SLASH 6
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SLASH 6 was the last of six releases of SLASH that were based on NetHack 3.1.3.
Contents
Availability
The source code is archived on Ali Harlow's website at [1]. It includes only the files needed to build for MS-DOS on the old Watcom compiler; it might be possible to build with Open Watcom.
Various obscure FTP sites have binaries and earlier versions.
The adventurer
SLASH 6 inherits the twelve roles of NetHack 3.1.3 and six roles from NetHack Plus, and adds two of its own; it also allows certain roles to have the player's choice of alignment, something new at that time:
| Role | Alignment | Pet | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archeologist | Lawful or Neutral | kitten or little dog | Vanilla | Lawful in vanilla |
| Barbarian | Neutral or Chaotic | kitten or little dog | Vanilla | Neutral in vanilla |
| Cave(wo)man | Lawful or Neutral | little dog | Vanilla | Lawful in vanilla |
| Doppleganger | Any | kitten or little dog | NetHack Plus | Chaotic in NH+ |
| Elf | Any | kitten or little dog | Vanilla | Chaotic in vanilla |
| Flame Mage | Neutral | baby red dragon | NetHack Plus | |
| Gnome | Lawful or Neutral | giant badger | new | |
| Healer | Lawful or Neutral | kitten, little dog, or snake | Vanilla | Neutral in vanilla |
| Ice Mage | Neutral | baby white dragon | NetHack Plus | |
| Knight | Lawful | kitten or little dog | Vanilla | |
| Lycanthrope | Chaotic | wolf | NetHack Plus | |
| Monk | Neutral | kitten or little dog | NetHack Plus | |
| Necromancer | Chaotic | ghoul | new | |
| Priest(ess) | Any | kitten or little dog | Vanilla | Random alignment in vanilla |
| Rogue | Neutral or Chaotic | kitten or giant rat | Vanilla | Chaotic in vanilla |
| Samurai | Lawful | little dog | Vanilla | |
| Tourist | Lawful or Neutral | kitten or little dog | Vanilla | Neutral in vanilla |
| Undead Slayer | Lawful | kitten or little dog | NetHack Plus | |
| Valkyrie | Neutral or Chaotic | kitten or little dog | Vanilla | Neutral in vanilla |
| Wizard | Neutral | kitten or bat | Vanilla |
All classes permit male and female adventurers, except the Valkyrie which must be female. Chaotic elves are called drows and get a different Quest from lawful or neutral ones.
Dungeon features
Levels and branches
The Dungeons of Doom are lengthened, to accommodate a number of new levels and branches, all of which are new to SLASH:
- A possible mall level, containing numerous shops.
- The Orc Caverns.
- The Beholder Cave.
- The Lost Tomb.
- The Sunless Sea.
- The Spider Caves.
- The Temple of Moloch. (this is distinct from the Sanctum)
- The Giant Caverns.
- A level with lots of rats and the Rat King.
- A level with lots of kobolds and the Kobold King.
- A storage level.
- A level with lots of nymphs and Aphrodite.
- The Guild of Disgruntled Adventurers.
- A level with lots of liches.
Code is present to implement the Black Market, inherited from NetHack Plus, and for The Wyrm Caves, but is commented out.
Rooms
New special rooms are:
| Type | Origin |
|---|---|
| giant court | NetHack-- |
| leprechaun court | NetHack-- |
| bad food shop | NetHack-- |
| real zoo | NetHack-- |
| anthill | NetHack-- |
| dragon lair | new |
| cockatrice nest | new |
The bad food shop is not a shop in the usual sense. The wasp hive from NetHack-- was removed.
There is one additional type of shop, a pet shop inherited from NetHack Plus.
Traps and fixtures
The optional water weird fountain from NetHack Plus was removed. New fixtures, all new to SLASH, are the grave and the toilet.
SLASH 6 adds no new traps to NetHack 3.1.3.
The bestiary
Most monsters that had their appearances changed in NetHack-- 3.1.3 are restored to their apperances in NetHack-- 3.0.10.
