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Revision as of 15:29, 31 May 2023
o orc shaman 
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| Difficulty | 5 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 3 |
| Base experience | 38 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | 5 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1000 |
| Nutritional value | 300 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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An orc shaman:
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| Reference | monst.c#line705 |
An orc shaman, o, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack.
Contents
Generation
An orc shaman has a 1⁄2 chance to be granted with an orcish helm, but will not receive a weapon.[1][2] Orc shamans do not generate in groups like other orcs; randomly generated orc shamans may be peaceful towards orcish player characters.
In addition to normal generation, hostile orc shamans can appear in throne rooms, and two to six orc shamans will be generated near the desecrated temple in the Orcish Town variant of Minetown.
Strategy
Similar to other early game spellcasting monsters such as kobold shamans and gnomish wizards, orc shamans cast only the psi bolt and healing monster spells, which will frequently fail due to their low speed and low level - as such, they are usually not a significant threat. Be careful not to get stunned while dealing with groups of monsters, however.
As with other orcs, the corpse of an orc shaman is a good source of nutrition and makes for worthwhile sacrifices in Orcish Town, especially for player orcs.
History
The orc shaman is introduced in NetHack 3.0.0, where the various orcish monsters were first differentiated from each other.
Origin
Like other orcs, the orc shaman is derived from Dungeons & Dragons, in turn based on their portrayal in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. The tribal aspects of orcs, including shamanistic practices, were more established and built on in the Warcraft franchise created by Blizzard Entertainment.
Variants
SLASH'EM
Five orc shamans generate in Grund's Stronghold - three appear in the halls, and the other two start within the throne room.
GruntHack
In GruntHack, mages (and by extension shamans) are racial monsters, and orcs are eligible to generate as shamans.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, orc shamans have telepathy, allowing you to see them (and vice versa) if you have intrinsic telepathy.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, orc shamans have identical stats to their appearance in vanilla NetHack, but also have poison resistance - the inclusion of more clerical spells also makes them more of a potential threat. Orc shamans possess telepathy as in xNetHack, allowing you to see them (and vice versa) if you have intrinsic telepathy - eating an orc shaman corpse or tin may also grant intrinsic telepathy.
Monster stats by variant
| o orc shaman
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| Difficulty | 5 |
| Attacks |
Cast 0d0 mage spell |
| Base level | 3 |
| Base experience | 50 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | 5 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1000 |
| Nutritional value | 300 |
| Size | medium |
| Resistances | none |
| Resistances conveyed |
none |
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An orc shaman:
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| o orc shaman
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 5 |
| Attacks |
Spell-casting (clerical) |
| Base level | 3 |
| Base experience | 23 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | 5 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1000 |
| Nutritional value | 300 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | poison |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A orc shaman:
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| Reference | EvilHack 0.8.1 - monst.c, line 910 |
Encyclopedia entry
Orcs, bipeds with a humanoid appearance, are related to the
goblins, but much bigger and more dangerous. The average orc
is only moderately intelligent, has broad, muscled shoulders,
a short neck, a sloping forehead and a thick, dark fur.
Their lower eye-teeth are pointing forward, like a boar's.
Female orcs are more lightly built and bare-chested. Not
needing any clothing, they do like to dress in variegated
apparels. Suspicious by nature, orcs live in tribes or
hordes. They tend to live underground as well as above
ground (but they dislike sunlight). Orcs can use all weapons,
tools and armors that are used by men. Since they don't have
the talent to fashion these themselves, they are constantly
hunting for them. There is nothing a horde of orcs cannot
use.
