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A fun way to deal with annoying sea monsters is teleporting them out of water and then fighting on land where their maximum HP is 1. | A fun way to deal with annoying sea monsters is teleporting them out of water and then fighting on land where their maximum HP is 1. | ||
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| + | Because eels and kraken can drown even the healthiest of adventurers, they are best fought at a distance from the safety of land. Try to avoid standing in squares adjacent to the water so that you cannot be grabbed. | ||
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| + | The most resource-efficient ways to dispatch sea monsters are [[polearm]]s and [[attack spells]]. Polearms allow you to fight at a distance without expending any resources, but targeting can be tedious if your proficiency with polearms is less than ''Skilled''. Attack spells can be similarly effective, so long as you have enough [[Energy]] to take out your foe. | ||
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| + | Using projectile weapons is a less attractive tactic because the projectiles will end up falling in the water, becoming difficult to retrieve. Throwing [[dagger]]s at sea monsters is highly inadvisable for this reason. | ||
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Revision as of 09:00, 6 September 2009
Sea monsters are a class of monsters. They live in water:
The eels and kraken can pull you into the water, which can drown you very quickly, unless you have magical breathing, or are wearing a noncursed greased cloak or an oilskin cloak, in which case they cannot grab you.
Some people use the NetHack options file to replace the ; character with another, more readable one (such as 7) as a way to better distinguish a dangerous class of monsters from the water symbol.
A fun way to deal with annoying sea monsters is teleporting them out of water and then fighting on land where their maximum HP is 1.
Strategy
Because eels and kraken can drown even the healthiest of adventurers, they are best fought at a distance from the safety of land. Try to avoid standing in squares adjacent to the water so that you cannot be grabbed.
The most resource-efficient ways to dispatch sea monsters are polearms and attack spells. Polearms allow you to fight at a distance without expending any resources, but targeting can be tedious if your proficiency with polearms is less than Skilled. Attack spells can be similarly effective, so long as you have enough Energy to take out your foe.
Using projectile weapons is a less attractive tactic because the projectiles will end up falling in the water, becoming difficult to retrieve. Throwing daggers at sea monsters is highly inadvisable for this reason.
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