Monsters in SLASH, in addition to those in vanilla NetHack 3.1.3, are:
| Name | Appearance | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| snow ant | a | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| yellow jacket | a | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| tsetse fly | a | new | |
| giant wasp | a | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly a |
| black wasp | a | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| army ant | a | new | |
| spitting beetle | a | new | |
| assassin bug | a | new | |
| killer beetle | a | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| jiggling blob | b | new | |
| lava blob | b | new | |
| crackling blob | b | new | |
| burbling blob | b | new | |
| chickatrice | c | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly c |
| pyrolisk | c | new | |
| dingo | d | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly d |
| fox | d | new | |
| coyote | d | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly d |
| pit bull | d | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly d |
| death dog | d | new | |
| rabid wolf | d | new | |
| hyena | d | new | |
| wolverine | d | new | |
| shadow wolf | d | new | |
| mist wolf | d | new | |
| Cerberus | d | new | |
| glowing eye | e | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly e |
| flaming sphere | e | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| shocking sphere | e | new | |
| bloodshot eye | e | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| blinking eye | e | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly e |
| beholder | e | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly e |
| gas spore | e | new | |
| lynx | f | new | |
| panther | f | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| werepanther | @/f | new | |
| caterwaul | f | new | |
| weretiger | @/f | new | |
| sabre-toothed cat | f | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| kamadan | f | new | |
| displacer beast | f | new | |
| hellcat | f | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly f |
| galltrit | g | new | |
| jermlaine | g | new | |
| dwarf thief | h | new | |
| gnoll | h | new | |
| duergar | h | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly h |
| master mind flayer | h | new | |
| dretch | i | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly i |
| larva | i | new | |
| rutterkin | i | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly i |
| nupperibo | i | new | |
| blood imp | i | new | |
| clear jelly | j | new | |
| red jelly | j | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| orange jelly | j | new | |
| black jelly | j | new | |
| swamp kobold | k | new | |
| rock kobold | k | new | |
| kobold wizard | k | new | |
| kobold warrior | k | new | |
| Kroo the Kobold King | k | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| leprechaun wizard | l | new | |
| brownie | l | new | |
| quickling | l | new | |
| pixie | l | new | |
| Aphrodite | n | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| orc | o | new | Also in vanilla, but only for corpses |
| war orc | o | new | |
| great orc | o | new | |
| Grund the Orc King | o | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| snow orc | o | new | |
| demon orc | o | new | |
| glass piercer | p | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly p |
| roper | p | new | |
| giant badger | q | new | |
| scramper | q | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly q |
| squealer | q | new | |
| mangler | q | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly q |
| mastodon | q | new | |
| Jumbo the Elephant | q | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| juggernaut | q | new | |
| catoblepas | q | new | |
| rabbit | r | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly r |
| black rat | r | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| rabid rabbit | r | new | |
| pack rat | r | new | |
| hellrat | r | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| the Rat King | r | new | |
| centipede | s | new | |
| recluse spider | s | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly s |
| barking spider | s | new | |
| carrion crawler | s | new | |
| nickelpede | s | new | |
| giant scorpion | s | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| Girtab | s | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| Shelob | s | new | |
| phase spider | s | new | |
| werespider | @/s | new | |
| nightmare | u | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly u; name is not a proper name |
| maggot | w | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly u |
| dung worm | w | new | |
| acid worm | w | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly w |
| bloodworm | w | new | |
| tunnel worm | w | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly w |
| rot worm | w | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly w |
| arc bug | x | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly x |
| spark bug | x | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly x |
| lightning bug | x | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly x |
| red light | y | new | |
| blue light | y | new | |
| movanic deva | A | new | |
| monadic deva | A | new | |
| astral deva | A | new | |
| Planetar | A | new | |
| Solar | A | new | |
| rhumbat | B | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly B |
| athol | B | new | |
| hellbat | B | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| mongbat | B | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly B |
| mobat | B | new | |
| harpy | B | new | |
| baby silver dragon | D | new | |
| baby shimmering dragon | D | new | |
| baby deep dragon | D | new | |
| silver dragon | D | new | |
| shimmering dragon | D | new | |
| deep dragon | D | NetHack Plus | Formerly D |
| wyvern | D | new | |
| hydra | D | new | |
