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A pit viper has two [[poison]]ous bite attacks, and possesses [[poison resistance]]. | A pit viper has two [[poison]]ous bite attacks, and possesses [[poison resistance]]. | ||
| − | A pit viper [[corpse]] is poisonous to eat, but eating a pit viper corpse or [[tin]] has a {{ | + | A pit viper [[corpse]] is poisonous to eat, but eating a pit viper corpse or [[tin]] has a {{frac|2|5}} chance of conveying poison resistance. |
Pit vipers generate [[YAFM]] when falling into [[pit]]s or [[spiked pit]]s, which they share with [[pit fiend]]s.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1226|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name=dotrap}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2469|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name=mintrap}} | Pit vipers generate [[YAFM]] when falling into [[pit]]s or [[spiked pit]]s, which they share with [[pit fiend]]s.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|1226|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name=dotrap}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2469|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name=mintrap}} | ||
Revision as of 00:26, 2 January 2024
S pit viper 
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| Difficulty | 9 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 6 |
| Base experience | 93 |
| Speed | 15 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 100 |
| Nutritional value | 60 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | poison |
| Resistances conveyed |
poison (40%) |
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A pit viper:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1776 |
A pit viper, S, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It is a type of snake that have infravision, and can swim and hide under objects like other snakes.
A pit viper has two poisonous bite attacks, and possesses poison resistance.
A pit viper corpse is poisonous to eat, but eating a pit viper corpse or tin has a 2⁄5 chance of conveying poison resistance.
Pit vipers generate YAFM when falling into pits or spiked pits, which they share with pit fiends.[1][2]
Generation
Randomly generated pit vipers are always created hostile.
Pit vipers generate among the random S that are part of the first quest monster class for Archeologists and make up 24⁄35 of the monsters that randomly generate on the Archeologist quest.
Pit vipers generated at level creation are given a random item to hide under.[3]
Five pit vipers are generated on the Plane of Earth at level creation.
History
The pit viper first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
Message
- How pitiful. Isn't that the pits?
- You saw a pit fiend fall into a pit, or fell into one while polymorphed into a pit fiend.[1][2]
Variants
In variants that incorporate the Convict role, a pit viper is generated on the upper filler level of the Convict quest at level creation.
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, pit vipers will not generate in Gehennom.
The Snake Pit of the Lawful Quest can generate up to two pit vipers at level creation, with a 9⁄10 chance of each viper appearing, and they may also appear among the random S generated at level creation.
Encyclopedia entry
- See the encyclopedia entry for snake.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 src/trap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1226
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 src/trap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2469
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1243: snakes get a free house
