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| − | A '''nurse''' can attack [[you]] in [[melee]] | + | A '''nurse''' is a hostile human monster. Nurses can attack [[you]] in [[melee]], doing minor damage. |
| − | If you encounter a nurse, and there are no other dangerous monsters nearby, the easiest way to strip yourself is to press '''[A]''' and select all of your armor, plus your wielded weapon, for removal. Then you can let the nurse start healing. | + | == Healing attack == |
| + | What is so special about the Nurse, however, is that if you are wearing no [[armor]] and wielding nothing (no [[weapon]] or other item, such as a [[magic lamp]] etc), the nurse will instead heal you. Quivered items are allowed. If you are at maximum [[HP]] already, some hits from the nurse could raise your maximum (and current) HP by one point. | ||
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| + | If you encounter a nurse, and there are no other dangerous monsters nearby, the easiest way to strip yourself is to press '''[A]''' and select all of your armor, plus your wielded weapon, for removal. Then you can let the nurse start healing. The healing attack of the nurse will also [[Spellbook of cure sickness|cure sickness]] (e.g. [[food poisoning]], [[disease]]) but will not remove any [[confusion]], [[stun]]ning, [[sliming]] or stop [[stoning]] by a petrification-based attack. | ||
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| + | == Strategy == | ||
If you let many nurses heal you, for example by [[genocide|reverse-genociding]] nurses, then you are [[nurse dancing]]. | If you let many nurses heal you, for example by [[genocide|reverse-genociding]] nurses, then you are [[nurse dancing]]. | ||
| − | If you kill a nurse, and it leaves a corpse, you would be well advised to [[tinning kit|tin]] the remains | + | If you kill a nurse, and it leaves a corpse, you would be well advised to [[tinning kit|tin]] the remains. If eating human flesh is not [[cannibalism]] for you, or if you would be willing to endure the penalty to save your life, a tin of nurse meat will restore you to full hit points. You may wish to ensure the tin is blessed, so it will open in one turn (and be consumed in another, for a total of two turns). Note that tinning the corpse, ''per se'', will not make you a cannibal, only eating the contents. So you can defer that decision until you are in grave difficulty. |
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| + | As the nurse isn't a valid self polymorph form, you cannot use this special attack on yourself. Additionally, [[pet]] Nurses will not attack you and thus cannot heal you. Pet Nurses will attack enemies, even if they are not wielding anything and are wearing no armor, although as they cannot heal themselves, wield weapons or wear armor, they make statistically weak pets. | ||
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| + | == Nurse dialogue == | ||
| + | To provide some clue as to the healing abilities of the Nurse, they will say the following things when #[[chat]]ted to: | ||
| + | *''"Put that weapon away before you hurt somebody!"'' - You are wielding a weapon or other item | ||
| + | *''"Please undress so I can examine you."'' - You are wearing any form of armor | ||
| + | *''"Relax, this won't hurt a bit."'' - You are fully disrobed and wielding no weapon. Future attacks will heal you. If you are currently at your maximum HP, the attack may possibly raise your total and your currnet HP will be set to this new maximum | ||
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| + | During combat, you are notified when you are healed by the following addendum to the traditional hit message: | ||
| + | *The nurse hits! (I hope you don't mind.) - You were hit by a nurse and were healed instead of damaged | ||
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| + | There is no distinctive message for when your maximum HP is raised. | ||
== Encyclopedia entry == | == Encyclopedia entry == | ||
Revision as of 00:39, 4 April 2008
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| Difficulty | 13 |
| Attacks |
Claw 2d6 heal |
| Base level | 11 |
| Base experience | 244 |
| Speed | 6 |
| Base AC | 0 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Average |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | Poison |
| Resistances conveyed |
Poison |
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A nurse:
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| Reference | monst.c#line2362 |
A nurse is a hostile human monster. Nurses can attack you in melee, doing minor damage.
Healing attack
What is so special about the Nurse, however, is that if you are wearing no armor and wielding nothing (no weapon or other item, such as a magic lamp etc), the nurse will instead heal you. Quivered items are allowed. If you are at maximum HP already, some hits from the nurse could raise your maximum (and current) HP by one point.
If you encounter a nurse, and there are no other dangerous monsters nearby, the easiest way to strip yourself is to press [A] and select all of your armor, plus your wielded weapon, for removal. Then you can let the nurse start healing. The healing attack of the nurse will also cure sickness (e.g. food poisoning, disease) but will not remove any confusion, stunning, sliming or stop stoning by a petrification-based attack.
Strategy
If you let many nurses heal you, for example by reverse-genociding nurses, then you are nurse dancing.
If you kill a nurse, and it leaves a corpse, you would be well advised to tin the remains. If eating human flesh is not cannibalism for you, or if you would be willing to endure the penalty to save your life, a tin of nurse meat will restore you to full hit points. You may wish to ensure the tin is blessed, so it will open in one turn (and be consumed in another, for a total of two turns). Note that tinning the corpse, per se, will not make you a cannibal, only eating the contents. So you can defer that decision until you are in grave difficulty.
As the nurse isn't a valid self polymorph form, you cannot use this special attack on yourself. Additionally, pet Nurses will not attack you and thus cannot heal you. Pet Nurses will attack enemies, even if they are not wielding anything and are wearing no armor, although as they cannot heal themselves, wield weapons or wear armor, they make statistically weak pets.
Nurse dialogue
To provide some clue as to the healing abilities of the Nurse, they will say the following things when #chatted to:
- "Put that weapon away before you hurt somebody!" - You are wielding a weapon or other item
- "Please undress so I can examine you." - You are wearing any form of armor
- "Relax, this won't hurt a bit." - You are fully disrobed and wielding no weapon. Future attacks will heal you. If you are currently at your maximum HP, the attack may possibly raise your total and your currnet HP will be set to this new maximum
During combat, you are notified when you are healed by the following addendum to the traditional hit message:
- The nurse hits! (I hope you don't mind.) - You were hit by a nurse and were healed instead of damaged
There is no distinctive message for when your maximum HP is raised.
Encyclopedia entry
- See the encyclopedia entry for human.
