When worn, it also grants acid resistance, half physical damage, and double the AC bonus of a non-artifact opera cloak. As an opera cloak, its base item type varies from game to game. If found in a bones file, it will be chaotic.

Quest

The Noble quest sees the Noble returning to their ancestral keep to put down a peasant revolt, by recovering their stolen quest artifact.

Gods

• Lawful: God the Father
• Neutral: Mother Earth
• Chaotic: the Satan

Rank titles

The status line shows you to be one of the following ranks when you reach the specified experience level:

• XL 1-2: Pargar
• XL 3-5: Cneaz
• XL 6-9: Ban
• XL 10-13: Jude
• XL 14-17: Boier
• XL 18-21: Cupar
• XL 22-25: Clucer
• XL 26-29: Domn
• XL 30: Domnitor

These are English transliterations of Slavic titles of nobility.

References

Reference: Chris' Noble Patch