| disgusting mold | F | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly F |
| black mold | F | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| gnome thief | G | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly G |
| deep gnome | G | new | |
| gnome warrior | G | new | Replaces the gnome king from vanilla |
| Ruggo the Gnome King | G | new | Gnome quest leader |
| storm giant | H | new | |
| the Largest Giant | H | new | |
| sneaker | I | new | |
| squeaker | I | new | |
| vorpal jabberwock | J | new | |
| arch-lich | L | new | |
| Vecna | L | NetHack Plus | Formerly "Master Vecna" and Undead Slayer quest nemesis |
| troll mummy | M | new | |
| ogre mage | O | new | |
| shadow ogre | O | new | |
| moldy pudding | P | new | |
| green slime | P | new | |
| king cobra | S | new | |
| weresnake | @/S | new | |
| asphynx | S | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly S and "asphyx" |
| two-headed troll | T | new | |
| black troll | T | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| water hulk | U | new | |
| vampire mage | V | new | |
| wight | W | new | |
| monkey | Y | new | |
| ghoul | Z | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly Z |
| ghast | Z | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly Z |
| gargoyle | ' | new | |
| jackalwere | @ | new | |
| gibberling | @ | new | |
| grimlock | @ | new | |
| drow | @ | new | Drow quest guardian |
| mugger | @ | new | |
| thief | @ | new | |
| black marketeer | @ | NetHack Plus | Support for the black market is disabled |
| shadow | new | ||
| spined devil | & | new | |
| bearded devil | & | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly & |
| bar-lgura | & | new | |
| chasme | & | new | |
| babau | & | new | |
| nabassu | & | new | |
| efreeti | & | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| dao | & | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly & |
| marid | & | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly & |
| shark | ; | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly ; |
| giant crab | ; | new | |
| gila monster | : | new | |
| salamander | : | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| rhaumbusun | : | new | |
| basilisk | : | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly : |
| komodo dragon | : | new | |
| doppelganger | @ | NetHack Plus | Formerly @ |
| flame mage | @ | NetHack Plus | Formerly @ |
| ice mage | @ | NetHack Plus | Formerly @ |
| monk | @ | NetHack Plus | Formerly @ |
| necromancer | @ | new | |
| undead slayer | @ | NetHack Plus | Formerly @ |
| Master Shifter | @ | NetHack Plus | Doppelganger quest leader |
| High Flame Mage | @ | NetHack Plus | Flame Mage quest leader |
| High Ice Mage | @ | NetHack Plus | Ice Mage quest leader |
| High Lycanthrope | @ | NetHack Plus | Lycanthrope quest leader |
| Grand Master | @ | NetHack Plus | Monk quest leader; formerly @ |
| the Dark Lord | @ | new | Necromancer quest leader |
| Van Helsing | @ | NetHack Plus | Undead Slayer quest leader; formerly "Master Slayer" and @ |
| Lolth | s | new | Drow quest leader |
| Transmuter | @ | NetHack Plus | Doppelganger quest nemesis |
| Water Mage | @ | NetHack Plus | Flame Mage quest nemesis |
| Lareth | @ | new | Gnome quest nemesis |
| Earth Mage | @ | NetHack Plus | Ice Mage quest nemesis |
| Sir Lorimar | @ | NetHack Plus | Lycanthrope quest nemesis |
| Master Kaen | @ | NetHack Plus | Monk quest nemesis |
| Maugneshaagar | & | new | Necromancer quest nemesis |
| Lord Vlad the Impaler | @ | new | Undead Slayer quest nemesis |
| shifter | @ | NetHack Plus | Doppelganger quest guardian; formerly @ |
| igniter | @ | NetHack Plus | Flame Mage quest guardian; formerly @ |
| froster | @ | NetHack Plus | Ice Mage quest guardian; formerly @ |
| fiend | @ | NetHack Plus | Lycanthrope quest guardian; formerly @ |
| intern | @ | NetHack Plus | function unknown; formerly @ |
| abbot | @ | NetHack Plus | Monk quest guardian; formerly @ |
| embalmer | @ | new | Necromancer quest guardian |
| exterminator | @ | NetHack Plus | Undead Slayer quest guardian; formerly @ |
| bad egg | % | new | |
| killer tripe ration | % | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| killer food ration | % | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | |
| pile of killer coins | $ | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly "gold mimic" |
| large pile of killer coins | $ | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly "pile of creeping gold coins" |
| huge pile of killer coins | $ | NetHack-- 3.1.3 | Formerly "pile of killer gold coins" |
The plain gnome is the Gnome quest guardian. Earendil is both the quest leader for male elves and the quest nemesis for drow.
NetHack-- 3.1.3 monsters not carried forward are:
- black ant
- queen ant
- the King Bee
- red blob
- white blob
- blue blob
- poisonous blob
- gigantic blob
- The Blob
- Wile E. Coyote
- burning eye
- Rexfelis
- gremlin leader
- hobbit thief
- hobbit bandit
- Bilbo
- huge bugbear
- bugbear chieftain
- The Jelly That Ate Cleveland
- kobold chieftain
- Krooella the Kobold Queen
- leprechaun elder
- O'Brien
- goblin thief
- goblin shaman
- berator
- bogwumpus
- killer rabbit
- vampire bunny
- Energizer Bunny
- Bugs Bunny
- centaur shaman
- centaur chieftain
- Silva the Centaur King
- undead dragon
- Tiamat
- creeping mold
- large giant
- Kop Kommissioner
- The Mummy
- blue naga hatchling
- blue naga
- ogre magi
- tapioca pudding
- giant rust monster
- asp
- hulk
- The Incredible Hulk
- Yuval
- cave ape
- J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs
- juju zombi
- mist golem
- elven mage
- elvin priest
- bandit
- evil mage
- evil priest
- general
- Morgan La Fay
- Tom
- Butch
- Mordred
- demon
- nycademon
- Barney
- giant chameleon
- tyrannosaur
- Godzilla
- killer tomato
- ravenous cream pie
- goldbug
- pile of silver coins
NetHack Plus monsters not carried forward are:
- water weird
- lycanthrope
