Numina
Numina, The Whispering Multitude is a spirit that appears in dNetHack and notdNetHack.
Ritual, seal and taboo
The Numina can only be bound by a Binder that reaches experience level 30: The first time a Binder reaches this level, they silently learn the Numina's seal.
The Numina will be unbound if a Binder that has them bound ever loses an experience level.
Mark
A Binder that has Numina bound is surrounded by whispers that can only be heard up close - there is no way to disguise them.
Benefits
While bound, the Numina grant immunity to stun and confusion - they also grant access to all spell and weapon skills, but do not unrestrict or grant a bonus to any skill.
The Numina's active powers are as follows:
- Identify: Identifies inventory.
- Clairvoyance: Map the local area.
- Find the Path: Detect nearby magic portals.
- Gnostic Premonition: Allows use of Gnostic Premonition despite having spirits bound (Bind any spirit of your choice for 5 turns). Cooldown is 25 turns instead of 125.
The Numina's passive powers are as follows:
- Whispersense: Intrinsic monster detection
As a monster
@ Numina File:Numina.png | |
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Difficulty | 28 |
Attacks |
claw 3d8 stuns, claw 3d8 confuses, reaching attack 2d12 whispers from the void |
Base level | 50 |
Base experience | 3591 |
Speed | 15 |
Base AC | -10 |
Base MR | 100 |
Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
Genocidable | No |
Weight | 4500 |
Nutritional value | 400 |
Size | huge |
Resistances | fire, shock, poison, petrification |
Resistances conveyed | |
Numina:
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In notdNetHack, Numina, @, appears as a monster.
Encyclopedia entry
The literal meaning is simply "a nod", or more accurately, for it is a passive formation, "that which is produced by nodding", just as flamen is "that which is produced by blowing", i.e., a gust of wind. It came to mean "the product or expression of power" — not, be it noted, power itself.
[ H. J. Rose ]